Dr. Pippa Hackett
Senator and Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Ireland
Dr. Hackett holds a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Essex, a postgraduate diploma from University College Dublin, and a PhD in Sports Biomechanics from the University of Limerick. She has been activity involved in many community-based and schools projects. Her roles include youth club secretary and leader, local newsletter editor, Mountlucas parkrun director, and board member of local sports committees. She is passionate about healthy living, environmental issues and animal welfare.
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Mr. Tom Arnold
Chair, EU Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Food Systems Science, Ireland
He has previously served as Chair, Irish 2030 Agri-Food Strategy Committee, EU Commission’s Task Force Rural Africa, OECD Committee of Agriculture, and Irish Constitutional Convention; Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition Movement; Director General, Institute of International and European Affairs; Chief Executive, Concern Worldwide; Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary General, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; and Administrator, EU Commission.
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Prof. Rattan Lal
The Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Lal was awarded the 2019 Japan Prize ‘for the sustainable management of soil for global food security and mitigation of climate change’. In June 2020, Professor Lal was the recipient of the prestigious World Food Prize.
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Prof. Maria J. Santos
OECD and University of Zurich, Switzerland.
To answer these questions, Prof. Santos focuses on what (species and ecosystems), when (time), where (space), how (conservation actions) and why (policies and drivers) of conservation action. Her research incorporates field methods, GIS, remote sensing, statistical modeling, historical archival research and conservation planning.
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