Researcher and author Timothy A. Wise explains why industrial agriculture (Big Ag) is more a threat to the planet and humanity than a solution to hunger.
Based on his book Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food, he explains numerous issues associated with corporate agriculture, including the impact of excess fertilizers, pest toxins, and GMOs. He also describes the best farming strategies that will feed the planet and help to restore global environment, economies and health.

Timothy A. Wise is a Senior Advisor at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), where his work focuses on the Future of Food, based on his recent book, Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food (The New Press 2019). Tim has long collaborated with IATP, on issues including agricultural dumping, U.S. agricultural subsidies and policies, responses to the 2007-8 global food crisis, the WTO, and Mexico under NAFTA.

Shaleen is the co-founder and CEO of Women Who Win, and she also works full time in e-commerce technology. She was also appointed to Akshaya Patra USA Young Professionals Leadership Council and Saheli Boston Advisory Board. She was featured in Boston Business Journal 25 under 25 List and honored by the Massachusetts Asian American & Pacific Islander Commission for her unique approach and dedication uplifting the AAPI community.

An experienced podiatrist, Deepa has a passion for causes that help uplift women. She works at Boston Medical Center and serves on their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee as well as Beth Israel Lahey Health in Danvers and Lexington. She is the immediate past President of the Indian Medical Association of New England (IMANE) where she has also run the Indian Women Physicians Forum.

Dr Manju Sheth is a physician with passion for media and community leadership. She is president of India New England Multimedia and Women Who Win. She is the creator of the esteemed Chai with Manju celebrity talk show series and the prestigious New England Choice Awards. She is also the Director and host of Woman of the Year Gala. She has received numerous awards for her work including from Leadership in Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity from Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Asian and Pacific IslandersCcommission

Join Cambridge Forum for a discussion about ageism considering the many factors that make this a global issue of importance. It is as much about how the elderly see themselves as it is about how society views them, according to Professor Andrew Scott, author of the new book, The Longevity Imperative.

Scott’s research focuses on the economics of longevity and ageing and is published in a wide range of leading academic journals. He has advised through a variety of roles a range of governments, institutions and companies. His award-winning book, The Hundred Year Life is a global bestseller having sold 1 million copies.

Andrew J Scott is a Professor of Economics at London Business School, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a co-founder of The Longevity forum.

Our immense universe began at the unimaginably tiny quantum scale, and to understand the formation of matter, physicists collide subatomic particles. The Large Hadron Collider has produced many discoveries, but it has limitations in the range of data it can capture. Dr. Tulika Bose, who has been prominently involved in the work of the LHC, says “We really should be looking at new physics at a much higher scale. We need to go beyond the kind of energies we’ll have at the HL-LHC.” In this presentation, she explains the accomplishments of the LHC, its limitations, and the next exciting plans under consideration in this research.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, attention on NATO has increased throughout the world. As its members prepare for the 75th NATO summit in early July, focus will intensify even more. In the U.S. we hear a lot of opinions about NATO, but how do Europeans feel about their security? The world will get key indicators of European political trends next month as 400 million people vote in European Parliamentary elections. Join us on the eve of these elections as the Consuls General of France and Germany discuss the future of NATO and the future of Europe.

Mustafa Soykurt is the Consul General of France in Boston, held the position of Technical Advisor for European Affairs at Matignon, in the offices of Édouard Philippe, Jean Castex and Élisabeth Borne.