Investing in Food Systems Transformation - on the Road to the 2021 Food Systems Summit

House of Switzerland • World Economic Forum 2020

Mittwoch 22 Januar 2020
11:00 - 14:20
Standort: Nordside

Co-organized by the Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG, Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER, and the Food Systems Dialogues Secretariat A World Economic Forum Annual Meeting affiliated Session

The way we currently produce, process, retail and consume food is not sustainable. Therefore, the UN will convene a Food Systems Summit in 2021.
This High Level Dialogue will discuss the required changes to bring about the type and scale of investments needed to make the transformation possible. The event will offer leaders from business, governments, international organizations
and civil society an opportunity to make a substantial contribution towards the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.

Expected speakers:
Marta Antonelli, Research Director, Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation
Qu Dongyou, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Suni Harford, Member of the Group Executive Board, President Asset Management, UBS
Theo de Jager, President, World Farmer’s Organisation
Agnes Kalibata, Special Envoy for 2021 Food Systems Summit
Maness Nkhata, Owner, Lakeshore Agro-Processing Enterprise
Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin

Moderators:
Part 1: Michelle Grant, World Food Systems Centre ETH Zurich
Part 2: David Nabarro, Food Systems Dialogues Curator and Co- Laureate of the 2018 World Food Prize

Contact person:
Urs Wiedmer, urs.wiedmer@gs-wbf.admin.ch