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)
