Many of our past events—featuring world leaders, policymakers, journalists, authors, and other experts sharing their ideas and perspectives on critical global issues—are available to watch on-demand.
The 2018 Global Food Security Symposium examines how surging youth populations can fuel tremendous agricultural growth that will impact the global economy, but, if underemployed, they present a risk.
The 2017 Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC focused on how the US can help lead struggling nations and turn frontier markets into thriving partners.
The  Global Food Security Symposium 2016  brought together key multi-disciplinary stakeholders to discuss transformations to the global food system necessary to feed growing cities.
The 2015 Global Food Security Symposium focused on the topic of “Healthy Food for a Healthy World: Leveraging Agriculture and Food to Improve Global Nutrition.”
Global leaders convened at The Chicago Council's Global Food Security Symposium to chart a course for how the US government could advance global food security in the face of weather volatility and climate change.
Senior leaders from across sectors joined together to chart a course for how science, trade, and business can be mobilized to advance food and nutrition security.
Barack Obama was joined by other senior global leaders to discuss new G8 efforts on food security and the opportunity and benefits of private sector investment in African agriculture and food sectors.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs held a symposium to review progress on the US government’s global food security strategy and provide critical thinking on how best to overcome potential obstacles to success. 
The inaugural Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC reviewed the first report of the Global Food and Agriculture Program at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.