The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) invite you to the workshop 'Reimagining agri-food system transformation: Enlarging and enriching time horizons'. During the workshop we will reflect on the value of historical insights and inquiry in the practice of foresight planning on food system transformations.
This conference is co-convened by prof. dr. Nel de Mûelenaere (Vrije Universiteit Brussel and BrIAS) and dr. Rathana Peou Norbert-Munns (FAO), in collaboration with BrIAS-fellows dr. Leslie Lipper (Cornell University), prof. dr. Jessica Dijkman (Utrecht University), dr. Matthew Hannaford (University of Lincoln), prof. dr. Pierre Purseigle (University of Warwick) and Nasir Uddin (ActionAid Bangladesh).
Please register below before 10th of April as places are limited. Digital participation is possible upon request in comments.
Programme 9.30-10:00 - Registration and coffee10:00-10:15 - Welcome Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director, FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium
Nel de Mûelenaere, Professor of History, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Academic Co-director of BrIAS
Rathana Peou-Norbert Munns, Climate Foresight and Scenarios Development Expert, UN FAO and BrIAS-
fellow
10:15-10:45 - Enlarging time horizons for food system transformations: integrating historical thinking in foresight planning
Matthew Hannaford, Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Lincoln and BrIAS-fellow
Nel de Mûelenaere, Professor of History, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Academic Co-director of BrIAS
10:45-10.55 - History and foresight planning: a practitioner’s view
A M Nasir Uddin, Manager, Disaster Risk Reduction, ActionAid Bangladesh and BrIAS-fellow
10:55-11:10 - Next steps: pilot projects
Leslie Lipper, Senior Consultant, Cornell University and BrIAS-fellow
11:10-11:50 - Mapping initiatives and partners, sharing reflections
Lorenzo Bellu, Senior Economist, Agricultural Development Economics Division, FAO
Bram Peters, Programme Facilitator, Foresight 4 Food Initiative, Oxford University
Just Dengerink, Food Systems Advisor, Wageningen Center for Development Innovation
Lale Lee, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Systems Innovation Copenhagen Hub
11:50-12:00 - Closing remarks
Stefanos Fotiou, Director, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and FAO Office of Sustainable Development Goals
12:00-13:30 - Networking lunch