Event Programme
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Day 1 | 15th October
08:00 to 09:00 Registration opens
09:00 to 09:50
- Event opening by Richard Zaltzman, CEO EIT Food
15:45 to 16:30
Closing Day 1 Keynote by Tony Hunter
- The Future of Food: Trends and innovations for healthier living
10:45 to 11:00
- Venture Track Opening and Welcome by Benoit Buntinx, Director of Business Creation
11:00 to 11:20
- State of play in AgriFoodTech by EIT Food
11:20 to 11:40
- Tangible success: Startup pitches and learnings
11:40 to 12:20
- Startup/Corporate roundtables Round 1: Connect on groundbreaking topics and meet the people changing the game
12:00 to 12:50
- Startup/Corporate roundtables Round 2: Connect on groundbreaking topics and meet the people changing the game
12:50 - 13:45 Lunch break
14:00 to 14:45
- What will the Next Bite be? How startups are making our foods healthier with cleaner labels
14:45 to 15:35
- The role of startups in the creation of a future-fit agriculture system
15:30 to 16:15
- Beyond Plastics: Startups advancing sustainable packaging in the circular economy era
11:00 to 11:50
- Empowering healthy ageing through food and nutrition
12:00 to 12:50
- Microbiome magic: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future
14:45 to 15:35
- Culture and innovation in food: the intersection of tradition and creativity
10:00 to 10:50
- From waste to resource: Pioneering circular economy in agrifood
14:45 to 15:35
- Biotechnology as a catalyst: valorising food waste and by-products in European fish and aquaculture production
10:00 to 10:50
- From waste to resource: Pioneering circular economy in agrifood
14:45 to 15:35
- Protein diversification: Fuelling European food security and competitiveness
DAY 2 | 16th October
08:00 to 09:00 Registration opens
09:00 to 09:50
World Food Day
- Keynote "Redefining leadership in the food system: Integrating tradition, creativity, and innovation" by Sara Roversi, President, Future Food Institute and Paideia Campus
16:20 to 16:30
- Corporate startup collaboration award
- Closing of the event
10:00 to 10:45
- Disrupting the food chain: How startups, investors and corporates view AI and robotics in food production and distribution
10:45 to 11:15
- Navigating the startup funding landscape in 2024 and beyond: Is the bottom in?
11:15 to 12:15
- Startup pitch carrousel: Find your next investment here!
- EIT FAN Tech validation winner announcements and wrap-up
10:00 to 10:50
- Unwrapped: Consumer trust in the food system
11:00 to 11:50
- Cultivating change: Transforming Europe's agrifood industry
11:45 to 12:35
- Navigating the noise: Empowering the critical consumer
10:00 to 10:50
- Unwrapped: Consumer perceptions of regenerative agriculture
11:00 to 11:50
- Sowing sustainability: Unveiling regenerative agriculture's impact on soil function and health
11:45 to 12:35
- Composting a polarised agenda on proteins: From animal husbandry to alternative proteins
14:45 to 15:35
- Greening the bottom line: Mobilising finance for regenerative agriculture
10:00 to 10:50
- Unwrapped: Consumer perceptions of cultured meat and precision farming
11:00 to 11:50
- Empowering consumers: Catalyst for effective policy change
11:45 to 12:35
- Biotechnologies: shaping the future of food in Europe
14:45 to 15:35
- Serving sustainability and health: Food-service professionals spearheading just and tasty transitions
15:45 to 16:15
- Setting the table: Standardising food impact data
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