Preliminary Agenda
for FY 2008 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research
Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings
Thursday, December
6, 2007
Welcome |
8:00-8:30
am |
Check-in
and continental breakfast |
8:30-9:30
am |
Welcome
and Keynote Speaker
Eileen Kennedy, Dean, Tufts University |
Child Nutrition
Programs and WIC |
9:30-10:45
am |
Emerging Issues
and Research Priorities
- Doug Besharov, American Enterprise
Institute
- Zoë Neuberger, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities
- Jay Hirschman, Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA
|
10:45-11:00
am |
Break |
11:00 -12:00
pm |
Recent Findings
- WIC's Impact on the Infant
Formula Market
David Betson, University of Notre Dame
- Food Insecurity in Canada
and the United States: An International
Comparison
Heather Hopwood,
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
- Behavioral Economics and
School Meals
Lisa Mancino, Economic Research Service,
USDA
|
12:00-1:00
pm |
LUNCH
at ERS |
Food
Stamps |
1:00-1:30
pm |
Keynote Speaker
- Congresswoman Jean Schmidt
|
1:30-2:45
pm |
Emerging
Issues and Research Priorities
- Barbara MkNelly, California Department
of Health Services
- Helen Jensen, Iowa State University
- Steven Carlson, Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA
|
2:45-3:00
pm |
Break |
3:00-4:00
pm |
Recent Findings
- Tradeoffs in Delivering
In-kind Benefits
Julia Isaacs, Brookings Institution
- Agricultural Policies and
Obesity
Julian Alston, University of California-Davis
- Encouraging Healthier
Choices Through the Food Stamp
Program
Joanne Guthrie, Economic Research Service,
USDA
|
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