Food Crisis Open Forum Experts

Host: Matt Frei, Anchor, BBC World News America

Josette Sheeran
Head, World Food Programme

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Managing Director, World Bank

Tom Arnold
CEO, Concern Worldwide

Calestous Juma
Professor and Author, Harvard Kennedy School

Dr. Agnes Matilda Kalibata
Minister of Agriculture, Rwanda

Inger Andersen
Vice President Sustainable Development, World Bank

Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
CEO, FANRPAN

Dr. Scott Loarie
Post Doctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institution

David Beckmann
President, Bread for the World

Abdolreza Abbassian
Grains Analyst, FAO

Tom Erickson
VP Gov't & Industry Affairs, Bunge North America

Gavin Maguire
Agriculture Markets Columnist, Thomson Reuters

English Chat Forum

Thursday, April 14

12-3pm ET, 16:00-19:00 UTC/UTC

Bernardo Creamer, Agricultural Policy Economist, CIAT (12PM- 1PM)

João Marcelo Soares
Embassy of Brazil, Trade and Agricultural Sector(1PM- 2PM)

Elliot Wamboka Mghenyi
Economist, World Bank

Melissa Williams
Operations Officer, World Bank

3-6pm ET, 19:00-22:00 UTC/GMT::

Simone Staiger (3PM - 4PM)
Lead, Knowledge Management, CIAT

Howarth Bouis (4PM- 5PM)
Director, Harvest Plus, IFPRI

Ganesan Balachander (5PM - 6PM)
Board of Trustees, Bioversity
International

Blair Edward Lapres
Consultant,South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative,World Bank

Karen Azeez
Junior Professional Associate,
World Bank

Joseph Qian
Communications Analyst, World Bank

6-9pm ET, 22:00 (Apr 14) - 1:00 (Apr 15) UTC/GMT:

Saswati Bora
Operations Analyst, World Bank

Doreen Kirabo
Operations Analyst, World Bank

9pm-12am, 1:00-4:00 Apr 15 UTC/GMT:

Joy Kazadi
Consultant, World Bank

Nugroho Sunjoyo
Communications Officer (Indonesia Office), World Bank

Friday, April 15

12-3am ET, 4:00-7:00 GMT:/UTC

Agnes W Mwangombe
Professor, University of Nairobi(12AM-1AM)

Stefano Padulosi
Senior Scientist, Neglected and Underutilized Crop, Bioversity International(2AM-3AM)

Naomi Ahmad
Consultant (Bangladesh Office), World Bank

3-6am, 7:00-10:00 UTC/GMT:

Shakuntala  Thilsted (3AM-4AM)
Senior Scientist, WorldFish

Lloyd Le Page (4AM - 5AM)
CEO, CGIAR

Joseph Karugia (5am - 6am)
Coordinator, International Livestock Research Institute

Li Lou
Communications Associate (China Office), World Bank

6-9am ET, 10:00-13:00 UTC/GMT:

Jessica Fanzo (7AM - 8AM)
Senior Scientist, Bioversity International

Derek Headey (8AM - 9AM)
Research Fellow, IFPRI

Ana Francisca Ramirez Copelos
Junior Professional Associate, World Bank

Jean Baptiste Migraine
Disaster Risk Management Specialist (Mali Office), World Bank

9am-12pm ET, 13:00-16:00 UTC/GMT:

Marcelo Moreira
Researcher, Institute for International Trade Negotiations (9AM-10AM)

Shangnan Shui (10-11am)
Commodity Specialist, FAO

Jon Lomøy (11AM - 12PM)
Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate of the OECD

Sailesh Tiwari
Young Professional, World Bank

Lina Karaoglanova
Junior Professional Associate, World Bank

Arabic Chat Forum

Thursday, April 14

12pm-2pm ET, 16:00-18:00 UTC/GMT:

Maurice Saade
Senior Agricultural Economist, World Bank

Friday, April 15

9am-12pm ET, 13:00-16:00 UTC/GMT:

Ashraf Ezzeldin
Egyptian Embassy

Dina El Naggar
Senior Communications Officer, World Bank

Faisal Al-Hothali
Senior Environmental Specialist, World Bank

Spanish Chat Forum

9am-12pm ET, 13:00-16:00 UTC/GMT:

Jose Molina (9-10am)
Minister (Agriculture), Embassy of Argentina

Mark Feierstein (10AM -11AM)
Assistant Administrator, USAID

Rebeca Moreno Jimenez
Public Information Center (Mexico Office), World Bank

Lorena Vinuela
Consultant, World Bank