Upcoming seminars

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ILRI 'Livestock live talk' seminar schedule


Planned seminars

Date (e.g. specific dates) Topic Type of seminar: lecture or interactive? Presenter: From which ILRI office Additional notes
5 September

#11
Sidai, the livestock products microfranchise that she’s leading in Kenya Christie Peacock Addis Ababa
14 Aug 2013

#10
Greenhouse gas emissions from terrestrial ecosystems: Processes, drivers, and human impact Interactive session Klaus Butterbach-Bahl Nairobi * Context: Microbial, plant physiological and physicochemical processes involved in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, environmental factors modulating GHG emissions, pathways of human impacts on GHG emissions, selected case studies (e.g. for steppe systems) showing measuring and modelling approaches, outline of possible research areas at ILRI.
* Moderator: David Pelster (Scientist, Livestock, Systems and the Environment Program)
July No seminar in July N/A N/A N/A N/A
26 June 2013

#9
Dairy hubs in East Africa: Lessons from the East Africa Dairy Development Project 20-minute talk followed by Q&A and open discussion Isabelle Baltenweck and Gerald Mutinda Nairobi * Tezira: Presenter attendant
* Angela: Logistics
31 May 2013
(not a LLT)
Innovation systems 20-minute talk and interactive session Kees Swaans and Jo Cadilhon Nairobi * Ewen: Presenter attendant
* Ewen+IT team: Logistics
24 April 2013

#8
How to make agriculture more attractive to young people in Africa: The case of Well Told Story comic books Lecture of 20 min followed by Q&A Rob Burnett Nairobi * Angela: Presenter attendant
* Tezira / Ewen: logistics
27 March 2013

#7
Research for development in the livestock sector: Experiences of the IPMS project Lecture Berhanu Gebermedhin, Dirk Hoekstra, Azage Tegegne Addis Ababa * Ewen: Presenter attendant
* Iain: Introduction?
Draws on the IPMS experience and reflections for extension to the LIVES project.
7 Feb 2013

#6
Water footprint concept Lecture Arjen Hoekstra Nairobi * Iain/Silvia: Lead (and leaving on maternity leave early March)
* Jane: logistics
Creator of the water footprint concept (2002), will be visiting ILRI/PLE February 7, 2013. We thought it would be great if he gave an institutional seminar on the Water Footprint.
21 Jan 2013

#5
People, the planet, and sustainable livestock Lecture of 20 min followed by Q&A FAO's Jeroen Djikman Nairobi * Shirley: Presenter
* Susan: To follow up, Logistics
11 Dec 2012
#4
Livestock and mobile technology Interactive session of 30 minutes Su Kahumbu Nairobi * Silvia to follow up: Lead.
* Susan: logistics and support
28 Nov 2012
#3
Global change and livestock Interactive session Mario Herrero Nairobi * Silvia: Presenter attendant
* Angela: Logistics, WebEx
31 Oct 2012
#2
Zoonoses: The lethal gifts of livestock Interactive session Delia Grace Nairobi Task force to organize this with Delia:
* Angela: Logistics, WebEx etc.
* Tezira: Presenter attendant
27 Sep 2012

#1
Feed the future: using food-feed crops to intensify and sustain food production Interactive session Michael Blummel Nairobi Task force to organize with Michael: Iain, Vish, Ewen and Susan

Possible seminars

Date (e.g. specific dates) Topic Type of seminar: lecture or interactive? Presenter: From which ILRI office Additional notes
Aug 2013 Title and topic unknown---consult Silvia Klaus Butterbach-Bahl perhaps (visiting scientist) --- Consult Silvia about this---she hasn't asked him yet Nairobi Jane?
Sep 2013 WORKING TITLE: Africa RISING and sustainable intensification
Susan says that Tom Randolph is also happy to give a seminar on livestock and nutrition (countering some received wisdom) on Wed 18 Sep or Wed 23 Oct.
Peter Thorne Addis Ababa
23 Oct
2013
If Africa RISING gives seminar in Sep, Tom Randolph will give a seminar on livestock and nutrition (pulling together recent knowledge and countering some received wisdom) on Wed 23 Oct
WORKING TITLE: LIVESTOCK AND NUTRITION: WHAT WE KNOW AND DON'T KNOW
Tom Randolph Nairobi
27 Nov 2013 Bio Tech seminar: Vaccines initiative Vish Nene Nairobi
Dec. 2013 WORKING TITLE: Social learning in climate change Ewen Le Borgne & Peter Ballantyne Addis Ababa

Other possible topics:

  • Livestock Master Plan process and results (B. Shapiro)