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Program 2008
Agenda
| WEDNESDAY, 27 August |
| 13:00 |
Registration Opens - Ballroom Foyer |
| 17:00-19:00 |
Welcome Cocktail Reception and Networking Event - Ballroom Foyer |
| 19:00 |
Registration Closes - Ballroom Foyer |
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| THURSDAY, 28 August |
| 07:30 |
Registration Opens- Ballroom Foyer |
| 08:30-08:45 |
Opening Remarks- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Paulo Gomes, Founder and Managing Partner, Constelor Investment Holdings, and conference chair |
| 08:45-09:15 |
Keynote Interview- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Kofi Annan, Chairman of the Board, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) |
| 09:15-09:45 |
Keynote Address- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Bingu wa Mutharika, President of the Republic of Malawi |
| 09:45-10:15 |
Break - Ballroom Foyer |
| 10:15-11:30 |
Food Security and Growth - A Win-Win Agenda- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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How can we increase productivity in African agriculture and achieve food security while at the same time pursuing wider African economic growth priorities?
Panelists:
- Piet Bukman, Chairman, International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council
- Monty Jones, Executive Director and Head of Mission, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
- Amos Namanga Ngongi, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
- Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission
- Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- David Stevenson, Director, Policy, Planning, and Strategy, World Food Program
Moderator: Richard Dowden, Director, Royal African Society |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Keynote – Growth Partnerships- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Thorleif Enger, President and CEO, Yara International ASA |
| 12:00-13:15 |
Lunch- Brasseriet |
| 13:15-14:15 |
Making Markets Work for the Smallholder Farmer- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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What are the latest technology innovations and infrastructure improvements that promote the role of farming as a business at the smallholder level?
Panelists:
- Daniel Annerose, Founder and CEO, Manobi Corporation
- M. Baba Dioum, Facilitator for CAADP Pillar 2 and General Coordinator, Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa (CMA/WCA)
- Michelle Ntab Ndiaye, Chief Executive Officer, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship
- William Niebur, DuPont Vice President, Crop Genetic Research and Development, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
- Kwabena Ohemeng-Tinyase, Managing Director, Kuapa Kokoo Limited
- Nick Railston-Brown, Country Director Ghana, TechnoServe
Moderator: Peter Ndoro, Senior Anchor, CNBC Africa |
| 14:15-15:15 |
Financing the Green Revolution- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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How do we remedy the lack of rural agricultural finance to empower African farmers as business owners?
Panelists:
- Hans ten Cate, Former Chairman of the Managing Board, Rabobank International
- Lauren Hendricks, Executive Director, Access Africa, CARE
- James Mwangi, Managing Director and CEO, Equity Bank Limited
- Aly Abou Sabaa, Director, Agriculture and Agro-industry Department, African Development Bank Group
- Clive Tasker, Chief Executive, Standard Bank Africa
- Juerg Trueb, Managing Director, Swiss Reinsurance Company
Moderator: Sean de Cleene, Vice President, African Programs and Business Development, Yara International ASA |
| 15:15-15:45 |
Break- Ballroom Foyer |
| 15:45-17:15 |
Best Practice Workgroups (choose one of the following) |
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1. From the Lab to the Field: Improving Agricultural Productivity Through Technology Transfer and Collaboration- Breakout Room 1
Panelists:
- Mpoko Bokanga, Executive Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation
- Getachew Engida, Chair of the Board, Africa Rice Center and Director and The Comptroller, UNESCO
- Monty Jones, Executive Director and Head of Mission, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
- Bekele A Shiferaw, Principal Scientist and Program Leader (Markets, Institutions, Policies and Impacts), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
- Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program and Director, Millennium Villages Project, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- Florence Wambugu, Chief Executive Officer, Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International (AHBFI)
Moderator: Ellis Rubinstein, President and CEO, The New York Academy of Sciences
2. Financing the Green Revolution: Value Chain Solutions for De-risking Agricultural Investment for Funds and Farmers Alike- Breakout Room 2
Panelists:
- Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President, Policy and Partnerships, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
- Calvin Miller, Senior Officer, Rural Finance, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN
- Guus Rozendaal, Head Sustainable Agriculture Guarantee Fund (Rabo Agri Fund), Rabobank
- David Stevenson, Director, Policy, Planning, and Strategy, World Food Program
- Jacques Taylor, Head, Agricultural Banking, Standard Bank Africa
- Christina Ulardic, Vice President, Risk Manager, Swiss Reinsurance Company
Moderator: Kjell Roland, Managing Director, Norfund
3. Educating Tomorrow's African Agricultural Entrepreneurs- Breakout Room 3
Panelists:
- Abimbola Adewumi, Executive Director, Leventis Foundation
- Rikin Gandhi, Researcher, Microsoft Research India and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Green
- Victor Mfinanga, Managing Director, Shambani Graduates Enterprise Co. Ltd.
