Borlaug. The World Food Prize. Dialogue and Global Youth Institute. The Next Borlaug Century

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1 2013 Borlug Dlogue nd Globl Youh Insue B o h c e n lo g y o Su The Nex Borlug Cenury Ocober 16-19, 2013 Des Mones, Iow s n b l C y l m e V o l l y

2 2013 Luree Announcemen Ceremony June 19 Benjmn Frnkln Recepon Room U.S. Deprmen of Se Wshngon, D.C. Hon. John Kerry Secrery of Se U.S. Deprmen of Se Rober D. Horms Under Secrery for Economc Growh, Energy & he Envronmen U.S. Deprmen of Se John Run III Chrmn Foundon Amb. Kenneh M. Qunn Foundon F or he ps 10 yers, he World Food Prze Foundon hs been prvleged o hold s nnul Luree Announcemen Ceremony he U. S. Deprmen of Se. Foundon s deeply greful o Secrery of Se John Kerry for connung hs rdon nd presdng n The recpens of he $250,000 World Food Prze re chosen by he Luree Selecon Commee, chred by Dr. M.S. Swmnhn of Ind, he frs World Food Prze Luree nd one of he world s mos respeced nd dmred scenss. The oher members of he Selecon Commee, dsngushed nd dverse rry of expers from round he world, remn nonymous.

3 The 2013 World Food Prze Lurees T hree dsngushed scenss Mrc Vn Mongu of Belgum, nd Mry-Dell Chlon nd Rober T. Frley of he Uned Ses wll shre he 2013 World Food Prze for her ndependen, ndvdul brekhrough chevemens n foundng, developng, nd pplyng modern grculurl boechnology. Ther reserch hs mde possble for frmers o grow crops wh mproved yelds, ressnce o nsecs nd dsese, nd he bly o olere exreme vrons n clme such s excessve he nd drough. Mrc Vn Mongu Belgum Mry-Dell Chlon Uned Ses Rober T. Frley Uned Ses In regrd o he selecon of hese hree scenss o shre he World Food Prze, Dr. M.S. Swmnhn, he Chrmn of he Selecon Commee sed: 2013 mrks he 60h nnversry of he dscovery of he double helx srucure of he DNA Molecule by Jmes Wson, Frncs Crck nd Murce Wlkns. Durng he ls 60 yers, he scence of moleculr genecs, lso referred o s New Genecs, hs opened up uncommon opporunes for shpng he fuure of grculure, ndusry, medcne nd envronmen proecon. I s herefore ppropre h he World Food Prze s beng wrded hs yer o some of he poneers of he New Genecs who hve opened up opporunes for chevng blnce beween humn numbers nd he humn cpcy o produce deque food. The revoluonry boechnology dscoveres of hese hree ndvduls - ech workng n sepre fcles on wo connens - unlocked he key o pln cell rnsformon usng recombnn DNA. Ther work led o he developmen of hos of geneclly enhnced crops grown by 17.3 mllon frmers worldwde on 170 mllon hecres round he globe. Over 90 percen of hese re smll resource-poor frmers n developng counres. Dr. Vn Mongu s Founder nd Chrmn of The Insue for Pln Boechnology Ourech of Ghen Unversy. Dr. Chlon s Founder nd Dsngushed Fellow of Syngen Boechnology. Dr. Frley s Execuve Vce nd Chef Technology Offcer of Monsno.

4 The 2013 Borlug Dlogue The NexT Borlug CeNTury: BoTeChNology, SuSTNBlTy Nd ClmTe VolTlTy Honorble Tony Blr Former Prme Mnser Uned Kngdom Hs Excellency Ólfur Rgnr Grímsson Icelnd Hs Emnence Crdnl Peer K. A. Turkson Ponfcl Councl for Jusce nd Pece Holy See, The Vcn Honorble Akn Adesn Mnser of Agrculure & Rurl Developmen Nger Honorble Peer Mwnz Mnser of Agrculure & Food Secury Mlw Schedule of Evens Tuesdy, Ocober 15: 9.m. 3:30 p.m. The Iow Hunger Summ Knyo Nwnze Inernonl Fund for Agrculurl Developmen Uned Nons Once gn, we hve n exceponl rry of globl leders, expers nd scenss who wll brng dverse se of vewpons o hs yer s dlogue. We re especlly honored h Hs Excellency Ólfur Rgnr Grímsson, he of Icelnd, wll delver he keynoe ddress; h former Prme Mnser Tony Blr wll prcpe n specl pnel modered by Howrd G. Buffe; nd h Hs Emnence Crdnl Peer K. A. Turkson of Ghn wll provde unque perspecve from he Vcn. Wednesdy, Ocober 16: 1 p.m. 4:30 p.m. Borlug Dlogue Dy I 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Ceremony: Normn Borlug Awrd for Feld Reserch nd Applcon, Endowed by he Rockefeller Foundon Thursdy, Ocober 17: 8.m. 4 p.m. Borlug Dlogue Dy II 7 p.m. Luree Awrd Ceremony, Iow Se Cpol Frdy, Ocober 18: 7:30.m. 2 p.m. Borlug Dlogue Dy III 2 p.m. 5 p.m. Iow Frm Tours Surdy, Ocober 19: 8.m. 3:30 p.m. Globl Youh Insue The full schedule, ncludng he Luree Lecure Seres nd sde evens, wll be vlble

