AgriFood Forum’24

AgriFood Forum 2024, now in its sixth edition, will focus on the theme “FIELD OF THE FUTURE: Rethinking AgriFood for Resilience and Sustainability,” with a deeper exploration of “AI and Innovation for the Sustainable AgriFood Sector: Building Resilient and Competitive Regional Ecosystems through Business Collaboration.” The event strongly aligns with Ursula von der Leyen's 2024-2029 priorities and the EU’s goals of fostering sustainability, driving digital transformation, and enhancing Europe’s global competitiveness.

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The forum aims to explore how cutting-edge technologies and innovations, including artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, IoT, digital tools, and new business models, can reshape the agrifood sector to tackle pressing challenges like climate change, food security, and resource management. By embracing both digital and non-digital innovations, the event will demonstrate how advanced technologies and innovative approaches can make agrifood more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

In addition, the event will foster business-to-business (B2B) collaboration, creating opportunities for agrifood businesses, tech innovators, financial institutions, and policymakers to develop resilient and sustainable food systems. The forum will act as a hub for exchanging insights, facilitating partnerships, and sharing success stories from start-ups and new innovation ecosystems in agrifood development.

This year we will focus on these key features:

🌿 AI-Powered Smart Farming and Food Processing:

🌿 Circular Economy and Sustainable AgriFood Value Chains.

🌿 B2B Networking and Cross-Sectoral Collaboration:

🌿 Inclusive Innovation and Capacity Building.

🌿 Empowering Women in Agriculture and Food Sector.

🌿 Policy Development for AgriFood Innovation.

🌿 Building Resilient and Competitive AgriFood Systems

The final agenda of the event will be soon available here. Some of the most remarkable participants include:

●       Marja-Liisa Meurice, Director of EIT Food CLC North-East

●       Christian Holzleitner, Head of Unit for Land Economy and Carbon Removals, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission

●       Vidmantas Janulevičius, President of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists

●       Andrius Pranckevičius, Deputy Chairman at Linas Agro Group, CEO at AB Kauno Grūdai, Chairman at PF Kekava

●       Prof. Astrida Miceikienė, Chancellor of Agriculture Academy Vytautas Magnus University

●       Jekaterina Kalinienė, Innovation Agency Head of Biotech Lab

●       Donatas Dailidė, CEO at Dojus Group

●       Kristina Šermukšnytė-Alešiūnienė, CEO of AgriFood Lithuania DIH, Vice-president of European Clusters Alliance

●       Jelena Ramanauskienė, Administrative Director of Kauno grūdai

●       Gediminas Kvietkauskas, CEO at East West Agro

●       Assoc. Prof. Eglė Vaičiūkynaitė, Associate Professor Trainee, Faculty of Economics and Business, KTU

●       Augustas Alešiūnas, AgTech Business Angel & Owner of ART21