History of International Visitors to Campus Since 2004 :: ACES Global Connect, University of Illinois

Group Hosting Activities

Nigerian Delegation of government officials to learn about biotechnology (Danforth Center) August 14, 2004: 20 people
Delegation from Syngenta Brazil on soybean weed programs August 16, 2006:60 people
Chinese Delegation of feed millers and grain merchandisers (hosted by U.S. Grains Council) August 19, 2004: 15 people
Brazil Delegation from Fundacao, MT (Glen Hartman, host) August 27, 2004: 20 people
Brazil Delegation of farmers (hosted by AgriTours Canada) September 3, 2004: 40 people
Argentine Delegation from AGD Soybean Processing facility (hosted by Gary Letterly, extension in Christian County) September 14, 2004: 5 people
Brazil Delegation of farmers through Syngenta (hosted by Agri-Tours) September 15, 2004: 42 people

Brazil Delegation from Federation Agritor Estado de Parana (FAEP) (hosted by Agri-Tours) September 21, 2005: 40 people
Brazil Delegation of farmers through Syngenta (hosted by Agri-Tours) September 22, 2005: 53 people
Delegation from Syngenta Brazil on soybean weed and disease problems (hosted by Agri-Tours) . September 29, 2005: 50 people
Brazil Delegation from Federation Agritor Estado de Parana (FAEP) (hosted by Agri-Tours) October 11, 2005: 40 people
Delegation from Wuhan, China visiting through City of Kankakee to learn about fertilization techniques and organic production in Illinois October 11, 2005: 10 people

Delegation from French Embassy and Consulate to encourage student research and study in France (hosted by IPS) January 19, 2006 -- 10 people
UIUC-INRA agreement luncheon and signing ceremony (hosted by ACES) March 1, 2006: 50 participants
Teagasc, Ireland to learn about set up of an animal research containment facility (hosted by ACES) June 9, 2006, 4 people
Delegation from Cordoba, Argentina (hosted by self) on 23 August 23, 2006: 4 people
Delegation from Zhejiang, China government officials to learn about agriculture policy issues (hosted by Illinois Institute of Technology) August 29, 2006: 24 people
UNICOR farmers cooperative, France to learn about Illinois agriculture (hosted by ACES) September 3-7, 2006: 43 people
Delegation from National Taiwan University to discuss internship studies (hosted by Taiwan government) September 10-13, 2006: 13 participants
Consul General of China (hosted by IPS) November 1, 2006: 3 people

Consulate of Canada and Ontario Agri-Food Technologies to learn about UIUC (hosted by IPS) January 22, 2007: 3 people
Delegation from National Taiwan University Center for Teaching and Learning Design to learn about UIUC procedures for implementing teaching resources and encouraging excellence in teaching (hosted by ACES) May 10-12, 2007: 7 people.
Nanjing Agricultural University to discuss possible MOU (hosted by AGC) September 12-13, 2007: 4 people
Matto Grosso State University, Brazil to learn more about UIUC ACES initiatives (hosted by National Soybean Research Laboratory) October 8-12, 2007: 4 people

Rektor Necati Kaya/Dr. Hakan Kocamis, Kafkas University, Turkey through Dr. John Killefer 08/18-20/04
Vice Chancellor Goyal and Professor Subba Rao, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India through IPS 09/20/04
Dr. Raul Espinal, Zamarano, Honduras through NSRL 09/22/04
Jean Pierre Toutant, Scientific Attaché for the French Consulate, Chicago through ACES 10/12/04
Delima Hasri Darmawan, Director General of Agricultural Processing and Ministry, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia through Andrea Bohn 11/17/04

Catherine Bertini, Former Director, World Food Programme through ACES, 2/22/05
Dr. Emil Javier, University of Illinois Sheth Alumni Achievement Award Winner through ACES 03/04/05
Dr. Akimaliev, Kyrgykstan through Mary Ann Lila 04/07-09/05
John Feffer, international journalist speaking through MillerComm program 9/5/05.
Dr. Delima Darmawan, UIUC alumna and assistant to minister for institutional relations and international cooperation, Indonesia, 11/7/05.
Dr. Jean Dayde, Toulouse, France here to discuss current research collaborations in college - 12/18-20/05

President Jei-Fu Shaw, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan -- 2/20/06
Dr. Defa Li, Professor and Dean of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University - March 16-17, 2006
Carl Hausman, Bunge North America CEO 4/6/06
John Woods, ACES Funk Alumni Award Winner and international journalist - 4/25/06
Santiago Nobile, researcher with MOX, Argentina 5/22/06
Said Tayeb Jawad, Ambassador, Embassy of Afghanistan 6/12-14/06
Dr. Chris Kirk, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand 11/8-10/06
Diane Hirakawa, Senior Vice President Research and Development for Iams 12/4/06

Jean Dayde, Directeur de la Récherche, École d’Ingenieurs 2/15-16/07
Dr. S.D. Samantaray and Dr. Sudha Arora G.B. Pant University, India 4/5/07
Blairo Borges Maggi, Governor of Mato Grosso, Brazil. 5/2-6/07
Dr. Oleg Ovchinnikov. Institute of the US and Canada in the Russian Academy of Sciences to the University of Illinois 10/10/07