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The Future of Food is now

28 Nov 2019 On 20 November 2019, EIT Food hosted its first EU conference in Brussels, bringing together policymakers and food innovation experts to brainstorm the future of food. The event was organised in partnership...

EIT JumpStarter Winners 2019

27 Nov 2019 The winners of EIT JumpStarter 2019 have been announced. Cross sectoral program for early-stage startups and idea holders, which this year was awarded the Best European Association Training Initiative title, had...

The corporate garage: a new way of working for successful startup and corporate partnerships

27 Nov 2019 It sounds relatively straight forward - big established corporates working harmoniously with smaller, newer startups in order to innovate the food system. The processes may be in place to enable...

Call for expressions of interest to become EIT Food Hubs in 2020 in Bulgaria and Serbia

25 Nov 2019 EIT Food is looking for two organisations that would assume the roles of EIT Food Hubs in Bulgaria and Serbia under EIT Regional Innovation Scheme.

First edition of Challenge Labs gathered over 30 participants

15 Nov 2019 The first RIS Challenge Labs workshop took place in Warsaw (Poland) on the last weekend of October.

Winners announced for EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme

13 Nov 2019 The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food has announced today the winners of its 2019 EIT Food Accelerator Network Programme: Orbem AI, uFraction8 and Trigger Systems. The finalists...