A panel of international experts and thought leaders will bring new solutions to the table.
Their goals is to strike the balance between the global need for more food and steep urban, industrial and environmental pressures on water supplies - all under the added threats of climate change and soring energy prices.
Hosted by the World Food Center at the University of California, Davis and the International Food Policy Research Institute, the conference will address the key issues on the global level down to the individual basin scale. It will analyze the extreme case of California, now in its fourth year of droughtas well as the challenges globally of sustainable managementof grond and surface water resurces and declining water quality.
The conference will take place at the UC Davis Conference Center, with talks from policy makers, researchers, development investors and industry leaders from around the world. The ultimate goal will be a series of policy briefs that set the priorities for action in securing water for food security.
A limited number of grants will be provided for participants from developing countries with poster submissions will be solicited.
For more information please see {http://www.ifpri.org/event/water-food-security|http://www.ifpri.org/event/water-food-security}
Draft Agenda
October 5th
8:30-9:00 Welcome / Opening Remarks
*Josette Lewis, Associate Director, World Food Center
*Mark Rosegrant, IFPRI
*Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food & Agriculture
9:00-10:00 Keynote: The Global Challenge
*Chris Brown, General Manager, Responsibility & Sustainability, Olam International
*Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology, International Food Policy Research Institute
10:00-10:30 Break
11:30-12:00 The Case of California: Moderated panel discussion
*Jay Lund, Director, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
*Ellen Hanak, Senior Fellow and Center Director, Public Policy Institute of California
*Thomas Harter, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California, Davis
*Andrew Schwarz, Senior Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources
12:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 The Water Policy Challenges: Moderated discussion of perspective
The Water Policy Challenges: Moderated discussion of perspective
Moujahed Achouri, Director of Land & Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
*Reinaldo Ruiz, Presidential Delegate for Water, Chile
*Richard Damania, Lead Environmental Economist—South Asia Region, World Bank
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Climate Change: Looking toward the future, how climate changes will impact availability, quality, and cost of water for agriculture in different regions. Moderated Q&A
Global Overview:
*Claudia Ringler, International Food Policy Research Institute California:
*Dan Cayan, University of California, San Diego Africa: speaker TBD
4:00 - 6:00 Poster Session and Reception
October 6th
8:30 - 9:30 Groundwater: Measuring, monitoring, and policy tools to sustain this water bank account
9:30 - 11:00 Groundwater: Moderated panel on the challenges and management options
Mexico: Dr. Polioptro Martinez Austria, Director General, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico
Spain: *Manuel Pulido, Professor, School of Engineering, Dept. of Hydraulic Engineering and Environment, Polytechnic University of Valencia
China: *Siwa Msangi, Senior Research Staff, Environment and Production Technology, International Food Policy Research Institute
*Duncan MacEwan, University of California, Davis
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30 - 1:00 Water Markets & Development: New approaches to expand storage, reuse & desalination
Helen Dalhke, University of California, Davis
*Uri Shani, Advisor to Israel Water Authority
*William Easter, University of Minnesota
*Jinxia Wang, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy
*Guillaume Gruere, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OEC
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 Plenary Risk & Private Investment: The impact of declining water resources on private investment in food and agriculture sectors
3:30 - 4:30 Looking Forward
Besty Otto, Global Director, Water Program, World Resources Institute
*Christian Holmes, Deputy Assistant Administrator and Global Water Coordinator, USAID
4:30 Closing Remarks
