Day 1 - Reshaping the future of agriculture together

Opening ceremony 

- Adel El-Beltagy, Chair of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR)

- Dr Anne-Yvonne Le Dain, Vice-President for Economic Development and Research, Council of the Region Languedoc-Roussillon 

- Mr Nicolas Trift, Directeur de Cabinet, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, France 

- Robert Zoellick, Video address from the President of the World Bank 

- Dr Kanayo Nwanze,  President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

- Dr Jacques Diouf, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Session: Reshaping agricultural research systems to meet the needs of the poor 
(Moderator: Prof. Ismail Serageldin) 
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Session: Partnerships for a better future (Moderator: Prof. Sir Gordon Conway) 
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Session: Investing for a better future (Moderator: Dr. Margaret Catley-Carlson)
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Synthesis and Close of session
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Day 2 - What are the challenges we need to address?

Dr. David Nabarro
Video Address by the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition 

Dr. Monty Jones: Introduction
Building a shared vision for change

Session: Building from regional expressions of demand 

Asia & Pacific- Dr Raj Paroda, APAARI 

Central Asia & Caucasus - Dr Hukmatullo Ahmadov, CACAARI 

West Asia & North Africa - Dr Ahmed Al-Bakri, AARINENA

Latin America/Caribbean - Dr Mario Allegri, FORAGRO

North America - Dr Josette Lewis, USAID;
 
Dr Iain MacGillivray, NAFARD 

Africa - Dr Dennis Kyetere, FARA 

Europe - Dr George Rothschild, EFARD

Plenary question and answer session

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Session: Where can collective efforts in international agricultural research make most difference in development?
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Session: Transforming agricultural research for development, Dr Uma Lele (Lead Author) 
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Award ceremonies
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Day 3 - What do we need to do better? Strengthening the impact of agricultural research in development

Session: Better targeting collective actions – research themes identified for international agricultural research 
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Introduction to the large-scale collective-action programmes proposed by the CGIAR and their relationship to national and regional development agendas and other required investments
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 Parallel discussion sessions
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Session: Open Science
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Day 4 - Development of a roadmap for collective action

Mr Kofi Annan
Video Address by the Former UN Secretary General and Chair of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)


Session: Report to plenary by rapporteurs on the specific actions developed through the parallel sessions on Day 3
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Session: Refinement and key elements of the RoadMAP (Montpellier Action Plan) to improve the value of agricultural research in development at national, regional and international levels 
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Closing remarks including handover to the incoming GFAR Chair
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