Program

Day One (August 31) Grand Hotel, Karl Johans gt. 31

TIME	TOPIC	SPEAKER

0900–0910	Opening of conference	Thorleif Enger President and CEO of Yara
0910–0935	Welcoming address	Erik Solheim, Norwegian, Minister of International Development
0935–1000	Role of Private-Public-Partnerships for Economic Development in Africa	Jeff Hill, USAID Initiative to end hunger in Africa.
1000-1030	Panel discussion on Private-Public Partnerships and African development	Erik Solheim and Jeff Hill joined by: Peter Hartmann, IITA Tim Piper, TechnoServe-Tanzania

1030-1050	Coffee break
1050-1215	West Africa: Cooperation on Cocoa Sustainability: Supporting Smallholder Farmers and Transferring Research Findings to Rural Communities.
	Cocoa & Africa: A Special Partnership	John Lunde, Director of International Networks, Mars Inc.
	Cocoa Agroforestry: Economic and Environmental Potential	Howard Shapiro, Director of Plant Science, Mars Inc.
	Cocoa Genomics: Investing in Africa's Future	Juan Carlos Motamayor, Senior Scientist, Mars Inc.
	Cocoa Flavanols: Unlocking Health and Economic Benefits	Harold Schmitz, Chief Science Officer, Mars Inc.
	Public/Private Partnerships: Cocoa Leading the Way	Dag Kjetil Øyna, Secretary General, Norwegian Association for Chocolate Manufacturers
	The Sustainable Tree Crops Solution	Robert Yapo, Country Manager, STCP-Côte d’Ivoire

1215-1315	Lunch break Cocoa and biodiversity	Lunchtime speaker: Dr. Sunshine van Bael.Smithsonian Insititute
1315-1500	Soil Fertility and Hunger in Africa Partnership for Improved input Distribution	Mr. Akin Adesina, Associate Director, Food Security, Rockefeller Foundation.
	Breaking the Unholy Alliance between Soil Degradation and Poverty in Africa	Professor Stein Bie, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
	The Role of Mineral Fertilizer in Africa	Marco Quinones, Regional Director for Africa, Sasakawa Global 2000
	Mobilizing Parliamentary Support	Pär Granstedt, Vice-President, European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA)
	Financing Farmer Groups	Charles Ruys, Manager, Rabobank Foundation
	The Challenge of Market Sustainability	Erastus Kibugu, Horticulture Business Advisor, TechnoServe Kenya
1500-1515	Break
1515-1700	Biofuels: An Engine for Development
	Introduction to the Session
	Panel Discussion	Mr. Boris E. Utria, Sr. Economist, The World Bank Salvador Namburete, Minister of Energy, Mozambique Tomas Mandlate, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique Ibrahim Tampone, Regional Minister of Energy, UEMOA Mamadou Dianka, Coordinator, Regional Biomass Energy Program, UEMOA

1900-2230	Rabobank Dinner, Vigeland Museum	Host: Bart Jan Krouwel, Managing Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Rabobank Nederland

Day Two (September 1) Grand Hotel, Karl Johans gt. 31

TIME	TOPIC	SPEAKER

0900–0910	Opening of conference	Bert Heemskerk Chairman, Executive Board Rabobank Nederland
0910–0935	African Agriculture at a Crossroads	Paulo Gomes, Executive Director,The World Bank
0935–1000	Agricultural Development in West Africa	Professor Kimseyinga Savadogo, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
1000-1030	Case Study: Rwandan Entrepeneurialism	Beatrice Gakuba, CEO, Rwanda Flora

1030-1050	Coffee break
1050-1100	Bringing Micro Initiatives to scale	Pedro Sanchez, Director, the Earth Institute, Columbia University
1100-1130	The Millennium Villages Project	Cheryl Palm, Assotiate Director, the Earth Institute, Columbia University
1130-1200	The Hunger Project’s Epicenter	Naana Agyemang-Mensah, Country Director, Ghana
1200-1215	Bringing Seed Technologies from public and private research into hands of farmers	Josephine Okot, Victoria Seed, Uganda
1215-1245	The 2006 Yara Prize Laureates	Celina Cossa, President, Unión General de Cooperativas Agrícolas, Mozambiue Fidelis Wainaina, Director, Maseno Interchristian Child Self Help Group, Kenya
1245-1330	Lunch break
1330-1400	Fighting Poverty – how do we scale up?	Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director, UN Millennium Project
1400-1430	The Impact of Donor Support on Agricultural Development in Africa	Poul Engberg-Pedersen, Director General, Norad
1430-1450	New Approaches from International Foundations	Suresh Kumar, Special Advisor, Clinton Foundation

1450-1520	Coffee break
1520-1550	African Grassroots Leadership	Dr. George B.N. Ayittey, Economist, American University
1550-1645	African agriculture: Has Its Time Finally Come?
	Moderator	Bart Jan Krouwel, Managing Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Rabobank Nederland
	Panellists	Boris Utria, World Bank Akin Adesina, Rockefeller Foundation Joseph Toledano, Mars, Inc
1645-1715	Final remarks: Catalysts for Action	Josué Dioné, Direcor of Sustainable Development, UN Economic Commision for Africa

1900-2230	Yara Prize Dinner, Grand Hotel

Day Three (September 2)

The spotlight is on the role of African Women in combating poverty and hunger and in leading grass rootsinitiatives.
It also incorporates the Yara Prize 2006 Award Ceremony and comments by the Award winners.

TIME	TOPIC	SPEAKER

1200-1210	Welcome address	Ms. Juni Dahr, leading Norwegian actress
1210-1230	Women key to ending poverty and hunger	Ms. Joan Holmes, President of The Hunger Project
1230-1240	Entertainment/music	Norwegian artists
1240-1300	Leadership through African Women	Minister Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tanzania
1300-1305	Entertainment/music	African/Norwegian artists, Talike and Simone
1305-1315	Yara Prize Award Ceremony	Yara Foundation Board and Minister Asha-Rose Migiro
1315-1335	Speeches by the Yara Prize Winners	Ms. Celina Cossa and Ms. Fidelis Wainaina
1335-1345	Entertainment/music	Angelique Kidjo

1345-1430	Buffet lunch
1430-1700	Outdoor concert - Women of Africa (in cooperation with CARE Norway)	Outside near the Norwegian Parliament/main street of Oslo (Karl Johans gate)

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