Thursday 6 July 2023 8:30am to 7:00pm
Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 47 Bateman Street, Cambridge CB2 1LR
About
Our report on the Symposium, with links to speakers' slides and summaries of their talks can be found here.
8:30
Registration
9:00
Opening Address
Professor Tim Benton (Chatham House, University of Leeds)
THEME 1: Sustainable Food Production in a Changing Climate
Chair: Professor Howard Griffiths, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
9:30
Old genes for future crops
Dr Sigrid Heuer, NIAB Cambridge
9:50
Algae as a sustainable source of food and feed
Professor Alison Smith, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
10:10
Can we switch from chemical to biological nitrogen fixation for sustainable food security?
Dr Min-Yao Jhu, Crop Science Centre, University of Cambridge
10:30
Post-agrarian pathways in the Antropocene: Anticipating new structures of global inequality
Dr Inanna Hamati-Ataya, Gloknos, University of Cambridge
10:50
Three-minute flash presentations by Early Career Researchers:
João P. R. Joaquim, Department of History of Science & Philosophy, Agricultural Virology in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain: the search for virus-free potato stock
Yuru Huang, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Menu healthiness, socioeconomic patterns, and our out-of-home food choices
11:00
Coffee and Networking
11:20
Three-minute flash presentations by Early Career Researchers:
Iris Berger, Department of Zoology, Effectiveness of different agricultural strategies and conservation interventions in limiting food production-driven biodiversity loss in India
Broderick House, Department of Zoology, Urban bivalves: exploring new seafood aquaculture opportunities for food security
Benny Qihao Shen, Department of Archaeology, Rethinking the archaeology of apiculture through indigenous east African beekeeping
THEME 2: Resilient Food Supply Distribution
Chair: Peter Ninnes, Independent Consultant
11:30
Regulating the global economy through trade agreements
Professor Lorand Bartels, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
11:50
Emerging livestock systems: animal, human and socioeconomic risks of pig production in Myanmar
Professor Dan Tucker, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge
12:10
Sustainable production through farmer producer organisations and digital platforms
Dr Jagjit Singh Srai, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
12:30
Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains
Professor Rachael Garrett, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
12:50
Three-minute flash presentations by Early Career Researchers:
Valentine Reiss-Woolever, Department of Zoology, The social factors that influence oil palm smallholders and their ecological effects.
Megan Walker, Department of Zoology, The Role of Fish and Seafood in the First 1000 years of Human Life.
13:10
Lunch and posters
THEME 3: Fair and Healthy Consumption
Chair: Professor Sir Brian Heap, Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge
14:20
Generating novel solutions to improve urban food systems for human and planetary health
Professor Martin White, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
14:40
How forgotten beans can help fight malnutrition
Dr Nadia Radzman, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
15:00
Fish and seafood innovation
Dr David Willer, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
15:20
A gut feeling: pulses for health (and the planet)
Professor Paul Dupree, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
15:40
Three-minute flash presentations by Early Career Researchers:
Matthew Keeble, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Understanding access to food through online food delivery service platforms
Jessa Garibay-Yayen, Department of Zoology, Sustainable Seafood for Health and the Planet
15:50
Future opportunities for research in Food Security - General Discussion
AND
Closing Remarks
Professor Howard Griffiths, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
17:00
Guided visits to the University of Cambridge Botanic Gardens:
The Herbarium with Curator Dr Lauren Gardiner
OR
The Botanic Gardens Plant Collection with Curator Dr Samuel Brockington
17:30-19:00
Drinks reception