Jul 14

Commission on International Programs Summer Meeting

ACES Global Connect
211 Mumford Hall
MC-710
1301 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
217.333.0240
aces-global@uiuc.edu

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Joachim Von Braun, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, Visits Illinois

Dr. Von Braun’s Biography is available at: http://www.ifpri.org/srstaff/vonbraunj.asp

Download the lecture poster (pdf).

Read more about IFPRI’s research in the area of biofuels and food.

Agenda

Thursday, February 14, 2008:

8:30 a.m.	Breakfast with faculty from Agricultural and Consumer Economics Heritage Room, ACES LIAC
9:30 a.m.	Roundtable Discussion on expectations of food stocks for Bioenergy hosted by CABER Room 162, Institute for Genomic Biology
11:00 a.m.	Focus 580 Interview
12:00 p.m.	Graduate Seminar and brownbag lunch 426 Mumford Hall
1:00 p.m.	Signing Ceremony between University of Illinois and IFPRI Room 240 National Soybean Research Laboratory
2:00 p.m.	Small Group Meeting on collaborative activities with UI National Soybean Research Center
3:00 p.m.	Lecture Prep
4:00 p.m.	MillerComm Lecture: Biofuels and the World Food Situation Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
5:30 p.m.	Reception Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center
7:00 p.m.	Dinner Brezee Lounge, Alice Campbell Alumni Center

For information on any of these events call the ACES Global Connect Office at 244 2295. Updates on his itinerary will be posted as they become available.