Important Information for the September 2022 Workshop:

Strengthening Science-to-Action Collaboration for Food Systems Transformation in an Uncertain Climate

The workshop will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 27-29 September 2022, and is hosted by the Food and Climate Systems Transformation (FACT) Alliance and co-sponsored by Columbia University, the University of South Australia, and MIT’s Office of the Vice President for Research. The three-day workshop will catalyze action for food systems transformation through the strengthening of researcher-stakeholder collaboration.

The FACT Alliance was launched at COP26 as a global network to connect researchers, the private sector, NGOs, farming communities, and governments around a clear mission: to drive research and innovation and inform better decision making for healthy, resilient, equitable, and sustainable food systems in a rapidly changing climate. Led by MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), the FACT Alliance currently counts 20 leading research institutions and stakeholder organizations among its members.

Learn more about the FACT Alliance

The FACT Alliance would like to thank Columbia University, the University of South Australia, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and MIT’s Office of the Vice President for Research for generously supporting this workshop.

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Venue and location of the workshop

MassBioHub: 700 Technology Square, 5th Floor Cambridge, MA 02139 (Phone: 617.674.5100)

Google Maps rendering of walking directions from Kendall Sq to MassBioHub in Cambridge, MA

Walking directions from Kendall Square to MassBioHub.

Other important information:

If you are attending the optional boat cruise on Tuesday, September 27 from 6:45-9:00 p.m. ET, please meet at 6:30 p.m. at the MIT Sailing Pavilion at: 134 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139. Map below.

Google Map rendering of Kendal Square in Cambridge, MA showing walking directions to MIT Sailing Pavilion — Walking directions from Kendal Square to the MIT Sailing Pavilion where the boat cruise will leave from on Tuesday, September 27 at 6:45 p.m.

If you are attending the optional reception on Wednesday, September 28 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. ET, please meet at MIT's Innovation Headquarters, 7th floor of MIT Building E38, 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Map below. **NOTE:

Please make sure to fill out an online Covid attestation form in order to enter the building. Complete the form here: https://visitors.mit.edu?event=09ca8d5f-10d4-42b0-be07-abb8bb89b4e4 .

MIT of MIT's campus with a red pin in Building E38 — MIT campus map showing Building E38, where the reception on Wednesday, September 28 will be held on the 7th floor from 6:00-8:00 p.m.