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The Human Right to Food & Water Conference
Friday & Saturday, February 12 & 13
Emerson Library Conference Room
Webster University
101 Edgar Road
Webster Groves, MO
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Please join us as we explore and discuss some of the important issues the world faces concerning our human right to food and water.
Conference co-sponsors: E. Desmond Lee Professorship in Global Awareness, College of Arts & Sciences, and United Nations Association of St. Louis Mary T. Hall fund.
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Schedule
View speaker bios.
Friday, February 12
| 10:00 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks
David Carl Wilson
Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Bryan Duncan
Director Emeritus, International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments, College of Agriculture, Auburn University; Professor Emeritus, Auburn's Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures
Reflections on Water and People's Needs, Rights, and Responsibilities
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Márcio Dionísio de Souza
E. Desmond Lee Professor for Global Awareness;
international expert on climate change, energy efficiency, and sustainability
Flying Rivers: From Community-Based Projects towards Influencing National Policy Changes on Water and Food in Latin America |
| 12:15 p.m. |
LUNCH (conference attendees are on their own for lunch) |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Student Panel
Webster University students present their research. |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Jennifer Armit
Webster University international relations student and volunteer committee leader for Friends of the World Food Program's WFP Committee of St. Louis
Friends of the World Food Program:
Combating Hunger Worldwide |
| 2:30 p.m. |
George "The Shoeman" Hutchings |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Elizabeth Kucinich
Director of Public Affairs, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Food Rights - Right Food |
| 3:45 p.m. |
BREAK |
| 4:00 p.m. |
George Kent
Harry J. Cargas Lecturer
Professor of Political Science, University of Hawaii, whose most recent book is Global Obligations for the Right to Food (2008)
The Hunger Holocaust |
Saturday, February 13
| 8:30 a.m. |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 8:55 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Gillian Sorenson
United Nations Association of St. Louis Mary T. Hall Speaker
Senior Advisor, United Nations Foundation, and advocate for matters connected with the United Nations and the U.S.-U.N. relationship
Facing the Crises of Our Time: Food and Water as a Human Right |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Jeffrey DePew
Adjunct Professor, Webster University Department of Biological Sciences
The Health of Water and Watersheds: The Validity of a Student Research Approach
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| 11:00 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Gil Garcetti
Professional photographer whose latest book is Water Is Key (2007); former District Attorney of Los Angeles County
Women, Water, and Wells
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Michael Hopkins
CEO and Chairman of MHC International Ltd., a research and service company on corporate social responsibility
Does the Corporate Sector Take Food out of Babies' Mouths in Emerging Markets? |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
Costs
The conference is free, and coffee and other refreshments will be provided both days.
Conference attendees are on their own for Friday lunch.
Registration
You can register online or by calling Barbara Carrow, 314-968-6997.
Registration is encouraged but is not mandatory.
Parking
Friday:
Garden Park Plaza parking facility, 568 Garden Avenue
Saturday: Any Webster parking lot
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The Human Right to Food & Water Conference--online registration
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