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Press invitation to the Urban Agriculture Summit 2013 in Linköping, Sweden

We need transformative solutions on how to feed the cities in the urban era. We need to develop strategies for dealing with the fact that growing populations all over the world are moving into evolving mega cities. 

Welcome to the 2nd Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, January 29-31 2013. 

The 2013 Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, is a unique opportunity. The Summit gathers leading experts from various disciplines, politicians and decision makers, representatives from academia and the business community for discussions how we together can develop the field Urban Agriculture and how we can use urban agriculture technologies to create a more sustainable city of tomorrow: a city where consumers will have access to healthy and nutritious food in their neighborhood. 

Speakers

  • Dr. Dickson Despommier - Microbiologist, ecologist and Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University and Director of the Vertical Farm Project.
  • Dr. Jan De Wilt - Champion for sustainable agriculture, InnovatieNetwerk.
  • Prof. Oren R Lyons - member of the Onondoga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy; Chairman of the Board of Plantagon International AB.
  • Ms Elisabeth Nilsson - Governor of Östergötland County.
  • Dr. Anthony Socci - Ph. D. Senior Adviser on Climate and Energy at U .S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Prof. Ulf Ranhagen - Professor at Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology and Chief Architect Sweco. Member of the Swedish Delegation for Sustainable Cities.
  • Ms Danielle Nierenberg - Director of the Nourishing the Planet project at the Worldwatch Institute, Washington D.C. 
  • Prof. Beatrix Alsanius - Chair professor in Horticulture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp.
  • Mr Antoni Vives i Thomas - Deputy Mayor for Urban Habitat, Barcelona City Council. Senior Advisor for the Prince of Asturias - Professorship of Spanish Studies of the London School of Economics.
  • Prof. Lou Yongqi - PhD in urban design theory and practice from Tongji University; Vice Dean of College of Design & Innovation of Tongji University, Shanghai. 

Dates and location
The Urban Agriculture Summit is held in the city of Linköping, Sweden between the 29th-31st of January 2013. To find more information about the Summit, please visit http://www.urbanagriculturesummit.com

Press information
A press briefing will be held just before the opening of the Summit, the 29th of January, at 05:00 PM at the Summit venue Linköping Kongress & Konsert. 

Media accreditation
Media interested in covering the Summit are welcome to apply for accreditation here by filling in this online form. 

Press Contact
Please contact Carin Balfe Arbman, Press Contact for the Summit, on e-mail or by phone 46-70-633 35 08. 

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Topics

  • Environment, Energy

Categories

  • jan de wilt
  • dickson despommier
  • plantagon
  • ubanization
  • urban agri summit
  • sweco
  • elisabeth nilsson
  • ulf ranhagen
  • danielle nierenberg
  • beatrix alsanius
  • anthony socci
  • lou yongqi
  • international summits
  • oren lyons
  • world food building linköping
  • greenhouse for urban agriculture


Contacts

Per Östling

Press contact Member of the Board +46707310988

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