17:00

Opening Remarks 

Prof. Milette Shamir,  Vice President, Tel-Aviv University (TAU)

17:10

Introduction
The Food Planet Prize

The Curt Bergfors Foundation

17:20

Research and Practice
for a Better World:
Insects for Food and Feed

Dr. Chrysantus Tanga, Research Scientist, International Centre of Insect
Physiology and Ecology (icipe)

17:30

icipe – BMI Collaboration

Dr. Segenet Kelemu, Director General & CEO, icipe

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Prof. Itai Sened, Dean of the Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences
and Head of the Boris Mints Institute, TAU

18:00

Taking Care of the World’s Fish

Dr. Alasdair Harrris, Executive Director, Blue Ventures 

Prof. Eran Bacharach, Faculty of Life Sciences, TAU

18:30

Sustainable Agriculture

Rachel Stroer, Acting President
Tim Crews, Director of Ecological Intensification and Soil Ecologist
The Land Institute

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Dr. Ram Fishman, Department of Public Policy, TAU

19:00

Water and Sanitation

Mr. David Auerbach, Co-Founder, Sanergy Limited

Prof. Hadas Mamane, Faculty of Engineering, TAU

19:30

Closing Remarks

Maayan Hoffman, Head of Strategy & Coronavirus Analyst at
The Jerusalem Post Group