Subject: SPEAKER INVITATION: 2016 Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.
From: Danielle Nierenberg <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Sarah Small <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:41:48 -0500

Dear John,

On behalf of American University and Food Tank, we are delighted to invite
you to be a keynote speaker at the second annual Food Tank Summit
<http://foodtanksummit.com/> to be held in Washington, D.C. on April 20-21,
2016. The event will take place at The Greenberg Theatre and will be shown
via livestream at special watch events all over the world.

The focus of the Food Tank Summits are to highlight creative and innovative
ways to cultivate a better food system. This year, Food Tank is quadrupling
the number of summits. In 2015, Food Tank hosted the 1st annual summit in
partnership with The George Washington University. The event sold out
within minutes, bringing together 400+ in person attendees and more than
15,500 livestream viewers. We are thrilled to expand this platform to
Sacramento, Chicago, and Sao Paulo, Brazil this year, in addition to
Washington, D.C. again.

Food Tank Summits bring together policymakers, academics, youth, members of
the funding and donor community, and advocates to inject new energy into
the international dialogue around alleviating hunger and obesity,
preventing food waste, recognizing the role of women and youth in the food
system, and ensuring access to safe, affordable, and nutritious food for
all.

The Summit will be two inspiring days, the first will be filled with
interactive discussion, including a variety of speakers from around the
world. The first day of events will include dynamic panel discussion and
exciting keynote speakers. The second day will be experiential, creating
opportunities for networking, advocacy, touring urban farms, workshops,
seasonal, local food, and lots of fun.

We think your extraordinary commitment to sustainability in the food system
will make you an ideal speaker for the Summit, and we are sure the audience
will be thrilled to hear from you. We will be thrilled if you will consider
speaking at the Summit.

Each speaker will be part of a panel made up of five to seven leading
experts who will each have exactly five minutes to explore the challenges
and solutions they find in their work. We find that this format allows
speakers to distill their thoughts in a creative way, while also giving the
audience an opportunity to hear from a wide cross-section of the food
movement. The panel discussion will be followed by a question and answer
session with the audience.

Please let us know if you are interested and can make the time to join us.
You can email me at [email-masked] or call 202-590-1037 if you have
any questions. I would be incredibly honored for you to join us! Read more
about the 2016 Food Tank Summits HERE <http://foodtanksummit.com/>.

Sincerely,

Danielle

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President and Founder

Food Tank <http://www.foodtank.com/>

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