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Top FoodTech Events 2024

2024 promises to be a pivotal year for the rapidly expanding food tech landscape, offering a multitude of significant events that provide a platform for leaders and entrepreneurs to connect, collaborate, and delve into the latest innovations shaping the industry.

As the global food tech community continues its exponential growth, these events present invaluable opportunities to explore, create, and gain insights into transformative projects set to revolutionize the food tech landscape sustainably. Stay tuned for a year filled with impactful gatherings, fostering meaningful connections and driving the future of food technology.

January

January 18-19: S4i | Madrid 🇪🇸

Science for Industry is the largest international meeting point for Deep Science. Organized by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and BeAble Capital, S4i is an ambitious international event. S4i will showcase the most disruptive research projects in today’s leading industrial sectors and will connect universities, research centers, leading companies, and Science Equity funds from all over the world. 

February

February 7-8: MEVO | Barcelona 🇪🇸

MEVO is a leaders summit that exclusively brings in-person up to 250 decision makers from the alternative protein space, spanning prominent to small-sized manufacturers, commercial producers, investors, cutting-edge technology providers, intellectuals, brands, and future food vanguards who want to increase their knowledge and footprint in this lucrative growth market. 2024 will focus on scale-up strategies, global regulatory developments, highlighting new revenue streams, and cutting-edge innovation. The programme will showcase innovative partnering, the latest technologies, best practices, and advanced strategies that reduce time-to-market, solutions that minimize production costs, and knowledge sharing to learn optimal scale-up globally. 

February 13-15: 4th Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit | San Francisco 🇺🇸

The 4th Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit returns as the definitive, flagship forum to drill down into the end-to-end technical and strategic challenges of commercializing an alternative protein. This is an opportunity offering 3-days and 3-tracks of exclusive evidence-driven case studies, discussions, and premium networking with 300+ senior industry stakeholders. It will welcome leading investors, alternative protein producers, CPGs, retailers, brand names, ingredient providers, media, and equipment providers to this end-to-end networking and learning summit. 

February 29: Tomorrow Matters| Oxfordshire 🇬🇧

Embark on a transformative journey into the ever-evolving world of clean technology at Tomorrow Matters. Accelerate your cleantech venture, unlock promising investment opportunities, and forge strategic partnerships to stand at the forefront of sustainable transformation. Tailored for all cleantech industry players – entrepreneurs, investors, government, academics, global and regional corporations – Tomorrow Matters allows you to connect and tackle pressing environmental issues with sustainable solutions, disruptive tech, expert insights, and impactful investment strategies.

March

March 6-7: Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Course | Wageningen🇳🇱

The plant-based foods & proteins course by Bridge2Food taking place in Wageningen (an epicenter of FoodTech) dives into the world of alternative proteins and plant-based foods, with interactive workshops by experienced industry professionals.This specially crafted course will give you the inside scoop on the latest developments in this field. It’s not just about listening passively – you’ll actually roll up your sleeves and get involved in the food-making process from start to finish during the hands-on workshops. Plus, you’ll have the chance to connect with other like-minded individuals, fostering collaboration and sharing of ideas. The Course seamlessly combines theory and practice, creating a truly immersive experience. Prepare to engage your senses as you touch, smell, and taste your way through this enriching journey. 

March 14-15: Starco | Bogota 🇨🇴

Startco is the first live startup auction in Latin America. An event, from entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, where it will manage to bring together the entire ecosystem of the region under one roof, focusing on those startups that are in advanced stages and with a minimum annual income of USD 25,000.This is an experience in which more than 11,000 entrepreneurs have shared their ideas live, obtaining multimillion-dollar investments in real time and reaching their maximum potential in the competitive business world.

March 18-21: Alimentaria | Barcelona 🇪🇸

Alimentaria is the international meeting of reference for all professionals in the food, beverage, and food service industry, thanks to its attractive offer which is based on the sector’s key markets and their consumer trends. In this edition, the show increases the options for participation and enhances its differential values: internationalization, innovation, gastronomy, and specialization. A must-see event that multiplies business opportunities.

March 19-20: World Agritech USA | San Francisco 🇺🇸

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco unites more than 2500 global leaders and pioneering businesses dedicated to advancing and investing in technologies to build a stronger, more resilient agri-food supply chain. With a focus on harnessing nature-based solutions to meet climate commitments, and successful paths for commercializing biological inputs, next-generation breeding, AI, and automation, an outstanding speaking faculty uncovers the innovations and investment propelling new value creation in this sector. Celebrating its 12th year, this flagship event will transform the Marriott Marquis on March 19-20, 2024 into the epicenter of the agri-food industry for two days of high-level discussion, powerful networking, and deal-making.

March 19-22: Anuga FoodTec | Cologne 🇩🇪

Anuga FoodTec is the most important information and business platform for new concepts and innovative developments in the international foodtech scene. It is the world’s only supplier fair that competently covers all aspects of food and beverage production – from process technology and filling and packaging technology to food safety, packaging, digitalization, and intralogistics. As a new sector, there will be an exhibition area for environmental technology and energy for the first time in 2024. 

March 20-22: South Summit Brasil | Porto Alegre 🇧🇷

South Summit, the leading event for the global entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, co-organised by IE University, will hold its third edition in Brazil between the 20th and 22nd of March 2024. South Summit will be held, once again, in Porto Alegre with the aim of creating real business opportunities between investors, corporations and startups, as well as generating high-value connections between the Brazilian and Latin American innovation ecosystem and the rest of the world.

March 21-22: Hello Tomorrow Global Summit | Paris  🇫🇷

Hello Tomorrow is the largest and widest Deep Tech network as well as helping Deep Tech startups and corporations build new solutions. At this summit you can deepen your knowledge of emerging technologies and strengthen your business amongst a curated guest list of over 3000 leaders in their fields. Watch pitches on the pioneers stage, from the best startups selected through the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

March 21-22: Future Food-Tech SF | San Francisco 🇺🇸

Future Food-Tech returns to San Francisco on March 21-22, 2024! Join over 1700 global leaders from across the food industry for two action-packed days of unmissable industry insights, product tastings, start-up pitches, live cooking demos and plenty of networking opportunities. Across the two-day programme, thought-leaders will delve into crucial topics ranging from tackling food and nutritional insecurity, to improving health through nutritional enhancement and leveraging food as medicine solutions. Expert speakers will explore the latest thinking on the role of AI in scaling alt-protein production, and the rapid growth of automation and robotics across the value chain.

March 26-27: American Food Innovate Summit | Atlanta 🇺🇸

The American Food Innovate Summit, is a place where passion about shaping the future of food is brought together! The journey of the summit started with a simple yet powerful idea: to bring experts together and the way we think about, create, distribute, and enjoy food. Join leading food innovators, professionals, and experts as they discuss the newest innovations, technologies, and developments in the industry Over 2 days they will share cutting-edge case studies and exciting stories that can help you improve your product launch success rate.

March 26-28: Cultivated Meat & Seafood Bioprocessing Summit | Amsterdam 🇳🇱

The Cultivated Meat & Seafood Bioprocessing Summit Europe is the brand-new, definitive European forum to taste the future with technical case studies and premium networking to achieve uncompromised taste, nutrition, and quality for novel food this decade. It will welcome the who’s who of the European cellular agriculture community, from industry founders to innovative start-ups, service providers, investor, and beyond to unlock efficient cell line development, scalable media formulations, and cutting-edge bioprocess techniques Don’t miss the opportunity to join the forefront of food innovation alongside 60+ other alternative protein pioneers as it will gather technical insights and lessons learned to shape the future of cultivated meat and seafood.

March 26-28: Novel Strain Engineering & Development for Alternative Proteins Summit  | Amsterdam 🇳🇱

The Novel Strain Engineering & Development for Alternative Proteins Summit draws on the esteemed Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Series, shifting to a specialized focus on transforming your strain engineering and optimization by leveraging the power of microfluidics, ultra-high throughput, and advanced genetic tools. Streamlining Your Strain Development Timeline With Enhanced Performance, Protein Functionality & Scalability.

April

April 9-10:  Bridge2Food PB Foods & Proteins Summit Americas | Minneapolis 🇺🇸

Join the Summit Americas to position yourself amongst the top plant-based foods and proteins industry thought leaders and disruptors in North America and the world. This Summit will provide invaluable networking opportunities while experts from CPG, ingredient development, processing, industry organizations, and universities all share their latest findings and insights. Summit Americas will focus on current trends, the growth of the market, investments, and collaboration opportunities. Themes of affordability, accessibility, healthy diets & nutrition, and sustainability will be central as they are focal points of the Sustainable Development Goals.

April 9-11: Sweden Foodtech Big Meet | Stockholm 🇸🇪

Sweden Foodtech together with Gastronord and Stockholmsmässan are building a global meeting place for the future with a focus on sustainability and innovation with an international touch. The cooperation’s first impact will be 9–11 April 2024 when Sweden Foodtech’s leading foodtech conference “Big Meet” moves to Gastronord, the Nordics’ largest fair for the professional food sector. 2 full days of amazing speakers, panels, networking, matchmaking and of course – the legendary Test Kitchen – where it will be dissecting what’s already out there and learn what’s about to arrive. And how these products and services will fare in the next-gen food system for the next generation, which is what the BIG MEET is all about fostering!  They will have leading chefs, entrepreneurs and experts from all over the world.