- Emanuel Osinem, Senior Lecturer, Department, Vocational Agricultural Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Moderator: Sheryl Hendriks, Head of School and Director, African Centre for Food Security, School of Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of KwaZulu-Natal
4. Technologies and Processes for Sustainable Usage of and Access to Water- Breakout Room 4
Panelists:
- Akiça Bahri, Director, Africa Region, International Water Management Institute
- John Armstrong Bananuka, BIO-EARN Programme Assistant Coordinator, Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)
- Jennie Barron, Research Fellow in Water Management, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
- Tefera Woudeneh, Chief Water Operations Officer, African Water Facility, African Development Bank
Moderator: Daniel Hillel, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University
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| 18:00 |
Registration Closes - Ballroom Foyer |
| 19:00 |
Transportation Departs for the Nobel Peace Center- Outside Hotel Main Lobby |
| 19:00-22:00 |
Dinner- Nobel Peace Center |
| 22:00 |
Transportation Departs for the Hotel |
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| FRIDAY, 29 August |
| 07:30 |
Registration Opens- Ballroom Foyer |
| 08:15-08:25 |
Day 2 Opening- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Paulo Gomes, Conference chair |
| 08:25-08:45 |
Opening Remarks- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Erik Solheim, Minister of the Environment and International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway |
| 08:45-09:00 |
Keynote Address- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Lennart Bage, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) |
| 09:00-10:00 |
New Models of Engagement: Increasing the Return on Donor Investment- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Donor agencies are changing their business model to increase return on invested capital. How will the new business model promote the role of agriculture in driving economic growth in Africa and how will it benefit the smallholder farmer?
Panelists:
- Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President, Policy and Partnerships, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
- John Barrett, Deputy Director, Food Group, Policy and Research Division, Department for International Development (DFID)
- Poul Engberg-Pedersen, Director General, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
- Juergen Voegele, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development, The World Bank
- Ambassador Olukrede Willoughby, Acting Chief Executive, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
Moderator: Susan Whelan, Lawyer and former Minister for International Cooperation, Canada |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Break- Ballroom Foyer |
| 10:30-11:30 |
Empowering the African Entrepreneur- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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What is being done to create the right climate for the small business owner in agriculture?
Panelists:
- Dawn Hines, Partner, Aventura Investment Partners
- Victor Mfinanga, Founder and Managing Director, Shambani Graduates Enterprise Co. Ltd.
- Josephine Okot, Founder and Managing Director, Victoria Seeds Limited
- John Purchase, Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa, NEPAD Business Foundation
- Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and the Rural Environment Program and Director, Millennium Villages Project, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Moderator: Siki Mgabadeli, Senior Business News Anchor, CNBC Africa |
| 11:30-16:30 |
Action Groups- Breakout Rooms 1-5 |
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Collaborative working groups discuss and define implementable action-plans and define future commitments that can be benchmarked and revisited in 2009. A working lunch will be served |
| 16:30-17:00 |
Action Groups report back on project commitments- Scandinavia Ballroom |
| 17:00-17:45 |
Closing Panel – Leading the African Green Revolution- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Government ministers discuss the key policy initiatives necessary to accelerate an African Green Revolution.
Moderator: Mohammed Adow, Africa Correspondent, Al Jazeera English |
| 17:45-18:00 |
Conference Closing Remarks- Scandinavia Ballroom |
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Paulo Gomes, conference chair, summarizes plans and commitments emerging from the two days. |
| 19:00 |
Transportation Departs for Det norske Teatret (The Norwegian Theatre)- Outside Hotel Main Lobby |
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Yara Prize for a Green Revolution in Africa- Det norske Teatret |
| 22:30 |
Transportation Departs for the Hotel |
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