World Food Prize Foundation DialogueNEXT
March 26, 2024 | 8 A.M. - 6 P.M. EDT
U.S. Institute of Peace | Washington, D.C.

Seeds of Equity: Women Driving Growth and Innovation in Agriculture

REGISTER  SPEAKERS  VENUE

8 a.m. - 9 a.m. | Registration & Networking

9:05 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome Remarks

• Ambassador Terry Branstad, President, World Food Prize Foundation

• Mashal Husain, Chief Operating Officer, World Food Prize Foundation

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Opening Address

• Chaunté Lowe, Olympian, World Champion Medalist, American Record Holder, Member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | My Journey with Dr. Norman Borlaug

• Elsa Murano, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors Member and Director, Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University

9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | International Year of the Woman Farmer

• Under Secretary Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State

• Under Secretary Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA

• Ambassador Lisa Carty, Representative of the United States of America to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations 

• Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder and Executive Chair, African Food Changemakers

10:15 a.m. - 11 a.m. | Investing in the Next Generation

• Maria Rose Belding, Co-Founder, Founding Executive Director and Board Chair, FoodRecovery.org

• Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director, FAO North America

• Dina Esposito, Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security at USAID and Feed the Future Deputy Coordinator for Development

• Tambra Raye Stevenson, Founder/CEO of WANDA and NativSol Kitchen

• Hale Ann Tufan, 2019 Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Associate Professor, Cornell University

11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | World Food Prize Foundation Laureate Letter

• David Beckmann, 2010 World Food Prize Laureate and President Emeritus, Bread for the World

• Jan Low, 2016 World Food Prize Laureate and Managing Director, JWLOW Limited

11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Champions of Global Food Security

• Catherine Bertini, 2003 World Food Prize Laureate and Chair, Executive Board, Global Crop Diversity Trust

• Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, 2021 World Food Prize Laureate and Director, Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area Platform, CGIAR

• Heidi Kühn, 2023 World Food Prize Laureate and Founder, Roots of Peace

• Jan Low, 2016 World Food Prize Laureate and Managing Director, JWLOW Limited

12 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. | Lunch Session

12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. | Lunch Program

• World Food Prize Foundation DialogueNEXT Vision

  • Mashal Husain, Chief Operating Officer, World Food Prize Foundation

  • Bram Govaerts, 2014 Borlaug Field Award Recipient and Director General, CIMMYT

  • Julie Borlaug, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President, Borlaug Consulting and the Borlaug Foundation

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Fireside Chat

• Senator Joni Ernst, U.S. Senator and Member, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

• Senator Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator and Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

• Assistant Secretary Ramin Toloui, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

2 p.m. - 2:10 p.m. | Networking Break

2:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | African Women - Shaping the Future of the Food Ecosystem

• Introduction: Elsa Murano, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors Member and Director, Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University

• Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Founder and Executive Chair, African Food Changemakers

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Leading the Way for Women in Agricultural Technology and Innovation

• Jocelyn Anderson, Farmer and Vice President, GSA Farms and Glenn County Farm Bureau Board of Directors

• Julie Borlaug, World Food Prize Foundation Council of Advisors and President, Borlaug Consulting and the Borlaug Foundation

• Jennifer Crall, Global Head Partnerships-Growers Engagement & AgriChain Activation, Bayer Crop Science

• Sarah Davidson Evanega, Vice President of External Relations, Okanagan Specialty Fruits

• Cary Fowler, Special Envoy For Global Food Security Office Of Global Food Security, U.S. Department of State

3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Leveraging the Perspective of Women in Ag: Changing the Way Business is Done

• Introduction: Paul Schickler, Chair, Council of Advisors, World Food Prize Foundation

• Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA

3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Fostering Peace Through Demining

• Karen Chandler, Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), U.S. Department of State

• Sarah Goring, Country Director, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Vietnam

• Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute

• Heidi Kühn, 2023 World Food Prize Laureate and Founder, Roots of Peace

• Janete Malichi, Deputy Team Leader, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Angolan Deminer

• Ngoie Mulunda Grace, Team Leader, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Angolan Deminer

• Luis Linares, Foreign Service Officer at U.S. Department of State (Translator)

4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | Women Replanting and Regenerating

• Heidi Kühn, 2023 World Food Prize Laureate

• Violet Grgich, President, Grgich Hills Estate Winery

• Laura Turner Seydel, Director, Turner Foundation

• Elizabeth Whitlow, Executive Director, Regenerative Organic Alliance

4:45 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Closing Remarks

• Paul Schickler, Chair, Council of Advisors, World Food Prize Foundation

5 p.m. - 6 p.m.  | Reception 

6 p.m. | Event Concludes