Conferences & Lectures

Upcoming Events

Trade and Development Seminar  - Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Series
Presentations by graduate students, faculty and invited presenters

Fridays in 119 Classroom Office Building, St. Paul Campus
10:30 a.m. - noon  

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PAST Events

Sixth Annual Midwest International Economic Development Conference
1-2 May 2009
MacNamara Alumni Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Keynote Speaker: James A. Robinson, Professor of Government,
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Title:  "The Formation of the State: Evidence from Colombia"

Fall 2008 Symposium Co-sponsored by The Food Industry Center and CIFAP
23 October 2008
MacNamara Alumni Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

“Future Food Scarcity: Global Causes and Local Consequences”
Plenary speakers from academia, food businesses, global food and international lending agencies, and policy researchers.

The Philip M. Raup Lecture in Land and Environmental Policy
1 May 2008

“Ecosystem Services:
A New or Old Paradigm within Environmental Economics?”
Kathleen Segerson, Professor, U of Connecticut

The Willard W. Cochrane Lecture in Public Policy
31 January 2008

“Whither U.S. Agricultural Trade Policy?”
Ambassador Joseph Glauber
Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Fourth Annual Minnesota International Economic Development Conference
4-5 May 2007
MacNamara Alumni Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

"The Profits of Power: Land Rights and Agricultural Investment in Ghana"
Christopher Udry, Director of the Economic Growth Center and
Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics at Yale University

The Philip M. Raup Lecture in Land and Environmental Policy
1 March 2007
University of Minnesota, USA

"Crafting Environmental Policy in the Teeth of Possessive Individualism:
Whose Land Is It?"
Daniel Bromley, Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Globalization of the Agri-Food System"
Dr. Joachim von Braun, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C.

10th Joint Conference on Food, Agriculture and the Environment
27-30 August 2006
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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Third Annual Minnesota International Economic Development Workshop
28-29 April 2006
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

"Export Composition and Economic Development"
Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at the
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

The Philip M. Raup Lecture in Land and Environmental Policy
9 March 2006

“The Separation of Powers – Federal, State, Local –
and Environmental Public Policy”
Emery N. Castle, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University

The Inaugural Willard W. Cochrane Lecture in Public Policy
30 November 2005

“The Farm Bill and the Doha Round”
Ambassador Clayton Yeutter, Former USDA Secretary and US Trade Representative

Second Annual Minnesota International Economic Development Conference
29-30 April 2005
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

"Globalization and Poverty Reduction in the Long and Short Run"
Mark Rosenzweig, Professor, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government

Food and Health Seminar Series
February 24, 2004
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"Confronting Obesity:
What Can Make A Difference?"
Lois Quam

Food and Health Seminar Series
November 21, 2003
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"The Growth of Obesity and Technological Change:
A Theoretical and Empirical Examination"
Dr. Tomas J. Philipson

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