FOOD & SOCIETY

What we eat has important consequences, not only for our health but also for the environment and society. NMBU invites to a half day conference about the science and politics of food systems.

On this day, you will meet researchers and experts from NMBU, and as the keynote speaker, food systems researcher Dr. Kate Schneider from Johns Hopkins University Washington DC will present new research on the state of the world's food systems.

Thematic experts introduce key sustainability dimensions and public and private sector stakeholders from the food system discuss pathways to sustainable food systems in Norway and globally.

Welcome to a day with exciting and relevant presentations and discussion.

Where: Litteraturhuset in Oslo
When: 10.30 – 16.00

PROGRAM

10.30 - POSTERSESSION & LUNCH 

11.30 - WELCOME BY NMBU RECTOR SIRI FJELLHEIM 

11.40 - KEYNOTE – KATE SCHNEIDER (Johns Hopkins University)

The state of the worlds’ food system

12.30 - SESSION 1: NATURE & CLIMATE 

Siri Eriksen (Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU) - Food and climate

Arild Angelsen (School of Economics and Business, NMBU) - Feeding the world while protecting tropical forests

13.00 - BREAK 

13.15 - SESSION 2: TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION 

Odd Arne Rognli (Faculty of Biosciences, NMBU) - The role of biotechnology and genetic resources in resilient plant production

Angela Schwarm (Faculty of Biosciences, NMBU) - Reducing emissions from cattle based food

Nils Bjugstad (Faculty of Science and Technology, NMBU) - Climate smart farming technologies

13.50 - SESSION 3: FOOD SAFETY AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR 

Paula Varela Tomasco (Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science at NMBU, and the Norwegian Food Research Institute) - To eat or not to eat? Consumers in a changing food system

Marina Aspholm (The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, NMBU) - Building a Sustainable Future: Food Safety in Tomorrow's Food Systems

14.15 - SESSION 4: FOOD SECURITY AND INEQUALITY 

Christian Anton Smedshaug (Faculty of Biosciences, NMBU) - Self-sufficiency, trade and preparedness 

Ruth Haug (Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU) - Equity as path to social sustainability of food systems?

Comments and conclusions 

Moderator: Ola T. Westengen (Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU) 

14.40 - BREAK – Energy refill

15.00 - PANEL DISCUSSION 

Veien til bærekraftige matsystemer i Norge og internasjonalt. Hva skal til for å få til en kunnskapsbasert omlegging av matsystemene? En samtale mellom politiske myndigheter, sivilsamfunn, nærings- og forskningsaktører.

Paneldeltakere: 

Wenche Westberg, Statssekretær Landbruks- og Matdepartementet 

Ingrid Kleiva Møller, Fagansvarlig for bærekraftig mat, Framtiden i Våre Hender

Aron Halfen, Leder i politikk fra Forum For Utvikling og Miljø

Annicke Brandt Kjeldsen, Dekan for Fakultetet for Biovitenskap NMBU

Terje Sletnes, Direktør for analyse og politikk NHO Mat og Drikke

Sigrid Hjørnegård, Generalsekretær i Norges Bondelag

Moderator: Andrew Kroglund

Panelsamtalen foregår på Norsk