“Saturday ~ June 27, 2015
Greetings & Welcome: James Ennis, President, International Catholic Rural Association
1st Session: “Laudato Si and the Vocation to Agriculture”
Cardinal Peter Turkson, President, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
2nd Session: “Ethics and Right to Food”
Vincenzo Buonomo, Head Officer, Permanent Mission of the Holy See to U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization and World Food Program
3rd Session: “Economical Geography of Hunger Today”
Prof. Leonardo Becchetti, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata
This session also features Voices from the Continents:
- Doug Peterson, President, Farmers Union Enterprises (USA)
- Marco Marzano, Executive Director, World Farmers Organization
- Evelyn Nguleka, President, World Farmers Organization
- Stephen Kagoro, Vice President, International Catholic Rural Association for AFRICA
- Jose Fernando Arancibia, Vice President, International Catholic Rural Life for SOUTH AMERICA
- Fr. Rene Tacastacas, Vice President, International Catholic Rural Life for ASIA
- Michael-Thierry Dupont, Vice President, International Catholic Rural Life for EUROPE
4th Session: “The Project of the Vocation of the Leader in Agriculture”
Christopher Thompson, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity, & James Ennis, Catholic Rural Life (USA)
Sunday ~ June 28, 2015
5th Session: “Food Production and Climate Change”
Calvin De Witt, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
6th Session: “The Right to Food as a Prerequisite of Food Security”
Paolo Groppo, Territorial Development Officer, Food & Agriculture Organization
Concluding Session: Initiating a Process of Renewal
- Introduction by Vincenzo Conso, Coordinator of the Forum of Catholic-inspired NGOs
- Experiences from some NGOs in various continents
- Conclusions and Message of the International Catholic Rural Association to the World