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World Conference on the Future of Science
SAT SEPT. 27 - FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY WORLDWIDE

Ethics, Economics, Politics

Ethical Perspectives Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice
From ancient Mesopotamia Wars about Waters Giulio Giorello, Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Milan
Food and Water as Economic Commodities Partha Dasgupta, Department of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK
The Eradication of Poverty and Hunger in the Context of High Food and Energy Prices: The MDGs and beyond Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, of Entrepreneurship and of Applied Economics, Cornell University, NY

World inequalities for water and food availability

(provisional topic)

Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace (invited)
Panel Discussion  

Round Table
chaired by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Conference Vice President
Jean Nordmann, Former Head of missions of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of UNOCHA Hervè Nordmann, Chair of the Industry Council for Development, London