Feeding Knowledge Programme
Feeding the Mediterranean through knowledge
Towards Expo Milano 2015 legacy
Morning session: Technical workshop
Rome, 26 January 2015
“Sala Conferenze Internazionali”Internazionali Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Draft Agenda
09.30 – Welcome speeches
Representative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Representative of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Adel El-Beltagy - President of CIHEAM and Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (tbc)
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Gianni Bonini – Italian Delegate at CIHEAM Governing Board
Representative of Politecnico di Milano
Representative of Expo Milano
10.00 – Reducing knowledge waste for feeding the planet
Cosimo Lacirignola – CIHEAM Secretary General/IAMB Director
10.15 – The value of Feeding Knowledge: present and future
Representative of Expo Milano 2015
10.30 – Coffee break
10.45 – Results of FK Programme: a knowledge asset for the Mediterranean
Alice Perlini (Politecnico of Milano), Susanna Sancassani (Politecnico of Milano – METID), Damiano Petruzzella
(CIHEAM-IAMB)
11.00 - Towards the policy paper “Feeding through knowledge”
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• Main needs and problems of Mediterranean countries (Idir Bais – Algerian Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development)
• Best Practices for feeding the knowledge in the Mediterranean (Paola Testori Coggi – Member of the
International Selection Committee of the Call for Best Sustainable Development Practices on Food
Security of Expo Milano 2015)
• Outline of Feeding Knowledge policy paper: scenario and perspectives of the knowledge system in the
Mediterranean (Felice Adinolfi – University of Bologna and Member of the Advisory Board of CIHEAM)
h.12.00 – Discussion with the audience
h.13.00 – Conculsions
Translation will be available in Italian, French, English