Conference Director: Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head of the 2020 Vision Initiative and Chief of Staff, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission, Ethiopia
H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
H.E. John Kufuor, Former President, Republic of Ghana, (video message)
Tefera Deribew, Minister of Agriculture, Ethiopia
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations, USA (video message)
David Nabarro, United Nations Secretary General Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition, Switzerland, (video message)
Naoko Ishii, CEO and Chairperson, The Global Environment Facility (GEF), USA
Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Natural Resources, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy
Rajiv Shah, Administrator, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA (video message)
Lystra N. Antoine, Global Director, Sustainable Agriculture Development, DuPont Pioneer, USA
Chair: Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University and Chair, High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security (HLPE), USA
Perspectives:
Tom Beck, Director, Resilience Secretariat, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA
Newai Gebre-ab, Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister and Executive Director of the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), Ethiopia
Jimmy Smith, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya
Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission, Ethiopia
Discussion
Kanayo Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Italy
Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Italy
Fawzi Al-Sultan, Chair, Board of Trustees, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Kuwait
