STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the First International Conference on Global Food Security, scheduled for September 29 – October 2, 2013 in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.
Organized by Elsevier and an International Scientific Committee, the conference will address food security at local and global levels with an interdisciplinary and systemic point of view. It will present state-of-the-art interdisciplinary insights and research on this topic and address the trade-offs that occur in reconciling competing environmental, economic or social objectives and outcomes at different spatial and temporal scales. In addition to the strong focus on integration across academic disciplines, ten parallel sessions will also focus on aspects of food security such as nutritional security, lost harvest and wasted food, and sustainable intensification.
Keynote speakers include Sir John Beddington, UK Government Chief Advisor; Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development at the World Bank; Meine van Noordwijk, World Agroforestry Centre, Indonesia; Tristram Stuart, Author & Founder of Feeding the 5000; Vaclav Smil, University of Manitoba, Canada; and Este Vorster, North-West University, South Africa.
More information about the conference including the full list of keynote speakers and sessions is available at www.globalfoodsecurityconference.com. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations about the conference themes can be submitted via the website until May 10, 2013.
