Saturday, December 12th, 2009
NYC Food and Climate Summit
REGISTRATION FOR THE FOOD AND CLIMATE SUMMIT WILL BEGIN THURS., NOVEMBER 12.
Click on the Register Now button in the sidebar to access the registration site.
The conference is expected to “sell out” quickly.
If the conference is completely full, you can sign up on the waiting list.
The Food and Climate Summit is FREE and open to the public.
You are invited to purchase a bag lunch (locally sourced and vegetarian) for $9, pre-payable through our online registration system.
Manhattan Borough President
Scott M. Stringer
Just Food
and
New York University
present
NYC Food and Climate Summit:
Creating a Platform for Change
Saturday, December 12, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
New York University
Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 LaGuardia Place, NY, NY 10012
A summit for family farmers, community gardeners, concerned citizens, activists, advocates, parents food experts, policy makers, environmentalists, nutritionists, educators, urban planners, urban designers, government, community, business and civic leaders, educators, elected officials, city government leaders. The goal of this Summit is to increase engagement and action around our food system’s role in climate problems and solutions.
Plenary Speakers
Anna Lappé
Founder, Small Planet Institute
Marion Nestle
Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies & Public Health
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University
A FOOD DRIVE WILL BE SPONSORED BY
NYU’S CAMPUS HARVEST FOOD DRIVE.
PLEASE BRING HEALTHY FOOD FOR DONATION TO CITY HARVEST.
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Agenda
8:45-9:30am | Registration |
9:30-11:00am | Plenary |
11:00-11:15am | Break |
11:15am-12:45pm | Breakout Sessions – 1st round |
12:45-2:00pm | Lunch |
2:00-3:30pm | Breakout Sessions – 2nd round |
3:30-5:00pm | Expo and Reception |
For more information, please contact
Office of the Manhattan Borough President at 212-669-2094.
kspaulding@manhattanbp.org
