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Tuesday, September 24
 

9:30am EDT

Opening Plenary
Tuesday September 24, 2024 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
09:00-09:30 Registration: Collecting Materials And Networking
 
09:30-11:00 *Opening Plenary*
 
Moderator, Clive Cookson, Senior Science Writer, Financial Times
 
**Inaugural Remarks** 
Chairperson of the African Union - Mohamed Ould Ghazouani

** Key Opening Addresses**
Executive Secretary of UNCCD - Dr. Ibrahim Thiaw
Chair of BADEA’s Board  - Dr. Fahad Aldossari
President of AGFUND - His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Aziz bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz

**Keynote Address**
Nobel Laureate Professor Michael Kremer

11:00-11:10 Coffee Break
Tuesday September 24, 2024 9:30am - 11:00am EDT
Rooftop 345 Park Avenue South (25th and 26th street)

11:00am EDT

Roundtable discussion on scaling evidence-based innovations
Tuesday September 24, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone
Prof. Kevin Urama, Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance & Knowledge Management, African Development Bank
Dr. Issa Faye, Director General, Global Practices and Partnerships, Islamic Development Bank
Ms. Ulrike Haarsager, Acting Director, Development Effectiveness Unit, OPEC Fund for International Development
Mr. Guillaume Grosso, CGIAR Deputy Executive Managing Director
Shameran Abed, Executive Director, BRAC International
Amb. Ertharin Cousin, Food Systems for the Future
Tuesday September 24, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Rooftop 345 Park Avenue South (25th and 26th street)

12:00pm EDT

Roundtable supporting the initiative
Tuesday September 24, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
H.E. Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor, Public Investment Fund
H.E. Eng. Faisal Alkahtani, Deputy EO, Saudi Fund for Development
H.E. Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany
H.E. Andrew Muir, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Northern Ireland
H.E. Monique Barbut, Special Envoy to President Macron of France
Tuesday September 24, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Rooftop 345 Park Avenue South (25th and 26th street)

2:00pm EDT

Afternoon Parallel session B
Tuesday September 24, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
14:00-14:45
Policy Dialogue: Scaling evidence-based and cost-effective innovations in Africa: the role of the private sector
Moderator: Kevin Tayebaly, Co-Founder & CDO, ChangeNOW 


14:45-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-15:45
Village input fairs (organized by J-PAL)



 
Tuesday September 24, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
12th floor CURE 345 Park Avenue South, NYC

2:00pm EDT

Afternoon Parallel session A
Tuesday September 24, 2024 2:00pm - 6:15pm EDT
14:00-14:45
 Digital Agriculture (organized by IC)


14:45-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-15:45
Innovation Area III: Financial innovations to facilitate asset investment for  resilience and mitigation (organized by IC and J-PAL)


15:45-16:00 Coffee break    

16:00-16:45     
    Main Plenary: Policy Dialogue “Beyond the horizon: Innovative financing for food security” (organized by AVPN)
  • Blended finance innovations in Asia and Africa 
  • Scaling: lessons learned and policy implications 
  • Forward thinking: new opportunities and challenges for innovative financing
Moderator: Komal Sahu, Chief of Sustainable Finance, AVPN


16:45-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-17:45 
Main Plenary: Rainwater harvesting in the Sahel (co-organized by J-PAL and IC)


17:45-18:15 Closing
The Road to Riyadh and UNCCD COP16

 
Tuesday September 24, 2024 2:00pm - 6:15pm EDT
Rooftop 345 Park Avenue South (25th and 26th street)
 
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