We would like to announce the virtual

“2nd Cologne Conference on Food for Future” to be held between 13 - 14 September 2021.

The general objective of the conference is to bring together scientists with different expertise to discuss cross-disciplinary aspects of the future of crop plant cultivation and food production, development of new products & processes, land use change in urban and peri-urban agriculture and the impact of development on everyday rural livelihood to ensure global food and nutrition security. 

This year’s conference focuses on:

 

• Plant-Environment Interactions
• Food and Rural Livelihoods
• Urbanization and Development
• Functional Food

We aim to provide an opportunity for a lively exchange among all stakeholders in the Food Security field.

Find more information on the programme and registration process on our conference webpage: www.food-for-future.eu

The conference is jointly organised by the University of Cologne  Competence Area “Food Security” and the Institute of Geography.

 

Confirmed Speakers

 

• Prof. Amelie Bernzen, University Vechta, Germany
• Dr. Christine Bonnin, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
• Prof. Aedin Cassidy, Queens University, Belfast, UK
• Christine Diepenbrock, PhD, University of California, Davis, USA
• Dr. Alexander Follmann, University of Cologne, Germany
• Dr. Ellen Mangnus, University Utrecht, Netherlands
• Prof. George Owuor, Egerton University, Kenya
• Prof. Emile Temgoua, University of Dschang, Cameroon
• Prof. Mark Tester, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Mark Vicol, University Wageningen, Netherlands
• Prof. Fang-Jie Zhao, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Organising Committee

 

• Amelie Bernzen
  Institute for Spatial Analysis and Planning in Areas of Intensive Agriculture, University of Vechta
• Alexander Follmann
  Institute of Geography, University of Cologne
• Dorit Grunewald
  Coordinator Competence Area Food Security, University of Cologne
• Timothy Jobe
  Botanical Institute, University of Cologne
• Stanislav Kopriva
  Speaker Competence Area Food Security, Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne
• Markus Stetter
  Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne

 

Administrative Support

 

• Elke Henn
  Botanical Institute, University of Cologne