2030 is the deadline to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The next decade is a chance to remake our future. Through the “Decade of Action”, we all have a part to play in the transition towards sustainable economic, social and environmental development—with sustainable food systems at its heart.
In a rapidly changing world, food systems face substantial challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic acting as a multiplier of food and nutrition insecurity. Globally, two billion people are malnourished. More than 700 million adults are obese while at least 820 million suffer from hunger—a statistic that will no doubt increase as a result of the pandemic. And some one third of the global harvest is lost or waste. Biodiversity is declining, water and land are increasingly degraded, climate change is posing adverse impacts on agricultural production and livelihoods.
We must act now to address the impending global food emergency and avoid the worst impacts of the pandemic, while seizing upon the opportunity of resetting food systems. Over the next 20 years, food systems will need to nourish 10 billion people while also protecting precious natural resources for future generations. The spread of COVID-19 has demonstrated the fragility of global food systems, but it also offers opportunities to transform the way we produce, distribute and consume food.
Moderators
Danielle Nierenberg, Founder and President, Food Tank; Member Advisory Board, Barilla Foundation
Gerry Salole, Trustee, Impact Trust (UK, RSA) and Member of the Advisory Board, Barilla Foundation
2.00 – 2.10pm - Welcome remarks
Guido Barilla, Chairman, Barilla Group and Barilla Foundation
2.10 – 2.15pm - How to Respond to a Global Crisis
Asma Khan, Chef and Founder, Darjeeling Express
2.15 – 2.40pm - Farmers Feed the World
Jannes Maes, President, European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)
Edie Mukiibi, Vice President, Slow Food International
Leah Penniman, Co-Founder, Soul Fire Farm
Moderated by Laura Reiley, Journalist, The Washington Post
2.40 – 2.45pm - The EU Strategy for a Better Food System
Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Agriculture
2.45 – 3.00pm - Post COVID-19: Looking at the Future of Food Experiences
Dan Barber, Executive Chef and Co-Owner, Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Massimo Bottura, Chef and Owner, Osteria Francescana
Bobby Chinn, Chef; Television presenter; Restaurateur
Tanya Holland, Chef and Owner, Brown Sugar Kitchen
Danny Meyer, Founder and CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group
Moderated by Julia Moskin, Journalist, The New York Times
3.00 – 3.35pm - The New Food Economy
Chris Barrett, Professor and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Food Policy, Cornell University
Sara Bleich, Professor, Public Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jeffrey Sachs, Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia
University; Director, U.N. Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN)
Elly Schlein, Vice President, Emilia Romagna Region
Moderated by Fiona Harvey, Journalist, The Guardian
3.35 – 3.40pm - The Future of Food Business
A.C. Gallo, President and CMO, Whole Foods Market
Moderated by Danielle Nierenberg, Founder and President, Food Tank; Member Advisory Board, Barilla Foundation
3.40 – 4.15pm - Food and the Intersection of Technology
Barney Debnam, WW Agribusiness Solutions Director, Microsoft
Emily Ma, Food Systems Lead, X (the moonshot factory)
Andrea Renda, Senior Fellow, CEPS; Professor of Digital innovation, College of Europe, Brussels; Member of the High Level Expert Group on AI, European Commission
Didier Toubia, Co-Founder and CEO, Aleph Farms
Moderated by Chloe Sorvino, Journalist, Forbes
4.15 – 4.35pm - Food is Medicine
Kyle Cherek, Vice President, Communications, Dohmen Company Foundation
Sandro Demaio, Founder, Sandro Demaio Foundation
Mark Hyman, Physician; Director, Center for Functional Medicine, Cleveland Clinic; Author
Peggy Liu, Chairperson, Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE)
Filomena Maggino, Advisor of the Italian Prime Minister; Coordinator of the Steering Committee “Benessere Italia”
Walter Ricciardi, Scientific Adviser to Italy's Minister of Health; Member, European Advisory Committee on Health Research, World Health Organization (WHO)
Moderated by Lucy Biggers, Journalist, NowThis
4.35 – 4.45pm - The Future of Food Systems
Ruth Richardson, Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP - Nobel Peace Prize 2020)
Satya Tripathi, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Head of the New York Office, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Closing Remarks
4.45 – 4.55pm - Recommendations for Change
Danielle Nierenberg, Founder and President, Food Tank; Member Advisory Board, Barilla Foundation
Gerry Salole, Former Chief Executive, European Foundation Centre; Member Advisory Board, Barilla Foundation
4.55-5.00pm - Closing Keynote
Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
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