Schedule
Each talk will be 20 minutes, followed by a 10 minute Q&A.

9:00 – 9:05 am: Welcome Remarks
A. Bryan Endres, Associate Professor, Food and Agricultural Law; Director, European Union Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

9:05 – 9:35 am: The Freedom to Feed Oneself: Food in the Struggle for Paradigms in Human Rights Law
Bernd van der Meulen, Professor of Law and Governance,Wageningen University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

9:35 – 10:05 am: Food security and global economic governance: A critical Assessment of the G20 Food Security Agenda and the Interests Of Africa
Cerkia Bramley, Researcher, Development Law Unit, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

10:05 – 10:20 am: Break

10:20 – 10:50 am: The Paradox of National Food Security (NSF) Bill, 2011 for Tribal India
Purabi Bose, Social Scientist, Mumbai, India

10:50 – 11:20 am: The Right to Food: The United States Approach
A. Bryan Endres, Associate Professor, Food and Agricultural Law; Director, European Union Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

11:20 am – 1:00 pm: Speaker’s Lunch (others welcome at their expense)
Illini Union, Colonial Room, 1401 W. Green St., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1:00 – 1:30 pm: Addressing Food Insecurity in the United States
Craig Gundersen, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics; Executive Director, National Soybean Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1:30 – 2:00 pm: Food Security and Food Policies in Michigan
Dorceta E. Taylor, Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment and Coordinator, Environmental Justice Field of Studies, University of Michigan

2:00 – 2:15 pm: Break

2:15 – 2:45 pm: Issues Concerning Food Security in Brazil
Mary Arends-Kuenning, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

2:45 – 3:15 pm: Addressing Protein Malnutrition Around the World
Bridget Owen, Associate Director, National Soybean Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

3:15 – 3:45 pm: Addressing Food Insecurity in the Feed the Future Countries through Agricultural Extension: What are the current issues?
Paul E. McNamara, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

3:45 – 4:00 pm: Closing Remarks
A. Bryan Endres, Associate Professor, Food and Agricultural Law; Director, European Union Center, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

4:00 – 5:00 pm: Reception
Illini Union, Colonial Room, 1401 W. Green St., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The workshop is funded in part by a US Department of Education Title VI grant and a Getting to Know Europe grant from the European Commission to the European Union Center, University of Illinois.