April 16-17: Sustainable Sourcing | Ascot 🇬🇧

Sustainable Sourcing will be Providing you with a unique opportunity to learn and share how to make significant progress toward a sustainable ingredients supply chain based on nature-positive strategies and solutions. Partner with upstream suppliers for a seamless shift to regenerative practices

2 days. 40 speakers. 200 attendees. Benefit from keynote plenary sessions, tailored break-out sessions, supplier roundtable discussions, and networking opportunities designed to help you guide you through the future of sustainable sourcing.

April 16-17: Taste of Better | Ascot 🇬🇧

Tastes of Better is a one-of-a-kind event series connecting food innovation professionals working across product development and reformulation with leading innovative ingredient suppliers. 2024 sees Tastes of Better returning to Ascot and Manchester, and debuting in Dublin. Solve your innovation challenges with groundbreaking solutions and innovative ingredients These events are designed for industry professionals working in product development across brands, manufacturers, retail, foodservice and QSRs. 

April 16-18: Food4Future | Bilbao 🇪🇸

Join the FoodTech 6.0 new era. Be part of Food 4 Future – Expo FoodTech, the leading FoodTech tradeshow and congress where to acquire cutting-edge technology, innovative products, and solutions that will boost the competitiveness and sustainability for the entire food value chain. Bilbao FoodTech World Summit is the leading congress to discover the key to food technology through an agenda for each professional profile.

April 16-18: Pick N Pack | Bilbao 🇪🇸

PICK&PACK for FOOD INDUSTRY gives you a unique platform to promote your business to your target audience. Position your brand and meet for three days with industry leaders, prescribers and purchase decision-makers. PICK&PACK proposes to embrace digitalization, artificial intelligence, robotics, 3D printing, new processing systems or more sustainable materials for packaging, as well as the instruments that will transform companies into more efficient, intelligent and efficient factories and warehouses. 

April 23-25: Alternative Fats & Oils Summit  | Amsterdam 🇳🇱

The alternative fats & oils summit will for the first time, bring together 60+ alternative fat developers with plant-based and alternative protein food tech innovators, ingredient providers, CPG companies, and investors. It will exhibit exclusive case studies and interactive discussion platforms that will provide you with unique insights into the production of plant-based, microbial, and cultivated fats and oils to eliminate their unsustainable counterparts. Harness Emulsion, Microbial & Cultivated Techniques to Create Animal-Free Fats & Oils That Outperform Their Unsustainable Counterparts in Taste, Texture & Nutritional Value

April 24-25: The Future of Protein Production | Chicago 🇺🇸

FPP Chicago counts with more than 400 delegates expected and +40 exhibiting companies, this conference and exhibition  boasts an industry-leading agenda that showcases the latest innovative breakthroughs to help accelerate the commercialization and scaling of alternative proteins.

The senior executive-level conference presents an unbiased opportunity to explore and discuss this complex issue with world-leading experts. Discover a wide range of solutions that will have a positive impact through abolishing animal cruelty, reducing global pollution, and improving human health.

April 24-25: MadBlue | Madrid 🇪🇸

MadBlue Impact Summit has established itself as the annual event in the innovation and impact investment sector in Madrid. For two days, entrepreneurs with the most innovative solutions, investors, organizations and institutions, key actors in the economy and regulatory bodies, and companies determined to become the leaders of the future, connect in this event where they share knowledge and build ties, synergies and the transactionality necessary to drive change towards a better planet and society.

May

May TBD: Trend Builders- AECOC | Barcelona  🇪🇸

May 10: Vegan Women Summit | California 🇺🇸

Vegan Women Summit® (VWS) is a global events and media organization created to empower women to build a kinder, more sustainable world. Attendees of all backgrounds, including all genders, are invited to participate in the VWS community. The purpose is to shape the future by empowering the next generation of compassionate leaders. Vegan Women Summit® (VWS) is a global events and media organization dedicated to empowering women to build a kinder, more sustainable world.

May 14-15: Rethinking Materials 2024 | London🇬🇧

Rethinking Materials returns to the Hilton London Bankside on May 14-15. Join a community of over 300 materials pioneers for thought-leadership panels, start-up pitches, investor insights, targeted networking, and a busy 1-1 meetings hub. This international thought-leadership and networking event connects innovators, brands, producers, converters, and investors scaling sustainable alternative materials and circular solutions in consumer product and packaging value chains.

May 14-16: Vitafoods Europe | Geneva 🇨🇭

Vitafoods Europe has been bringing the global nutraceutical community together every year to connect and do business, since 1997. It offers the perfect platform for businesses to thrive and forge long term collaborations, enrich their understanding and initiate critical conversations around the most pressing issues concerning the health and nutrition industry. Experience the world’s nutraceutical event, Discover the latest nutraceutical innovations and trends, Build new partnerships and grow your business, Connect with industry leaders and experts, and Showcase your thought leadership to the most relevant audience.

May 21-22: Blue Food Innovation Summit | London 🇬🇧

Blue Food Innovation Summit returns to the Hilton London Bankside on May 21-22.

Join a community of over 350 aquaculture and blue food leaders for thought-leadership panels, start-up pitches, targeted networking, and a busy 1-1 meetings hub. The Blue Food Innovation Summit brings together leaders at the forefront of investing in and developing solutions for nature-positive, resilient aquaculture and ocean regeneration. From advancements in digital platforms and AI-driven production to carbon-reduced feed and aquatic health and welfare, expert speakers will share their strategies for a biodiverse, stronger, and more sustainable blue economy.

May 21-22: Taste of Better | Manchester 🇬🇧

Tastes of Better is a one-of-a-kind event series connecting food innovation professionals working across product development and reformulation with leading innovative ingredient suppliers. 2024 sees Tastes of Better returning to Ascot and Manchester, and debuting in Dublin. Solve your innovation challenges with groundbreaking solutions and innovative ingredients These events are designed for industry professionals working in product development across brands, manufacturers, retail, foodservice and QSRs. 

May 22-23: F&A Next | Wageningen 🇳🇱

F&A Next is about thought leadership and connecting promising startups and scale-ups to dedicated Food & Agtech investors and leading corporates. It includes two days of networking, pitching and debating the dynamics in food and agriculture. If you are wholeheartedly committed to the need for innovation in Food & Agriculture then make sure to join!

May 28-29: Foodtech Congress | Warsaw 🇵🇱

The annual Food Tech Congress is where innovation thrives, bold ideas spark and business gets done. In two action-packed days,  the most prominent food tech entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and government leaders from all around the globe come to solve the pressing challenges of the industry. For the upcoming edition, they’re changing things up with 10 brand new conference themes. From food as medicine, alternative proteins and precision fermentation to circular food systems and regenerative agriculture, the discussions will draw you in and drive you forward.

June

June 5-6: Bridge2Food PB Foods Summit Europe | Wageningen 🇳🇱

Take part in Summit Europe to position yourself amongst the top plant-based foods and proteins industry thought leaders and disruptors in The Netherlands, Europe, and the world. With three tracks to choose from, the Summit will have something for everyone working in the plant-based food formulation sector. If you work for innovative ingredients manufacturers, alternative proteins suppliers, food brands, retailers & foodservice, equipment & processing providers, or related fields, this Summit is for you! The Summit will provide invaluable networking opportunities and experts will share the latest findings and insights of the entire value chain. The program will focus on the market, current trends, investments, and collaboration opportunities. Themes of affordability, accessibility, healthy diets & nutrition, and sustainability will be central, which are focal points of the Sustainable Development Goals.

June 5-7: South Summit | Madrid 🇪🇸

The 13th edition of the South Summit is here. From June 5 to 7, South Summit will take place at La Nave, a unique location that brings together key players to drive business progress and growth.

The ecosystem thrives with a collaborative mindset to achieve collective growt. It aspire to build technology with a heartbeat. To understand that innovation is human. This is the roadmap to a human-centered future.

June 12-13:  Galicia Biodays 2024 | Vigo 🇪🇸

Galicia Biodays is the reference Forum for the biotechnology and life sciences industry in the European Atlantic Area. The perfect setting to establish new contacts and synergies, generate business, develop new projects and get in touch with investors and clients.

June 13-14: Hack Summit | Lausanne 🇨🇭

Hack Summit is Europe’s largest gathering of Climate Funders, Founders, LPs and Operators. No other ClimateTech event brings together so many impact-driven founders and investors from across Europe and beyond. Hear from the brightest minds in ClimateTech.

June 17-18: Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins | Chicago 🇺🇸

The Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins summit brings together the world’s industry leaders to transform the food system through protein diversification. After a year of down-rounds and low valuations, how are leaders across the alt-protein space weathering the storm? Join 700+ decision makers from across the ecosystem on June 17-18 to delve into the game-changing trends for 2024, identify new sources of capital from VCs and beyond, and learn how disruptive brands are navigating regulatory pathways to reach consumer shelves.

June 18-19: World Agritech Latam | Sao Paulo 🇧🇷

World Agri-Tech’s dedicated event to South America spotlights the vast potential the region in scaling innovation and driving the global transition to sustainable and climate-smart farming practices. With a regional content focus and international delegation, the summit offers an invaluable platform for sharing best practice, making new connections, and forming long-lasting business relationships. It brings the agri-food community together to São Paulo to tackle the biggest challenges in agriculture and food in exciting and innovative ways.

June 18-21 Alimentec by Anuga | Bogota 🇨🇴

Alimentec is the leading platform for the food, beverage and HORECA, Retail and Large Supermarket sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean. The fair is today the ideal setting to present different products and services. It is a commercial event to meet, establish new business networks and learn about trends. At Alimentec, you will find in one place the most complete commercial display of supplies, machines, tools and inputs for the various applications in the sector, and learn about the latest trends in production processes and inputs.

