Welcome and opening remarks:
Margarita Flores, Chief,
Food Security and Agricultural Projects Analysis Service (ESAF)

Keynote speech: Food Security and Complex Emergencies: The challenge for FAO
Prabhu Pingali, Director,
Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA)

Session 1: Complex emergencies and food security challenges

Aims: To build a common understanding of 'complex emergencies' and
the challenges they pose for food security
Process: Plenary panel presentation and discussion
Outputs: Consensus on terms, and on the nature and range of
complex emergency contexts and challenges

Panel 1: Perspectives from the field

•  Fatima Jibrell, Horn Relief
•  Samuel Kona, FEWSNET
•  Cristina Amaral, FAO (TCE)

Panel 2: Perspectives from agency headquarters

•  Massimo Tommasoli, Cooperazione Italia
•  Allan Jury, WFP
•  Jean-Claude Esmieu, EC AidCo

Panel 3: Research perspectives

•  Martin Doornbos, ISS, The Hague
•  Lionel Cliffe, University of Leeds, UK
•  Sue Lautze, Tufts University, USA