5 Feured Spekers Howrd G. Buffe Howrd G. Buffe Foundon M. Jh Chppell Asssn Professor Wshngon Se Unversy - Vncouver Lm Condon Chef Execuve Offcer Byer CropScence Sr Gordon Conwy Professor of Inernonl Developmen Imperl College, London Ls Dreer Drecor Food Secury & Developmen Inves World Economc Forum Chrs Els Globl Developmen Progrm The Bll & Melnd Ges Foundon Tm Hnsd & CEO Lndes Sr Brn Hep Professor S. Edmund s College Hns Herren Mllennum Insue Mrk Khn Prner Omnvore Cpl Ellen Kullmn Chr & CEO DuPon Hermnn Loze-Cmpen Co-Chr, Clme Impcs & Vulnerbles Posdm Insue for Clme Reserch Jcquelne Mknd Execuve Drecor & CEO Tnzn Horculurl Assocon Chrs Nelson & CEO Kemn Indusres Vcor Podes Vce & Chef Communcons Offcer ADM Ru Shrm Co-Founder & Women Thrve Worldwde Jomo Sundurm Asssn Drecor-Generl Economc & Socl Developmen Deprmen UN-FAO Juergen Voegele Secor Drecor Susnble Developmen Nework The World Bnk Ren Wng Asssn Drecor-Generl Agrculure nd Consumer Proecon Deprmen UN-FAO Blrm Sngh Ydv Mngng Drecor Godrej Agrove Ld.

6 FOUNDATION John Run III, Chrmn Amb. Kenneh M. Qunn, COUNCIL OF ADVISORS Hon. George H.W. Bush Hon. Jmmy Crer H.E. Joqum Chssno Former, Mozmbque Mrgre Cley-Crlson Chr, Globl Crop Dversy Trus, Cnd Vncouver, Cnd Dr. Zhnglng Chen Vce-Governor, Gungx Provnce, Chn Chn A.S. Al Clus Vce of Reserch, Generl Foods (Rered) Dr. W. Ronne Coffmn Drecor, Inernonl Progrms, College of Agrculure & Lfe Scences, Cornell Unversy Sr Gordon Conwy Professor of Inernonl Developmen, Imperl College, London Dr. Louse O. Fresco Professor, Unversy of Amserdm Mchel Grner Pulzer Prze Wnner Dr. Seven Leh, Iow Se Unversy M. Peer McPherson, APLU Cynh H. Mllgn Den Emerus, College of Busness Admnsron, Unversy of Nebrsk H.E. Robero Rodrgues Former Mnser of Agrculure, Brzl Yohe Sskw Chrmn, The Nppon Foundon, Tokyo Dr. M.S. Swmnhn Chrmn, Luree Selecon Commee Chenn, Ind The Nex Borlug Cenury T he yer 2013 represens he confluence of wo sgnfcn nnversres: s he 60h nnversry of he dscovery of he DNA Double Helx; nd wll lso mrk he begnnng of he yer-long Borlug Cenennl Observnce whch wll celebre he 100h nnversry of he brh of Dr. Normn E. Borlug, he founder of he World Food Prze. Boh of hese evens re rsclly nerwned on he fron of hs brochure, jus s hey re scenfclly. Gven hs hsorc nersecon, s mos ppropre h he World Food Prze honors hree ndvduls who were he forefron of he pplcon o grculure of Wson, Crck, Wlkns nd Frnkln s brekhrough n genecs. As Dr. Borlug hmself sd, We re gong from he Green Revoluon o he Gene Revoluon. The 2013 Borlug Dlogue symposum wll, herefore, seek o honor Dr. Borlug s pssone belef n scence nd he work of hese scenss by focusng on he nexus of hree subjecs cenrl o he globl chllenges we fce n he 21s cenury: boechnology, susnbly, nd clme volly. Normn Borlug s drem ws h one dy scenss would dscover he key r n rce pln h prevens from beng suscepble o rus dsese; nd, hen, usng boechnology, rnspln no whe o defe h scourge h Dr. Borlug srved o evscere hroughou hs creer, bu whch sll rges n he form of Ug99. Smlrly, cn boechnology be engged n he sruggle o melore he perverse mpc of clme vrons, whle lso ensurng h grculurl nd envronmenl susnbly re mnned? A hs sme me, we wll hos he Globl Youh Insue, wh over 150 hgh school sudens, s we endevor o nspre he nex generon. We cordlly nve you o jon us for hese conversons n Des Mones Ocober 16-19, s we presen he Nobel Prze for Food nd Agrculure nd convene wh hs been clled he premer conference n he world on globl food secury. Plese go o o reserve your plce s we begn The Nex Borlug Cenury. -Ambssdor Kenneh M. Qunn