June 20-21: Food Innovate | Madrid 🇪🇸

The 22nd Annual Food Innovate Summit is a place where passion about shaping the future of food is brought together! The journey of the summit, started with a simple yet powerful idea: to bring experts together and the way we think about, create, distribute, and enjoy food. Join leading food innovators, professionals, and experts as they discuss the newest innovations, technologies and developments in the industry. The key speakers come from some of the largest companies to share their best practices, regulations, and techniques. Over 2 days they will share cutting-edge case studies and exciting stories exploring that can help you improve your product launch success rate. 

July

July 11-13 Fermentation-Enabled Alt.Pro. Europe | Amsterdam 🇳🇱

The Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit Europe will be returning in 2024. It will host key industry leaders from biotech and food tech, multinational consumer packaged goods, independent food brands and ingredient suppliers, looking towards scale-up and commercialization of next-generation alternative proteins.

September

September 30- October 1: World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit | London 🇬🇧

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London is the leading European networking event for businesses at the forefront of investing in and developing technologies for nature-positive, resilient agriculture and food systems. Over two interactive days, curated panel discussions, start-up showcases, intimate breakouts, and a 1-1 meeting platform create a powerful networking environment to foster knowledge exchange and new business partnerships between industry leaders from around the globe.

October

October 1-2: Nutrevent | Lille 🇫🇷

NutrEvent is dedicated to innovation in Food, Human and Animal Nutrition. It aims at identifying industrial, scientific, commercial and financial partners for your R&D projects and innovations. NutrEvent gathers 600 international actors: Food, feed, clinical nutrition, food supplement, pharmaceutical industries and distributors, innovative ingredient and process suppliers, academic institutions, technology transfer organisations, research institutes, R&D services and consulting firms and investors.

October 2-3: Future Food-Tech | London 🇬🇧

Future Food-Tech’s European flagship is back in London on September 28-29, bringing together over 800 leaders from food brands, ingredient providers, pioneering entrepreneurs, and investors, to address the challenges in creating foods that are nutritious, accessible, and climate-smart. Enjoy a future-focused programme, with thought-provoking discussions and exciting pitches on the latest innovations in improving health through food, elevating the performance and nutritional profile of alternative proteins, and meeting consumer demand for affordable foods whilst reducing carbon footprint throughout the supply chain.

October 23-24:  The Future of Protein Production | Amsterdam 🇳🇱

FPP counts with more than 500 delegates expected and +45 exhibiting companies, this in-person conference and exhibition is Europe’s preeminent event for showcasing the latest innovative breakthroughs to help accelerate the commercialization and scaling of alt proteins.

The senior executive-level conference presents an unbiased opportunity to explore and discuss this complex issue with world-leading experts. Discover a wide range of solutions that will have a positive impact through abolishing animal cruelty, reducing global pollution and improving human health.

October 24:  Alibetopías | Madrid 🇪🇸

Alibetopias, a unique event where showing the viewer the latest innovations in the Food and Beverage sector. It will have top-level speakers linked to the sector, who will share the latest trends in R&D&i. It will be developed in 3 large thematic blocks that will have multiple interventions: Technological startups, new models and applications in digitalization and total sustainability.” 

November

November TBD:  DSP for Alternative Proteins & Cellular Agriculture Summit | San Francisco 🇺🇸

The Downstream Processing (DSP) for Alternative Proteins & Cellular Agriculture Summit is your dedicated community to help you evaluate current DSP strategies to reduce cost, improve titer, and guarantee quality for commercial scalability. Growing consumer demand, technology advancement, and VC investment are feeding into the billion-dollar market opportunity for novel alternative proteins and cultured meat and seafood. To fully realize this potential, the commercial and technical burden of scale-up and downstream processing must be overcome.

November 5-6: Taste of Better | Dublin 🇮🇪

Following the roll out of a successful event series in the UK, Tastes of Better heads to Dublin in 2024. Designed for a VIP audience of product developers across manufacturing, retail, foodservice and QSRs, this event provides food professionals from across Ireland to meet, connect and collaborate with ingredient innovation partners.

November 12-14: Asia Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit | Singapore 🇸🇬

Expand Your Network Across the Global Agri-Food Value-Chain on the Asia Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit. The 2023 summit brought together over 1000 international stakeholders across the agri-food ecosystem, to focus on building agri-food capacity and resilience in Asia.

November 19-21: Fi Europe | Frankfurt 🇩🇪

Fi Europe is the premium exhibition in the food and health ingredients sector, representing a busy professional meeting platform for prominent industry players in the European market. Come *taste of what’s to come from 19th to 21st November 2024 in Messe Frankfurt and join over 21,000 attendees from 135 countries. The world tastemakers will gather at Fi Europe 2024 to create the future of food and nutrition together. Prominent businesses and innovators attend Fi Europe each year as it represents a leading industry driving the European economy forward and supporting innovation across many related sectors Connect with the innovators changing the industry. Discover food trends on a global scale.

November TBD: Bridge2Food PB Foods & Proteins Summit Asia

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FoodSeed Accelerator: Unveiling seven “Made in Italy” startups ready to revolutionize the Italian Agri-Foodtech sector

 Seven Italian startups have been selected for the 1st edition of the FoodSeed Accelerator, a program focused on innovative food technologies, part of the CDP Venture Capital National Network. FoodSeed was launched in March 2023 to promote excellence and innovation in the Italian agri-food industry, with the support of promoting partners and co-investors such as Fondazione Cariverona, UniCredit and Eatable Adventures, among the main foodtech accelerators on a global scale, with the contribution of corporate partners Amadori, Cattolica Business Unit of Generali Italia, Axxelera, Veronafiere and the scientific partner University of Verona.

 

After screening over 250 applications, the 7 startups presented concrete solutions to the main challenges affecting the food industry, at a national and global scale. The projects, showcased on the Demoday on November 13th in Verona, are ready to bring to the market solutions with a strong positive impact on the Italian FoodTech and Agritech sectors: from “non-chocolate chocolate” to prevention systems against water stress, to advanced fermentation via sound waves and the creation of organic products capable of extending the shelf life of products.

 

Every startup received an initial investment of 170.000 euros – with the possibility of increasing up to 500.000 euros for the best performers – and benefited from a 6-month acceleration program to consolidate their business proposal.

 

Foodseed also offered a coaching and mentoring program that supports startups in building relationships and networking from an Open Innovation perspective. This aims to foster collaboration between these new enterprises and existing traditional entities, making it easier for them to find investors who believe in the importance of innovation to address crucial sustainability challenges in the food sector, the beating heart of the Italian economy.

 

  • 1. Foreverland: The chocolate of the future on Italian tables

Foreverland introduces a revolutionary, sustainable, and Made in Italy alternative to the market: chocolate without cocoa. In response to the challenges posed by deforestation, water stress, carbon emissions, CO2 consumption, and the exploitation of over 1.5 million children in the chocolate industry, Foreverland addresses this pressing issue with Freecao. This breakthrough in the confectionery sector uses carob, a legume typical of the Mediterranean region and one of Italy’s major producers. By leveraging reverse engineering, enzymatic treatments, and fermentation and roasting techniques, Freecao significantly reduces environmental and social impact, supporting our system, lessening the issues on cocoa cultivation, and aiding local businesses in the sector. Freecao achieves an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 90% decrease in water consumption compared to traditional cocoa production. This alternative is free from the top 9 allergens, including milk and tree nuts, it is gluten-free, caffeine-free, and avoids the usage of artificial ingredients. Furthermore, it contains 50% less sugar than traditional milk chocolate, making it a healthier choice for consumers.

 

  • 2. Enhancing pasture well-being: Regrowth and remote livestock monitoring

The lack of adequate tools for extensive livestock farming management and the inadequacy of available products have brought Regrowth to the forefront. Hailing directly from Teramo, Regrowth introduces a Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) tool for extensive production farms, allowing farmers to monitor their farms. Regrowth offers a system capable of reducing animal losses by approximately 60% through early disease identification. Concerned about pasture well-being? With specific protocols, Regrowth can detect overgrazing caused by poor herd and pasture management. Moreover, their protocols aim to stimulate increased soil biodiversity, CO2 sequestration, water retention, and much more. To facilitate communication about livestock management, Regrowth makes farm data transparent and protected by anti-tampering protocols. The Regrowth team is currently adapting its system for intensive farms to ensure optimized management and monitor animal well-being levels.

 

  • 3. Water stress and water waste: Soonapse to the rescue

Amidst climate change, water waste, and the lack of innovative means to help farmers understand soil health, the agricultural sector seeks assistance. Soonapse, a startup based in Rome, has developed the first Decision Support System (DSS) specifically designed for IoT. This Dual AI system interprets climate change and provides forecasts with 99% accuracy, enabling farmers to optimize water usage and more. By combining contextual information with events (data collected from sensors, drones, and satellites) and predictions, Soonapse can predict water conditions in any soil/crop for the next 5 days. This involves Smart or Precision Irrigation, a predictive model that considers all crops, offering advice on the best cultivation based on seasonality. Currently, no technology guarantees this level of precision. With experience in the wine sector, Soonapse is extending its technologies to serve oenologists, allowing them to improve production quality through agricultural process control.

 

By 2030, Italian (National Action Plan) and European (from Farm to Fork) regulations will reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% and increase the agricultural area cultivated with biological tools by 60% compared to today. Unfortunately, the market lacks sufficient products capable of protecting plants and replicating common phytosanitary agents, both in terms of effectiveness and cost. The agricultural market, therefore, needs an alternative with the same efficacy and comparable costs. Directly from Udine, Agreen Biosolutions proposes a solution to aid the transition to more sustainable agriculture: ozonized oil with a variable concentration of ozone, to be applied in agricultural fields, ensuring a preventive and/or curative effect. This certified “tonic” oil, with biostimulant and phytosanitary effects, eliminates the use of chemical pesticides and provides significant cost savings for farmers. A uniquely valuable product capable of stimulating and protecting crops.

