2024 Programme

14 October

Hilton La Lama

	Room Piacentini	Room Scarpa	Room Moretti	Room Libera
10:00 - 12:00	Italian Journalism Award
13:00 - 15:00		Financial innovations needed to scale up climate-smart & regenerative agriculture		Reducing food loss and waste
15:30 - 17:30		The Power of Protein Diversification for Future-Fit Farming	Driving Consumer Demand for Regenerative Agriculture Products	Knowledge and Technology valorisation: Turning research into sustainable food innovations - EIT Food
16:30 - 18:30	Talks With Flavour: Let’s Taco ‘Bout Innovation in Food Waste!

15 October

Next Bite 2024 | Signature event

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	Healthier Lives Through Food	Net Zero Food System	Fair and Resilient Food System	AgriFoodTech Ventures	Marketplace
08:00 - 09:00	Registration opens
09:15 - 10:00	Plenary Session: Event opening by Richard Zaltzman, EIT Food CEO and Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, EIT Food Chief Partnership Officer.
10:00 - 10:35	Plenary Session: Keynote | Reniera O'Donnell: The big food redesign
10:45 - 11:00				AgriFoodTech Ventures Opening and Welcome by Benoit Buntinx, EIT Food Director of Business Creation
10:45 - 11:35	Spark and do: Thought provoking impulses and action orientated debates | One Health	From waste to resource: Pioneering circular economy in agrifood	Navigating towards a competitive future in food systems
11:00 - 11:20				State of play in AgriFoodTech by EIT Food
11:20 - 11:40				Tangible success: Startup pitches and learnings
11:35 - 11:50					The role of water in transforming food systems
11:40 - 12:25		Spark and do: Thought provoking impulses and action orientated debates | Tackling GHG emissions		What will the Next Bite be? How startups are making our foods healthier with cleaner labels
11:50 - 12:05					Regeneration hub
12:05 - 12:25					Young professionals platform
12:25 - 13:15	Microbiome magic: Transforming food systems for a sustainable future		Spark and do: Thought provoking impulses and action orientated debates | Data and digitalisation		Career connections: bridging future employers and employees
12:30 - 13:15				Startup-corporate roundtables: Connect on groundbreaking topics and meet the people changing the game
13:15 - 14:30	Lunch break and matchmaking time
14:00 - 14:10					FoodSEqual
14:10 - 14:20					EFSA Support for SMEs: Navigating the EU Market Authorisation
14:45 - 15:35	Empowering healthy ageing through food and nutrition	BioRevolution: Turning waste into wealth in European fish and aquaculture	Protein diversification: A must for European food security and competitiveness	The role of startups in the creation of a future-fit agriculture system
15:35 - 16:15				Beyond Plastics: Startups advancing sustainable packaging in the circular economy era
15:45 - 16:30	Plenary Session: Closing Day 1 Keynote by Tony Hunter, Food Futurist Speaker Reimagining the global food system
16:30 - 17:30				Reception presented by Mondelēz International’s SnackFutures Ventures

16 October

Next Bite 2024 | Signature event

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	Healthier Lives Through Food	Net Zero Food System	Fair and Resilient Food System	AgriFoodTech Ventures	Marketplace
08:00 - 09:00	Registration opens
09:15 - 9:30	Plenary Session: Opening | Unlocking Innovation in Southern Europe Begoña Pérez-Villarreal, EIT Food South Director.
09:30 - 10:00	Plenary Session: World Food Day - Keynote | Redefining leadership in the food system: Integrating tradition, creativity and innovation, Sara Roversi, Future Food Institute and Paideia Campus President.
10:00 - 10:45				Disrupting the food chain: How startups, investors and corporates view AI and robotics in food production and distribution
10:10 - 10:40	Unwrapped: Consumer trust in the food system	Unwrapped: Consumer perceptions of regenerative agriculture	Unwrapped: Consumer perceptions of cultivated meat and precision fermentation
10:40 - 11:30		Sowing sustainability: Unveiling regenerative agriculture's impact on soil function and health	Serving sustainability and health: Food-service professionals spearheading just and tasty transitions
10:40 - 10:50					Food effluents as novel source of nanovesicles for a wide range of applications | IMDEA Food Institute
10:50 - 11:00					Startup-farmer collaboration: A perfect match or two worlds apart?
11:10 - 11:20					Fostering European cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions (FEASTS) Project
11:20 - 11:30					Root to rise: The EIT Food Alumni
10:45 - 11:15				Navigating the startup funding landscape in 2024 and beyond: Is the bottom in?
11:15 - 12:15				Startup pitch carrousel: Find your next investment here!
11:30 - 12:20	Navigating the noise: Empowering the critical consumer	Composting a polarised agenda on proteins: From animal husbandry to protein diversification	Setting the table: Standardising food impact data
12:15 - 12:30				The EIT FAN Tech Validation winners & Corporate-Startup Collaboration Awards
12:30 - 13:00	Plenary Session: Keynote | Tim Spector, Professor of Genetics and Author Fireside Chat | Unlocking Personalised Health Insights: How the Zoe App is Revolutionising Nutrition and Wellness
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch break and matchmaking time
13.30 - 14.45					The future of the food system: a focus on capabilities
14:30 - 15:20	Cultivating change: Transforming Europe's agrifood industry	Greening the bottom line: Mobilising finance for regenerative agriculture	Biotechnologies: Shaping the future of food in Europe
15:20 - 16:00	Personalised nutrition and AI		Measuring and influencing policy acceptance
16:00 - 16:30	Next Bite Closing Ceremony | Final Taste by Richard Zaltzman, EIT Food CEO.
16:30	Closing Cocktail | Next Bite Farewell: A Toast to Tomorrow
18:30	Intergenerational networking in collaboration with FAO at Orto Botanico