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Organised by SLU Global at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (SIANI), with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). 
Programme Day 1
Day 1, 28 September
Please note: All time slots displayed in the conference programme are in Central European Summer Time (CEST) / UTC+2.
8.30: The conference platform opens
8.50: Introduction film to the conference digital platform COEO
9.00: Opening of the conference
Welcome address - Maria Knutson Wedel, Vice-Chancellor at SLU
Opening address - Janine Alm Ericson, Sweden´s State Secretary to Minister for International Development Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh
Plenary Keynote 1 – Ana María Loboguerrero, CIAT
Plenary Keynote 2 – Rhoda Mofya- Mukuka, FAO
10.00: Introducing Day 1 Topic Leaders
10.10: Exhibition time
Break/mingle
10.30: Parallel sessions
Topic 1 – Justice in Food Governance
Topic 2 – Towards Improved Food and Nutrition Security from Smallholder-inclusive Food Systems
Break/mingle
11.30: Parallell sessions
Topic 1 – Justice in Food Governance
Topic 2 – Towards Improved Food and Nutrition Security from Smallholder-inclusive Food Systems
12. 10: Lunch
12.50: Poster session
Topic 1 – Justice in Food Governance
Break/mingle
13.40: Parallell sessions
Topic 1 – Justice in Food Governance
Topic 2 – Towards Improved Food and Nutrition Security from Smallholder-inclusive Food Systems
Break/mingle
14.30: Topic 1 and 2: Summing up of Day 1
15.00: End of Day 1
Agri4D 2021 - Detailed programme Day 1.pdf
Programme Day 2
Day 2, 29 September
Please note: All time slots displayed in the conference programme are in Central European Summer Time (CEST) / UTC+2.
8.30: The conference platform opens
8.50: Introduction film to the conference digital platform COEO
9.00: Welcome to Day 2
Plenary Keynote 3 – Martien van Nieuwkoop, World Bank, Agriculture Global Practice
Plenary Keynote 4 – Stephen Muchiri, Eastern African Farmers Federation
Plenary Keynote 5 – Shirley Tarawali, ILRI
10.00: Introducing Day 2 Topic Leaders
10.10: Exhibition time
Break/mingle
10.30: Parallel sessions
Topic 3 – Agroecology
Topic 4 – Closing the Loop – Making Food Systems Circular
Break/mingle
11.30: Parallell sessions
Topic 3 – Agroecology
Topic 4 – Closing the Loop – Making Food Systems Circular
12.10: Lunch
12.50: Poster session
Topic 3 - Agroecology
Break/mingle
13.40: Parallell sessions
Topic 3 – Agroecology
Topic 4 – Closing the Loop – Making Food Systems Circular
Break/mingle
14.30: Topic 3 and 4: Summing up of Day 2
15.00 End of Day 2
Agri4D 2021 - Detailed programme Day 2.pdf
Programme Day 3
Day 3, 30 September
Please note: All time slots displayed in the conference programme are in Central European Summer Time (CEST) / UTC+2.
8.30: The conference platform opens
8.50: Introduction film to the conference digital platform COEO
9.00: Welcome to Day 3
Plenary Keynote 6 – Line Gordon, SRC
Plenary Keynote 7 – Kola Masha, Babban Gona
Plenary Keynote 8 – Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, University of KwaZulu Natal
10.00: Introducing Day 3 Topic Leaders
10.10: Exhibition time
Break/mingle
10.30: Parallel sessions
Topic 5 – Innovation & Innovative Approaches
Topic 6 – Build Resilience to Vulnerabilities, Shocks and Stress
Break/mingle
11.30: Paralell sessions
Topic 5 – Innovation & Innovative Approaches
Topic 6 – Build Resilience to Vulnerabilities, Shocks and Stress
12.10: Lunch
12.50: Poster sessions
Topic 5 – Innovation & Innovative Approaches
Topic 6 – Build Resilience to Vulnerabilities, Shocks and Stress
Break/mingle
13.40: Parallell sessions
Topic 5 – Innovation & Innovative Approaches
Topic 6 – Build Resilience to Vulnerabilities, Shocks and Stress
Break/mingle
14.30: Topic 5 and 6: Summing up of Day 3
15.00: Concluding reflections
Plenary Keynote 9: Kerstin Jonsson Cissé, Sida
Plenary Keynote 10: Ylva Hillbur, SLU
15.40: Conference ends
Agri4D 2021 - Detailed programme Day 3.pdf
Here you find a simplified and a detailed schedule for the Agri4D conference.
Plenary keynote speakers
Agri4D has gathered a range of very qualified speakers to talk about their areas of expertise during the conference. There are speakers from all over the world; from academia to governmental and intergovernmental organisations. Here you can read more about them and their work for global food security.
Meet the opening speakers at Agri4D 2021
Maria Knutson Wedel, Vice-Chancellor SLU
Maria Knutson Wedel is the Vice-Chancellor at SLU since 2019. She is committed to research, education, internationalisation, sustainability integration and leadership.
She has a Master of Science in Engineering Physics from Chalmers University of Technology, a PhD in Physics and has been educational development leader, vice president of education Chalmers University of Technology as well as vice chairman at the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development.
Janine Alm Ericson, Sweden´s State Secretary
Janine Alm Ericson is State Secretary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation overseeing Sweden’s Policy for Global Development and the development cooperation components of the Swedish Feminist Foreign Policy.
Prior, Janine Alm Ericson was Group leader of the Green Party in the Riksdag, member of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and gender equality policy spokesperson.
University studies in political science, economics, peace and conflict, developing countries and environmental science.
Photo: Ninni Andersson/Regeringskansliet
Published: 07 March 2023 - Page editor: agnes.bondesson@slu.se
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