IFPRI Members and Invited Guests

This is annual winter meeting to assess IFPRI finances, membership status, new membership potentials, and dicussion of academic programs status.  During the meeting the members also discuss and provide suggestions for the new research proposals to be voted upon at the summer meeting.  Finally this meeting will discuss the succession plans for the President, Vice President and Chairperson.  Registration for the meeting will open in November.  Portions of the meeting will be broadcast for virtual attendees to contribute. 

This year our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in Lafayette, IN USA at the Holiday Inn City Centre.  Like our last AGM held in 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, this AGM will also be a hybrid meeting with a portion of the meeting being both in-person and virtual.  All times for the meeting are listed in US Central Daylight Savings Time (Chicago time).  The sections highlighted in light graypurple will be available by zoom to those who are not able to attend the meeting in Lafayette.  During the pandemic we also learned that we can have a business meeting separate from

Motivation and Objectives

Annual IFPRI meeting to review current programs, develop strategic plans, determine new research program.

This year's meetin gwill be held at the NH Collection Grand Sablon / Rue Bodenbrook 2/4 / 1000 Brussels / Belgium (+32 (0)2 18 11 00

Annual IFPRI Business Meeting to discuss finances, academic program, and strategic planning.  This year's meeting will be virtual.  Short Agenda below.  Check the attached agenda for the complete details.

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.  Als

Bruno Hancock from Pfizer will be hosting an IFPRI Roundtable on Methods and Specifications for Particle Properties on April 19, 2021 from 9 am to 11 am EDT.  The purpose of this roundtable will be to:

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic we will be having a virtual Annual General Meeting.  The meeting will be in 4 2-hour segments on June 10, 29, 30, and July 1.  All meetings will be a Zoom Meeting starting each day at 7:00 am CDT and ending at 9:00 am CDT.  The general outline of the meeting is as follows:

June 10 Business Meeting  Members and Consultants Only

June 29 Project Reviews and Discussion    Members and Consultants Only

June 30 Virtual Happy Hour  Members, Consultants, Academics

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic we will be having a virtual Annual General Meeting.  The meeting will be in 4 2-hour segments on June 10, 29, 30, and July 1.  All meetings will be a Zoom Meeting starting each day at 7:00 am CDT and ending at 9:00 am CDT.  Due to the split dates of the Meeting you will need to register for both segments of the Annual General Meeting (Business and General Meeting) The general outline of the meeting is as follows:

June 10 Business Meeting  Members and Consultants Only

The Winter Business Meeting is a meeting that is held in January each year to bring the IFPRI Membership up to date on Operational Issues (finances, recruiting, and membership), Technical Issues (status of current projects, overview and suggestions for current proposals prior to voting on the proposals in June), and Long Term Strategic Issues facing the Organization.  Over the past 6 years IFPRI has grown from 17 member companies to the current 41 member companies and from 8 research programs to the current 17 research programs.  The result of this growth has been busier meetings,