Public launch of our EASAC-IAP report on Food Security in Europe

Presentation of EASAC-IAP publication on “Opportunities and Challenges for Research on Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture in Europe”

Palais des Académies, Rue Ducale 1, Brussels (Auditorium Albert II)

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Programme

10:00   Welcome and introduction

Professor Volker ter Meulen, President of IAP, EASAC Biosciences Chair, Project Co-chair

10:10   Presentation of report

Professor Joachim von Braun, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Project Co-chair

10:30   Link to European initiatives

• Mr John Bell, European Commission, DG Research, Director of Bioeconomy
• Ms Karina Angelieva, Counsellor for Education and Research, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union

 11:00 Panel discussion

moderated by Dr Robin Fears, EASAC Biosciences Programme Director

• Mr Thomas Waitz, Member of the European Parliament
• Mr Adrian Leip, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (Unit D.5 Food Security)
• Professor Anne-Marie Hermansson, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
• Dr Aleksandra Malyska, Executive Manager, Plants for the Future, European Technology Platform
• Dr Nevena Alexandrova-Stefanova, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

11:30 Questions from the audience (Prof. von Braun)

11:45 Close of event (followed by networking coffee and snack)

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