The AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture

June 14, 2012
AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

“...to promote a broader and more complete understanding of agriculture as the most basic human endeavor and... to enhance agriculture through increased scientific knowledge.”

Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation

Read the proceedings of the 2012 AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture.

The 2012 AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture

The 2012 AAAS Riley Lecture:

Dr. Rob Horsch

Deputy Director for Research & Development
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Panel Discussion with Dr. Horsch:

Dr. Catherine Woteki, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Moderator)

The Honorable Bill Northey, Secretary, Iowa Department of Agriculture

Dr. Steven G. Pueppke, Director, Michigan State University AgBioResearch

The 2012 AAAS Riley Lecture was sponsored by the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation; the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, Economic Research Service, Forest Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Case IH; DuPont; and Mars Incorporated.

Past Lectures

2011 AAAS Riley Lecturer:

Dr. Pamela C. Ronald

Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis; and co-author of Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

2010 AAAS Riley Lecturer:

Dr. Roger Beachy

then Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)