 

  • 5. From farm to fork: Trusty advocating Product traceability transparency

To ensure transparency in the food supply chain, Trusty offers industrial traceability services in environmental, social, and corporate governance domains. The Pescara-based startup has developed a blockchain-based platform with a customizable dashboard for each industry. The system can integrate information from authorities and issue traceability certifications. Trusty follows the entire life cycle of food products, from Farm to Fork, providing reliable and accurate information to stakeholders about the origin, quality, and safety of products. The startup’s services align with certain regulations, such as the European Deforestation Free and Smart Label standards. A traceability system like this can address various issues related to food safety and monitor emissions of pollutants during production. Starting with long and complex supply chains such as Cocoa, coffee, and other tropical products, the startup can genuinely contribute to building trust between consumers and producers for a more sustainable food system.

 

  • 6.  Extending product shelf life: AgreeNET

Addressing food waste, a major issue in the food chain, safeguarding our raw materials, and supporting Italian exports that significantly contribute to the national GDP, AgreeNET proposes an innovative, biologically based, and biodegradable material for food packaging. AgreeNET has conceived a POD to insert into product packaging. Emitting natural substances normally produced by plants to protect against pathogens, the POD can extend the shelf life of products by up to 20 days, helping food producers resolve or mitigate the issue of food waste.

 

  • 7. Hypesound: Advanced fermentation through sound waves

What if sound therapy could benefit the industrial sector? The idea comes directly from Perugia: Hypesound, the startup selected by the acceleration program, has developed So’Sweep, a device that reproduces sound waves for advanced fermentation. It can accelerate the growth of microorganisms, increasing production by up to 300%, thus reducing time and costs. Currently, Hypesound is focusing on optimizing algae production, especially Spirulina and Chlorella. Still, the technology’s applications extend to the entire biotechnology sector.

 

The acceleration program has also had a strong resonance in the rest of Europe, especially in those countries where the food sector already collaborates with industry innovation: 5% of the received applications come from Spain, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland. This data not only is unsurprising but further validates the inclusive nature of FoodSeed and emphasizes the general interest in safeguarding Italy’s role as a gastronomic excellence worldwide. An acceleration program capable of attracting new talents that can bring a breath of innovation to a sector that, although excellent, remains deeply rooted in tradition.

 

FoodSeed will select, every year, for three consecutive years, up to 10 startups capable of building ecosystems and value synergies that bring innovation to the entire sector for a more sustainable Italy. The call for startups participating in the 2nd edition of FoodSeed will open in February 2024.

 

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Spain Foodtech Startups’ Program, an acceleration program promoted by Eatable Adventures and supported by ICEX and CNTA, presents its 2023 cohort.

Startups Spain Foodtech

The future of food is already here: 4 Spanish startups are at the forefront of the new food revolution.

According to the data from the Eatable Adventures study “The State of Foodtech,” the investment in Spain in this sector reached 268 million euros in 2022, marking a growth of 9.3% compared to the previous year.

This sustained growth has been driven by key initiatives such as the Spain Foodtech Startups’ Program, a “Country” program led by Eatable Adventures in collaboration with ICEX Spain Export and Investments and CNTA (National Center for Food Technology and Safety). Its mission is to support the construction and development of robust Spanish startups in the foodtech field, capable of competing globally and becoming a reference in the industry, positioning Spain as a technological leader. The program stands out for its commitment to a 10-million-euro investment over the next 3 years.

Spain Foodtech is supported by leading companies in the food industry, such as Alianza Team, Mahou San Miguel, Pascual Innoventures, and Sigma. These companies have joined this initiative to contribute their experience in open innovation, with the purpose of accelerating the implementation of disruptive innovation models and providing knowledge about key aspects related to the industrial processes of the agri-food sector, industry challenges, and market needs. This approach aims to boost the scaling and expansion of startups, establishing synergies to generate high-impact solutions in the agri-food value chain.

 

During the program call, more than 120 applications were received from all over Spain, and after a rigorous evaluation process, four pioneering startups were selected:

  • Bio2coat: Food waste is one of the major challenges in the food industry, along with reducing single-use plastic packaging. Bio2coat promotes an innovative solution that addresses both challenges through its 100% natural coatings that extend the shelf life of foods like fruits and vegetables, allowing for their consumption in a fresh state for longer periods.
  • Néboda: The agriculture of the future will be more efficient and sustainable, ensuring the quality of crops for future generations. This startup has developed a revolutionary automation technology applied to vertical farming, enabling a high-density, low-cost cultivation system. This system includes the use of an automated robot whose technology optimizes production times, maintains high-quality standards, and avoids possible contaminations.
  • Mmmico: In the traditional food industry, most food colorings are of synthetic origin, posing a potential health risk to people and the planet. This startup has adopted a highly scientific approach that combines techniques such as fermentation, directed evolution, and artificial intelligence to develop new natural ingredients that substitute their synthetic analogs in record time and cost.
  • Poseidona: The oceans are severely affected by the depletion of marine resources, pollution, and the impact of climate change. This startup, led by a team of women, has succeeded in transforming algae production waste into innovative ingredients and proteins, revolutionizing the current production system and generating a positive impact on the marine ecosystem.

 

The selected companies have stood out for their ability to efficiently address critical challenges for the sector, offering innovative and sustainable solutions throughout the entire food value chain. After completing the acceleration program, startups will have the opportunity to present their projects to national and international investors during the Demo Day.

“Spain Foodtech has proven to be a springboard for participating startups. An example of this is the international success achieved by our Alumni like Cocuus or Moa Foodtech,” noted Mila Valcárcel, Managing Partner of Eatable Adventures. “Our deep experience in the agri-food value chain, supported by a unique methodology, access to the global ecosystem, and the support of prestigious corporate partners, allows us to position Spanish Agrifoodtech startups on the global stage. Spain Foodtech has become a global reference program, and its success has allowed us to export this model to other international markets. An example of this is our national acceleration programs for Colombia and Italy, where we collaborate hand in hand with national and local institutions to boost the development of their entrepreneurial ecosystems in this field.”

“The Spain Foodtech program, created by Eatable Adventures, has a multiplier effect throughout the food chain and is fully aligned with the international positioning objectives of our industry promoted by ICEX. Its transformative capacity and the rigorous selection and support process that this project offers to startups are undoubtedly the best guarantees to consolidate them and turn our foodtech ecosystem into an engine of growth and innovation,” said María Naranjo, Director of the Food Industry at this organization.

“At CNTA, we are proud to be the technological partner of this program, collaborating closely with startups to enhance the development of high-level technological solutions. Our commitment is to provide these companies with the tools and knowledge necessary to achieve their innovation and quality goals in the agri-food industry, thus driving the success of their projects,” commented Estefanía Erro, Director of Marketing and Innovation at CNTA.

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2023 noteworthy foodtech events

foodtech events

With the worldwide foodtech community growing in an exponential manner, 2023 arrives full of noteworthy foodtech events that bring the opportunity for leaders, and entrepreneurs to connect, create and learn about new disruptive projects that will change the foodtech industry for good, in a sustainable way. 

January

January 31- February 2 Fermentation-Enabled Alt.Pro Summit 🇺🇸

The 3rd annual Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit, as the only industry-led forum uniting the entire biomass and precision fermentation ecosystem, will return to San Francisco as an in-person meeting. Hosting 150+ key decision-makers from biotech and food tech, multinational consumer packaged goods, independent food brands, and ingredient suppliers, this 3-day summit will help you scale up and successfully commercialize fermentation-enabled alternatives with speed to market. 

February

February 15-16 Meat Evolution Summit 2023 🇩🇪

MEVO is a leaders summit that exclusively brings in-person decision makers from prominent to small-sized manufacturers, commercial producers, investors, cutting-edge technology providers, intellectuals, brands, and future food vanguards who want to increase their knowledge and foothold in this lucrative growth market. This 2-day summit will be full of powerful talks with CXOs who are revolutionizing the food industry, it will showcase the latest technologies, best practices, and advanced strategies that reduce time-to-market, solutions that minimize production costs, and knowledge sharing to learn optimal scale-up globally.

Get a 20% off your ticket price with our discount code EATABLE20

February 15-16 New Food Invest 💻

The New Food Invest is a global conference series that will bring together international plant-based and cultured-food businesses, investors, and venture capitalists to benefit from the growth of the alternative protein sector in the Asia-Pacific region.

 February 21-23 The Future of Protein Production 💻

This 3-day online event serves as a meeting place for accelerating the commercialization of alternative proteins.  It’s addressed to any company involved in making the global food system more sustainable, kind, and fair for the planet, people, and animals. It’s an open space for networking and will count on more than 100 conferences with 75+ speakers.    

It’s an opportunity to explore and discuss with world-leading experts, discover the latest industry trends, and grow and promote businesses.  

March 

March 14  Tastes of Better – Food Matters Live 🇬🇧

The first event in their event series take place on March 14th. Embrace an exclusive VIP experience in their unique London venue. Through technical presentations and tastings, you’ll explore the latest ingredient, flavour and colour solutions from the industry’s leading innovators.

March 14-15 World Agritech USA  🇺🇸

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit returns on March 2023. A global audience of 2000 will gather in San Francisco and online for a unique, 2-day event aimed at moving transformational agricultural technologies out of the lab and into the field. This event has become the annual meeting place for the global agtech ecosystem. Growers, agribusiness leaders, technology pioneers, and investors come together to exchange insights, be inspired, and identify future partners.

