HarvestPlus plans to attend or present at the following events in 2010.

Please contact us for more information or to arrange interviews with our biofortification experts at these events.

Unite for Sight Annual Conference
April 17-18
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Presentation: Bonnie McClafferty, Breeding Better Food: A New Solution To Reduce Vitamin A Deficiency

8th International Wheat Conference
June 1-4
St. Petersburg, Russia

Global Health Council 2010 Conference
Dateline 2010: Global Health Goals and Metrics
June 14-18
Washington, DC
Visit us at Booth #419

15th International Symposium on Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants
June 26-30
Budapest, Hungary
All-day special session on iron biofortification and human health, featuring presentations by Wolfgang Pfeiffer and Erick Boy

US Food Assistance Programs: Assessing Progress and Challenges Related to Local and Regional Purchase, Food Quality, Host Country Capacity, and Moving to a Comprehensive Approach
Organized by: Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and the Africa Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
July 13
Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
Panel speaker: Bonnie McClafferty, Improving the Nutritional Quality of Food Aid and Targeting

II World Congress on Public Health Nutrition
Moving towards a healthy and sustainable nutrition for all
September 23-25
Porto, Portugal

Genetics of Plant Mineral Nutrition Symposium
September 30-October 2
Hannover, Germany
Presentation: Wolfgang Pfeiffer, HarvestPlus: Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition – Mineral-Density

Bioavailability 2010
September 26-30
Pacific Grove, California
Presentation: Erick Boy, Biofortification with Iron and Zinc: plant breeding, selection and propagation

2010 Borlaug Dialogue-The World Food Prize
“Take it to the Farmer”: Reaching the World’s Smallholders
October 13-14
Des Moines, Iowa
Speaker: Howarth Bouis, Conversation: More food, better food – improving and preserving quality