ICABR 2018: Speed Dating @ World Bank

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Dear Colleague,

This is a kindly reminder about the 2018 ICABR Conference on “Disruptive Innovations, Value Chains, and Rural Development.”

This conference, organized in partnership with the World Bank, will take place on June 12–15, 2018 in Washington DC. It will serve as a multidisciplinary forum to facilitate interactions between leading academics, World Bank staff, policymakers, government experts, civil society organizations, private-sector representatives, and representatives of other international organizations, and to showcase the present frontier knowledge on these issues.

The conference will be organized with contributed papers, organized sessions, and lightning talks. We highly encourage participation from the private sector to showcase their innovative products and bring real-world perspectives to the discussions of the nature and consequences of innovations in the value chain for farm-based food, fuel, and fiber products.

• Preliminary list of Plenary Speakers: Thomas Reardon (MSU), Paul Romer (World Bank), Jo Swinnen (KU Leuven), Maximo Torero (World Bank Board), Joachim von Braun (ZEF-University of Bonn), David Zilberman (UC Berkeley).

• Plenary Session in honor of Hans Binswanger

Speakers:

• Prabhu Pingali (Cornell University) — Agriculture & Rural Development in a Globalizing World – Synthesis of the Festschrift for Hans Binswanger
• Gershon Feder¹ & Sara Savastano² (¹IFPRI, ²World Bank) — Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in sub-Saharan Africa
• Derek Byerlee (Georgetown University)— From Land Grabs to Land Development – The Potential for Private Investment in Frontier Agriculture
• Klaus Deininger (World Bank) — Towards Evidence Based Decision Making in The Land Sector – Can We Close the Implementation Gaps?
• Uma Lele (International Policy Expert)— Structural Transformation and the Uses of IDA – The Contributions of the World Bank

  Speed Dating

If you are pursuing a PhD/Master program, if you are a Post-Doc, here is your chance to get valuable feedback from academically renowned professors, extend your professional networks and experience a screening job market interview with the World Bank Group.

ICABR will feature a “Speed Mentorship – Job Dating” Event during the 2018 annual conference @ the World Bank.

 

Application will open in January 2018. Only a restricted number of participants will be selected by ICABR and HR of the World Bank for the “Speed Dating” Event.

If you are interested, please start preparing the following documents:

1. Cover Letter
2. Short CV
3. 3-pagers with the summary of your thesis and/or projects in which you are involved
4. A draft of your “Elevator Speech”

 

For further information please contact

Sara Savastano

Senior Economist DECSI

World Bank

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ICABR Conference online submission:

We invite the submission of individual paper, proposals for organized sessions, and lightning talks by January 31, 2018. Please use this link to submit a 250-word abstract online

The conference will begin on June 12, 2018 with a pre-conference workshop of the U.S. multistate research project, NC1034: Impact Analysis and Decision Strategies for Agricultural Research. organized by George Frisvold (University of Arizona).

The welcome drink will take place in the afternoon of June 12 at the World Bank, and the conference reception will be held on Thursday, June 14 at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. The conference will end in the afternoon of June 15.

We look forward to your participation

ICABR

Conference website

www.worldbank.org/icabr2018

www.icabr.org

online submission:

http://www.conftool.com/icabr2018

 

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22nd ICABR Conference
"Disruptive Innovations, Value Chains, and Rural Development"
World Bank, Washington DC | June 12-15, 2018
Homepage: http://www.worldbank.org/icabr2018/
Registration and Abstract Submission: https://www.conftool.com/icabr2018/
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