Event
2024 Futures of Food Systems event
To create a world without hunger, in which everyone has access to sustainable, healthy, safe and affordable food we need to transform our food systems. On 30 September, two Wageningen University & Research initiatives join forces to bring together bright and motivated minds from all over the world and to inspire you on how to develop creative pathways and solutions to address these challenges.
Morning programme - Imagine Food Systems 2100
What will our food systems look like in 2100? This has been investigated intensively in a project called “Imagine Food Systems 2100”, belonging to the WUR Knowledge Base programme Food and Water Security (KB35, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality).
The Top 3 teams of researchers in the call for action will present their visions for the future of our food systems. Four runner ups will pitch their ideas in two minutes each.
The student teams participating in the Food Systems Innovation Challenge will pitch their projects in one minute and the audience can vote for the most creative and promising idea.
Afternoon programme - Food Systems Innovation Challenge
In the Food System Innovation Challenge, 18 teams from 9 different universities in Brazil, Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Suriname and Uganda have been selected to implement their innovative solutions in the food systems through their project. What are their ideas? Who will become the overall winner? Which teams will sweep up a part of the total amount of 14.000,- euros in Prize Money? And how do ideas developed in the Challenge contribute to creating better future for our planet?
Join the afternoon programme to find answers to those questions and weigh in on the food systems of the future!
During the event, Sjoukje Heimovaara, President of the Executive Board of WUR, Kazuki Kitaoka, Head of World Food Forum and Sagar Paudel, Vice-president External Relations of IAAS (International Association of students in Agriculture and related Sciences) will make an announcement about the Youth Food Lab incubation programme!
Jury
| Aline Mugisho | IITA Youth Agripreneurship |
| Carolijn Gommans | IDH |
| Dhanush Dinesh | Clim-Eat |
| Jacobine Mannak | dsm-firmenich |
| Kazuki Kitaoka | World Food Forum/FAO |
| Maaike Groot | East-WestSeed |
The challenge is organised by the Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP) and WUR Student Challenges in close collaboration with the participating universities. In the morning the teams will have closed pitch sessions with a jury.
Programme outline
| 09:30 – 12:30 | Imagine Food Systems 2100 |
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| 12:30 – 14:00 | Networking market, including posters and information market |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Food Systems Innovation Challenge |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Networking Drinks |
Registration for in person attendance
We have closed the registration for in person attendance.
Livestream
The livestream of both plenary sessions (9.30-12.30 and 14.00-15.30) will appear at https://wur.yuja.com/ in a tab called EVENTS. Make sure you are logged out, click on the tab EVENTS, and click on the recording you would like to watch. Note that livestreams will only appear in the tab once the streaming session has begun. Before and after a streamed session the livestream will not appear in the tab.
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