[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 175 (Thursday, September 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 54511]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-22793]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Notice of Special Session, ``Building Human Capital: Nutrition Is 
Fundamental''

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby 
given of a special session hosted by the Board for International Food 
and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). This public session will be held 
from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at the Des 
Moines Marriot Downtown Hotel, 700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. The 
title of the session is Building Human Capital: Nutrition Is 
Fundamental. This session focuses on the economic impact of 
malnutrition in the developing world. Through this discussion, BIFAD 
seeks to highlight this important issue and begin a dialogue with 
university partners, nutrition experts, and the broader stakeholder 
community.
    Dr. Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair, will moderate the special session, 
which will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. with opening remarks. The first 
speaker, Dr. Rob Bertram, USAID Bureau for Food Security's Chief 
Scientist, will provide an introduction to USAID's nutrition strategy 
under Feed the Future. The first hour of the session will consist of 
short presentations by a panel of nutrition experts from the university 
community. The panelists include Jessica Fanzo from the Bloomberg 
School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University; John Hoddinott 
from the Charles H. Dyson School of Economics and Management at Cornell 
University; Grace Marquis from the School of Dietetics and Nutrition at 
McGill University, Canada; and Ana Lydia Sawaya from the Institute of 
Advanced Studies at the Federal University of Sao Paolo, Brazil. They 
will discuss emerging trends in the global pattern of malnutrition, 
including obesity and micronutrient deficiency, cognitive and physical 
impairments of children that arise from poor nutrition, and the 
economic and social impacts of malnutrition. The panel will conclude 
with examples of successful, evidence-based nutrition interventions.
    At 10:30 a.m., Chairman Deaton will open the floor for questions to 
the panelists, as well as general information sharing and dialogue 
among all participants. At 11:00 a.m. BIFAD Chair Brady Deaton will 
make closing remarks and adjourn the BIFAD-sponsored special session.
    Those wishing to attend the session or obtain additional 
information about BIFAD should contact Susan Owens, Executive Director 
and Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD in the Bureau for Food 
Security at USAID. Interested persons may write to her in care of the 
U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, 
Bureau for Food Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2.09-067, 
Washington, DC 20523-2110 or telephone her at (202) 712-0218.

Susan Owens,
Executive Director and USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, 
Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development.
[FR Doc. 2015-22793 Filed 9-9-15; 8:45 am]
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