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Urban Agriculture Summit 2013 in Linköping, Sweden We need transformative solutions on how to feed the cities in the urban era. We need to develop strategies for dealing with the fact that growing populations all over the world are moving into evolving mega cities.  Welcome to the 2nd Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, January 29- 31 2013.  The 2013 Urban Agriculture Summit in Linköping, Sweden, is a unique opportunity. The Summit gathers leading experts from various disciplines, politicians and decision makers, representatives from academia and the business community for discussions how we together can develop the field Urban Agriculture and how we can use urban agriculture technologies to create a more sustainable city of tomorrow: a city where consumers will have access to healthy and nutritious food in their neighborhood.  Speakers ·         - Dr. Dickson Despommier - Microbiologist, ecologist and Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University and Director of the Vertical Farm Project. ·        - Dr. Jan De Wilt - Champion for sustainable agriculture, InnovatieNetwerk. ·         - Prof. Oren R Lyons - member of the Onondoga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy; Chairman of the Board of Plantagon International AB. ·         - Ms Elisabeth Nilsson - Governor of Östergötland County. ·         - Dr. Anthony Socci - Ph. D. Senior Adviser on Climate and Energy at U .S. Environmental Protection Agency. ·         - Prof. Ulf Ranhagen - Professor at Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology and Chief Architect Sweco. Member of the Swedish Delegation for Sustainable Cities. ·         - Ms Danielle Nierenberg - Director of the Nourishing the Planet project at the Worldwatch Institute, Washington D.C.  ·         - Prof. Beatrix Alsanius - Chair professor in Horticulture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp. ·         - Mr Antoni Vives i Thomas - Deputy Mayor for Urban Habitat, Barcelona City Council. Senior Advisor for the Prince of Asturias - Professorship of Spanish Studies of the London School of Economics. ·        - Prof. Lou Yongqi - PhD in urban design theory and practice from Tongji University; Vice Dean of College of Design & Innovation of Tongji University, Shanghai   Dates and location   The Urban Agriculture Summit is held in the city of Linköping, Sweden between the 29th-31st of January 2013. To find more information about the Summit, please visit http://www.urbanagriculturesummit.com Media Accreditation For press information, photos and media accreditation to the Summit, please contact Carin Balfe Arbman, Press and PR Manager for the Summit, carin.balfe-arbman@plantagon.com, phone: +46-70-633 35 08.  More information   The previous, and first, Urban Agriculture Summit was held in Washington D.C. in November 2011. Documentation from the previous Urban Agriculture Summit 2011 can be found here

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