# Global Food+ 2017: 24 Speed Talks at the Nexus of Food, Agriculture, Environment, Health, and Society ## February 24, 2017 **This conference is free and open to the public.** ![Image for Global Food Plus 2017](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/wcfia/files/webpage-banner.jpg?itok=E84Hc__U) Global Food+ 2017 is an event open to all that will feature an afternoon of “speed talk” presentations by two dozen top scholars in the Boston area. This event will highlight current research findings at the important nexus between food, agriculture, health, society, and the environment. The twenty-four presenters include scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, economics, political science, history, sociology, engineering, biology, and environmental sciences. Each will deliver a seven-minute summary of his or her most recent research findings. The topics covered will include cultural practices and veganism, irrigation and food security, farm subsidies, GMOs, cropland productivity and climate change, food contamination, food waste, the environmental consequences of meat consumption, and rural poverty in Africa. A complete list of speakers and topics can be found on our [Speakers](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/conferences/17_global-food-symposium/speakers) page. Following these presentations, [Dr. Shenggen Fan](http://www.ifpri.org/profile/shenggen-fan), director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will give the keynote address. Dr. Fan will offer his views on what scholars from our Boston-area research institutions can provide in the larger global effort to understand and improve outcomes in food and farming. He is an economist with degrees from Nanjing Agricultural University and the University of Minnesota, and has been director general of IFPRI in Washington, DC, since 2009. He was appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the Lead Group for the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement, and serves as an advisor to many national governments, including China, on policy matters surrounding agriculture, food security, and nutrition. In 2014 Dr. Fan received the Hunger Hero Award from the World Food Programme. The conference conveners include a steering committee of both senior and junior scholars from Harvard, Tufts University, Boston University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with sponsorship from Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. For more information about food-related degree programs, courses, and events at these institutions, please visit our [Partners](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/conferences/17_global-food-symposium/partners) page. ## Conveners ### William Clark *Faculty Associate*. Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy, and Human Development, Harvard Kennedy School. ### Rachael Garrett Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University. ### Peter Huybers Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Co-Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment, Harvard University. ### Kelsey Jack James L. Paddock Assistant Professor of Economics, Tufts University. ### Anthony Janetos Frederick S. Pardee Professor, Department of Earth & Environment; Director, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University. ### William Masters Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Department of Economics, Tufts University. ### Robert Paarlberg *Associate*. Betty F. Johnson ‘44 Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Wellesley College. ### Kenneth Strzepek Research Scientist, Joint Program and CGCS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. ## Conference Details [### Speakers ](/conferences/17_global-food-symposium/speakers) There are twenty-four presenters at Global Food+ 2017, and they hail from eight schools across the northeastern United States: Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northeastern, Boston University, Tufts, Cornell, Bard, and the University of... ![line divider](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/wcfia/files/gray-line-divider1px.gif?itok=WjyEp91-) [### Program ](/conferences/17_global-food-symposium/program) Share your thoughts and feedback, and continue the conversation on Twitter: #GlobalFoodPlus The conference will also be broadcast live on the Weatherhead Center Facebook page. Friday, February 24, 2017 12:30–4:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. | Opening Remarks William... description [### Partners ](/conferences/17_global-food-symposium/partners) We are grateful to the following Boston-area partners for their contributions to the Global Food+ 2017 conference: Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School of Government Harvard University Center for the Environment Massachusetts Institute of Technology... description ## Download Poster ![Image of Global Food + 2017 Poster](/sites/g/files/omnuum8891/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wcfia/files/letterposterimageforwebsite300.jpg?itok=bIfbbXQo) [Download 8.5x11 Poster](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/files/wcfia/files/foodplus2017_poster_letter_final_lowres.pdf) [Download 11x17 Poster](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/files/wcfia/files/foodplus2017_poster_tabloid_final_lowres.pdf) ## Event Information February 24, 2017 12:30PM–4:30PM Harvard University CGIS South Building 1730 Cambridge Street Tsai Auditorium (S010) [​​​​​​​Event Listing](http://wcfia.harvard.edu/event/special-event-food-plus-symposium-02-24-2017)​​​​​​​ ## Contact **Sarah Banse** *Events Manager.* 1737 Cambridge Street, Room K217 Cambridge, MA 02138 \[ [Map](http://goo.gl/maps/GxyRd) \] p: (617) 495-9006 f: (617) 495-8292 ## Video Playlist [ Check out the videos from GlobalFood+ 2017 arrow\_circle\_right ](https://vimeo.com/showcase/4488601) See also:- [ Conferences ](/content-types/conferences) - [ 2017 ](/content-types/2017)