News - 18 January 2013 16:14

Space designer Cecilia Hertz confirmed keynote speaker at the Urban Agriculture Summit, January 29-31,

STOCKHOLM-LINKÖPING / SWEDEN (January 18, 2013) - The Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, January 29-31, gathers experts, industry representatives and academia from all over the world to discuss transformative solutions on how to feed people in the urban era. Several well-know experts within agriculture, vertical farming, food safety and sustainable development will be speaking at the Summit.

One of the keynote speakers is Cecilia Hertz, industrial designer, founder and CEO of Umbilical Design. Cecilia Hertz has a vast experience in interior design for space vehicles and is now specialized in space technology transfer. Solutions developed for space could be applied on tomorrows cities.

Other experts participating in the Summit as keynote speakers are Dr. Dickson Despommier, "the father of vertical farming", Professor Beatrix Alsanius, professor in Horticulture at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at Alnarp, Professor Oren R. Lyons, Onondaga Nation and Chairman of Plantagon International, Dr. He Jie, from Nanyang Technical University in Singapore, expert on environmental stresses on photosynthesis, Professor Jan Staël von Holstein, Professor at the The College of Design & Innovation (D&I) Tongji University in Shanghai, and Dennis Pamlin, entrepreneur and Director for the Low Carbon Leaders Project under the UN Global Compact and Maria Wetterstrand, former member of the Swedish parliament and leader of the Swedish green party "Miljöpartiet de Gröna", and several more.

For a list of all speakers and the Summit program please see the online invitation here.

Press information 

A press briefing will be held just before the opening of the Summit, the 29th of January, at 05:00 PM at the Summit venue Linköping Kongress & Konsert.

Media accreditation
 Media interested in covering the Summit are welcome to apply for accreditation here by filling in this online form.

More information 
Please contact Carin Balfe Arbman, Press Contact for the Summit, on e-mail or by phone 46-70-633 35 08.

Topics

Environment, Energy

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Per Östling

Press contact Member of the Board per.ostling@firsttoknow.se +46707310988

Press invitation to the Urban Agriculture Summit 2013 in Linköping, Sweden

We need transformative solutions on how to feed the cities in the urban era. We need to develop strategies for dealing with the fact that growing populations all over the world are moving into evolving mega cities. Welcome to the 2nd Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, January 29-31 2013.

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International summit on global food security is bringing together leading researchers in Linkoping

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Professor Dickson Despommier, Columbia University, is awarded the Plantagon Award 2013 for his contribution to the field Urban Agriculture

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Innovatie Netwerk, is awarded the Plantagon Award 2013 for the organization’s contribution to the field Urban Agriculture

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30 January 2013 19:20

The City of Linköping is awarded the Plantagon Award 2013 for the city’s contribution to the field Urban Agriculture

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10 January 2013 14:45

Professor Jan Staël von Holstein and Mr. Dennis Pamlin, UN Global Compact, confirmed keynote speakers at the Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, January 29-31

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10 January 2013 07:10

Dr. He Jie and Maria Wetterstrand confirmed keynote speakers at the Urban Agriculture Summit 2013 in Linköping

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