- Thursday, October 9, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CT
- At WashU and online
The FARM Food Futures Forum is the inaugural convening of Washington University School of Public Health’s Food and Agriculture Research Mission (FARM) Innovation Research Network. The forum will bring together leading voices from academia, government, civil society, and the private sector to engage in critical dialogue on transforming food systems to support human and planetary health. This gathering will highlight how public health must integrate agricultural science, technology, and market solutions to advance sustainable, equitable, and health-promoting food futures.
9 a.m. – Welcome and introductions
Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health
Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health
Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Washington University in St Louis
Lora Iannotti, PhD
Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor; co-director of the Food & Agriculture Research Mission (FARM) Innovation Research Network; and founding director of the E3 Nutrition Lab at WashU School of Public Health; director for planetary health, WashU Center for the Environment
9:20 a.m. – What is Required to Achieve Sustainable Food Systems Transformation?
Agnes Kalibata, PhD
Founder and chair, Connect for Impact Advisory Group (C4Impact), Kigali, Rwanda; past president, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA); special envoy of the U.N. secretary-general for the 2021 Food Systems Summit
Panel discussion
Moderator:
Morven McLean, PhD
Executive director of networks and innovation and professor of practice; director of the Food & Agriculture Research Mission (FARM) Innovation Research Network, of the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU)
Panelists:
David Spielman, MSc, PhD
Director of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD
Joyce and Chauncy Buchheit Professor in Public Health; associate dean of faculty affairs, WashU School of Public Health
Sarah Moreland-Russell, PhD
Associate professor, WashU School of Public Health
10:10 a.m. – Food System Trends and Issues Arising from Climate Impacts that Pose Challenges for Nutrition and Public Health
Jason Clay, PhD
Senior vice president, markets and food; executive director, Markets Institute, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Panel discussion
Moderator:
Sydney Scott, PhD
Associate professor of marketing, Olin Business School, WashU
Panelists:
Robbie Hart, PhD
Director, William L. Brown Center, and Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum; William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Stephanie Mazzucca-Ragan, PhD
Assistant professor, WashU School of Public Health
Kristen Wild, BA
President & CEO, Operation Food Search, St. Louis
11 a.m. – Break
11:30 – An Imperative for Human and Planetary Health: Research to End Hunger and Improve Nutrition
Robert Bertram, PhD
Chief scientist, Food Security Leadership Council, Washington, D.C.; former chief scientist for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resilience and Food Security
Panel discussion
Moderator:
Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor, and director of the Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, WashU Medicine
Panelists:
Lora Iannotti, PhD
Lauren and Lee Fixel Distinguished Professor; co-director of the Food & Agriculture Research Mission (FARM) Innovation Research Network; and founding director of the E3 Nutrition Lab at WashU School of Public Health; director for planetary health, WashU Center for the Environment
Patrick Aguilar, MD, MBA
Professor of Practice of Organizational Behavior and Managing Director of Health, Olin Business School, WashU
Donald MacKenzie, PhD
Executive director, Institute for International Crop Improvement, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis