Date | Event | Location | Time |
Monday,
12 October and
Tuesday,
13 October | High-level Expert Forum on “How to Feed the World in 2050” | Red Room | 09.30 |
Monday,
12 October | Launching of the World Food Day Exhibit by International Alliance against Hunger (IAAH) | Atrium | 13.00 |
Monday,
12 October | World Food Day Event on “Delivering on commitments to eradicate hunger and malnutrition by 2025” organized by International Alliance against Hunger (IAAH)
| Iran Room | 15.00 |
Tuesday,
13 October and Wednesday, 14 October | High-Level External Committee on Millennium Development Goals – 4th Meeting
| Mexico Room | 09.00 |
Wednesday, 14 October | Opening of Committee on World Food Security (CFS) – 35th Session
| Plenary Hall | 10.00 |
Wednesday, 14 October | CFS side event on " Civil Society and UN Forums: current practice and future challenges" | Iran Room | 12:45 |
Thursday,
15 October | Press Conference to launch the 4th Edition of the Run for Food Race
| Sala Pietro da Cortona, Musei Capitolini, Rome | 11.30 |
Thursday,
15 October | Seminar on “Revisiting Food Politics in Times of Crisis”
| Austria Room | 10.00 |
Thursday,
15 October | Launch of the Right to Food Methodological Toolbox | Lebanon Room | 14.30 |
Thursday,
15 October | World Food Day classical concert organized by the Greek Foundation for Africa
| Teatro Brancaccio, Rome | 19.00 |
Friday,
16 October | FAO Goodwill Ambassadors
Nomination Ceremony | Mohammed V Room | 9.00 |
Friday,
16 October | Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony with Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), Conseil international des radios télévisions d'expression française (CIRTEF) and Conférence permanente de l'audiovisuel méditerranéen (COPEAM) | Mohammed V Room | 10.00 |
Friday,
16 October | World Food Day Official Ceremony | Plenary Hall | 10.30 |
Friday,
16 October | Launch of the "Food Security and Climate Change Challenge Badge”: children and youth in action | Iran Room | 12.45 |
Friday,
16 October | Millennium Development Goals (MDG)/Stand Up “1.02” Campaign | Atrium | 1.02 (afternoon) |
Friday,
16 October | Event on “Saving Lake Chad: a System under Threat” | German Room | 14.30 |
Friday,
16 October | Expert Panel on “The Role of the Right to Food in Addressing the Global Food Crisis” | Austria Room | 14.30 |
Friday,
16 October | Civil Society Organizations Roundtable on World Food Day theme | Iran Room | 14.30 |
Friday,
16 October | US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome
6th Annual George McGovern WFD Lecture on “The Future of Food”
and documentary film, “Fresh” | Green Room | 14.30 |
Friday,
16 October | FAO/Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma Red Carpet Event on “Together, everything is possible” with FAO Goodwill Ambassadors and documentary film on “The cove” | Sala Sinopoli, Auditorium, Parco della Musica, Rome | 15.00 |
Saturday,
17 October | Closing Session of Committee on World Food Security (CFS) | Red Room | 09.30 |
Thursday,
22 October | United Nations Women’s Guild of Rome Awards Ceremony for the Annual World Food Day Poster Competition | Iran Room | 10.00 |
Saturday,
24 October | 4th Edition of the Run for Food Race and FAO Staff Coop Cultural Show and “Food Fair” | Stadium (Terme di Caracalla) | 18.00 |
Sunday,
25 October | 2nd Edition of Run for Food for Youth | Stadium (Terme di Caracalla) | 9.00 |
Thursday,
29 October | Special Ceremony on World Food Day at the United Nations | UN Trusteeship Council Chamber (New York) | 14.30 |
