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Presentations from the Plantagon Urban Agriculture Summit 2011

All expert presentations from the Plantagon Urban Agriculture Summit 2011, held at House of Sweden, Washington D.C. on November 16, 2011, are found here: http://event.plantagon.com/urbanagriculture/  

Participating experts and officials were 

  • Magnus Rydén, Minister Counselor for Trade and Economic Affairs, Embassy of Sweden
  • Oren Lyons, Professor, Chairman Plantagon International
  • Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor, International Operations, US Commercial Services, ITA, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Rachel Gutter, Director of USGBC's Center for Green Schools
  • Eva Hunnius Ohlin, Environmental Technology Officer, Embassy of Sweden
  • Eva Nygren, President, Sweco Sweden
  • Mats Hellström, Former Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade and Agriculture
  • Dr. Sally Schneider, National Program Leader for Horticulture Crops, U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
  • Tony Socci, Senior Advisor Climate & Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Craig Cox, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Environmental Working Group
  • Matthew J. Power, Deputy Secretary for Maryland Department of Planning

Please find the details from the program here.

Plantagon Urban Agriculture Summit 2012
We are happy to invite you to the next Plantagon Urban Agriculture Summit, held in Stockholm November 15-16, 2012. Please register here. Call for papers and more information will be posted in our pressroom and on the site.

For more information about the summit in Stockholm please write to uas@plantagon.com 

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