March 16-17 Future Food-Tech SF 🇺🇸

Future Food-Tech is a key event to connect and work towards a food system that is better for people and better for the planet. It’s an inspirational event where large established players and small innovative companies are both represented to discuss future technologies in the food space. Food brands, active investors, start-ups, and technology leaders reunited to connect, network, and expand their knowledge of the industry.

Get a 10% off your ticket price with our discount code EA10

March 20 – 22 International Food & Drink Event 🇬🇧

Held in the city of innovation, London, IFE, International Food & Drink Event, brings together an immersive and interactive event. Over the three days, IFE will welcome 25,000 key industry professionals to come and sample the latest products, develop their knowledge of the trends affecting the food and drink sector, and network face-to-face with suppliers.

Your pass will give you unrivaled access to touch, taste, and sample the latest innovative products from around the world, listen and learn from our incredible line-up of speakers, plus meet and reconnect with industry peers.

 March 21 – 23 Plant-Based Proteins & Foods Course Europe 🇳🇱

Since 2005, the Plant-Based Proteins & Foods Courses have trained more than 2,000 professionals from around the world. These training courses were created to accelerate innovation, share ideas, and showcase the latest developments in alternative proteins and plant-based foods across the entire formulation process.

It aims to give participants a theoretical and practical overview of plant-based proteins currently available for food applications and to provide hands-on information about their properties and functionalities through its workshops. It also offers an overview of plant-based food ingredient innovations (Colors, Flavors, Binders, Hydrocolloids, Stabilizers, and Shelf-life).

The entry-level delegates for this course are a BSc or MSc in the following areas of expertise: food, feed, chemistry, biology, nutrition, science, microbiology, health, etc. Managers with food-industry experience can also participate.

March 30-31 American Food Innovate Summit 🇺🇸

The American Food Innovate Summit will return to Chicago on March 2023. This event aims to bring together the leading experts within the food industry. The key speakers come from some of the largest companies to share their best practices, regulations, and techniques. Over 2 days they will share case studies and their valuable expertise in innovation, technology, and R&D & Formulation.

April

April 14-16 New Protein China Forum🇨🇳

The forum will take place at Nanjing International Exhibition Center.  It will cover heated topics, including Plant-based business Sessions, Cell-based business Sessions, Fermentation or Fungi business sessions, startups & Investors sessions. Experts from regulatory agencies, academics, investment institutions, leading companies, and innovative companies explained their opinions and predictions about the industry.

Meanwhile, VeggieWorld Activity Stage also presents more diverse activities: Live Cooking Show, KOLs sharing their experience, environmental protection cases, etc. The goal is aiming to build up a professional exchange and trade platform for global plant-based and new protein food industries, as well as a consumer education movement, to present the world’s latest products, technologies, and life concepts to everyone.

April 25-27 Bridge 2 Foods PB Foods & Proteins Summit America 🇺🇸

Bridge2Food is a unique 3-in-1 Summit on Industry, Startups, Ecosystems, and Research Strategies which will take place in Chicago, United States, bringing together key leaders from all along the value chain who are working to drive transformation. This summit included three days to learn the latest innovations and research, find solutions and strategies, grow networks, and discover where the plant-based sector is heading next.

May 

May 9-10 Food Innovate Milan 🇮🇹

The World Food Innovate Summit returns to Milan in May 2023. Bringing together the leading experts within the food industry. The key speakers come from some of the largest companies to share their best practices, regulations, and techniques

Over 2 days they will share case studies and their valuable expertise in food safety, quality, and manufacturing practices.

May 9-11 Vitafoods Europe 🇨🇭

Vitafoods annual gathering in Geneva, Switzerland sees a truly global audience across four sectors covering the entire nutraceutical supply chain, from beginning to end. This exhibition, conference, and networking events form the perfect ecosystem for businesses to thrive and forge long-term collaborations, enrich their understanding and initiate critical conversations around the most pressing issues concerning the health and nutrition industry.

May 11-12 FoodHack Summit 2023 🇨🇭

A 2-day event in Lausanne bringing together the world’s best and brightest food tech founders, leaders, and innovators. You will network with the best and brightest minds in FoodTech, discover upcoming startups, and taste the latest industry innovations.

May 12 & 26 Controlled Environment Agriculture 4.0 💻

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) 4.0 returns for its 3rd edition in its focus on supporting farms, farmers, and produce providers through the provision of knowledge and assistance on the key aspects of the evolving technologies, processes, and practices being developed, used, and implemented on indoor farms to enhance their productivity and yield.
Attendance is complimentary for all indoor farms that are solely focused on growing their own food and in-house produce directly for consumers.

Over 500 indoor farming professionals from 250+ farms, farmers, produce suppliers, and industry solution providers will once again be joining the event, providing the industry with the unique opportunity to outline and discuss the advancements, innovations, and efficiencies that are ongoing to support the evolution and development of the indoor farm.
“Accelerating the development, advancement & efficiency of indoor farming”

May 16-17 Rethinking Materials 2023 🇬🇧

Rethinking Materials 2023 will be a world-class gathering of over 300+ visionary CPG Brands, Retailers, Producers, Converters, Regulators, Innovators, and Investors reimagining how materials in consumer products are produced, consumed, repurposed, and financed. It will be hosted in London and live-streamed to a global audience online. In its third year, the summit presents perspectives from brands and corporate leaders facing big questions on sustainability, business continuity, and regulatory requirements; converters and manufacturers sourcing viable, scalable, and sustainable new solutions; start-ups and producers developing innovative technologies and exploring new markets, and investors scouting the next ground-breaking innovations.

May 16-17  Tastes of Better – Food Matters Live 🇬🇧

Embrace an exclusive VIP experience. Through technical presentations and tastings, you’ll explore the latest ingredient, flavor, and color solutions from the industry’s leading innovators.

The key themes focus on the need to meet the consumer demand for products that deliver on taste, convenience, sustainability, and affordability.

May 16-18 Food4Future 🇪🇸

Food 4 Future Bilbao World Summit will reunite experts in AI applied to the design of new foods, technology industry for food production, research, and development centers applied to the improvement of food and resources, climate change agents, disruptive initiatives, and solutions with impact on the sector, start-ups that are revolutionizing and satisfying unmet demands in the market, business models and success stories of companies and multinationals in the industry, scientific associations, and universities with applicable research to improve production processes, Companies, and designers of more sustainable packaging and packaging. This Call is open to consortia (public-private), industry experts, social activists, technology companies, researchers, analysts, and people with strategic visions who can help us inspire global leaders in the food ecosystem.

May 23-24 Blue Food Innovation Summit 🇬🇧

The Blue Food Innovation Summit returns to London to delve deeper into the fast-developing landscape of ocean health and blue food production. It has never been more important to invest in sustainable aquaculture. It will welcome aquaculture producers, feed specialists, technology providers, kelp farmers, investors, start-ups, and retailers from around the globe to exchange ideas, share experiences and forge new partnerships to scale blue food production sustainably while protecting and restoring our oceans.

Get a 10% discount on your ticket by using our discount code EAT10 

May 24-25 F&A Next 🇳🇱

F&A Next is about sharing insights on innovation and investing in early-stage businesses and connecting promising startups and scale-ups, to dedicated food & agtech investors and innovative corporates. The most promising Food & Ag startups and scale-ups will present their propositions on the ‘stage’. It’s a 2-day event held in Wageningen with pitches and debates about the dynamics in food and agriculture. The 2023 theme is yet to be announced. Insights of the 8th edition are currently being developed.

Benefit from our 10% discount code: EA23 on F&A Next tickets (in-person regular, in-person startup, and online).

If you book your tickets on April 23 at the latest, your discount accumulates on top of the 15% early-bird discount, running up to 25% in total. 

May 31 – June 1 Food Tech Congress 

The annual Food Tech Congress is where innovation thrives, bold ideas spark and business gets done. In two action-packed days, it hosts the most prominent food tech entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, and government leaders from all around the globe to solve the most pressing challenges of the industry. This year this event will take place in Warsaw, Poland, and will count with 1000+ attendees, 7 conference tracks, 150+ speakers, and 2 networking days.

Take advantage of our 25% discount code: EatableAdventures for your conference ticket.

June

June 1-2 Sweden Foodtech Big Meet 🇸🇪

The Sweden Foodtech Big Meet is our annual foodtech un-conference where we invite the best foodtech companies, entrepreneurs, scientists and athletes from all over the world.

June 6-8 Bridge2Food PB Foods Summit Europe 🇳🇱

Bridge2Food, the unique 4-in-1 Summit on Industry, Startups, Ecosystems, Research & Government Strategies, which will take place in The Hague, Netherlands, brings together key leaders from all along the value chain who are working to drive transformation. This summit includes three days to learn the latest innovations and research, find solutions and strategies, grow networks, and discover where the plant-based sector is heading next.

June 13 IESE Food & Beverage 🇪🇸

The 26 IESE Food & Beverage Meeting under the title of “The new paradox: Finding uncertainty in an uncertain business environment” aims to tackle the short-term and long-term issues impacting the industry at the current moment. The event will delve into global macroeconomic factors such as geopolitics, inflation and pricing, the consumer of the future, value chain transformation, the future of IT, and the impact of regulatory measures on the business.

It will feature expert speakers who will provide insights on these topics and share their experiences. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with industry peers and gain new perspectives on how to navigate the evolving landscape of the food and beverage industry.

