NARO 1st International Symposium on Food and Health.
“Food Science to Market, from Local to Global”
Our project partners Vitagora (Bérengère Moindrot) and Foodvalley NL (Jeroen Wouters) will be participating in this international encounter together with other European, Japanese and USA Central entities from food-related private sector and academic research institutes that are conducting research from a global perspective.
Based on scientific evidence on food and health rooted in regions such as Asia, America, and Europe, we will discuss how to create a food industry and contribute internationally by increasing the value of food and expanding it to the global market.
The situation surrounding the agriculture and food industry is changing drastically. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerability of the food supply chain and reaffirmed the importance of food security. Achieving sustainable food production and supply is a global challenge, as we are facing the destabilization of agricultural and livestock production due to climate change, and the global food market is expected to grow along with the huge increase in the human population.
Global food value enhancement and market expansion focusing on nutrition and health is an initiative that contributes to the achievement of the SDGs by improving nutrition and achieving healthy longevity for people around the world and is also a business opportunity in the food-related industries.
The symposium will consist of a keynote session and three discipline-specific sessions. In each session, with the cooperation of globally leading companies, we will also plan a “pitch” to introduce unique initiatives and match research and market needs. The aims of each session are as follows:
- Keynote speech session: We will share case studies and international trends regarding the concept of “Food Science to Market” by providing topics, “Global trends and international initiatives on food and health”, “A group company’s challenges to resolve food and health issues”, “Development of functional foods through seamless research from basic to application, and future research on healthy foods ”, and “Food and Health: science alone is not enough! ”.
- Session I “Nutrition for Health”: In the international trend of food and health focusing on health promotion, we will introduce cutting-edge research aiming for “healthy longevity by diet” through innovation of nutrition management technologies such as research on food with functional claims and nutrition mechanisms.
- Session II “Crop Development for Abundance & Healthy Diet”: What kind of optimal solution can be derived by crop development using genome information, sensing and ICT for agricultural production in the 21st century, where uncertainty increases due to population growth and climate change? We will introduce the latest technologies and discuss what we can do now.
- Session III “Food Science to Global Business”: From the perspective of open innovation, we will share case studies and discuss global branding strategies on “Agri Food Tech” R&D such as international standardization and pursuit of deliciousness.
If you are interested, please register in advance, and join us.
This is what our experts will talk about:
?Vitagora (France) Ms. Bérengère Moindrot, International Development Manager
A results-driven strategy for supporting agri-food innovation
?FoodvalleyNL (the Netherlands) Dr. Jeroen Wouters, Lead Global Connections.
Shaping the future of food together
