Public Lectures: Environment - Food Security, Wednesday 13 September 2017

Following the success of the University's first public lecture series in 2016, which demonstrated how our world-leading research impacts on medical policy and practice, our 2017 series focuses on environment and sustainability issues, illustrating our influence in the sector.

This exciting event, the second in our new environment public lecture series, will take place on Wednesday 13 September in London and focus on Food Security.

Food security is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind in the 21st century.

In this session, we will consider the world’s food system and the issues involved in ensuring food security. While specific issues relating to particular pillars of food security will be presented, discussions will focus on holistic approaches to address the nexus of the perfect storm, a term coined by Sir John Beddington during his term as UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, taking an interdisciplinary approach rather than solutions that involve working in disciplinary silos.

Programme as follows;

Registration (with teas and coffees) - from 16:30

Keynote lectures & panel discussion - 17:15-19:00

Drinks reception - 19:00-20:00

Keynote lectures from Professor Guy Poppy (Chief Scientific Advisor to the Food Standards Agency and Profesor of Ecology at the University of Southampton), Professor Sir Charles Godfray CBE FRS (Hope Professor of Entomology and Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food at Oxford University) and Professor Christine Williams OBE (External Director of Food, Agriculture and Health at the University of Reading) will precede a panel discussion. Joining the aforementioned speakers will be;

Professor Barrie Margetts (Emeritus Professor within Medicine at the University of Southampton)

Professor Tiina Roose (Professor of Biological and Environmental Modelling, Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Southampton)

Professor Nyovani Madise (Professor of Demography & Social Statistics, Co-Director Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty and Policy at the University of Southampton)

University of Southampton Public Lecture: Food Security, 13 September