Program Overview

Workshops

These special classes are in addition to the program and are offered at no additional charge thanks to a gifts from The Coca-Cola Company.

Interested in pre-Symposium half-day workshops? Learn more about the two new programs we're offering on November 4.

Keynote Address

Nutrition Security in the Developing World

9:10 am	Haiti Update: Dealing With Acute Nutrition Insecurity Werner Schultink, Chief, Nutrition; Associate Director, Programme Division United Nations Children's Fund biosketch
9:50	State of the World 2011 - Innovations that Nourish the Planet Danielle Nierenberg, MS biosketch abstract
10:50	Scaling Up Nutrition: A Framework for Action Meera Shekar, PhD, Lead Health & Nutrition Specialist, Human Development Network, World Bank biosketch
11:30	Novel Approaches to Nutrition Challenges Randa Wilkinson, Director of Training at the Positive Deviance Initiative, Friedman School, Tufts University

Agriculture Policy, Trade and Markets

1:10 pm	Politics of Agricultural Policy Robert Paarlberg, PhD, Betty Freyhof Johnson Class of 1944 Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College biosketch abstract
1:45	Child Undernutrition in Developing Countries Will Masters, PhD, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University biosketch abstract
2:20	Food Insecurity and Extreme Poverty in the Sahel Jenny Aker, PhD, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
3:25	The Decline and Rise of Agricultural Productivity in Africa Steven Block, PhD, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University biosketch abstract
4:00 pm	Q & A Panel

Today, we have dual tracks of lectures and presentations for you to choose from.

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems 8:30 am Future of Agriculture Systems Research Ralph Otto, PhD, Deputy Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture biosketch 9:10 Regional Food Systems and Food Security Kate Clancy, PhD, Food Systems Consultant, Senior Associate at the Center for a Livable Future Johns Hopkins University biosketch abstract 9:40 Healthy Food For All – Linking Practice and Policy Oran Hesterman, PhD, President & CEO, Fair Food Network biosketch 10:30 Moving Toward a Sustainable Food System Fred Kirschenmann, PhD, Distinguished Fellow for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University biosketch 11:00 Q & A Panel 11:30 The Future of Food Policy; European Perspective Tim Lang, PhD, City of London University Environment 1:10 pm General Overview on Climate Bill Moomaw, PhD, Director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University biosketch abstract 1:45 Climate Instability, Disruptions & Shocks Peter Walker, PhD, Director, Alan Shawn Feinstein International Center, Tufts University biosketch abstract 2:20 Cleaning up the Food System Craig Cox, PhD, Environmental Working Group biosketch abstract 2:40 Q & A Panel

Challenges in Nutrition 8:30 am Public Health and the Food Supply: Where Idealism and Practicality Collide Richard M Black, PhD, Vice President Nutrition, Kraft Foods Global biosketch 9:00 The New Responsibility of Food Industry in Health and Wellness Doug Balentine, PhD, Director, Nutrition Science, Unilever biosketch 9:30 Q & A Panel 9:50 Obesity and Health: Understanding Unique Challenges of Socioeconomic and Ethnic Groups in the US Dirk G. Schroeder, ScD, MPH, Executive VP, HolaDoctor biosketch 10:40 The Rise of Food Temperance and Consumer Support of Government Intervention Grant Prentice, FoodMinds, LLC 11:10 Label Reform Update Joseph Levitt, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Washington DC biosketch 11:40 Q & A Panel 1:10 pm Translating Recommendations on Childhood Obesity into Action Tracy Fox, MPH, RD, President, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LL biosketch abstract 1:55 Marketing and Advertising to Children: Balancing Public Health and Commercial Free Speech Margo Wootan, PhD, Center for Science in the Public Interest biosketch 2:25 Marketing and Advertising to Children: Balancing Public Health and Commercial Free Speech - Counterpoint C. Lee Peeler, Esq., President & CEO, National Advertising Review Council biosketch 2:55 Q & A Panel