The 2008 Agricultural and Resource Economics Forum on The New Food Economy will be held Thursday, November 20 from 7:30 to 3:30 at The University of Arizona, Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch Building, BIO5 Conference Room 103, Tucson, AZ.

The program will include keynote speakers, panel discussions, and student presentations that address food policies, changing structure of U.S. food demand, biotechnology and nutrition, research funding opportunities, and an outlook of Arizona's economy. Students enrolled in AREC's Ag Policy class will provide short presentations after lunch outlining possible policy actions to address specific case study and/or environmental situations. A tour of the BIO5 Research Facility will be available in the afternoon following our keynote luncheon address.

Lunch is included in the registration cost.

Forum registration costs
$80 by November 3 (early bird special)
$100 after November 3
$35 for students
$5 parking at Highland Garage (special conference rate)

Map with driving directions
Forum Agenda
Presenter Biographies
Brochure (in pdf form) with registration form, map, agenda, and biographies

The Forum is hosted by the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, at the University of Arizona.

Please contact

Russell Tronstad (520-621-2425, tronstad@ag.arizona.edu), or
George Frisvold (520-621-6269, frisvold@ag.arizona.edu)

to have your name added or removed from the conference email list or if you have questions about the conference.