Summit Programme and Presentations
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26 September 2023
08:15-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Welcome by Jacob Bundsgaard, Mayor of Aarhus and Brian Woodward, Moderator
09:15-09:45 Introduction to the “Global Foodture Alliance” by Lars Visbech Sørensen, CEO, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark
09:45-11:15 World Food Production 2023
The Big Picture. An unprecedented food crisis and opportunities for transforming food systems, by Andreas Hansen, Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Nordic Office
The role of clusters in the transition of the agrifood ecosystem - Towards European Agri-food Sustainability Cluster Partnership by Hèléne-Diane Dage, Deputy Head of Unit, Food, retail and health at DG Grow, EU Commission
Interview with
- Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė, CEO, AgriFood Lithuania and European Cluster Manager of The Year 2022
- Brit Rønning Johansen, CEO, NCE HEIDNER Biocluster
- Anke Kwast, VP Climate and Nature Roadmap & Business Support, Yara GmbH & Co. KG
11:15-11:45 Break - Networking and visit cluster and sponsor stands
11:45-13:15 The Power of Clusters
Why agrifood clusters are key to accelerate sustainable food production: Global insights and cases by Merete Daniel Nielsen, President of TCI Network
Clusters & Collaboration Impact Cases
- Science connected to Business in Clusters by Martin Scholten, representative of the board of Wageningen University & Research for European cooperation and Eskild Holm Nielsen, Dean of the Faculty of Technical Sciences of Aarhus University will present the value of science being connected with clusters
- Global Foodture by Anni Simonsen, Senior Innovation Manager, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark (Global Foodture is a collaboration of 7 leading European clusters and 4 Asian countries about boosting the sustainable transition of the food system worldwide)
- Cluster collaboration as powerful driver for innovation in food processing by Veerle De Graef, Program Manager, Flanders’ FOOD, and Simon Maas, Chairman of the Smart Sensors 4 Agri-food project, AgriFood Capital
The future of sustainable food value chains and clusters by Emiliano Duch, former Sector Specialist World Bank, President for The European Foundation for Cluster Excellence
13:15-14.30 Lunch
13:15-14:30 One-to-one matchmaking session organised by Enterprise Europe Network
14:30-16:00 Four Summit Labs - Deep Dive & Expert Insights:
- Positive Plant Based Nutrition chaired by Good Food Institute and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and meet IKEA, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, The Danish Technological Institute
- Technologies to Maximise Biomass Production for Multiuse Purposes chaired by FoodTech HUB Latam and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and meet University of Copenhagen, Yara, EIT Food, Viridian Seeds, PlantCarb, Noself, Agrodit, Elius ApS
- Circular Green Transition chaired by CLIB, Cluster Industrial Biotechnology and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and meet RISE, AAK, Löfbergs, Lallemand, Pfeifer & Langen, Peter Larsen, and The Technical University of Denmark
- Radical New Food Production Systems chaired by Foodvalley NL and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and meet Institute for Sustainable Process Technologies, Aliga, Unibio, Nordic Virtual Pastures
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16:00-16:30 Break – Networking and visit cluster and sponsor stands
16:30-17:00 Networking – or ‘not working’ – getting collaboration and knowledge sharing right by Christian Waldstrøm, PhD, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department, Aarhus University
17:00-17:15 Closing session - Key learnings from Day 1 by Brian Woodward, Moderator
18:30-22:00 Welcome drink and conference dinner at SpiseLauget and surprise entertainment by Henrik Svanekiær - Spiselauget restaurant,Skovgaardsgade 3, 8000 Aarhus. Joint departure from City Hall at 18:10.
27 September 2023
09.00-09:10 Welcome by Brian Woodward, Moderator
09:10-11:00 Market & Consumer Perspective
Global consumer trends for food & drinks in a turbulent world by David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing, Imperial College London
Retailers’ role, strategy, and responsibility to reduce carbon emissions in food value chains by Christine Tacon CBE, Chair at Red Tractor (recorded interview)
Insights about the Indian retail market by Katja Larsen, Owner, CEO of Silverspoon Consultancy, India
Cluster & Collaboration Impact Cases:
- Presentation by European Cluster Collaboration Platform An online hub for clusters and stakeholders and the reference one-stop-shop for stakeholders in third countries aiming to set up partnerships with European counterparts by Antonio Novo, CEO and President of the European Cluster Alliance
- Circularpack Service: Reduction of carbon footprint impact of a packaging by Mònica Riera, EU & Entrepreneurship project manager at Packaging Cluster and Albert López, Manager CTec at Technological Center Manel Xifra Boada
- CLEVERFOOD, an EU Project that will mobilize EU citizens to transform the food system by making it more fair, sustainable, circular and plant-based by Christian Bugge Henriksen, Associate Professor at
the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences.
11:00-11:30 Break – Networking and visit to cluster and sponsor stands
11:30-13:00 Four Summit Labs - Capacity Building & Solution Room:
- Positive Plant Based Nutrition chaired by Good Food Institute and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and meet Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Technologies to Maximise Biomass Production for Multiuse Purposes chaired by FoodTech HUB Latam and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark
- Circular Green Transition chaired by CLIB, Cluster Industrial Biotechnology and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and meet Rockstart
- Radical New Food Production Systems chaired by Foodvalley NL and co-chaired by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark and meet Atova Consulting, Alfa Laval and Export & Investment Fund of Denmark
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13:00-14.15 Lunch
13:00-14:15 One-to-one matchmaking session organised by Enterprise Europe Network
14:15-16:15 From good intentions to action!
Making an impact that matters by Majbritt Skov, Partner at Deloitte, Chief Economist and Head of Deloitte Economics
Vision for the Future - presentations by Summit Lab Chairs/Co-Chairs
Join the Global Foodture Alliance - Why and How by Britt Sandvad, Senior Innovation Manager and Anni Simonsen, Senior Innovation Manager, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark
16:15-16:30 Closing remarks by Brian Woodward, Moderator and Lars Visbech Sørensen, CEO, Food & Bio Cluster Denmark
