September - December, 2009 - "Distance Leaning Course: Dimensions of Urban Agriculture - CVFN 411", Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

October 18-25, 2009 - "World Forestry Congress" Forests and Trees for healthy cities;
Improved 'Environment for Living' and 'Improved Livelihoods. Forest Gardens and Urban Forests from rooftop to the rural-urban edge, Buenos Aires, Argentina

November 11-13, 2009 - "The 4th Annual Conference of the GARNET Network of Excellence" (Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: The Role of the EU), Rome, Italy

2009/2010 proposed, "International Conference on the Global Food Crisis: Promises and Prospects of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture", Nairobi, Kenya