Food Security for Cities
13 September 2011 11:00 - 17:00 (Registration from 10.30am)
Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX
This one-day special conference is being co-organised by the Royal Statistical Society and Significance magazine.
Food prices are rising worldwide. Production is under increasing pressure from such factors as climate change. Patterns of urban consumption and distribution are changing rapidly. Food-related disturbances have already destabilised governments. The conference will focus on topics such as these.
Speakers will include:
Chris Smaje
Duncan Green (Research Director, Oxfam)
David Satterthwaite (International Institute for Environment and Development)
Keith Jaggard (Rothamsted Research)
Dirk Willenbockel (Institute of Development Studies)
The charges for this event are:
£35 for RSS Retired Fellows/Student Fellows
£40 for RSS CStats (N.B. The CStat rate applies to MIS, FIS and GradStat)
£45 for RSS Fellows
£55 for RSS Linked Associates, Student Members, Section members
£75 for none of the above
A booking form can be found here: http://membership.rss.org.uk/main.asp?group=&page=1332&event=1354&month=&year=&date=
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Paul Gentry
Meetings & Conferences Manager
Royal Statistical Society
Direct Tel. (020) 7614 3918
Fax. (020) 7614 3905
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