June 20-21 World Agritech Latam 🇧🇷

The World Agri-Tech South America Summit in São Paulo will gather global agri-food corporates, investors, and technology start-ups from around the world to uncover the most exciting innovations in the agri-food sector and to forge the right partnerships to take those solutions to market.

June 27-28 Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins 🇺🇸

The summit on June 21-22 connected the entire value chain from around the world to map out the future of protein. 913 delegates joined us in New York to meet the Founders, investors, and food brands pioneering the future of alternative proteins.

TBD Fermentation-Enabled Alt.Pro. Europe 🇳🇱

Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit Europe will be returning in 2023. The Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit Europe will host key industry leaders from biotech and food tech, multinational consumer packaged goods, independent food brands and ingredient suppliers, looking towards scale-up and commercialization of next-generation alternative proteins.

July

July 11-13 Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit Europe🇳🇱 

Unlock the power of biomass and precision fermentation to bring alternative meat proteins to the market in the second edition of this program. Exciting developments within the novel foods space are unfolding over Europe and the rest of the world.  The novel foods technology area is seeing surges of investment, in countries such as Israel, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. Adding to the excitement, the emergence of the Fungi Protein Association has paved the way for key players in the field – Quorn Foods, Enough, and Mycorena – to advocate the fungi-based protein scene. Hear from all 3 of these companies, amongst others, at this event in Amsterdam.

September 

The theme of the 4th Edition of the Global Vertical Farming Show in Dubai is aimed at Transforming Food Systems to achieve better nutrition, enhance Food Security and improve climate change outcomes – via vertical farming integration in Agriculture.
The Global Vertical Farming Show, a highly successful event that brings together modern farming pioneers to collaborate and grow, is returning to Dubai for its 4th edition.
The event has already set a high standard in its previous editions and promises to be ground-breaking once again. GVF 2023 – Dubai is a trailblazing event that will gather the complete vertical farming ecosystem to explore the market, introduce brands, and create long-term strategic partnerships over two power-packed business networking days.
With inspiring speakers taking to the stage from international brands, including FoodValley NL, Unilever, Alara Wholefoods, Greggs and more, you can expect to learn about innovations in ingredients, the progression of mainstreaming sustainable food consumption, how reformulation can be the solution, and other industry leading topics.
Join us at TechChill Milano 2023, the event for tech&startup industry leaders alike! Get ready for three days of innovation, networking… With over 100 international investors and 200+ startups, it’s the place to be for networking, startup pitches, and an inspirational stage agenda.

Take advantage of our 20% discount code: eatableadventures20 for your conference ticket.

September 26-27 World Agritech Innovation Summit London  🇬🇧

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit has become the annual meeting place for the global agtech industry and brings together leading agribusinesses, co-operatives, CPG brands, entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers to accelerate the transition to sustainable and resilient agri-food systems. The summit is an unrivaled opportunity to meet up with industry colleagues from across the UK and around the world, check in with partners, kickstart new connections, and secure face-to-face time with new prospects during side meetings, dinners, drinks receptions, and dedicated networking experiences.

September 26-28 Biospain 🇪🇸

This year, BIOSPAIN goes back to Barcelona, the main biotech cluster in Spain and one of the most dynamic cities in the world. The event will take place in Pavilion 1 – Fira de Barcelona – Montjuïc. It stands in a superb location in the city center, easily accessible from the airport and well-connected to the public transport network. It is located in Montjuïc Park, an area of cultural and historical interest thanks to its museums and theatres and it also features some of the main tourist attractions in Barcelona.

September 26-29  Alimentaria FoodTech 🇪🇸

Alimentaria FoodTech is the machinery, technology and ingredients exhibition that integrates the food and beverage industry’s production, transformation and preservation value chain. It is a cross-cutting exhibition that serves the food and beverage production industry from raw materials to commercial distribution.

Alimentaria FoodTech, consolidated since 1984 by Alimentaria Exhibitions, a world leader in food and beverage trade shows, presents the industry’s latest products and is the innovation meeting point for the sector’s most important companies, SMEs, international exhibitors and visitors, sector associations, technology centres and institutions.

September 28-29 Future Food-Tech London 🇬🇧

Future Food-Tech’s European flagship returns in person for the first time in three years to spotlight the new technologies and partnerships that are building healthier and more sustainable food systems. The summit will offer an unrivaled opportunity to meet like-minded food brand directors, investors and entrepreneurs to share, showcase and scale these innovative solutions.

 

October 

October 7-11 Anuga 🇩🇪

As the leading global trade fair, Anuga is the most important source of impetus for the international food and beverage industry. As the world’s only supplier fair, it covers all aspects of food production. Here, the industry presents its latest innovations and technological visions – from process technology to filling and packaging technology to food safety, from packaging materials to digitalization and intralogistics. And beyond that, there’s plenty more to discover.

 

October 10-11 Animal Agtech 🇳🇱

Join this incredible summit to meet over 300 livestock producers, animal health providers, feed and nutrition companies, technology developers, start-ups, and investors. They’ll be there ready to network and create new partnerships to improve the meat and dairy production landscape.

See who is already confirmed to join us at www.animalagtech.com/ecosystem. Check out the two-day programme with insightful speakers, case studies, lightning talks, presentations, and fascinating start-up pitches at www.animalagtecheurope.com/agenda. Ready to book? It’s easy at www.animalagtecheurope.com/register or get in touch with me to confirm your place over the phone.

 

October 10-11  Tastes of Better – Food Matters Live 🇬🇧

Following their event series, embrace this exclusive VIP experience in their unique London venue. Through technical presentations and tastings, you’ll explore the latest ingredient, flavor and color solutions from the industry’s leading innovators.

October 17-18 Nutrevent 🇫🇷

NutrEvent is an opportunity to connect with international key innovators in the Food, Feed, Nutrition, and Health sectors in Rennes, France. As a unique European partnering event, NutrEvent provides the ideal environment for academic and industrial actors to build partnerships, source innovative and competitive R&D projects, foster the emergence of collaborative projects, increase licensing opportunities, obtain funding and facilitate market access

October 25-26 Bridge 2 Foods Plant-Based Proteins & Foods Course Americas 🇺🇸

The Plant-Based Proteins & Foods Course, which will take place in Chicago, USA,  is designed to give participants a theoretical and practical overview of plant-based proteins currently available for food applications and to provide hands-on experience learning about their properties and functionalities.

October 31 – November 3 Asia Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit 🇸🇬

Food security is top of the agenda for the 2023 Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit. The programme will feature themed tracks for agriculture, aquaculture, indoor farming, and the future of food-tech. It’s an essential platform for knowledge-sharing and networking, through a valuable mix of panel debates, start-up pitches, breakout discussion groups, and 1-1 video networking. It will be held in a virtual and face-to-face format.

November 

November 13 Foodtech IL 🇮🇱

FoodTechIL is the main event of the Israeli FoodTech ecosystem. FoodTech IL will bring the entire community – entrepreneurs, investors, food industry leaders, government officials, researchers and service providers, together under one roof.

November 15-16 Plant-based World Europe 🇬🇧

Plant-Based World Expo is the must-attend, 100% plant-based event designed exclusively for food service and retail professionals, distributors, investors, and manufacturers. At this event, it can discover innovative plant-based products, hear from industry leaders and pioneers, and connect with the right people from the trade including retailers, caterers, investors, buyers, and distributors. Plus, you’ll be the first to sample mouth-watering plant-based food from ground-breaking international companies. 

November 28-30 Bridge 2 Foods PB Foods & Proteins Summit Asia🇸🇬

Bridge 2 Foods Plant-Base Foods & Protein Summit in Asia is a unique 2-in-1 Summit on Industry, Startups, Ecosystems, Research & Government Strategies, which will take place in Singapore, brings together key leaders from all along the value chain who are working to drive transformation. This summit included three days to learn the latest innovations and research, find solutions and strategies, grow networks, and discover where the plant-based sector is heading next.

November 21-22 Free From Food Expo 🇳🇱

The 11th edition of the Free From Food Expo will take place on 21-22 November 2023 in RAI Amsterdam. This yearly European event promises to be the most focused, dynamic, and exciting Free From Food edition yet! This trendy retail & food service trade fair is leading in providing insight into the most important food lifestyle trends as well as what will be on the shelves five years from now. During Free From Amsterdam 2023 hundreds of international manufacturers and brands within the food & beverage industry will present their newest product innovations. Relevant products that are ready to be placed on the supermarket and foodservice shelves, as well as on the menus within the catering & hospitality industry.

Throughout the Free From Expo & Conference Amsterdam 2023 thousands of food professionals will visit more than three hundred exhibitors within two days. Additionally, more than sixty international and local keynote speakers will answer questions such as: What does the consumer want? What products connect to this and which parties can make these products? The trade show provides speed and efficiency in developing the right products and a shelf fill that actually meets the demand of the increasingly conscious consumer.

November 28-30 Fi Europe 🇩🇪

Discover innovative products and solutions from 1000+ exhibitors, and hear firsthand from them at the Exhibitor Showcases. Stay updated on the latest industry trends through the comprehensive agenda of live and on-demand content sessions from global experts, and build relationships by networking with current and prospective business partners, thought leaders, and industry peers.

December

November 30-December 1 Plant-based World Europe 🇬🇧

Plant-Based World Expo is the must-attend, 100% plant-based event designed exclusively for food service and retail professionals, distributors, investors, and manufacturers. At this event, it can discover innovative plant-based products, hear from industry leaders and pioneers, and connect with the right people from the trade including retailers, caterers, investors, buyers, and distributors. Plus, you’ll be the first to sample mouth-watering plant-based food from ground-breaking international companies.

