Lunch and Keynote Remarks

Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, President, World Food Prize Foundation

Topic: "The Road to the Market is Paved with Technology"

Dr. Norman E. Borlaug

Nobel Peace Prize – 1970 UN-FAO

Agricola Award Dr. Norman E. Borlaug The man who saved more lives than any other person who has ever lived Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Miracle Wheat in Mexico UN-FAO 70th Anniversary Dr. Norman E. Borlaug India and Pakistan Creation of the World Food Prize

“Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture” 1986 $250,000 Prize Given in Des Moines, Iowa October of Each Year at the Iowa State Capitol Laureates from Across the Globe Recognizing breakthrough achievements increasing the quality, quantity and availability of food

Dr. Yuan Longping, China | Dr. Monty Jones, Sierra Leone 2004 World Food Prize Laureates United Nations World Food Programme

Catherine Bertini 2003 World Food Prize Laureate Pioneers of Agricultural Biotechnology 2013 World Food Prize Laureates

Dr. Marc Van Montagu Mary- Dell Chilton Robert T. Fraley Belgium United States United States The Borlaug Dialogue

“The premier conference in the world on global agriculture.”

- Sir Gordon Conway 2015 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium October 14 – 16, 2015

1,200 people from 60 different countries The Borlaug Dialogue The Borlaug Dialogue

Amb. Ertharin H.E. José H.E. Kanayo F. Cousin Graziano da Silva Nwanze World Food Prize Youth Programs:

Inspiring the Next Generation Norman E. Borlaug Hall of Laureates Dr. Borlaug’s Vision

“Take it to the Farmer”

Science to bring the Green Revolution to Africa

Inspire the “Next Generation” The Single Greatest Challenge In Human History:

How will we sustainably feed the 9 billion people on this planet by 2050? Critical Issues Research

Extension

Smallholder Farmers

Climate Volatility

Infrastructure | Roads - The key to peace, stability and ending poverty The Borlaug Centennial Iran - 2014 Iran Biotechnology Conference | May 24 - 26

Dr. Marc Van Montagu 2013 World Food Prize Laureate Nominate an individual for: World Food Prize Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application

www.worldfoodprize.org/nominate