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Symposium: Agriculture in the Developing World ruler

For Immediate Release
February 5, 2007

Contact:
Kara Tershel
Elissa Free
(202) 662-9500

Media Advisory

WHAT:

Symposium:
Agriculture in the Developing World

WHEN:

Thursday, February 15, 2007, 2:00 – 6:00 p.m.

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center, 12th Floor

120 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

SCHEDULE:

2:00 – 2:50 p.m.
Keynote - Iraqi Rivers: Challenges and Recommendations

Mishkat Al-Moumin, former Iraqi Minister of Environment and Futrell Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute

3:00 – 4:20 p.m.
Barriers and Legal Challenges

Moderator: Erik Bluemel, Graduate Fellow, Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center

Andy Manale, Senior Policy Analyst, National Center for Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Victor Mosoti, Legal Officer, Development Law Service, Legal Office, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Siwa Msangi, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Jolyne Sanjak, Senior Director for Property Rights and Land Policy, Millennium Challenge Corporation

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Solutions and Opportunities

Moderator: Erik Bluemel, Graduate Fellow, Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center

Annie Petsonk, International Counsel, Environmental Defense

Judith Pojda, Coordinator, Agribusiness Accountability Initiative

Daniel de la Torre Ugarte, Associate Director, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

NOTE:

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review.

A Web cast will be available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.