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Annual Meeting 2003
(The 2003 Annual Meeting was on June 1 -3, 2003 - the following information is provided for reference)

The 39th Annual Meeting of
The Association for International Agriculture
and Rural Development

Program

   
"Enhancing the Impact of International Agriculture and Rural Development:
Resources, Strategies, and Coordination"
Sunday, June 1
6:30 pm Sunday Evening Reception
Monday, June 2
Session I: "New Resources and Paradigms"
8:00 am Welcome - David O. Hansen, The Ohio State University and President/AIARD
8:15 am Meeting Overview - Montague Demment, University of California, Davis and Chair, NASULGC/IACC Committee, Past President/AIARD
8:30 am "The State of Play for the Foreign Assistance Budget in Congress" - Jason Gross, Director of Government & Business Affairs, U.S. Global Leadership Campaign
9:00 am "Increased Funding for USAID" - Edward Fox, Assistant Administrator, USAID/LPA
9:30 am "The Perspective of the Office of Management and Budget on Resources for International Agriculture and Rural Development" - Rodney G. Bent, Deputy Associate Director for International Affairs, OMB
10:00 am "The Millenium Challenge Corporation - The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development" - Earl Anthony Wayne, Assistant Undersecretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am "The Role of the International Agricultural Coordination Committee (IACC) in the International Agriculture Community" - Montague Demment, Chair, NASULGC/IACC
11:30 am Panel Discussion of the Presentations
Winfrey Clarke, Associate Dean for Agriculture and Director of Research, Virginia State University

David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World

Christina West, Collins & Company
12:00 noon Lunch - David Hansen, President/AIARD, Presiding

"Iraq and Afghanistan: Implications for Development Assistance Programs" - Richard Herrmann, Director, Mershon Center, The Ohio State University
Session II: "Linking Strategies in Agriculture and Rural Development"
1:30 pm "USAID's Agriculture Strategy" - Thomas Hobgood, Director, USAID/EGAT/AG
2:00 pm "Current Strategy of the CGIAR" - Francisco Reifschneider, Director, CGIAR
2:30 pm "InterAmerican Development Bank Perspective" - Reuben Echeverria, Chief, Rural Development Unit, Sustainable Development Department, IDB
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm "FAO Global Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy" - Charles Riemenschneider, Director, Liaison Office for North America, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
4:00 pm Panel Discussion
Thomas Hobgood, Director, USAID/EGAT/AG

Vera Weill-Hallé, Director, North American Liaison Office, IFAD
4:30 pm Open Discussion with Summary - John Yohe, University of Nebraska and President-Elect/AIARD
5:00 pm Break
6:30 pm Dinner - John Yohe, President-Elect/AIARD, Presiding

AIARD Awards Presentation, David Hansen, President/AIARD

"USDA's International Program Priorities " - James Butler, Deputy Undersecretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA
Tuesday, June 3
Session III: "Given Coordinating Mechanisms and Strategies, and the Financial Resources Required - Where Do We Go from Here?"
8:30 am "Working Together to Take Rural Development Forward and The World Bank's Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy" - Kevin Cleaver, Director, Agriculture & Rural Development, World Bank
9:10 am "SPARE/BIFAD Perspective" - John Swanson, USAID/EGAT/AG/ATGO, SPARE Committee
9:40 am "Business and Social Interests in Developing Countries" - Paul Schickler, Vice President for Latin America and Africa, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
10:10 am Coffee Break
10:30 am "What's AIARD Got to Do with It: Food for Thought" - Susan G. Schram, Vice President, Agriculture and Cooperative Programs, ACDI/VOCA and Past President/AIARD
11:00 am A Panel Discussion - "Where Do We Go From Here?"
Michael W. Deegan, President and CEO, ACDI/VOCA and Member of BIFAD

Michael McGirr, Program Leader, International Extension, USDA/CSREES

Alan Hurdus, Water Team Leader, of Natural Resources Management. Office, USAID/EGAT
11:45 am Wrap Up: "What I Heard on the Way to the Podium" - Reed Hertford, President, EAM Company and Past President/AIARD
12:00 noon Open Discussion
12:30 pm Lunch and AIARD Business Meeting
David Hansen, President/AIARD, Presiding
2:30 pm Adjournment

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