Agenda | Monday, October 15
9:00 | Morning Panels |
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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 |
Watch Here | 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 |
Watch Here | 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 |
Watch Here | Amb. Kenneth M. Quinn | President, World Food Prize Foundation |
11:05 |
Aegis Trust:Feeding humanity to prevent violence, insecurity and future genocides |
Watch Here | 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 |
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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 |
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Presentation of Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award | |
Watch Here | 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. For more on this year's 2018 Recipients, please click here |
10:00 | Student Breakout Sessions |
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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 |