ZEF-director Joachim von Braun on EXPO 2015 in Milan
May 11, 2015.
The world fair EXPO 2015 in Milan has the theme: “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”. About 150 countries have their pavilions at the fair, including many emerging economy countries. The EXPO runs from May 1 until October 31, 2015.
On Friday, May 8, 2015, the international dialogue sessions at EXPO started with an interesting conference on “Towards a Research Agenda for Global Food and Nutrition Security” (see program). This conference was based on a paper co-drafted by Professor von Braun, who is a member of the EXPO's scientific steering committee.
You can watch the interview with von Braun on the German national tv chanel ZDF about his impressions from the EXPO.