 

We will be regularly updating this article with foodtech events in 2023 as they come along!

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ICEX Webinar – How is the Alternative Protein sector being disrupted in Spain?

Webinar by ICEX Spain Trade & Investment, with the global network of Economic & Commercial Offices of Spain

The innovative and accelerated era we are living in has challenged the food industry to evolve the way it has been operating up until now. Consumers’ interest in alternative protein is increasing globally. In order to take advantage of this opportunity, food industry players must understand the evolving market dynamics and place their bets on innovation.

Spain’s alternative protein industry has grown exponentially in the last few years, demonstrating both the potential of this new market and the challenges that need to be faced by this industry in the upcoming years. As of today, Spain has one of the most prolific ecosystems for foodtech entrepreneurship. The Spanish alternative protein companies saw investment figures rocket by 5,527% in 2021, raising 26 million euros, up from just 0,49 million euros in 2020.

New players in the ecosystem, including big companies, technology centers, and disruptive startups, have contributed to the growth of the plant-based market. Aside from plant-based solutions, fermentation, bioprinting, and cell cultivation technologies are capturing investors’ attention more and more, having a huge potential for innovation, and claiming a much larger share of investment than ever before.

Webinar ICEX

ICEX Spain Trade & Investment, together with the global network of Economic & Commercial Offices of Spain, will host a webinar on June 30, 2022 featuring five Spanish startups and one of the leading technological centers that are disrupting the food industry by using the most innovative technologies to create the foods of the future, in the most sustainable way.

This initiative seeks to strengthen the network of the Spanish foodtech industry, to showcase its successes and interesting projects, and to enhance collaboration.

To make sure you don’t miss out on this opportunity, ICEX is offering you two time slots options that may suit your schedule. 

Register for free in the 9AM CET slot here, and in the 6PM CET slot here.

Guest Speakers at the International Roundtable:

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Food 4 Future – Foodtech World Summit in Bilbao

Food 4 Future

Food 4 Future– Expo FoodTech (#F4F2022) the international reference forum where food and beverage industry professionals learn about the latest trends, solutions, and technologies to optimize and innovate throughout the value chain, will take place from May 17 to 19 in Bilbao. 

This year, Food 4 Future celebrates its second edition which is expected to attract more than 7,000 congress participants and 253 exhibiting brands. A meeting point for innovation managers, IT managers, marketing managers, and CEOS of the food industry, emphasizes the major challenges of the industry: sustainability, food safety, and the digitization and automation of industrial production processes. 

Food 4 Future encourages the transfer of knowledge and experience among international professionals and experts, including renowned scientists and researchers, startups that are redesigning the food industry, top chefs, and representatives of the public administration. Food 4 Future, organized by NEBEXT and AZTI, has the support of the Basque Government, the City Council of Bilbao, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, the BASQUE TRADE, ICEX, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Spain; and the associations and collaborators that are leaders in this industry as HAZI, NEIKER, ELIKA, EIT Food, ILSI Europe, Food for Life, SPRI, Eatable Adventures, SanTelmo Business School or IASP (international association of science parks and innovation areas). 

Agenda

The congress will feature more than 70 sessions and vertical forums for each sector of the agri-food industry, which will focus the debate on the major challenges facing the industry, with special emphasis on the application of automation and robotics, the transition to the new Industry 4.0, and content related to sustainable and healthy food.

As strategic partners in this event, we would like to highlight that Eatable Adventures’ Ecosystem Manager & Innovation Consultant Paula Álvarez Ameijeiras will moderate a round table where leaders in the industry such as Anthony Finbow, CEO of Eagle Genomics, Charis Galanakis, R&I Director of Galanakis Laboratories & Mathew Gorton from New Castle Unversity will be discussing “R&I for sustainable and healthy food systems” on May 17th at 12.00h. 

Furthermore, Eatable Adventures’ ​​Managing Partner & Co-Founder Mila Valcárcel will be speaking in a session about “Building a strong global foodtech ecosystem from Spain” on May 18th at 12.45h. 

For more details about the Agenda of Food 4 Future Summit visit their webpage.

 

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Spain as a global benchmark in FoodTech during the I InnoDays Madrid

Singapore, Israel, and Madrid? FoodTech is gaining momentum in the city trying to become a global reference. Public administrations and private agents have aligned their interests to position the region in one of the sectors of the future. These intentions were evident during the first thematic session of the Innodays, a series of sectoral meetings to promote entrepreneurship in the field of innovation organized by the Madrid City Council, the Community of Madrid, and the Madrid Innovation Driven Ecosystem (MIDE).

Spain as a FoodTech Nation

Among all the guests at the first InnoDays, Eatable Adventures’ Managing Partner, Mila Valcárcel, brought up a relevant topic: the geopolitical changes (and the consequent scarcity of food or raw materials) that will act as accelerators of changes in the agri-food value chain with the incorporation of new technologies.

These changeovers are led by technologies such as robotics, fermentation, bioprinting, artificial intelligence, IoT, new ingredients, cellular technology, or innovations in packaging. “We like to talk about Spain as a FoodTech Nation, a country that is much more than gastronomy and a world power in the agri-food field,” Valcárcel detailed. In fact, 10% of the national GDP depends on these sectors.

 

Startups, the main drivers of the industry

More than 30,000 companies are engaged in agri-food in Spain. “The great challenge for the industry is digitization, technology must reach the whole system. We also need more innovative and sustainable value chains, as is the case in other sectors”. Despite everything, the Spanish FoodTech and AgroTech environments have gained dynamism at full speed, as evidenced by the 700 million in investment attracted by agri-food last year, almost triple compared to 2020.

In this ecosystem, startups are clearly in focus, they are companies that are developing and generating interesting movements at different levels. As for Madrid, there are 407 startups operating in the region, representing 25.29 % of the national total. “They are companies that touch the entire value chain, from production to logistics. Madrid can be the Silicon Valley of food, the key is to work together to achieve it,” assured Mila Valcárcel.

 

Madrid, the Silicon Valley of food

Madrid should have a global ambition regarding its positioning on the FoodTech board. “We should take advantage to change what doesn’t work. For example, technology transfer is fundamental but very complex in Spain. We must mix technology and science to generate ambitious startups capable of solving global challenges.”

At a time when supply chains are breaking down and food autarky is on the rise, Spain has scientific teams, first-rate facilities, and a testing ground, such as Madrid Food Innovation Hub, where everything can be tested. “Let’s develop technology, intellectual property, and a solid business model around food,” said Valcárcel.

 

Educating the consumer

Meanwhile, we need to educate consumers so that they are aware of and able to exploit the disruption.  “For starters, FoodTech will allow us to make food accessible to everyone. This doesn’t mean we’re going to stop having traditional livestock or crops. It means there will be many other ways of doing things in the face of a world population that is growing and demanding functional foods, proteins…”

“It is important to work with the citizen on issues of perception and valuation. Countries like Singapore do a great job of dissemination. In this way, the consumer understands that there is nothing wrong with consuming laboratory meat or lettuce harvested in a vertical garden”.

During its first day, InnoDays aimed to highlight the needs of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and generate synergies between it. Watch the recorded session here.

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Unmissable Foodtech Events in 2022

Get your calendars ready for all the exciting foodtech events in 2022!

2021 proved the industry’s resilience when faced with a global pandemic by quickly shifting years of dynamic face-to-face events to an online format in a matter of months. Thankfully, we are slowly getting back to a pre-covid world and foodtech events all over the globe will mostly offer a hybrid in-person and online experience.

January

January 18-20
Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit

This is the only industry-led event designed to scale-up production platforms to commercialize clean-label, animal-free, and regulatory-approved alternative meat, dairy, eggs, and functional protein ingredients. The in-person event will explore key challenges and opportunities in the successful commercialization of fermentation-enabled alternative proteins for human consumption.

March

March 8-10
The Future of Protein Production Summit

The Future of Protein Production Summit is an event targeting companies involved in making the global food system more sustainable. Over 1000 attendees are expected to converge online for the three-day virtual conference, which will showcase the latest research and trends to help develop sustainable production technologies and exploration of highly sustainable processes and solutions to help make the global food system more sustainable, kind, and fair for the planet, people, and animals.

Use our exclusive code FPPEAA20 to save 20% off your ticket. 

March 22-23
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

The event will take place in San Francisco and will gather 1,300+ global agri-food corporates, investors, and technology start-ups from around the world to uncover the most exciting innovations in the agri-food sector and to forge the right partnerships to take those solutions to market.

March 24-25
Future Food-tech San Francisco

The Future Food-Tech Summit has become the annual meeting place for the global food-tech ecosystem. Food brands, active investors, start-ups, and technology leaders come together to exchange insights, be inspired, and identify future partners.

You will be able to join in-person or online as it is a hybrid summit. This allows you to meet and collaborate on the same platform, opening up the summit to a bigger global network than ever before.

Use our exclusive code EA10 to save 10% off a delegate pass.

April

April 4-7
 Alimentaria

Alimentaria is an international event of reference that takes place in Barcelona, Spain, for all professionals in the food, beverage, and foodservice industry that allows the attendees to be up-to-date with the latest food industry trends, promoting internationalization, innovation, gastronomy, and sector specialization.

April 27-29
 Anuga Foodtec 

As the leading global trade fair, Anuga FoodTec, taking place in Cologne or online, is the most important source of impetus for the international food and beverage industry. As the world’s only supplier fair, it covers all aspects of food production. Here, the industry presents its latest innovations and technological visions – from process technology to filling and packaging technology to food safety, from packaging materials to digitalization and intralogistics. And beyond that, there’s plenty more to discover.

