2021 IFPRI Annual General Meeting

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic we will be having a virtual Annual General Meeting.  The meeting will be in 11 segments on June 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25.  All meetings will be a Zoom Meeting starting each day at 8:00 am CDT and ending between 9:30  and 11:00 am CDT depending on the day (please see below for the daily times and topics).  Unlike last year, you will only need to register once for the entire meeting.  Please note that some days have limited attendance due to the nature of the discussions being held.  Also, this year, unlike last year, will be a complete IFPRI Annual General Meeting with poster presentation/discussions, projects reviews, brief dsicussion and development, and project/brief voting.

June 9 8:00 - 10: 00 am CDT       Business Meeting                                                                                                                 

Members and Consultants Only

June 14 8:00 - 9:30 am CDT        AGM Introduction and Structure  Guest Speaker (TBD)   

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 15 8:00 -10:15 am CDT       Poster Session I                                                                 

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 16 8:00 -10:15 am CDT       Poster Session II                                                               

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 16 Noon - 1:00 pm CDT      Social Hour                                                                       

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 17 8:00 -11:00 am CDT       Review and Discussion of Projects                                   

Members, Guests, and Consultants Only

June 18 8:00 -10:00 am CDT       Idea Generation - Formation and Size Reduction             

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 21 8:00 - 10:00 am CDT      Idea Generation - Wet and Dry Systems                           

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 22 8:00-10:00 am CDT        Group Work on Project Brief (organized individually)       

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 22 10:00 -11:00 am CDT     Social Hour with Sporting Event (it is a secret)                 

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 23 8:00 -9:30 am CDT         Brief Feedback                                                                   

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 23 noon - 1:00 pm CDT       Social Hour                                                                         

Members, Guests, Academics, Consultants

June 24 8:00 -10:30 am CDT       Discussion on Project Renewals and Project Proposals   

Members, Guests, and Consultants Only

June 25 8:00 -10:45 am CDT       Voting Day (renewals, new projects, new briefs, new reviews, workshops)     

Members, Guests, and Consultants Only

All attendees will need to register to enable Zoom invitations to be sent out for the appropriate days.

Finally, on June 1 all videos from the Academic Researchers and Reviewers will be placed on the website for attendees to watch.