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The 8th International Food Security Symposium at Illinois

Event Type
Ceremony/Service
Sponsor
ACES Office of International Programs and the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program
Date
Oct 17, 2024 - Oct 18, 2024   All Day
Registration
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Contact
Leslie Myrick
E-Mail
lsweet@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
ACDIS: Arms Control & Domestic and International Security

Food Systems for Humans and Wildlife

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PROGRAM

Thursday, October 17 – Focus: The International Scene 

  • 9:30 a.m. Coffee 

  • 10:00 a.m. Welcome  - Mary Arends-Kuenning, Professor and Acting Associate Dean, College of ACES International Programs, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  

  • 10:15 a.m. Overview of symposium program and summary of global challenges facing wildlife and food security -Michelle Wander, Emeritus Professor and Director of the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign   

  • 10:30 a.m. Food security and opportunity crops - New sciences needed to succeed - Sieglinde Snapp, Sustainable Agrifood Systems Program Director CIMMYT 

  • 11:30 a.m. The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) – A roadmap for sustaining humans and wildlife - Jeff Herrick, Research Scientist at USDA-ARS and Senior Advisor to the US Special Envoy for Global Food Security 

  • 12:00 p.m. Lunch 

  • 1.30 p.m. Mexico case study - Wildlife considerations within local production systems - Mike Ward, Professor and Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign   

  • 2.30 Discussion of issues and opportunities 

 

Friday, October 18 – Focus: The Domestic Scene  

  • 8:30 a.m. Coffee 

  • 9:00 a.m. Summary of Questions and Observations from Day 1 - Michelle Wander, Emeritus Professor and Director of the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Program, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign    

  • 9:15 a.m. Domestic examples of things that work! Targeting areas and programs to protect critical habitat for wildlife - Mike Ward, Professor and Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  

  • 10:15 a.m. Review of EPA’s pesticide management plans and compliance with the Endangered Species Act - Aaron Hager, Professor and Extension Specialist, Weed Science and IPM, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • 11:00 a.m. Pesticides and plant damage in Illinois natural areas - TJ Benson, Principal Research Scientist and Critical Trends Assessment Program Coordinator, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute  

  • 11:45 a.m. Lunch   

  • 1:00 p.m. "Considering Policy Options for System Wide Issues - A case study in pesticide drift" - Kim Erndt-Pitcher, Director of Ecological Health, Prairie Rivers Network

  • 1:45 p.m. Table discussions with report out and observations Heritage Room - conversation facilitated by speakers 

  • 3:00 p.m. Report out and next steps 

 

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