April 18, 2019 - 10:00 am to 2:00 pm BST

Welcome and Country Context

Dr. Akhter Ahmed

Country Representative, IFPRI Bangladesh

Presentation

Keynote

Dr. Shenggen Fan

Director General, IFPRI

Presentation

Panel Discussion

Chair

Dr. Shamsul Alam

Member (Senior Secretary), General Economics Division, Ministry of Planning

Panelists

Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman

Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC)

Dr. M. A. Sattar Mandal

Emeritus Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics; former Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)

Dr. Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid

Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

Dr. Imran Matin

Executive Director, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD); Country Director, International Growth Center (IGC)

Open Discussion

Reflections from Chair

Addresses by Special Guests

Mr. Md. Nasiruzzaman

Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture

Dr. Mashiur Rahman

Economic Affairs Adviser to the Honorable Prime Minister

Address by Chief Guest and Launching the 2019 Global Food Policy Report

Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque

MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Agriculture