The World Economic Forum, with an objective to improve the state of the world, annually organizes a gathering that brings together leaders of global society.  IFPRI’s Director General, Shenggen Fan will participate in several events around the meetings. 

Shaping the global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of 2019 will take place in a context of unprecedented uncertainty, fragility and controversy.  The heads and members of more than 100 governments, top executives of the foremost global companies, leaders of international organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, the most prominent cultural, societal and thought leaders, and more, will gather to define priorities and shape global, industry and regional agendas.  The programme will aim to foster systems leadership and global stewardship while recognizing the actuality of a more complex, “multiconceptual” world.

Roundtable Breakfast Session hosted by Paul Polman with the Food and Land Use Coalition: Choosing Nature or Nutrition – A False Dichotomy? (January 24 — 7:00am-9:00am, in the SDG Tent)

• “Agricultural Subsidies: A Lever to Harness the Benefits of Biodiversity for Food Production” 
  • Lead Speaker and Moderator: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition Data, Investment, Partnership, and Accountability (January 24 — 5:45pm-7:00pm, in the SDG Tent)

• Opening and Welcome: Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Please contact Teunis van Rheenen to confirm your participation.