Accreditation
Advance-accreditation 24 hours prior to the event is required. Send scans of a valid press card or letter of assignment on company stationery, plus a valid identification document with photo, to: [email protected]
You must have these materials with you on the day of the event in order to access FAO.
Please specify which day(s) you wish to attend. Passes are provided on a daily basis only.
For more information:
Peter Mayer
FAO Media Relations (Rome)
(+39) 06 570 53304
[email protected]
Background for the media
Through a series of keynote speeches, presentations and side events, the contributions of a wide spectrum of biotechnologies to sustainable food systems and nutrition will be covered. A high-level ministerial segment will take place on 16 February.
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva will deliver a welcome address at the start of the two-and-half day event.
Participants at the symposium will include representatives from governments, intergovernmental bodies, the private sector, civil society, research and academic institutions, cooperatives, and other producer and farmer organizations.
Students from several universities around the world will be able to participate in an online interactive session to identify and convey key messages to policy and decision makers.
The symposium, will close on 17 February with a final plenary session where a summary of the symposium’s technical discussions will be presented.
More details in the latest media advisory on the event.