# special-lecture
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## [Special lecture “Global dietary transition”](https://ipads.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp/topics/special-lecture-global-dietary-transition/)
Special lecture “Global dietary transition” by Professor Vaclav Smil was held on 4 October, 2016. Professor Smil (http://www.vaclavsmil.com) is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy). In 2010, he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the top 100 global