May

May 4-5
Rethinking Materials 2022

Join a world-class gathering of visionary CPG Brands, Retailers, Producers, Converters, Regulators, Innovators, and Investors focused on scaling bio-based and circular solutions in plastics & packaging. Whether in-person in London or online anywhere in the world, all delegates will be able to meet and collaborate on the same platform.

Use our exclusive code EatableAdventures10 to get 10% off your ticket. 

May 10-12
Bridge2Food Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Summit Americas

Bridge2Food brings together key leaders from all along the value chain who are working to drive transformation. Join the three-day event to learn the latest innovations and research, find solutions and strategies, grow your network, and discover where the plant-based sector is heading next.

May 12-13
FoodHack Summit 2022

A 2-day event in Lausanne bringing together the world’s best and brightest food tech founders, leaders, and innovators. You will network with the best and brightest minds in FoodTech, discover upcoming startups and taste the latest industry innovations.

Use our exclusive code EATABLE-15 for a 15% discount on all ticket types.

May 16-17
New Food Forum

The New Food Forum at Frankfurt, is a bite-sized item on the program of the newly established IFFA Factory area, providing insights into the developments in the alternative-protein sector at IFFA, the world’s leading trade fair for the meat industry.

May 17-19
Food4Future

Food 4 Future, in Bilbao, is the place to be for any professional in the food industry and its value chain, where you can acquire the latest and most promising food technology applications, robotics and automation, data technology or processing techniques. The event aims to be the platform to discover the latest innovations and trends that are driving the transformation of the food industry.

May 18-19
F&A Next

F&A Next is about thought leadership and connecting promising start-ups and scale-ups, dedicated to food & agtech investors and innovative corporates. Expect top executives and opinion leaders to discuss the impact of innovation in the agrifood industry and consumer behavior. Plus, selected startups will be presented as the Next Heroes in Food- & AgTech.

 

June

June 1-2
Sweden Foodtech BigMeet

Expect five days of bold ideas, stunning demos, and insightful comments galore! You will meet key actors in the private sector, government, and grassroots initiatives.

Use our discount code BIGMEET20 for a 20% discount on your ticket.

June 13-14
Food Innovate Milan

Join a global network of food innovators and discover how to distinguish your product in a saturated market, achieve a cleaner label without sacrificing taste or tradition, discover and define the latest trends in consumer behavior and buying patterns across the world, enhance product formulation with some of the most innovative and exciting ingredients, plan your product life-cycle journey with break-through technologies, and much more!

Use our discount code EA895 for more than 50% off your ticket. 
This code will need to be inserted on the third page of the booking form, where it says ‘Enter promotional code’.

June 20-22
Bridge2Food Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Summit Europe

Bridge2Food brings together key leaders from all along the value chain who are working to drive transformation. Join the three-day event to learn the latest innovations and research, find solutions and strategies, grow your network, and discover where the plant-based sector is heading next.

June 21-22
 Future Foodtech Alternative Proteins

Future Foodtech Alternative Proteins will take place in New York, connecting global food leaders to map out the future of protein. They will be focusing on three key pillars: plant-based, cell-based, and microbial fermentation. You should expect different discussions that will explore all facets of alternative proteins, providing a comprehensive overview of key players, markets, and solutions, handling topics from ingredient discovery and product formulation to regulation, communication, and commercialization

June 28-29
 World Agritech Latam

World Agri-Tech Latam will connect international agri-food leaders to advance financial and environmental sustainability across the value chain. Join this event in São Paulo!

September

August 30 – September 1
Industrializing Cultivated Meats & Seafood Summit

Industrializing Cultivated Meats & Seafood will host the industry leaders from Food Techs, Investors, Multinational Consumer Packaged Goods, and Food Brands and Manufacturers, to focus on preparing for Cultivated Meat & Seafood Commercialization.

If you are creating a new cultivated meat or seafood product, looking to scale-up your current process to the industrial level, waiting on regulatory approval to go to market, or wishing to build new partnerships to optimize your processes, this is the go-to forum to attend in person in 2022.

September 16-19
Edible Planet Ventures

The Edible Planet Ventures Summit in Italy brings industry leaders and activists together alongside visionaries and change-makers, to set the table for a radically different food system.

Coming from all corners of the globe and all points in the food chain, our participants are a symbol of the progress that can be achieved through collaboration and innovation.

September 20-21
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit London

World Agri-Tech will bring together leading agribusinesses, co-operatives, CPG brands, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers to accelerate the transition to sustainable and resilient agri-food systems.

Two days of full in-person sessions and networking including panel debates, roundtables, fireside chats, start-up pitching and 1-1 meetings.

Use code EAFRIEND to get an extra 10% off ticket price.

September 22-23
Future Food-Tech London

Join 500+ C-Suite food brand executives, investors, and entrepreneurs from around the globe working together to scale solutions in health, nutrition, and alternative proteins. The next Future Food-Tech event will be in London!

Use our codeEA10 to get an extra 10% off ticket price.

September 27-29
VertiFarm

VertiFarm is making its début as the first and only dedicated trade show for Vertical Farming & New Food Systems. Starting in 2022, Messe Dortmund is filling this gap, bringing together knowledge, technology, R&D and networking opportunities at the heart of the Ruhr, one of Germany’s key logistics hubs.

Secure one of the exclusive 250 tickets for the Summit now, with free access to the exhibition and complimentary catering. Help shape the future of Vertical Farming and New Food Systems!

September 29-30
New Food Conference

The New Food Conference is a unique, industry-oriented event that aims to accelerate and empower these innovative food technologies by bringing together key stakeholders.  The New Food Conference team is excited to welcome leading pioneers in the alternative-protein realm to Berlin – on-site and in-person – with a program packed with insights, an exhibition space, a startup area, food tastings, and loads of networking opportunities.

October

October 3-8
Festival dell’Innovatzione Agroalimentare

The Festival is a 6 day online event created by FoodHub Magazine to share the latest innovations in Italian agrifood stakeholders.

It is the origin point of the MOVEMENT that brings together professionals from scientific research and industry to innovate in the agri-food sector.

At Food Hub, they care about the agri-food sector. As a benefit company, they are committed to making the latest innovations in the agri-food sector accessible to the market, believing in the sector, and investing in the professional growth of all agri-food stakeholders. For these reasons you can participate in the Festival for free.

October 4-5
NutrEvent

NutrEvent is the leading European business convention dedicated to innovation in Food, Feed, Nutrition and Health gathering 650 actors from research to market, with the objective to promote today’s products, process and services and identify tomorrow’s innovations.

The event will be hybrid, you can attend in person on October 4-5 (Nantes, France), or you can connect to the 100% online event on October 11.

October 17
Boosting alternative protein in Spain

The first FoodHack meetup in Madrid with prominent guests from the new protein sector: Heura, Pink Albatross, Innomy, Zyrcular Foods.

This is a great business opportunity. People, consumers are increasingly aware of the impact of their food, both in terms of the environment and in terms of health, so they are increasingly demanding food according to their concerns and lifestyles.

Those attending the first FoodHack Meetup in Madrid will have the opportunity to hear stories of successful entrepreneurs working on the future of food from Spain.

The event is free but registration is required.

October 26-28
Asia Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit

In its fourth year, the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit will bring together the world’s leading agribusinesses, growers, CPG and ingredient brands, entrepreneurs, investors, retailers, and policymakers to share ideas and collaborate towards greater security and sustainability in Asia’s agri-food system.

Save 10% with our partner code EAT10

November

November 1-4
 Web Summit

At a time of great uncertainty for many industries and, indeed, the world itself, this event gathers the founders and CEOs of technology companies, fast-growing startups, policymakers, and heads of state to ask a simple question: Where to next?
This year will be held in Lisbon, make sure you don’t miss it!

November 7
FoodTechIL

FoodTechIL is the main event of the Israeli FoodTech ecosystem.

After long anticipation, FoodTech IL 2022 will bring the entire community – entrepreneurs, investors, food industry leaders, government officials, researchers and service providers, together under one roof.

November 8
Agrivest

With its 10th anniversary, AgriVest is proud to keep the pulse of the agtech ecosystem in Israel! Bringing together hundreds of investors and multinational corporations with the most cutting-edge innovations in the agtech field.

AgriVest provides an array of opportunities for knowledge sharing, networking, exploring collaboration opportunities, and countless interactions on the frontier of innovative technologies, making it a must-attend event for the ecosystem.

Use our promo code AGRIVESTMEDIAEA10 to get a 10% discount.

November 28-30
Bridge2Food Plant-Based Foods & Proteins Summit Asia

Bridge2Food brings together key leaders from all along the value chain who are working to drive transformation. Join the three-day event to learn the latest innovations and research, find solutions and strategies, grow your network, and discover where the plant-based sector is heading next.

November 30- December 1
 Plant-Based World Conference

This is the only 100% plant-based event for trade professionals – retailers, food service, hospitality, distributors, manufacturers, and investors. Network with professionals who have successfully embarked on both personal and professional plant-based journeys, many of whom have created some of the world’s most revolutionary plant-based products and foods. Share experiences, learn from peers, and immerse yourself in a truly collaborative industry. 

December

December 6-8
Fi Europe

Discover innovative products and solutions from 1000+ exhibitors, and hear firsthand from them at the Exhibitor Showcases. Stay updated on the latest industry trends through the comprehensive agenda of live and on-demand content sessions from global experts, and build relationships by networking with current and prospective business partners, thought leaders, and industry peers.

We will be regularly updating this article with foodtech events in 2022 as they come along! Make sure you don’t miss any of them!

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