Access, not excess: novel ways to nourish the world
 Tuesday 1 April 2008
at Magdalen College School, Cowley Place, Oxford
 

Session 1: Access
Chairman: Charles Pasternak (Director of OIBC)

9.15: Alan Jackson (Professor of Human Nutrition, Southampton University): Malnutrition world-wide

9.45: Denis von der Weid (Founder and President of Antenna Technologies): Low-cost technologies

10.15: Nicholas Nyange (Chief Scientific Officer, Tanzania Commission for S & T): Biotechnology for sustainable agriculture, food security and poverty reduction in Africa

10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break

Session 2: Excess
Chairman: Jonathan Michie (President of Kellogg College, Oxford)

11.15: Paul Trayhurn (Professor of Obesity Research, Liverpool University): Obesity: genes, appetite and lifestyle

11.45: Jeya Henry (Professor of Food Science and Nutrition, Oxford Brookes University): Glycemic index of foods : its role in appetite control & food intake

12.15: Prue Leith (Chair of the School Food Trust): Learning to eat

1.00 - 2.00 Lunch break

Session 3: Debate
Chairman: Alan Malcolm (Chief Executive of the Institute of Biology)

4.00 – 4.30 Tea

New Room, Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford

6.45:  Reception
7.30:  Dinner
          After-dinner speaker: Alan Malcolm (Chief Executive of the Institute of Biology)