Martijn works as project manager and scientist for Wageningen Food & Biobased Research. He is coordinator for the LEAP Agri NUTRIFOODS project which is an African-European collaboration to develop bread products based on African climate resilient crops.
Martijn Noort
Martijn works as project manager and scientist for Wageningen Food & Biobased Research.
Speakers | World Food Day Event
Dhanush Dinesh
Dr Dhanush Dinesh is the Founder of Clim-Eat, a think and do tank to accelerate climate action in food systems, hosted by the Netherlands Food Partnership.
Han de Groot
Han de Groot is the current interim director of the Netherlands Food Partnership, NFP. Han is the former CEO of Rainforest Alliance. He led the merger with UTZ Certified, where, as Executive Director for eight years, he built the agricultural standard into the world’s largest sustainability program for coffee and cocoa.
Thin Lei Win
Thin Lei Win is an award-winning Italy-based multimedia journalist specialising in food and climate issues for various international news media including through her own newsletter Thin Ink.
David Klingen
Energised by his vision of a healthier planet, David spends his days reshaping our food industry’s unsustainable processes.
Sarah Oey
Sarah is one of the youth representatives on sustainable development from The Netherlands. From the beginning of her mandate, she wants to raise awareness on air pollution in The Netherlands and abroad because air pollution dangers human & animal well-being and endangers the biodiversity.
Wouter Ubbink
Wouter is one of the two UN youth representatives on Biodiversity and Food. Wouter is fighting for a world where people live in balance with nature. To achieve the halting of biodiversity loss, we need to radically change the way we produce and consume food.
Lisette Ma Neza
Lisette Ma Neza is a slam poet, filmmaker and musician. She is known for her sharp pen, soft voice and Slam Poetry performances. Her performances balance between painfully direct and amorous naivety, and they often grab the audience by the throat.
Dominique Xavio Imbabazi
Dominique Xavio Imbabazi is the Founder & Managing Director of Golden Insect LTD.
Lucas du Pré
Lucas works on the nexus between climate change, agriculture and food systems. He is part of the Dutch delegation to UNFCCC. He also works with the agricultural attachés of the Netherlands based in the embassies in the North of Africa.
Rebecca Sarku
Rebecca Sarku, PhD, is a researcher and consultant tackling poverty, food insecurity, and environmental challenges and delivers innovative and multidisciplinary result-oriented solutions in complex and marginalised communities.
Josephine Akia Luyimbazi
Josephine Akia Luyimbazi is the Country Coordinator of Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda, a national network of 65 like-minded organisations working together to promote Agroecology in Uganda.
Marion Janse
Marion is Policy Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She works on Food and Nutrition Security to contribute to SDG2 - Zero Hunger with a focus on Sub Saharan Africa.Moderators | World Food Day Event
Ama van Dantzig
Ama van Dantzig spends her time building bridges between seemingly different worlds, between Africa and Europe. She weaves together diverse realities and perspectives in search of better responses and coping strategies.