Data & digital revolution for food systems

This event was part of the Affiliate Programme of Forum COP26 Live, a series of physical and virtual sessions engaging business leaders, policy makers, and the public through dialogues, announcements, podcasts, and social media campaigns--promoted by the World Economic Forum alongside COP26.

The session "Data & digital revolution for food systems" emerges from the work of the UN Food Systems Summit Innovation Lever of Change and will present the "Global Coalition for Digital Food Systems Innovation".

The global food system intersects with multiple challenges facing humanity including climate change, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, nutritional insecurity, and social inequities. To address these challenges effectively, we must overcome fragmentation within and across sectors to act in a transdisciplinary fashion, bringing together the natural and social sciences with data and technology to drive food systems towards more favourable potential futures for humanity and the planet. It is a matter of urgency.

Speakers:
-Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO
-Parmesh Shah, Global Lead for Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural Jobs, World Bank
-Brian King, Coordinator, CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture
-Helena Leurent, Director General, Consumers International
-Elliott Grant, CEO, Mineral at X, The Moonshot Factory
-Jess Fanzo, John Hopkins University
-Dr. Mandefro Nigussie, CEO, Ethiopia ATA
-Thule Lenneiye, Coordinator, Kenya ATO
-Tania Strauss, Head of Strategy and Global Projects, Food Systems Initiative, World Economic Forum
-Tjada McKenna, CEO, Mercy Corps
-Moderated by: Erica Bliss, Head of Commercial and Marketing, Mineral at X, The Moonshot Factory