TEDx Conference

October 21st, 8:45 am – 5:30 p.m.

Ropes Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School
Open to Harvard Law School Students

 

Among the nine other speakers are Walter Willett, Chair of the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, who will discuss how modern dietary patterns lead to disease; Doug Rauch, former President of Trader Joe’s, who will discuss his innovative idea to bring inexpensive fruits and vegetables to food deserts; and Susan Prolman, Executive Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, who will discuss the 2012 Farm Bill.Food and drink provided by Clover, Island Creek Oysters, Equal Exchange and Grilled Cheese Nation will be available for attendees during the October 21st event.

Session 1: Health

Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health/Harvard Medical School

David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Optimal Weight for Life Clinic, Children’s Hospital Boston and Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health

Stephan Guyenet, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, University of Washington and blogger at Whole Health Source

Session 2: Supply

Susan Prolman, J.D.
Executive Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Emily Broad Leib, J.D.
Senior Delta Clinical Fellow, Harvard Law School

John Piotti
Executive Director, Maine Farmland Trust

Session 3: Demand

Doug Rauch, M.B.A.
Former President, Trader Joe’s Company

Jennifer Pomeranz, J.D., M.P.H.
Director of Legal Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University

Freya Williams and Graceann Bennett
OgilvyEarth

 

Cosponsored by Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Emmet Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Let’s Talk about Food, Harvard Health Law and Policy Clinic, HLS Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Harvard School of Public Health Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention Program

Child and Youth Advocates, Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, HLS Advocates for Human Rights, Harvard Association for Law and Business, Harvard Environmental Law Review, Harvard Environmental Law Society, Harvard Law and Health Care Society, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Harvard Urban Law Association, Harvard Law and International Development Society, HLS Republicans, Harvard Women’s Law Association, Harvard Mississippi Delta Project, Harvard Law School Green Living Program, and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics.

And many thanks for our conference banners to: