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Breakout Sessions
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Food and Agriculture
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Wednesday May 5, 2010
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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McCormick Place, Chicago
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N426C
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The panel will address the connection between public perception of technologies, such as agricultural biotechnology, and their adoption. The speakers will address the political hurdles, which often result from cultures of misinformation and unfounded fears, that inhibit acceptance of agricultural technologies and that prevent certain populations from access to their many benefits.
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1. To educate audiences about the issue of hunger globally and the need for technical, among other, solutions
2. To highlight the role that ag biotech plays in meeting production demands globally in a sustainable manner
3. To understand the various impediments to connecting ag biotech to the people in need of agricultural development
Sally Squires - Chair
Senior Vice President, Weber Shandwick
Michael Specter
Staff writer for The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Margaret Zeigler
Deputy Director, Congressional Hunger Center
Kenneth Kamiya
President, Hawaii Papaya Industry Association
Maywa Montenegro
Senior Associate Editor, Seed Magazine