Andy Fell, UC Davis
Video streams from the Jan. 14 UC Davis/Mars symposium on innovation in food, agriculture and health are now available online. View the morning session and the afternoon session.
The morning session included a keynote address by professor Elizabeth Blackburn of UCSF and a panel discussion on “Scientific discovery and innovation: What can the future look like at the nexus of food, agriculture and health?”
The afternoon included a presentation on the African Orphan Crops Consortium by Howard-Yana Shapiro and Allen Van Deynze, and panel discussions on solving agriculture’s greatest challenges and the role of venture capital in innovation.
The symposium marked the launch of the Innovation Institute for Food and Health, part of the World Food Center at UC Davis.