Past Keynote Speakers

2019: Allison O'Toole

2018: Ruth Oniang'o

2017: Catherine Bertini

2016: Dr. Jan Low, World Food Prize Laureate 2016

• Topic: Assuring Diet Quality and Quantity Using Biofortified Sweetpotato as part of an Integrated Approach

2015: Dr. Robert Fraley, World Food Prize Laureate 2013

• Topic: 2050: Agriculture’s Role In Mitigating Global Challenges

2014: Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, World Food Prize Laureate 1987

• Topic: Crop Breeding for Achieving the Zero Hunger Challenge

2013: Dr. Per Pinstrup-Anderson, World Food Prize Laureate 2001

• Topic: The Global Food System and Related Policy Challenges

2012: Dr. Philip Pardey, Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture 2012

• Topic: New Thinking for Local and Global Agriculture in the 21st Century

2011: Dr. Monty Jones, World Food Prize Laureate 2004

2010: Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, World Food Prize Foundation President

2009: Dr. Ronald Phillips, WolF Foundation Prize in Agriculture 2006

2008: Dr. Pedro Sanchez, World Food Prize Laureate 2002

2007: Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, World Food Prize Council of Advisors