Resources for Global Growth
Linking Agriculture, Energy and Trade for the Future
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Video:
• John Podesta (Intro for Sen. Daschle)
• Sen. Tom Daschle
• Panel I: Partnership for the Future | Q&A
• Sen. Daschle (Intro for Sen. Lugar)
• Sen. Richard Lugar
• Panel II: Incentives for Innovation | Q&A
• Panel III: Global Economic Development
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Transcript:
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• John Podesta
• Sen. Tom Daschle
• Panel I: Partnership for the Future
• Sen. Lugar
• Panel II: Incentives for Innovation
• Panel III: Global Economic Development
Keynote Speaker:John Podesta
The Honorable Tom Daschle
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Luncheon Address:
The Honorable Richard Lugar
United States Senator, Indiana
Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
December 6, 2005
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m.
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks Time: 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
John D. Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Morning Keynote Address:
Senator Tom Daschle, Senior Distinguished Fellow, Center for American Progress
Time: 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Panel I: Partnership for the Future: Linking Agriculture, Energy, Trade & Development
Time: 9:55 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
KY Amoako, Former Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, and Commissioner, Commission for Africa
Tom Buis, Vice-President, National Farmers Union
Jason Clay, Vice-President, Center for Conservation Innovation, World Wildlife Fund-U.S.
John D. Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress
Moderated by:
Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Panel II: Incentives for Innovation: Agriculture, Energy and the Private Sector
Time: 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Nathanael Greene, Senior Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council
Ralph Grossi, President, American Farmland Trust
John Ranieri, Vice President and General Manager, Biobased Materials, DuPont
J. Read Smith, Co-Chair, National Ag Energy Work Group
Moderated by:
Todd Stern, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Luncheon Keynote Address:
The Honorable Richard Lugar, United States Senator, Indiana; Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Time: 1:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.
Panel III: Global Economic Development: Linking Agriculture, Trade, Energy and Poverty Alleviation in the Doha Round and Beyond
Time: 2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
J. Brian Atwood, Dean, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Kimberly Elliott, Joint Fellow, Institute for International Economics & Center for Global Development
Sonal Shah, founder Indicorps, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Moderated by:
Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Break: 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
The Way Forward: Concluding Remarks and Summary
Time: 3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
To RSVP:
Click here to register.
Or call 202-741-6246
The Center for American Progress is pleased to invite you to attend a conference on a bold new proposal to strengthen the competitiveness of U.S. agriculture, promote global economic growth, and develop safe, clean and affordable energy.
Consider the events of this year:
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For the first time since 1959, the United States was poised to register a deficit in agricultural trade;
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As gas prices soared, Americans began buying hybrid cars in record numbers while sales of the largest SUVs fell dramatically;
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After five years of record economic growth, nascent democracies in West Africa announced that they expect growth rates to fall – and poverty to increase;
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The United States was forced to grapple with its trade-distorting agricultural policies after Brazil challenged the United States in the World Trade Organization – and won;
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The developed and developing worlds remained at loggerheads on trade negotiations under the banner of the Doha Development Round;
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An unprecedented Atlantic hurricane season, intensified drought in Africa, and thinning Arctic ice suggested that the predicted adverse effects of climate change may already be occurring.
While these diverse developments may appear unrelated, they are linked through agriculture. Farmers in the United States are struggling to compete in today’s global marketplace, while an uneven global playing field keeps millions of farmers in the developing world mired in poverty. On the eve of the Doha Round of trade negotiations in Hong Kong, where success or failure will be determined by the agricultural policies of rich countries, now is the time to devise a strategy for the future.
We can revitalize our rural sector through investment in biofuel production and technology. By investing in the potential of American agriculture to produce energy, we can ensure that trade benefits producers at home and abroad; create jobs and increase farm income; and grow more self-reliant by developing safe, clean and affordable energy.
To RSVP:
Click here to register.
Or call 202-741-6246
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Program: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch will be served.
Admission is free.
Grand Ballroom
Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW (between L and M streets.)
Washington, DC 20036
MAP.
Please direct any media inquiries to:
Jay Heidbrink
(202) 741-6273
[email protected]
Nearest Metro: Red Line to Farrugut North