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Expo Milano 2015
2015-05-01 08:00 - 2015-10-31 17:00 (UTC+1) | Expo Exhibition Site, Milan, Italy
Expo Milano 2015 is a non-commercial Universal Exposition with some very unique and innovative features. Not only is it an exhibition but also a process, one of active participation among a large number of players around the theme of Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. It is sustainable, technological, thematic and focused on its visitors. Open from May 1 to October 31, 2015, the Expo will host over 130 participants. Running for 184 days, this giant exhibition site, covering one million square meters, is expected to welcome over 20 million visitors.

A journey of tastes
Visitors will experience a unique journey that looks at the complex theme of nutrition. They will have the possibility to take a trip around the world, sampling the food and traditions of people from all over the globe. Expo Milano 2015 will be the first Exposition in history to be remembered not only for its products but also for its contribution towards education on food and the planet’s precious resources.
Workshop and debate themes include:

Improving food quality and security: the security of having enough food to live on, and an assurance that the food is healthy and the water drinkable;
Ensuring healthy and high-quality nutrition for all human beings, doing away with the hunger, drought, infantile mortality, and malnutrition that still afflict 850 million people on this planet, and extirpating famine and pandemic disease;
Preventing the new epidemics and diseases of our time, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, by championing practices that have proven to be effective;
Promoting innovation in research, technology, and business practices along the entire food supply chain to improve the nutritional value, conservation, and distribution of foods;
Providing education in proper nutrition and encouraging more healthy lifestyles, especially among children, adolescents, the disabled, and the elderly;
Enhancing the value of cultural and ethnic heritage as expressed in culinary traditions.

Visit the website of Expo Milano 2015 for more information.

Download the discussion paper ‘The role of research in global food and nutrition security’ (Expo 2015 EU Scientific Steering Committee)
Read the Press Release ‘Expo Milano 2015: European Commission launches scientific debate on how to feed the planet’ (Brussels – April 13, 2015)

Online course on Food and Nutrition Security
2015-05-18 08:00 - 2015-06-21 17:00 | Online
A challenging and unique online course on Food and Nutrition Security for policy officers and development professionals, either working on Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) and seeking to broaden and refresh their knowledge, or planning to do so and looking to get an in-depth introduction.
The online course will start on May 18, 2015 and will be held in English and will require an investment of maximum 4 hours a week for 5 weeks.
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