Q via www.twitter.com on global food shortages and the moral challenge of eliminating hunger when billions have too much to eat.

Need for green revolution in Africa - agriculture transformation, new crops, better land use, better use of fertilisers and pesticides, more irrigation and better water use, and ban on converting food into biofuels.

Comment by Futurist and conference keynote speaker Patrick Dixon

Future of Law Firms, Accountancy, Management Consultants and other Professional Service Organisations. Patrick Dixon is one of the world's best-known Futurist keynote speakers, has worked with hundreds of the world's largest companies and has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. Patrick Dixon's clients include Accenture, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Charles Russell, Eversheds, Freshfields, Linklaters, Regulatory Affairs Professional Organisation, Netlaw Media, and hundreds of the world's largest multinationals. Many thousands of lawyers and accountants employed directorly by multinational corporations have attended his Futurist keynote presentations on global trends, strategy, technology, leadership and the future of Professional Service Firms.

Managing Uncertainty - Leadership Strategies.  Client event for HR directors and Finance directors of large multinationals (for Hewitt).  How to survive the credit crunch.  making sense of confusing radar signals. Focus on what matters.  Managing risk. Seizing opportunity with agile leadership, scenario planning, dynamic strategy and bold cost cutting - reshaping for future growth.  Longer term outlook for global economy. Credit crunch rescue package explained.  How to motivate teams through the crisis - engagement with passion and purpose.  Keys to keeping teams together and strong during rapid mergers and acquisitions.  See also videos on credit crunch impact for business and leadership strategy and videos on banking  trends.  Also videos on risk  management and leadership  videos.

Global online bandwidth forecasts and impact of high definition TV on satellite bandwidth demand.  Commercialisation of space.  New satellite technologies and capacity forecasts.  Future of geosynchronous satellites and low orbit satellites - in meeting demand in mature markets and emerging economies / Africa, Asia and Latin America.