BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250819T031046EDT-9183EgoP7b@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250819T071046Z DESCRIPTION:The Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security invi tes you to celebrate\n\nWorld Food Day\n\nMeasuring Food System Transforma tion and Performance Post-Summit\n\nDr. Jean-Charles Le Vallée is the coun try Representative for the IICA Delegation in Canada. Prior to joining IIC A in 2019\, Jean-Charles was the former head for food research at The Conf erence Board of Canada and a former World Bank Food and Commodity Economis t. Jean-Charles has also coordinated Canada's Food Security Bureau at Agri culture and Agri-Food Canada and managed the world's largest online food s ecurity community for the Development Gateway in Washington\, D.C. He has extensive teaching and research experience in a dozen countries with the U nited Nations FAO\, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPR I)\, the World Food Prize\, USAID\, Global Affairs Canada\, and numerous u niversities such as Cornell\, Laval\, Michigan State\, and Ryerson. Jean-C harles has written extensively on food issues including a book on fosterin g food system resilience in Belize\, and book chapter in India on politica l will for food security. He helped produce the 2014 Canadian Food Strateg y and published various world rankings (over 100+ million media impression s) across 17 OECD countries on food industry performance\; agri-food trade \; food safety\; public trust\; food security\; healthy foods\, nutrition\ , diseases & diets\; food waste & environmental performance. He helped tra in agri-food SMEs in Colombia\, Senegal and Vietnam to grow their business and increase trade\, as well as developed agriculture market information systems in Ethiopia\, Mali and Mozambique. He brings thought leadership to food policy\, industry and sector issues\, is a regular speaker and media guest in print\, TV and radio\, and a frequent witness at agri-food and t rade senate standing committees.\n\nRegister for the event through Zoom\n DTSTART:20211015T150000Z DTEND:20211015T160000Z SUMMARY:World Food Day event: Measuring Food System Transformation and Perf ormance Post-Summit URL:/macdonald/channels/event/world-food-day-event-mea suring-food-system-transformation-and-performance-post-summit-332965 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR