A convening of like-minded individuals across disciplines and geographies through dynamic, small-group interactions to promote innovative and creative thinking in aquatic food systems.
Date: Monday-Friday, 3-7 July 2023
For more than 110 years, The Rockefeller Foundation has brought people together around the globe to try to solve the world’s most challenging problems and promote the well-being of humanity. Convenings are an important part of how the Foundation brings together leaders from around the world to advance ideas and catalyze new action to drive positive and far-reaching social change and realizes its mission by leveraging our reputation, knowledge, and relationships.
Convenings at the Bellagio Center have a storied history of bringing together leaders from around the world to advance ideas and catalyze new action to drive positive and far-reaching social change. CGIAR itself was conceived at a Bellagio Convening in April 1969, involving heads of FAO, UNDP and the World Bank, the heads of British, Canadian, Swedish and U.S. aid organizations, and senior representatives of the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This year, the Bellagio Center has a convening program on 'Advancing regenerative aquatic foods,' that will be chaired by CGIAR's Director for the Nutrition, Health, and Food Security Impact Area Platform at CGIAR. It aims to bring together key stakeholders from globally diverse backgrounds who possess deep expertise across aquatic food sectors – including chefs, growers, policy experts, nutrition professionals, researchers and investors. The goal is to foster dialogue and identify critical action steps to catalyze meaningful change in the sector.
The meeting includes experts in fisheries and aquaculture from around the world, as well as leaders from international organizations, including CGIAR Executive Managing Director, Claudia Sadoff; UN Nutrition Executive Secretary Stineke Oenema; FAO Deputy Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at the United Nations, Vera Augustini; and many more.
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We look forward to your active participation.