Case study
EIT Food’s Future of Food Conference 2022
16 June 2022 Brussels, Belgium
Key Speakers Included
Virginijus Sinkevičius
Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Commission
Jindřich Fialka
Deputy Minister for the Section of Food, Ministry of Agriculture, Czech Republic
Andy Zynga
Chief Executive Officer, EIT Food
Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva
Director for Innovation, Digital Education & International Cooperation, DG EAC, European Commission
Maciej Golubiewski
Head of Commissioner Wojciechowski's Cabinet, European Commission
Sean Westcott
Senior Vice President R&D Europe, PepsiCo
Kristin Schreiber
Director for Ecosystems I: Chemicals, Agrifood, Retail and Health, European Commission
Alessandra Moretti
Member, European Parliament and Member of Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Alan Belward
Director, Sustainable Resources, Joint Research Centre
Gaelle Le Gelard
Design Manager, Food, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Philippe Birker
COO and Co-Founder, Climate Farmers
Felix Leinemann
Head of Unit, Blue Economy Sectors, Aquaculture and Maritime Spatial Planning, European Commission
Dirk Jacobs
Director General, FoodDrinkEurope
Viktoria Soós
Founder of Climate Smart Elephant & EIT Food Youth Mission Working Group Lead
David Bassett
General Secretary, European Aquaculture Technology & Innovation Platform (EATiP)
Job titles correct at the time of the event
Event Summary
The fourth edition of EIT Food’s Future of Food Conference took place fully in-person for the first time this year, with the morning plenary sessions also streamed virtually. The event gathered over 300 participants from 32 countries, with another 80+ viewing the stream online.
In the lead-up to COP 27, this edition of the event was dedicated to exploring how agrifood innovation can enable and accelerate the decarbonisation of the EU’s food system. After an opening plenary session exploring this macro-issue, a selection of highly interactive breakout sessions and workshops took place focusing the discussion on specific aspects, such as the role of consumers and youth, climate smart agriculture, and sustainable aquaculture.
What we did
- Programme development
- Speaker identification, invitation, coordination, and assistance with comprehensive briefing documents
- Venue identification, coordination, and management
- Full on-site branding management, including stage set-up and room coordination
- Registration and attendee management on-site
- External contractor coordination and management - including stage team, AV team, photographer and videographer
- Coordination of hotel stays, as well as speaker and attendee travel arrangements
- Full technical support, including the running the online stream, and coordinating technical and AV assistance
- Social media and marketing support and provision. This included a full marketing plan, and weekly marketing emails to our database
- Provision and assistance with event videos for post-event use
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