Vlll WALLACE CONFERENCE
TRANSFORMING FOOD SYSTEMS IN LAC

  May 31-June 3, 2023 – CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Abstract submission deadline: March 24, 2023

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  •  Pre-Opening


  • Day 1


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  • Day 4


  • Where
    Main Hall of the Henry A. Wallace Building, at CATIE

  • Questions and answers from the audience (10 min)
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    Main auditorium Wallace Building.

  • Questions and answers from the audience. 20 minutes.
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    Auditorium Wallace Building

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    Cafeteria

  • Where
    Main Hall of the Henry A. Wallace Building, at CATIE

  • Where
    Main Hall of the Henry A. Wallace Building, at CATIE

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    Auditorium Wallace Building

  • Where
    Main auditorium Wallace Building

  • Moderator: Pablo Imbach
    Where
    Main auditorium Wallace Building

  • Where
    Auditorium Wallace Building

  • Moderator: Rolando Cerda and Alejandra Martínez
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    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

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    Auditorium Wallace Building

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    European Community Building meeting room

  • Coffee/cocktail offered by Agroforesta
    Where
    Main hall of the Henry A. Wallace Building, at CATIE.Coffee/cocktail offered by Agroforesta

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    Club International

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    Canopy shelter

  • Moderator: Astrid Pulido
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    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

  • Where
    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

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    Canopy shelters

  • Moderator: Astrid Pulido
    Where
    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

  • Moderator: Roger Madrigal
    Where
    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

  • Where
    European Community Building meeting room

  • Where
    Auditorium Wallace Building

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    Cafeteria

  • Moderator: Barbara Viguera
    Where
    Auditorium Wallace Building

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    Auditorium Wallace Building

  • Coffee/cocktail offered by the host
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    Special session: Rainwater harvesting project - CATIE - Water harvesting as innovating systems to deal with food and water security in the dry tropics.

  • Moderator: Reinhold Muschler
    Where
    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

  • Moderator: Leida Mercado
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    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

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    Auditorium Wallace Building

  • Moderator: Alejandra Martinez
    Where
    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

  • Facilitator: Leida Mercado, CATIE
    Where
    Main auditorium of the Henry A. Wallace Building

  • Where
    Auditorium Wallace Building

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    Cafeteria


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Speaker of the Wallace Scientific Conference

Dr. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez will be the keynote speaker of the session titled Finance, investments, and agribusiness to promote adoption and scaling.

He was selected as CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility in June 2020.

Dr. Rodriguez, a Costa Rican national, was a pioneer in the development of Payment for Ecosystem Services and strategies for forest restoration, ocean conservation, and decarbonization. During his three terms as Environment and Energy Minister, Costa Rica doubled the size of its forests, made its electric sector fully renewable, and consolidated a national park system that has made the Central American country a prime ecotourism destination.

Dr. Rodriguez has also founded and served on the board of several environmental NGOs and tropical research institutes. After his second tenure as minister, he was Vice President for Global Policy at Conservation International for 12 years.

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The themes of the sessions of the VIII Wallace Scientific Conference

  • Impacts of land and water degradation, climate change, and vulnerability of LAC food systems
  • Strategies and innovation pathways for climate adaptation and mitigation actions promoting synergies and addressing trade-offs to reach sustainability across the LAC region
  • Sustainable food production and consumption patterns: required behavioral changes
  • Uplifting women, youth, and local populations for equitable access to nutritious food
  • Finance, investments, and agribusiness to promote adoption and scaling
  • Governance for transformative changes in food systems

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Since 2002, the Wallace Scientific Conferences provide a forum for high-level discussion of strategies in science and technology for tropical agriculture, natural, resources and the conservation of biodiversity in the tropics. It encourages debate among the CATIE community, its member countries and multiple partners.

The VIII Wallace Conference will focus on analyzing food systems in LAC in the face of environmental degradation and climate change, using a systematic approach to analyze the biodiversity and ecosystem services, food production, as well as the economic, social, cultural, and political aspects that are key for the functioning of said systems.

Concept note

Where

CATIE headquarters
Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica

When

May 31-June 3, 2023

The official language of the Conference will be English, but simultaneous translation (Spanish/English) will be provided. 

ABOUT CATIE

CATIE (Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center) is an academic center for innovation and sustainable development in topics related to agriculture, management, conservation, and sustainable use of natural resources. Our area of influence, by mandate, is the Latin American and Caribbean region. However, our operations and contributions to the region and the world have a history of just over 75 years, initially as the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and since 1973, as CATIE.

In our actions we combine education, research for development, and projection to promote Inclusive Green Development, to increase human well-being and reduce rural poverty.

We are leaders in the integrated management of agriculture and natural resources to address global challenges.

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OUR CAMPUS

CATIE Air Tour
International Cacao Collection
International Coffee Collection

Located in Turrialba, CATIE’s campus has more than 1000 hectares in the middle of a mountainous landscape, where coffee plantations, agricultural activity, and sugar cane fields abound. The campus has spacious and comfortable facilities for visitors and provides a very secure and peaceful environment. It is also a perfect place to go for a walk or practice sports such as soccer, tennis, swimming, or biking.

Campus
Research
The Lake
Sustainable livestock
Wildlife on Campus
Wildlife on Campus

The Botanical Garden of CATIE is made up of an invaluable collection of genetic material which is conserved for research and education purposes. Housing more than 4000 genetic samples that represent around 400 species of plants from different parts of the world. It is here that you will see different kinds of trees, flowers, and animals. Likewise, you will have the opportunity to try exotic fruits.

Botanical Garden

The International Club is located on our campus. It has two swimming pools, one specifically for children. Also, it has a restaurant and bar service to allow people to enjoy themselves with friends or colleagues. On the back of the building and swimming pool, there is a tennis court for the use of any person interested in playing some tennis surrounded by nature.

International Club

LOCATION

CATIE headquarters.

Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica


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Sunday to Wednesday
December 23 to 26, 2022
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