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Monday December 4 - Centers and Members Day

09:00 - Opening Session: Welcome Remarks

• Joachim Voss, Alliance Executive Chair
• Katherine Sierra , Chair CGIAR

9:15 - 11:10am : Keynote Address

"Climate Change and Agriculture: Promising Research and Policy Responses - A Perspective from the International Climate Change Community"

• Martin Parry and Cynthia Rozensweig

Climate Change and Agriculture in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics: People at Risk and Promising Research and Policy Responses

• Robert Zeigler, Director General, IRRI

5pm - 6:30pm: Opening Session of the Stakeholders Meeting

• Opening Remarks by Francisco Reifschneider, Director CGIAR
• Opening Speech by Katherine Sierra, CGIAR Chair
• CGIAR Update, presentation by Francisco Reifschneider, Director CGIAR
• CGIAR Awards Ceremony
  • Remarks by Paul Wolfowitz, President World Bank Group

Tuesday December 5 - CSO/CGIAR Forum

9am - Welcome

• Welcome Remarks by Francisco Reifschneider, CGIAR Director

11:30am-12:30pm: CSO-CGIAR Partnerships: Looking Back and Moving Ahead

• Chat Show format with Jonathan Wadsworth (DfiD), Monica Kapiriri (GFAR), Tom Remington (Catholic Relief Services), and Carlos Sere (ILRI)

3:30pm-4:30pm : Creating Avenues for Working Together

• Kathy Sierry explains Competitive Grant Scheme

4:30pm-5:30pm : Innovation Marketplace Awards and Close

• Awards Ceremony: awards presented by Kathy Sierra, Ruth Haug, Franklin Moore and Francisco Reifschneider

6pm : 2006 Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture

• "Food for All: a 21st Century Challenge " by the Honorable Anne-Marie Lizin, President of the Belgian Senate