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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Philadelphia, PA – Food: a key ingredient in human existence. In a free public lecture on October 1, 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on the Mathematics of Planet Earth, Dr. Molly Jahn will call on work from food system experts, decision-makers, mathematicians and statisticians to report results and recommendations related to potential business risks within the global food system and the wider implications as defied by current data.
Free and open to the public, the lecture seeks to encourage public appreciation of applied mathematics, and more specifically, to spark curiosity in the risks and uncertainty related to current food production methodologies and how they must evolve.
Jahn’s lecture will include discussion on current estimates that the world's food production will have to double by 2050 to feed the growing world population, dependent on a number of assumptions about technology, infrastructure, dietary demand, conflict and population that may not hold. Furthermore, the global food system is impacted by, and impacts, climate change, political instability, and environmental degradation, to name only a few key dynamics to be covered at the lecture.
Jahn is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the agronomy department and an adjunct senior research scientist at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Holding a PhD in plant breeding from Cornell, Jahn’s current work focuses on building and testing modern knowledge systems for sustainability. She is a global consultant to businesses, government entities, philanthropic organizations, and international institutions with emphasis on agriculture, food, water and energy security, systemic risks originating in food system failures, life sciences and environment.
Public Lecture - Assessing Risks to Global Food Systems: Mathematicians, Food System Experts and Insurance
Featuring: Molly Jahn
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Saturday, October 1
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Ormandy Ballroom West - Lobby Level
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Philadelphia Center City
Philadelphia, PA
A reception will follow the lecture.
Free and open to the public – no registration or ticket is required. View more details here.
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