Day 1 (Jul 31, 2024)

Agenda

Time Session Title Description Speakers/Moderators
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Registration and Coffee Welcome remarks by the workshop organizers.
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Introduction Introducion to the workshop. Spiro Stefanou
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Speaker Keynote address on recent food price trends. David Ortega
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM U.S. Inflation in the Context of International Price Changes Speaker on international food price trends and how they impact U.S. inflation. John Baffes
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM Policy Responses to Food Price Inflation Discussion on monitoring and addressing food price inflation. Seth Meyer
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM Moderated Discussion/Q&A Recap of presentations given by speakers for sessions 1-3. Spiro Stefanou, David Ortega, John Baffes, and Seth Meyer
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Retrospective Analysis on Food Price Inflation Examination of retrospective data related to food price inflation and identification of price drivers. Michael Adjemian, Francisco Scott, Metin Çakir
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Methods for Evaluating and Forecasting Food Price Changes Overview of different forecasts and methods used by organizations like Food Price Outlook, MTED, and RRED and uses across governments, industry, and the public. Matthew MacLachlan, Raghav Goyal, Albert Raya-Munté, Aaron Smith
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Break
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Understanding Determinants of Food Prices for Forecasting Research presentations highlighting research to improve food price forecasting, including leading indicators of food price changes, energy prices, and factors driving prices in specific markets including beef and seafood. Matthew MacLachlan, Kaitlyn Malakoff, Jude Bayham, Xiaoli Etienne
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Break
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Impacts of Food Price Changes Presentation on the impacts of food price inflation on price markups, consumer welfare, and food security. Lauren Chenarides, Julian Alston, Anne Byrne
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Concluding Remarks Recap of day 1 sessions and what to expect for day 2.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Networking Reception Join us for a networking reception located in the hotel. For dinner recommendations near the hotel, please visit the Places page on the workshop website.

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