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Agenda | Monday, October 15

9:00 \| Morning Panels
Iowa Ballroom, 2nd Floor
9:00	Welcome
	Madeline Goebel \| Director, Iowa Hunger Summit and Community Outreach, World Food Prize Foundation
9:05	Food Recovery: How Food Waste Undermines Food Security
	Moderator: Lea Hensel \| Communications & Marketing Coordinator, Iowa Waste Reduction Center Aubrey Alvarez \| Executive Director & Co - Founder, Eat Greater Des Moines Derek Nelson \| Director of Sustainability, Kum & Go Denise Osterhues \| Senior Director, Corporate Affairs, The Kroger Co
9:55	The Economics of SNAP: Understanding SNAP in our Communities
	Moderator: Michelle Book \| CEO, Food Bank of Iowa Jeanne Blankenship \| VP, Policy Initiatives and Advocacy, Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics Regenea Hurte \| Executive Director, Iowa Hunger Coalition & Iowa Food Bank Association Cheryl Kennedy \| FNS Acting Regional Administrator, USDA
10:45	Confronting Genocide: the 1979 Iowa SHARES Campaign to aid Cambodian Refugees
	Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn \| President, World Food Prize Foundation
11:05	Aegis Trust:Feeding humanity to prevent violence, insecurity and future genocides
	Dr. James Smith \| Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aegis Trust Beth Crookham \| Chair, Global Implementation Board, Aegis Champions of Humanity Freddy Mutanguha \| Africa Representative, Aegis Trust Nancy Reynolds \| Board Chair, Health Builders Dr. Yogesh Shah \| Peace and Health Lead, Aegis Champions of Humanity
12:00 \| Iowa Hunger Luncheon
Des Moines Exhibits Hall, 3rd Floor
	Norman Borlaug Day Proclamation by Governor Reynolds
	Governor Kim Reynolds signs the official proclamation declaring October 16 as Norman E. Borlaug/World Food Prize Day in Iowa
	*Presentation of Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award*
	This year's award will honor 14 individuals and organizations who, following the late Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray's inspired humanitarian leadership, made Iowa SHARES into a statewide campaign that delivered lifesaving food, medicine and volunteer doctors and nurses to the Cambodian border of Thailand, where thousands of victims of the Khmer Rouge Genocide had escaped.

1:30 \| Breakout Sessions
Hall of Cities, 3rd Floor
1:30 \| Round One
Council Bluffs	Community Engagement and Collaboration: The Crisis Center Mobile Food Pantry The Crisis Center
Cedar Rapids	Malnutrition and Violence Broadlawns and Aegis Trust
Davenport	Integrating Partners through Grassroots Cooperation: Community and Private Partners Addressing Local Food Insecurity Jefferson County Hunger Dialogue & Pathfinders Resource Conservation Development, Inc
Dubuque	Grassroots School Based Food Assistance Interstate 35 School
Waterloo	Collaboration for Capacity Building in Nonprofit Intrapreneurship Horizons, A Family Service Alliance
2:30 \| Round Two
Council Bluffs	Identifying Iowa Funding Partners and Resources Iowa Council of Foundations
Cedar Rapids	Increasing Access to Fruits and Vegetables: Leveraging Partnerships to Help Seniors Lee County Health Department & Heritage Area Agency on Aging
Davenport	Building Hunger Awareness through Urban Agriculture Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
Dubuque	Fostering Access to Local Food Practical Farmers of Iowa
Waterloo	Telling the Story of Hunger Through Data DMARC
3:25 \| Closing Session \| 2018 ALICE Report
Iowa Ballroom, 2nd Floor
Deann Cook \| Executive Director, United Ways of Iowa
4:00 \| 2018 Iowa Hunger Summit Concludes

10:00 \| Student Breakout Sessions
Hall of Cities, 3rd Floor
International Track \| Dubuque
10:00	The United Nations and Hunger Iowa United Nations Associations
11:00	Creating School Gardens to Combat Hunger Iowa State University - Global Resource Systems
Local Track \| Davenport
10:00	Building Hunger Awareness through Urban Agriculture Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
11:00	Focus on Food Banks Iowa Food Bank Association

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