STANFORD UNIVERSITY PIE, Precourt Institute of Energy, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Connecting the Dots 2011

Agenda

Welcome: Stacey Bent

Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, Stanford University

1:00 - 3:30 Stanford Faculty Talks

The Global Food Challenge: Roz Naylor, Program on Food Security and the Environment, Woods Institute for the Environment

The Food-Energy Nexus
Chris Field, Carnegie Institution Department of Global Ecology

The Food-Climate Nexus
David Lobell, Program on Food Security and the Environment, Woods Institute for the Environment

1:00 - 3:30 Stanford Faculty Talks (cont.)

The Food-Water Nexus:
Buzz Thompson, Woods Institute for the Environment

The Food-Security Nexus:
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

3:30 - 4:30 Breakout Sessions

Topics included aquaculture, how to make meat more sustainable, and how to lower the carbon footprint of food.

4:30 - 5:30 Plenary and Panel

Discussion: The Way Forward Moderated by Dean Pamela Matson, School of Earth Sciences

5:30 - 6:30

Reception and Poster Session