Details

Food Security: China and the World

Symposium Agenda

Sponsors: China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS)

Katie Chan’s Foundation (KCF)

1-2 July, 2010

Beijing, China

Wednesday, June 30

All day Foreign Participants Checking in and Registering at Beijing Hotel

Thursday, July 1

0900 Local Participants Registering

0930 OPENING CEREMONY

Chair: Maj. Gen. (Rtd.) Gong Xianfu

Vice Chairman, CIISS

Opening Remarks by Gen. Ma Xiaotian, Chairman, CIISS

Opening Remarks by Ms. Katie Chan, Chairman, KCF

Remarks by Distinguished Guests

H.E. Dr. Romano Prodi

Former Prime Minister, Italy

UNWFP China Office Representative (TBD)

1040 Group Photo

1055 Tea Break

1110 Speech by Official from Ministry of Agriculture, PRC (TBD)

1145 OPENING RECEPTION

1400-1600 STATE LEADERS MEETING WITH FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS (TBD)

Venue:

Departure time: Meeting point: The hotel lobby

1910 Beijing Night Show & Dinner

Friday, July 2

0900 SESSION I. FOOD SECURITY SITUATION, TRENDS AND IMPACT

Chair:

SPEAKERS:

Mrs. Rajeswari Rajagopalan

Observer Research Foundation, India

Prof. David Gosset

Director of Academia Sinica Europea, CEIBS

Ms. Oyunchimeg Chimeddorjiin

Researcher, Mongolian Institute for Strategic Studies

Prof. Liao Xiyuan

Deputy Director, China National Rice Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture

Prof. Jiang Yong

Director, Economic Security Research Center, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations

1040 Tea Break

1100 Discussion

1140 Session Adjourns

1200 Lunch

1400 SESSION II. FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Chair: Gen. Christian Quesnot

Honorary Chairman of Committee of National Defense Studies, France

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Harald Bauer

Senior Policy Advisor, Christian Democratic Faction, German Federal Parliament (Bundestag)

Mr. Li Daixin

Director General, Department of Irrigation

Ms. Segufta Hossain

Researcher, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies

Mr. Chen Kevin

China Program Leader, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), US

Prof. Zhang Zhenghe

Business School, China Agricultural University

Expert from Nigeria (TBD)

1520 Tea Break

1540 Discussion

1640 Conclusion

1720 CLOSING RECEPTION