GFN Global Summit 2024 | The Global FoodBanking Network | 8 September 2024 | Hyatt Regency Sydney, 161 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

The Summit will be a dynamic, international conference that shapes solutions to the challenges of hunger, food security, and sustainability.

The event will feature interactive sessions, breakout discussions, networking activities, and field trips in Sydney and the surrounding area. It will provide opportunities to visit food banks to deepen understanding and observe innovations.

It will be an opportunity to connect with businesses, government officials, multi-lateral partners, academics, philanthropists, nonprofits, and community leaders from more than 50 countries, and to share knowledge, forge connections, and explore solutions to shape the future of food systems.

The world increasingly recognizes the interconnection between hunger, food systems, and the climate crisis. The climate crisis today is an undeniable reality that is disrupting crops, food production, and supply chains, as well as food security and human well-being. In response, the world needs to identify and scale solutions that will turn the tide, tackling the twin challenges of food security and climate change.

Food banking sits at the nexus of these challenges and solutions.

This year’s Summit will explore the linkages between the food system and climate change with a focus on ideas, stories, and solutions at the local, national, and global level.

2024 Speakers

Elijah Amoo Addo
Founder and Executive Director, Food for All Africa

Esteban Arriaga Miranda
Chief Executive Officer, European Food Banks Federation

Carol Bellamy
Former Executive Director, UNICEF

Donna Bowater
Associate Director, Marchmont Communications

Juan Carlos Buitrago
Executive Director, Asociación de Bancos de Alimentos de Colombia

Dr. Martín Burt
Chief Executive Officer, Fundación Paraguaya

Brianna Casey
Chief Executive Officer, Foodbank Australia

Susan Catania
Head of Foods Business Unit, Oceania, Nestlé

Jose Carlos Cirilo
CEO, CNC Sesc-Senac System

Vicki Clarke
Vice President, Development, The Global FoodBanking Network

Alexandra Coari
Vice President, Capital, Innovation, and Global Initiatives, ReFED

Rev Tim Costello
Executive Director, Micah Australia

Carol Criner
Senior Vice President, HCL Technologies

Nicola Dixon
Direct of Global Impact, General Mills

David Dominguez Curiel
IT Manager, Red de Banco de Alimentos de Mexico (BAMX)

Andy DuPlessis
Managing Director, FoodForward SA

Shenggen Fan, Ph.D.
Chair Professor, College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University

Trevor Findley
Clinical Instructor, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic

Jomar Fleras
Executive Director, Rise Against Hunger Philippines

Danny Flores
Senior Manager, Public Affairs, H-E-B Hunger Relief Program

John Gathungu
Executive Director, Food Banking Kenya

Ignacio Gavilan
Food Systems Partnerships Senior Director, The Global FoodBanking Network

Leisa Goddard
Founder, Adoni Media

Padmanaban Gopalan
Founder, No Food Waste India

Michelle Gorton
Chief Executive Officer, Macdoch Foundation

Jose Luis Guevara
Executive Director, Banco de Alimentos de Quito

Rimmi Harindran
Senior Director, Corporate Affairs, Kellanova

Karen Jenkins
Managing Director, General Mills

Mariana Jiménez Cárdenas
Chief Executive Officer, Red de Bancos de Alimentos de México

Michael Jones
International Project Manager, WRAP

Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg
Senior Fellow, Ford Foundation

Gabrielle Kirstein
Founder, Feeding Hong Kong

Steven Lapidge
Chief Executive Officer, End Food Waste Australia

Brooke Miller
President, Asia Pacific, Lineage

Lisa Moon
President & CEO, The Global FoodBanking Network

Gonzalo Muñoz
High Level Climate Action Champion, UN COP 25

Jolie Nguyen
Chief Executive Officer, Foodbank Việt Nam

Nicolas Ng
Co-founder, The Food Bank Singapore, Ltd.

Doug O’Brien
Vice President, Programs, The Global FoodBanking Network

Aoibheann O'Brien
Co-Founder, FoodCloud

Phenny Omondi
Agricultural Recovery Hub Director, The Global FoodBanking Network

Astrid Paramita
Co-Founder, FoodCycle Indonesia

Sarah Pennell
Chief Operating Officer, Foodbank Australia

Regan Plekenpol
Policy Analyst, Harvard Food Law & Policy Clinic

Christina Pollard
Associate Professor, Curtin School of Population Health

Dr. Nidhi Pundhir
Vice President, Global CSR, HCLTech & Director, HCL Foundation

Ieja Ranaivoniarivo
Partnership and Business Development Manager, Banque Alimentaire de Madagascar

Leni Robredo
Former Vice President, Philippines

Gabriella Rosato
National Manager for Strategic Alliances, Red de Bancos de Alimentos de México

Kathleen Ruhland
Partner and Global Co-chair, DLA Piper

Deputy Minister Fuziah Salleh
Deputy Minister, Domestic Trade and Costs of Living, Government of Malaysia

Fiona Simson
Vice President, Capital, Innovation, and Engagement, World Farmers’ Organisation

Ana Catalina Suaréz Peña
Strategy and Innovation Senior Director, The Global FoodBanking Network

Dr. Richard Swannell
Director of Impact Growth, WRAP

Jennifer Tartaglia
Senior Manager Nutrition and Education, Foodbank Western Australia

María Eugenia Torres
General Manager, Red de Alimentos Chile

Carolina Urmeneta
Program Director, Waste & Circular Economy, Global Methane Hub

Bernard Valluis
President, European Food Banks Federation (FEBA)

George Wright
Chief Executive Officer, FareShare UK

Jennifer Wright
Strategic Communications Senior Director, The Global FoodBanking Network

2024 Sponsors

• The DLA Piper Foundation
• General Mills
• Hunger Relief
• Kellanova
• Lineage Foundation for Good