Live Streams: Food Bank Leadership Institute 2023

9:00 a.m. CST/GMT-6

FBLI 2023 Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Lisa Moon, President & CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network
• Enrique Gómez Junco, Vice President, Bancos de Alimentos de México, Mexico

9:45 – 10:15 a.m CST/GMT-6

Keynote Presentation: How Climate Change is Impacting Food Systems and Increasing Food Insecurity

This session will explore the important links between climate change and global food systems. As severe weather events occur with increasing regularity and the planet continues to warm, how are food systems impacted and what is the data telling us about who is impacted most adversely?

• Bram Govaerts, Director General (Secretary General and CEO), The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico

10:15 – 11:00 a.m. CST/GMT-6

Panel Discussion: Reducing Food Loss and Waste as an Environmental Solution

As the link between food loss and waste and GHG emissions become more widely understood and acknowledged, food banks have an opportunity to be at the forefront of FLW reduction efforts and resulting GHG mitigation. Experts will further explore the link between food systems and climate change and how food banks fit into this picture.

• Moderator: Ana Catalina Suárez Peña, Senior Director, Strategy & Innovation, GFN, Colombia
• Bram Govaerts, Director General, CIMMYT, Mexico
• Alyson Walsh, Commercial Director, FareShare, United Kingdom
• Gidi Kroch, CEO, Leket Israel, Israel
• Jacques Vandenschrik, GFN Board member and President, European Food Banks Federation, Belgium

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Food Bank Impact Stories – Extreme Weather Events

Throughout FBLI, these sessions will highlight how food banks are responding to major events affecting their communities including extreme weather events, natural disasters, civil unrest, and conflict.

• Introduction: Gabriela A. Kafarhire, Middle East & Africa Associate Director, The Global FoodBanking Network
• John Gathungu, Executive Director, Food Banking Kenya; Moses Nyoro, Director, Operations & Logistics, Food Banking Kenya, Kenya
• Jomar Fleras, Executive Director, Rise Against Hunger Philippines, Philippines
• Juan Carlos Buitrago Ortiz, Executive Director, Asociación de Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia, Colombia

1:30 – 2:15 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Understanding the Importance of Data

The importance of utilizing data to aid decision-making is well-known but with ever more data available,
how do we know what metrics are important, and how do we ensure those are measured accurately and
analyzed correctly? This panel of experts will discuss what data collection they are investing in and why it
matters to them.

• Moderator: Christine Sheehan, GFN Board member and Director, Thought Leader Network, Gallup, USA
• Emily Ma, Head, Food for Good, Google, USA
• James Leyson, Managing Director, Scholars of Sustenance, Thailand
• Colby Klester, Director, Primary Research, Mintel Consulting, USA

2:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. CST/GMT-6

The Role of Strong Policy in Reducing Food Loss and Waste

In partnership with the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, these sessions will draw on the work completed to date in The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas project and take a closer look at the role of policy in advancing food donation and showcase positive examples of change.

2:15 – 3:00 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Updates on The Global Food Donation Policy Atlas Project 2019 – 2023

• Emily M. Broad Leib, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Center, and Faculty Director of the Harvard Law School for Health Law and Policy Innovation, USA.
• Douglas L. O’Brien, Vice President, Programs, The Global FoodBanking Network.

4:05 – 4:45 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Low and No Cost Policies to Support Food Donation

This expert panel will share their experiences of efforts to implement policy change and explain how policy change can be effective even with no, or little cost.

• Moderator: Emily M. Broad Leib, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Center, and Faculty Director of the Harvard Law School for Health Law and Policy Innovation, USA.
• Leket Israel, Israel
• India FoodBanking Network, India
• Michael A. Sunbola, Founder, Lagos Food Bank Initiative, Nigeria
• Red Argentina de Bancos de Alimentos, Argentina

4:45 – 5:30 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Global Trends in Food Loss and Waste Prevention Policy and Food Donation

This panel will examine how food donation policy can help achieve government commitments on climate and the environment. Using examples, this session will illustrate how multiple actors can work together in order to influence policy change.

• Moderator: Tom Arnold, GFN Board member and Special Envoy on Food Systems, GAIN, Ireland
• Jacques Vandenschrik, GFN Board member and President, European Food Banks Federation, Belgium
• María Eugenia Torres, General Manager, Red de Alimentos, Chile
• María Teresa García Plata, Director General, Bancos de Alimentos de México, Mexico
• Jose Luis Guevara, Executive Director, Banco de Alimentos Quito, Ecuador

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. CST/GMT-6

Food Bank Impact Stories – Natural Disasters

Throughout FBLI, these sessions will highlight how food banks are responding to major events affecting their communities including extreme weather events, natural disasters, civil unrest, and conflict.

• Introduction: Joanne Walsh, Individual Giving Director, The Global FoodBanking Network
• Hande Tibuk, President, Tider Basic Needs Association, Turkey
• María Eugenia Torres, General Manager, Red de Alimentos, Chile

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. CST/GMT-6

The Global Supply Chain – Disruptions and Challenges

Headlines detailing supply chain disruptions have been abundant in the last three years. These disruptions are caused by a variety of related factors and continue to impact many industries and especially global food systems. This panel of experts will share how they have been impacted and their thoughts on what is coming next.

• Moderator: Danny Flores, Senior Manager, H-E-B Hunger Relief program, USA
• Silvia Suárez Guerra, Senior Director of Strategy, Sustainability and Marketing for Latin America, Brambles|CHEP, Mexico
• Juan Carlos Pardo, Director of Corporate Affairs, Nestle, Mexico
• Julie Yurko, President & CEO, Northern Illinois Food Bank, USA
• Elijah Amoo Addo, Executive Director, Food for All Africa, Ghana

11:45 – 12:30 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Collaboration for Food Systems Change

With so many organizations working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals the landscape can be confusing. Hear from various organizations on developing partnerships that are mutually beneficial and drive the collective mission forward without duplicating work or competing for resources.

• Moderator: Pete Pearson, Global Initiative Lead – Food Circularity, World Wide Fund for Nature Inc, USA
• Astrid Paramita, CEO & Co Founder, FoodCycle Indonesia, Indonesia
• Marco Koppe, Managing Director, Tafel Germany, Germany
• María Teresa García Plata, Director General, Bancos de Alimentos de México, Mexico

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Food Bank Impact Stories – Civil Unrest

Throughout FBLI, these sessions will highlight how food banks are responding to major events affecting their communities including extreme weather events, natural disasters, civil unrest, and conflict.

• Moderator: Paula Andrea Moreno, Latin America Programs Associate Director, GFN, Colombia
• Daniela Osores Bustios, General Manager, Banco de Alimentos Perú, Peru
• Federico Recalde, Executive Director, Bancos de Alimentos Diakonia, Ecuador
• Jose Luis Guevara, Executive Director, Banco de Alimentos Quito, Ecuador

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. CST/GMT-6

Food Bank Impact Stories – Conflict

Throughout FBLI, these sessions will highlight how food banks are responding to major events affecting their communities including extreme weather events, natural disasters, civil unrest, and conflict.

• Introduction: Jacques Vandenschrik, GFN Board member and President, European Food Banks Federation, Belgium
• Dmytro Shkrabatovskyi, Board Chair, Ukrainian Food Banks Federation