Feeding the Drylands
Challenges in Changing Environment
The 7th International
Conference
November
16-18, 2020
Thank you to the over 2400 participants and 160 Speakers from over 109 countries that made DDD2020 such a success. We are in the process of uploading the recordings to this web-site and they will become available in the coming days.
We hope you all enjoyed the conference and please let us know your thoughts and comments.
We hope you all enjoyed the conference and please let us know your thoughts and comments.
+2400 Participants
+160 Speakers
+110 Countries
3 days of scientific and policy sessions, and virtual tours
addressing 4 major themes, in view of the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
addressing 4 major themes, in view of the sustainable development goals (SDGs)
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theme to see it's sessions:
Monday
16 November 2020
15:00-15:10
15:10-15:45
"Food Security from a Pan-Asian Perspective"
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Daniel A. Chamovitz, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
16:00-17:30
Parallel Sessions
Break
18:00-19:30
Parallel Sessions
Tuesday
17 November 2020
16:00-17:30
Parallel Sessions
Break
18:00-19:30
Parallel Sessions
Wednesday
18 November 2020
16:00-17:30
Parallel Sessions
(16:00-18:00)
17:30-18:00
"Feeding the Drylands, Challenges in a Changing Environment- What's next?"
Prof. Rattan Lal,
Receiver of the 2020 World Food Prize
Receiver of the 2020 World Food Prize
18:00-19:30
Parallel Sessions
19:30-20:00
Conference Venue
The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research are located at the Sede Boqer campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Situated at the edge of a scenic cliff overlooking the Biblical “Zin Valley" and adjacent to several spectacular national parks and nature reserves, the campus makes a breathtaking venue for an academic gathering.