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New Harvest Board Members Mark Post and Andras Forgacs Speaking at GFIA

Published January 27, 2014 | Updated October 4, 2021 |

Mark Post and Andras Forgacs are speaking alongside 150 of the world’s leading innovators in Agriculture at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture. Among them will be Bill Gates, founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Frank Rijsberman, CEO of the CGIAR Consortium.

This year, the GFIA will be held in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of H. H. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority. The forum will be held from February 3rd through the 5th, 2014. There will be over 2000 participants from 62 different countries. Events include an innovation zone, in which the the most inspiring innovations in the world will be presented.

Mark Post and Andras Forgacs, featured on the home page, will have the honor of speaking in the Opening Ceremony and as keynote speakers in the Plenary Programme.

The New Harvest community looks forward to hearing about their presentation.