EIT FOODIMPROVING FOOD TOGETHER

EIT Food is Europe’s leading food innovation initiative, working to make the food system more sustainable, healthy and trusted.

The initiative is made up of a consortium of key industry players, startups, research centres and universities from across Europe. It is one of eight Innovation Communities established by the European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.

EIT Food aims to collaborate closely with consumers to develop new knowledge and technology-based products and services that will ultimately deliver a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle for all European citizens.

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FOOD FUN&FAN Startups for the Future of Food #FoodFUNnFAN

Food FUN&FAN is the annual event for startups that will help you see an opportunity in every challenge. This event will give you the tips and tricks to become the best agrifood startup and will empower you to change the world for the better!

You can expect good training, connections and useful knowledge to help startups transform our food system; making it healthier, more sustainable and more trusted. It is high time to disrupt the agrifood world and solve social and environmental problems related to agriculture and food!

Startups for the Future of Food #FoodFUNnFAN

Sala Norte Access E

Between gates 11-12

FoodFun&Fan

October 3rdSan Mamés stadium

Bilbao

EKONOMIAREN GARAPENETA AZPIEGITURA SAILA

DEPARTAMENTO DE DESARROLLOECONÓMICO E INFRAESTRUCTURAS

With the support of

ALFONS CornellaFounder at Institute of Next

ORIOL ReullCountry Manager at Too Good To Go

BAIBA SoikaFounder & CEO at Vegshelf

TOM FarrandFounding Partner, Human Energy Co and Co-founder at Swarm and Good for Nothing

ANDRÉS CasalCo-CEO at Wetaca

SARA GonçalvesCOO & Co-founder at Trigger.Systems

BENOÎT BuntinxEIT Food Director of Business Creation

ERICH SieberCo-Founder and Managing Director at Peakbridge Partners

JOSEPH GridleyRIS BusinessDevelopment Manager at EIT Food

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THE FUN

11.00 Coffee & Registration

11.15 Welcome Begoña Pérez Villarreal EIT Food South Director Bittor Oroz Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy in Eusko Jaurlaritza - Basque Government

11:30 Why and how EIT Food supports start-ups Benoît Buntinx EIT Food Director of Business Creation

11.40 Rethinking food and the development of future food systems Alfons Cornella Founder at Institute of Next

The food industry offers great opportunities for innovation in products derived from science, in production and distribution technologies, in business models, and will be a great global investment attractor. There is a growing interest in the valorization of the local product. Citizens will be more aware of the cost of feeding. New sources of protein will be explored, as well as the development of superfoods. It will be essential to improve water productivity. Investment in exploitable land in the medium and long term becomes a new objective of some corporations and governments.

12.30 Will innovation alone transform the food system? Joseph Gridley RIS Business Development Manager at EIT Food

The problems facing our food system have been well-documented for decades and the solutions for them have also been around for a long time. So do we really need new ideas or a commitment to implement what works at scale? To answer that question, we are joined by a fascinating panel of food experts from both sides of the argument:

Andrés Casal Co-CEO at Wetaca

Baiba Soika Founder & CEO at Vegshelf

Erich Sieber Co-Founder and Managing Director at Peakbridge Partners

Oriol Reull Country Manager at Too Good To Go

Sara Gonçalves COO & Co-founder at Trigger.Systems

13.30 Networking Lunch

14.30 System Changers Session Tom Farrand Founding Partner, Human Energy Co and Co-founder at Swarm and Good for Nothing

A 'collaborative experiment' to understand from the collective intelligence of the group where the current gaps are to best support food innovators and entrepreneurs. With actors working across the food system ranging from entrepreneurs to universities, from students to corporates, we will be working individually and together to both map and visualise the challenges and opportunities to build a new food system across Europe.

15.30 Networking café

15.45 Innovation Prizes Pitching Start ups

Cedrion Refrigeration devices for high performance on board electronics

Digitanimal Internet of Things solutions for livestock farming

Green Killer WeedsAlternatives to herbicides and pesticides100% Ecofriendly and 100% Bio

Groots Sustainable, urban, vertical farming

Kowat Research and development of robotic mechanisms and devices based on nature.

Nice to Eat You Mobile app dedicated to reduce food waste coming from groceries/restaurants

Polyfly S Innovative natural pollination solutions based on Hoverflies

Recircular Net Businesses connection for wast valorization as raw materials

Savia Atmospheric Fountains & RiversA startup making water from the air

SonicatAdvanced solutions based on High Power Ultrasounds for food processing

XTREMExtremophile bacteria as an agriculture input to increase yield sustainably

Jury

Benoît BuntinxEIT Food Director of Business Creation

Castor GonzálezInvestment Manager at Demeter

Erich SieberCo-Founder and Managing Director at Peakbridge Partners

Leire BarañanoGeneral Manager at NEIKER-Tecnalia

Luca CocolinFood microbiology professor at University of Torino

Rogelio PozoCEO at AZTI

17.30 Awards Ceremony & Cocktail