SAT SEPT. 27 h. 9.00 am – h. 4.00 pm
Ethics, Economics and Politics
| Morning session chaired by: Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican and Dario Casati, Department of Economics and Agrarian Politics, University of Milan, Italy |
| Ethical Perspectives |
Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice, Italy |
| Wars about Waters: from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Present |
Giulio Giorello, Department of Philosophy, University of Milan, Italy |
| The Eradication of Poverty and Hunger in the Context of High Food and Energy Prices: The MDGs and beyond |
Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA |
| Food and Water as Economic Commodities |
Partha Dasgupta, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK |
| Boosting agro-food research: the role of grant-making foundations |
Giuseppe Guzzetti, President Acri, Italy |
| Forthcoming funding opportunities in the EU Research Programmes |
Timothy Hall, Biotechnologies, Agriculture and Food Directorate, European Commission, Belgium |
Round Table
chaired by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Conference Vice President
Margherita Agnelli de Pahlen, Blue Orchard, Geneva, Switzerland
John Broome, Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, UK
Jean Nordmann, Former Red Cross and UNOCHA
Hervè Nordmann, Industry Council for Development, London, UK
Closing Lecture: Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Final Remarks and Presentation Venice Charter 2008: Chiara Tonelli, Umberto Veronesi.
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