FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2024 Opening
Wednesday 16 October
| 14.00 -16.00 (CEST)
Plenary Hall
Join the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and a diverse group of global leaders in science and innovation for the opening of the 2024 FAO Science and Innovation Forum. This opening session will emphasize enhancing the accessibility of the most relevant, appropriate and context-specific technologies, innovative practices, and scientific and local knowledge. It will also advocate for collective action, knowledge sharing and capacity development to accelerate the pace and scale of agrifood systems transformation. At the end of this session, there will be a launch of the World Food Forum Young Scientists Group's report on digital technologies for multi-dimensional youth engagement in food systems transformation.
Speakers
QU Dongyu
Director-General, FAO
Beth Crawford
Chief Scientist ai, FAO
Michael Kremer
Director, Development Innovation Lab, University of Chicago
Nobel Prize laureate
Carlos Nobre
University of São Paulo’s Institute for Advanced Studies, Brazil, and Co-Chair of the Science Panel for the Amazon, and contributor to the reports of the IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director-General, IAEA
Rola Dashti
Executive Secretary ESCWA
Jim Skea
IPCC Chair
Amandeep Singh Gill
UN Secretary General's Envoy on Technology
Valmaine Toki
Professor of Law, University of Waikato, Chair UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Wend Wendland
Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, Global Challenges and Partnerships Sector, WIPO
Xingen Lei
Associate Dean, Office of Research and Innovation, Professor of Nutrition, Cornell University, USA- Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Nutrition
Ebba Engström
WFF Young Scientists Group & Research Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute