International World Hunger and Poverty Summit 2016 Today’s Pain, Tomorrow’s Gain

19-21 July 2016

9am to 5pm

Sands Expo and Convention Centre

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Highlights

In recent year, World Hunger as well as Poverty has increased and the risks have escalated immensely. It has been a concern by many around the world

In International World Hunger and Poverty Summit 2016, we are joined by our Guest of Honour, Karen Tan; Singapore’s Representative in the United Nation will open the conference for us. In this conference, we will come together to raise awareness and do our part to put an end to poverty and world hunger through plenary and breakout session. Some of the topics that will be discussed are poverty around the world, food wastages, what poverty will lead to.

Mikel Vestergaard, one of our speakers, will be talking giving a live demonstration of the award winning LifeStraw water filter which was named one of ten things that will change the way we live by Forbes Magazine.

Attendees will also have the chance to pay a visit to Singapore’s first ever renewable and sustainable water supply system at NEWater and how it has revolutionise the way we get clean drinking water

In the exhibition, we will get to see what we can do to stop world hunger and poverty through the exhibits. The exhibitors will be showcasing what they are currently doing to help with world hunger and poverty.

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Speakers

Mikkel Vestergaard

CEO and owner of

Vestergaard

SESSION/S INVOLVED: Demonstration by LifeStraw

Speaker from Switzerland

Leads a global public health company dedicated to

improving the health of vulnerable people, especially those

who live in developing countries.

Vestergaard’s game-changing solutions contribute to a

healthier, more sustainable planet by fighting diseases

including malaria, HIV/AIDS, diarrheal disease and

neglected tropical diseases.

Additional company initiatives work to mitigate climate

change and decrease hunger and malnutrition by

enhancing food security.

Vestergaard also produces the award-winning LifeStraw®

water filter which was named “One of Ten Things that Will

Change the Way we Live” by Forbes magazine.

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Asa Skogstrom Feldt

President & CEO of The

Hunger Project

SESSION/S INVOLVED: Plenary Session 2 & Keynote

Session 3(Poverty Trap & The Hunger Project)

Speaker from Sweden

Åsa brings bold, intrepid leadership and a strong

commitment to The Hunger Project’s values and principles.

As Country Director of The Hunger Project in Sweden, she

succeeded in growing the organization and significantly

increasing revenue and public awareness, particularly

through partnerships with entrepreneurs and businesses.

Their mission is to end hunger and poverty by pioneering

sustainable, grassroots, women-centred strategies and

advocating for their widespread adoption in countries

throughout the world.

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Ms Etharin Cousin

Executive Director of the

UN World Food

Programme

SESSION/S INVOLVED: Keynote Session 1 and Plenary

Session 9 (World Food Programme and the World in 10

years)

Speaker from the United States of America.

A graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the

University of Georgia School of Law, she is a published

author and accomplished speaker on food insecurity and

chronic malnutrition.

Ms Cousin guides the World Food Programme in

meeting urgent food needs while championing longer-

term solutions to food insecurity and hunger.

She is an exceptional advocate for improving the lives of

hungry people worldwide, and travels extensively to raise

awareness of food insecurity and chronic malnutrition.

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Andrea Tamburini

CEO of Action against

Hunger

SESSION/S INVOLVED: Keynote Session 2 and Panel

Discussion 2 (World Hunger & Government Intervention)

Speaker from the United States of America.

A passionate humanitarian leading a mandate to make a

measurable impact in reducing childhood malnutrition

and creating lasting solutions to hunger.

In the seven countries where Action Against Hunger-

USA operates, its teams assess and treat paediatric

malnutrition; enable ongoing access of food, water and

hygiene for vulnerable communities, and provide

emergency response to countries in crisis.

He is a current lecturer with Fordham University’s

International Institute of Humanitarian Affairs, a program

which he helped to design.

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