This document outlines the agenda for a conference on sustaining political commitments to scaling up nutrition. The full-day event included keynote addresses and panel discussions in the morning on global and country-level perspectives on nutrition. Breakout sessions in the afternoon covered topics like capacity development, best practices for nutrition interventions, the role of civil society, and nutrition-sensitive development. The conference concluded with breakout group reports, closing remarks, and a reception.

1. Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
June 10, 2013 – Mead Center, Washington DC
8.00 – 8.30 Breakfast and Registration
8.30 – 9.30 Opening Plenary: Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
 Master of Ceremonies: Roger Thurow
 Welcome: David Beckmann, CEO, Bread for the World and Joe Cahalan, CEO, Concern US
 Key Note Address: Raj Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
 Key Note Address: Joe Costello, Minister of State, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Ireland
9.30 – 10.20 Panel Discussion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days—Global
Perspectives
Facilitator - Lucy Sullivan, Executive Director 1000 Days Partnership
 Robert Black, Chairman, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University
 Keith Hansen, Acting Vice President and Network Head, Human Development, The World Bank
 Rajul Pandya Lorch, Head 2020 Vision Initiative and Chief of Staff, International Food Policy
Research Institute
 Martin Bloem, Senior Nutrition Advisor, World Food Programme, Rome
10.20 – 10.50 Second Morning Plenary
 Introduction: Carolyn Miles, CEO, Save the Children
 Key Note Address: Wilbald Lorri, Office of President Jakaya Kikwete, Republic of Tanzania
 Key Note Address: Philip Bartion, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the United Kingdom
10.50 – 11.10 InterAction Nutrition Pledge
 Sam Worthington, CEO, InterAction
11.10 – 12.00 Panel Discussion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days—Country-
level Perspectives
Facilitator – Kathy Spahn, CEO, Helen Keller International
 Kaosar Afsana, BRAC, Bangladesh
 Nina Sardjunani, National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia
 Rose Ndolo, National Nutrition Coordinator, World Vision International, Kenya
 Joyce Ngegba, Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania, PANITA, Tanzania
 Juan Carlos Paiz, Presidential Commissioner for Competitiveness, Investment and Millennium
Challenge Corporation, Guatemala
12.00– 1.00 Lunch
1.15 – 3.15 Afternoon Plenary: Taking SUN to Scale
Facilitator – Tom Arnold, SUN Lead Group
Panel Discussion: Perspectives from Zambia
o William Chilufya, Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance
o Cassim Masi, National Food and Nutrition Commission
o Highvie H. Hamududu, Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Parliamentary
Committee on Estimates

2. Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
June 10, 2013 – Mead Center, Washington DC
 Panel Discussion: SUN Country Experiences on Scaling Up
o Rigobert Oladiran Ladikpo, Professional Association of Vegetable Oil Industries for the
West Africa Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU/ UEMOA )
o Dr. Ivan Mendoza, SESAN, Guatemala
o Emergency Nutrition Network Study, ACF Campaign on Community-based Management
of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
3.15 – 3.30 Mid-Afternoon Break (Instructions Given About Breakout Group Sessions)
3.30 – 5.00 Breakout Sessions
 Workshop 1: Capacity Development in Nutrition
o Facilitator – Manisha Tharaney, SPRING
o Facilitator – Paul Amuna, African Nutrition Society, University of Greenwich
o Rapporteur – Anu Narayan, SPRING
 Workshop 2: Best Practices – Nutrition-Specific Interventions
o Facilitator – Karin Lapping, Save the Children
o Facilitator – Francis Zotor, African Nutrition Society
o Rapporteur – Karen Leban, CORE (suggested)
 Workshop 3: Best Practices – Nutrition-Sensitive Development
o Facilitator – Charlotte Dufour
o Sharing SUN Country Experiences -
o Rapporteur – Anna Herforth
 Workshop 4: Civil Society’s Role in Advocacy and Monitoring Progress at National and Global
Levels
o Facilitator – Connell Foley, Concern Worldwide
o Facilitator – Buba Khan, ActionAid, the Gambia
o Rapporteur – Lisa Bos, WorldVision-US (suggested)
5.00 – 5.15 Breakout Rapporteurs and Facilitators collect workshop outcomes
 Coffee break for other participants
5.15 – 5.45 Breakout Group Readouts
Facilitator – Tom Arnold, SUN Lead Group
 Reports from each breakout session
5.45 – 6.15 Session Takeaways, Concluding Remarks and Looking Forward
 Layla McCay, GAIN; Josh Lozman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; David Beckmann
6.15 – 8.00 Reception for all participants
 Remarks by Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia, 7.00