International Food Security Symposium at Illinois: "Cultivating a New Vision for International Food Security in ACES"
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- ACES Office of International Programs
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- Lauren Karplus
- lkarpl2@illinois.edu
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- ACES Office of International Programs Lectures
Cultivating a New Vision for International Food Security in ACES
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
8:30 am-9:00 am:
Coffee Reception and Undergraduate Global Food Security Interns Poster Session
9:00-9:15 am:
Welcome and Introduction to Symposium
Dean Germán Bollero
Associate Dean of International Programs Mary Arends-Kuenning
9:15 am-10:30 am:
Funding for Global Food Security
Moderator: Alex Winter-Nelson
Pete Goldsmith, Soybean Innovation Lab Director
Hope Michelson, Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Juan Arbelaez, Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences
10:35 am-11:45 am:
Circular Bioeconomy: What impact in the Global South?
Moderator: Jeremy Guest
Maria Alejandra Garcia
Yuanhui Zhang
Gal Hochman
11:45 am -1 pm:
Lunch
1-2:15 pm:
Perennial Grains: Global Advances
Juan Arbelaez, Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences
Alexander Lipka, Associate Professor of Crop Sciences
Erik Sacks, Professor of Crop Sciences
2:15 pm-3:15 pm:
Coffee Break/Pause
3:15 pm-3:45 pm:
RIPE: Innovations for Global Food Security
3:45 pm - 4:45 pm:
Graduate Student Lightning Presentations
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm:
Reception
Drinks and hors d'oeuvres
Thursday, April 16
9-10:15 am:
Sustaining Ethical and Equitable Collaborations with the Global South: An African Perspective
Moderator: Elsa Zawedde, Postdoctoral Associate
Salif Coulibaly, Fulbright Fellow, Associate Professor of Economics at ENSEA
Crispin Cholwe, PhD Stude
Jason Kandume, Visiting Research Specialist and PhD student
10:15 am-10:30 am:
Coffee Break
10:30 am-11:45 am:
Dietary Transition and Global Food Security
Moderator and additional panelists TBD
Margarita Teran-Garcia
Damir Torrico
Kelly Freeman-Bost
11:45 am-1:00 pm:
Lunch
1 pm-2:15 pm:
School Feeding Programs for Global Food Security
Moderator: Mary Arends-Kuenning
Paul McNamara
Matt Stasiwecz
Gabriella Nicole Pinto
2:15-3 p.m:
Coffee Break/Ice Cream Social
Winners of Graduate Student Lightning Talks announced
3-5 p.m.
From Insight to Action: A Shared Path Forward for Global Food Security at Illinois.
ACES Affiliates are encouraged to attend this participatory workshop. This capstone workshop will guide participants through a collaborative process to articulate a shared mission, vision, core values, and explicit commitments for advancing global food security work at Illinois.