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Schedule of Events
All events are free and open to the public, but advanced
purchase of meal tickets is required in order to guarantee table seating.
The conference will be broadcast live via the Internet in its entirety
on Tuesday, Nov. 11, preceded by a six-week online discussion of issues
to be addressed at the conference. Click
here to participate in that discussion.
| Monday,
Nov. 10 |
| 4 p.m. to7 p.m. |
Registration check-in at the Sherman
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6 p.m. |
Reception in East Main Dining Room
(Free and open to the public, although preregistration is required)
“Indigenous Foods and Medicines of the Sioux Peoples.”
Jerome Kills Small, Institute
for American Indian Studies, University of South Dakota
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| 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. |
Hunger Awareness Banquet
Advanced ticket purchase required for table seating. When you
arrive, you will be placed in a category that determines how much
food you will receive at the banquet. Half will be granted a full
meal, half will receive only a partial meal.
Keynote presentation: “Changes in Our Lands: Ways of
River Wisdom.” Lanniko L. Lee
Response: Sen. George S. McGovern
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Tuesday, Nov. 11 |
| 7:30 a.m. to noon |
Registration and check-in at the Sherman Center |
| 8 a.m. |
Welcome and introductions
DWU Highlanders, “Change the World” by Eric Clapton;
Dan Barnard, director
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8:10 a.m. |
“Feeding the World Sustainably: A Call to Action.”
Frederick L. Kirschenmann,
Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
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| 9:30 a.m. |
“Organic Farming Can Feed the World.”
Ivette Perfecto, professor
of natural resources and environment, University of Michigan
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10:30 a.m. |
“Healthy Oceans, Healthy Humans.”
Kathleen Frith, assistant
director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard
University Medical School
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| 11:10 a.m. |
“Wild Caught: Sustainable Fishing Practices.”
Matthew Barr, associate professor,
department of broadcasting and cinema, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
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Noon |
Break: author/filmmaker signing |
| 12:30 p.m. |
“Dr. Borlaug’s Legacy and Advice”
luncheon
(Advanced ticket purchase required to guarantee table seating.)
Presentation featuring Ambassador
Kenneth M. Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation
(Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel
Laureate and founder of the World Food Prize, was scheduled
to speak, but due to health challenges, he is no longer able
to attend.)
Response by George S. McGovern, former UN Global Ambassador
on World Hunger
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2 p.m. |
Break: author/filmmaker signing |
| 2:30 p.m. |
“Hunger and Environmental Sustainability:
Proposing Policy Solutions” roundtable discussions
Facilitators: Thomas L. Dobbs,
professor emeritus of economics, South Dakota State University,
and W.K. Kellogg Foundation Food & Society Policy Fellow,
and Donald C. Simmons, Jr., director of the McGovern Center
for Leadership and Public Service
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3:30 p.m. |
“Where Do We Go From Here?”
Frederick L. Kirschenmann,
Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture;
and Kathleen Frith, assistant director, Center for Health and
the Global Environment, Harvard University Medical School
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Funding for the 2008 McGovern Conference is provided
in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 About
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive
lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health
and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme
poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially
those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities
they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation
is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the
direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
Click here
to download the conference brochure. 
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