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Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to invite you to attend an upcoming off-the-record dinner to be held on Monday, March 2 from 5:30PM to 7:15PM. The dinner is entitled Creating Shared Value: The Role of the Private Sector in Agricultural Development and will focus on how companies, governments, and civil society can work together to meet the economic challenges facing the world's poorest countries. Nespresso USA CEO Guillame Le Cunff will be opening remarks on how Nestle has approached these challenges and an informal discussion will follow. We are also convening a public conference the day following the dinner, and we would be delighted if you could attend this as well. The agenda for the conference is attached below.

The United States government has historically supported a number of global agricultural development initiatives by providing in-country capacity building, applied research, and support for improved market information and analysis. However, meeting tomorrow's challenges requires effective partnerships between governments and the private sector. We would greatly appreciate your insights as to how the U.S. government can more effectively work with the private sector to drive this agenda forward.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have any further questions and direct your RSVP to Simone Schenkel at sschenkel@csis.org<mailto:sschenkel@csis.org> by Friday, February 27th. We look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Dan

Daniel F. Runde
William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis
Director, Project on Prosperity and Development
Center for Strategic and International Studies
1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW
Washington DC, 20036


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The CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development cordially invites you to:

Creating Shared Value:
The Role of the Private Sector in Agricultural Development


Agenda

7:30AM-8:00AM - Registration and Breakfast

8:00AM-9:00AM - Keynote Panel, "Leveraging Shared Value as a Catalyst for Development"

His Excellency Martin Dahinden
Swiss Ambassador to the United States; Former Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation


The Honorable Daniel Glickman
Former United States Secretary of Agriculture


The Honorable Ann Veneman
Former Executive Director, UNICEF

Moderated by:
The Honorable William Garvelink
Former United States Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

9:00AM-10:30AM - "Creating Opportunities for Women Smallholder Farmers to Integrate Into Global Value Chains"

Janet Voûte
Global Head of Public Affairs, Nestlé

Deirdre White
CEO, PYXERA Global

Macani Toungara
Director of Development, TechnoServe

Margaret Enis Spears
Director, Office of Market and Partnership Innovations
Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Moderated by:
Daniel F. Runde
Director, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

10:45AM-12:00PM - "The Food, Water, and Energy Nexus"

Anders Berntell
Executive Director, 2030 Water Resources Group

Paul Guenette
Executive Vice President for Communications and Outreach, ACDI/VOCA

Late Lawson-Lartego
Director, Agriculture and Market System Team, CARE USA

Christian Holmes
Global Water Coordinator, U.S. Agency for International Development

Moderated by:
Johanna Nesseth
Senior Associate, Global Food Security Project, CSIS

12:00PM-12:45PM - Luncheon

12:45PM-2:00PM - "Challenges and Opportunities of Youth and Rural Workforce Development"

Bill Reese
President and CEO, International Youth Foundation

Bill Guyton
President, World Cocoa Foundation

Sherry Youssef
Youth and Workforce Development Specialist, Development Alternatives Inc.

Moderated by:
Nicole Goldin
Senior Associate, Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS

2:00PM -Event Ends

Tuesday, March 3, 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Second Floor Conference Room
CSIS 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036

Please RSVP at PPD@csis.org<mailto:PPD@csis.org>

Breakfast and Lunch will be served

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The Project on Prosperity and Development will host the Creating Shared Value Conference as part of its ongoing work on the role of the private sector in addressing enduring socioeconomic challenges in the world's poorest countries. Join us for a discussion on ways to maximize shared value between businesses and the often rural communities in which they operate. The conference will build on the energy generated by Nestlé's Creating Shared Value Annual 2014 report to discuss innovative ways government and civil society can work with business to achieve rural development goals. Panelists will include representatives from the U.S. government, private sector, and non-governmental organizations.

This event is made possible with support from the Nestlé Corporation.


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