Food is our Common Language conference schedule

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Registration is now open for the first Institute for Sustainable Food conference ‘Food is our common language’.

Full speaker information can be found here and you can register for the online event here.

The conference will be live streamed via this link and sessions will be recorded and made available to view at a later date.

Conference Schedule

Welcome and opening panel

Start time End time Speaker / Speakers
09:00 09:25 Welcome from the Institute for Sustainable Food
09:20 09:35 Henry Dimbleby
09:35 09:50 Flora Hetherington
09:50 10:20 Panel discussion
10:20 10:40 Break

Panel session 1: Justice! Healthy people in healthy environments

Start time End time Speaker / Speakers
10:40 10:45 Welcome
10:45 11:00 Michelle Patel
11:00 11:10 Megan Blomfield
11:10 11:20 Alasdair Cochrane
11:20 11:30 Elizabeth Williams
11:30 11:40 Elliott Woodhouse
11:40 12:10 Panel discussion
12:10 13:00 Lunch

Panel Session 2: Change! Continuity and discontinuity in the pursuit of sustainable food

Start time End time Speaker / Speakers
13:00 13:05 Welcome
13:05 13:20 Tim Lang
13:20 13:30 Siobhan Lambert-Hurley
13:30 13:40 Megan Blake
13:40 13:50 Katie Adolphus
13:50 14:00 Kristin Bash
14:00 14:30 Panel discussion
14:30 14:50 Break

Panel session 3: Future! Emerging food landscapes

Start time End time Speaker / Speakers
14:50 14:55 Welcome
14:55 15:10 Sue Pritchard
15:10 15:20 Hamish Cunningham
15:20 15:30 Jurriaan Ton
15:30 15:40 Alex Sexton
15:40 15:50 George Coiley
15:50 16:20 Panel discussion
16:20 16:40 Break

Closing session

Start time End time Speaker / Speakers
16:40 17:10 Conference statement and next steps

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