Webinar: Traditional and Indigenous Food Systems in Asian Silk Road Countries Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Pilcher, Culinaria Research Center, University of Toronto, Canada； https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-traditional-and-indigenous-food-systems-in-asian-silk-road-countri-tickets-1944124140639?aff=oddtdtcreator

Time Zones:

Azerbaijan: 4:00 PM

Agenda (EST):

7:00–7:05 – Opening Remarks, Dr. Gina Kennedy, Principal Scientist, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT

7:05–7:10 – Why Traditional Food Systems along the Silk Road Countries, Dr. Zeyuan Wang, University of Toronto, Canada

7:10–7:20 – Karachay and Balkar Indigenous Zero-Waste Philosophy and Lifestyle, Ms. Mariiam Tambieva, Topkapı University, Turkey/Russian Federation

7:20–7:30 – Folk Knowledge of Food Preparation and Ritual Meals: Resisting for Survival Amid Ecological Crisis and Globalization, Dr. Madiyar Utebaev, Karakalpak State University, Uzbekistan

7:30–7:40 – Preserving and Digitizing Silk Road Food Heritage, Dr. Mei-Yen Chan, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

7:40–7:50 – The Value of National Cuisine, Dr. Zholdoshalieva Nuriya Sultanovna, Jalal-Abad State University, Kyrgyzstan

7:50–8:00 – Impacts of Climate Change on Traditional Mongolian Dairy Production, Dr. Amarmend Tsend-Ayush, National Center for Cultural Heritage, Mongolia

8:00–8:10 – Food Security and Dietary Patterns in the Tajik Pamirs, Dr. Andrei Doree, Tajikistan/Germany

8:10–8:20 – Traditional Food Systems among Kazakh and Kyrgyz Peoples in the Eurasian Steppe (Tekes, Xinjiang, China), Ms. Mengyao Ma, EcoHowFun · Chinese CSA Network, China

8:20–8:30 – The Kyrgyz Mountain Horse Presidium: A Local Initiative within the Global IFAD–Slow Food Partnership, Victoria Smelkova, Regional Coordinator, Slow Food International; Anara Alymkulova, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy (ISUR), Kyrgyzstan

8:30–8:50 – Q&A, Panel Discussion

Registration: https://forms.gle/j1vVBrgTfDEGNq447

Zoom Link:  Meeting ID: 884 9709 5412 Passcode: 010731

Convenors:

Dr. Gina Kennedy

Dr. Zeyuan Wang

Organizer:

The Task Force on Territorial Diet for People and Planet (with the Former Task Force on Indigenous and Traditional Food Systems and Nutrition) under the International Union of Nutritional Sciences

The Culinaria Research Center at the University of Toronto

Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Pilcher, the Culinaria Research Center, University of Toronto, Canada

Contact:  Dr. Zeyuan Wang, zey.wang@mail.utoronto.ca