Obama, Bono, G8 leaders… and YOU!
Clear some space in your schedule this Friday for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security, a discussion on new activities to advance global agricultural development, food and nutrition security in Africa.
Bono and President Obama, at last year’s World AIDS Day event, will meet again at the Chicago Council’s Symposium on Global Agriculture. Photo credit: Ralph Alswang/ ONE.
This event is a dream come true for us here at ONE — we’ve been trying to “plant the seed” in the G8 to put sustainable global agriculture at the top of their agenda at this year’s summit. And now, thanks to this event, President Obama, G8 and African leaders, businesses, international organizations and civil society, Bono and more will have the opportunity to devote time and attention to this topic. Although we can’t be certain it will affect the outcomes of the Summit, we think it’s a great way to kick off the G8.
The best part? You’re invited to the event, and you can participate, too. The Chicago Council is livestreaming the day’s panels, discussions and events on their website. Feel free to drop in, leave and come back to the event whenever you wish, all from the comfort of your computer. Panelists and guest speakers will all be on standby, ready to answer your questions on Twitter — so be sure to follow @GlobalAgDev and direct your questions and comments to #globalag.
Here’s a list of some of the guests who will be attending:
President Barack Obama
His Excellency Dr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin & Chairperson of the African Union
His Excellency Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
His Excellency John Atta Mills, President of Ghana
His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary, United States Department of State
The Honorable Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Bono, Co-Founder of ONE and (RED)
The Honorable Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme
Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development
Ms. Josette Sheeran, Vice Chairman, World Economic Forum
And again, here’s how you can get involved:
- Watch the livestream of the event. It starts at 8 a.m. EDT. You don’t have to watch the whole thing, but make sure you keep it up in a tab on your browser so you can follow along. Find out which events you want to watch by checking out the agenda here.
- Follow live blog posts and analysis from Roger Thurow and other hunger experts at the Chicago Council’s Global Food For Thought blog.
- Ask questions to the panelists and guest speakers by tweeting at @globalagdev and using hashtag #globalag. They’ll be on the lookout for your questions, so you may get an answer from Josette Sheeran of the World Economic Forum or even Rajiv Shah of USAID!
I’ll be following along, too — so remember, you can always tweet at @ONECampaign with any questions you have about the event. See you on Friday!
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16/05/2012 at 9:29 pm
You’re either 1. Well-meaning but deluding yourselves, these people hate democracy and always promote non-sustainable pseudo-development
or
2. Want to carve out a niche for nice jobs while the rest of us go to hell.
Your posts in favour of John Browne are mental. There’s a guy who has no problem earning millions from BP bribing+funding Mobutu, Suharto, the various corrupt Italian governmnents of the 1970s, Holden Roberto, constant oil supply to the apartheid South African military. Continuing to ruin Canada, Central Asia and the Atlantic. Now he says he is in favour of transparency. What about my friends he has killed?
17/05/2012 at 11:02 am
Gentlemen, as well meaning as you are, your idea of helping people with handouts and government intervention is doomed to fail, as it always does. If you want to be successful, don’t think big, think small. Teach them to be self-sufficient. Teach them how to run a small business to provide income within their current environment. Man kind started with a barter system, not a banking system. They traded goods and service to each other. There was no government. Only family and tribes, working together. Think small to solve the big problem.
Thank you.