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Food 2030: Green and resilient food systems

Join REA at the Food 2030 conference to learn about research and innovation aimed at creating resilient and environmentally friendly food systems.

Organised by the European Commission, the conference "Food 2030: green and resilient food systems" aims to highlight the accomplishments of initiatives connected to EU food systems, as well as to examine future research and innovation directions.

For this in-person event, which will also be web streamed and recorded, the Commission hopes to bring together a wide spectrum of actors and policy makers.

Register

  • green economy
  • Monday 4 December 2023, 09:00 - Tuesday 5 December 2023, 13:30 (CET)
  • Brussels, Belgium

Practical information

When
Monday 4 December 2023, 09:00 - Tuesday 5 December 2023, 13:30 (CET)
Where
Charlemagne Conference Facility
Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Languages
English

Description

Logo of the FOOD conference with blue background. The logo consists of with photographs depicting food, butterfly, sustainable packaging and people gardening.
Food 2030: Green and resilient food systems
© European Union, 2023

Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe have supported food system transformation with an overall budget of €700 million. Several REA-managed projects which contribute to resilient and sustainable food systems will be at the conference, either speaking in the plenary sessions or showcasing objectives and results at the Food Village Exhibition.

Plenary sessions

Monday, 4 December

13:30-15:25 l Plenary Sessions (Part 1)

Panel 1: Food 2030 - Telling the Story

Paul Webb, Head of Department for Green Europe at REA will speak about implementation and lessons learned.
 

15:55 – 18:00 l Plenary Sessions (Part 2)

Panel 3: Food 2030 Nutrition & Climate - from vision to reality

  • Sustainable healthy diets and nutrition, with the EU-funded project Schoolfood4change. Learn more about Schoolfood4change on CORDIS l  Website l  X
  • Climate-smart environmentally sustainable food systems, with the projectNextgenproteins. Learn more about Nextgenproteins on CORDIS l Website l LinkedIn l X

Panel 4: Food 2030 Circularity & Communities - from vision to reality

  • Circular and resource efficient food systems, with the project FutureEUAqua. Learn more about FutureEUAqua on CORDIS l Website l LinkedIn l X
  • Innovation for the empowerment of communities, with the Cities2030 project. Learn more about Cities2030 on CORDIS

See full programme

 

Side events

4 December, morning

Evidence-based policy making and systemic solutions for transforming the food system, with EU-funded project managed by REA CLEVERFOOD. Website l LinkedIn l X

A common goal: building Sustainable Food Systems. But... How?, with the project FoodPaTHS. Website l X

More about the side events

 

Food Village Exhibition

10 EU-funded projects managed by REA will take part in the Food Village exhibition during the conference:

CLEVERFOOD: Connected Labs for Empowering Versatile Engagement in Radical Food system transformation

NewTechAqua: New Technologies, Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture

INCiTiS-Food: Integrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa

FoodCLIC: integrated urban food policies

HealthFerm: Innovative pulse and cereal-based food fermentations for human health and sustainable diets

Preventomics: Empowering consumers to PREVENT diet-related diseases through OMICS sciences

FoodSafety4EU: Multi-stakeholder platform for food safety in Europe

Data4Food2030: Pathways towards a fair, inclusive and innovative Data Economy for Sustainable Food Systems

Soil O-Live: The soil biodiversity and functionality of Mediterranean olive groves: A holistic analysis of the influence of land management on olive oil quality and safety

SISTERS: Systemic innovations for a SusTainable reduction of the EuRopean food waStage