Loyola University Climate Change & Food Security Conference – March 14,15

Loyola University’s School of Environmental Sustainability is hosting their annual Climate Change Conference on March 14-15, 2024. The conference theme is “Feeding a Changing World: Climate Change and Food Security.”

Conference admission is FREE!
Link to registration: luc.edu/ies

Thursday, March 14th:
-Keynote Speaker Amanda Little, author of “The Fate of Food,” 6-8pm, Damen Hall MPR (Online streaming available).

Friday, March 15th:
-3 panels (9am, 11am, 2pm), Exhibition Hall, Poster Presentations
-Panelists include: Rodger Cooley (CFPAC), Fred Carter (Black Oaks), Nyabweza “Bweza” Itaagi (Sistas in the Village), Mecca Bey (Sistas in the Village), Ruby Freeman (Greater Chicago Food Depository), Alex Poltorak (Urban Canopy), Dennis Todey (USDA Climate Hub), Will Glazik (Silver Tree Beer and Spirits), Nicole Tautges (Michael Fields Agriculture Institute), Elisabeth Kago Ilboudo Nébié (University of Arizona), Jonas Jägermeyr (Columbia Climate School) , Paris Collingsworth (Purdue University), and Asher Seibert (Climate Scientist).