This conference will consider how the production and consumption of food can be shaped to match the future needs of the global population.

The Chatham House conference on 9th and 10th December will consider how the production and consumption of food can be shaped to match the future needs of the global population, and ask what changes in investment, business practice and global governance might ensure this occurs in a sustainable way. Professor Sir Gordon Conway will be chair of a session focused on "Future Technologies". 

Where:Chatham House, 10 St James's Square
When: Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th December

Session Four 
Future Technologies
15:50 - 17:15, 9th December

•  What are the major challenges most in need of new solutions and innovation?
  
  
• What technological developments could lead to disruptive change in the food system?
  
  
• What are the difficulties in developing and delivering appropriate technologies and how can these be addressed?

Chair
Sir Gordon Conway, Professor of International Development, Imperial College London

Speakers 
Dr Mark Holderness, Executive Secretary, Global Forum on Agricultural Research

Rob Bailey, Senior Research Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources, Chatham House

Dr Steffi Friedrichs, Director General, Nanotechnology Industries Association

Joakim Hauge, Chief Executive Officer, The Sahara Forest Project

Followed by Questions and Discussion