University of Cambridge
Profile
A world-leading University whose mission is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence.
Competences & Capabilities
- World-class research expertise across the whole food value chain from farm to fork;
- Collaboration with colleagues worldwide; including large-scale partnerships with Europe, Asia, Africa and America.
- Engagement with peer institutions, governments, NGOs and policy-makers to translate research into global benefit;
- Promotes the interface between academia and business, with a global reputation for innovation;
- At the heart of one of the world’s largest technology clusters - the ‘Cambridge Phenomenon’ has created 1,500 hi-tech companies.
Greenwich House, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0TX, The United Kingdom
Contact
Queralt Gonzalez-Matos, EIT KIC Programme Manager
KICFOOD@admin.cam.ac.uk
Partner in the following EIT Food projects
MAKE-IT! An infrastructure to hack simpler and smarter food value chains 2020
This project aims to develop these through: Using existing information and industrial challenges to inform the hackathons around specific food industry chains
MAKEit
Creating a smarter and simpler food value chain across Europe requires an infrastructure and capacity to stimulate and support innovation and entrepreneurship that needs to be developed
Future Food Ventures: Creating sustainable value propositions
Are you an aspiring or current entrepreneur? Are you passionate about improving the food sector and building a future that is truly sustainable? The Future Food Ventures programme, commencing 14th July, will provide a dynamic and supportive environment for you to explore your purpose, develop your entrepreneurial mindset and learn how you can transform your ideas into a business that can create real-life positive value
ALGAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020 – TECHNIQUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SUSTAINABLE BIOECONOMY
REGISTRATION CLOSED, we are now full The aim of this 2020 online professional development course is to provide introductory training and theory in algal biology, culturing, growth and biotechnology under laboratory and small scale pilot facilities
The FutureKitchen Virtual Reality and EatingHealthy Video Infotainment Series 2020
The FutureKitchen infotainment series, launched on
EIT Food Venturing School
During seven days participants will be informed about marine innovation, food and graphic design, human nutrition in food systems as well as food and digital disruptions
Professional Development Framework
This activity will roll out the framework developed in 2019, and establish the certification basis for the food sector
Favuleux: Developing Fava bean as a sustainable source of high quality protein for food, through optimized genetics, farming & processing
Fava bean is a grain legume which is welladapted to Northern Europe, and is relatively cheap to grow
Venture creation as part of food related trade and scientific events
The participants will learn the art of creation by building and testing their own strategy instead of listening to theory as well as having the opportunity to find others to launch a start up with
MIDSA - MIcroencapsulated Diets for Sustainable Aquaculture
However, bivalve industry growth is falling behind fish aquaculture due to critical defects in the production process
Food tech transitions: reconnecting agrifood, technology, and society
Funded in collaboration with EIT Food, the Summer School is the outcome of the partnership between both academic and industrial partners: Universität Hohenheim, Queens' University Belfast and Cambridge University, together with Energy Pulse Systems and Puratos
WE Lead Food
The WE Lead Food Programme is designed to equip you with the tools to make that difference and achieve results
GLAD - Green Last Mile Delivery: a more sustainable way for food home delivery tailored to consumer needs
The objective of the GLAD activity (Green last mile delivery) is to develop both a strategy and a platform that helps making the last mile in food e-commerce at the same time sustainable and adapted to consumer needs while taking into account the economic reality
Food Innovation Lab - EIT Summer School 2019
The “Food Innovation Lab” aims at guiding interdisciplinary teams of students and young professionals through an innovation process – from identifying challenges, developing consumer-centric solutions to prototyping in the laboratory and business model development
Inspire
Inspire Programme will raise awareness on global food challenges, educate in latest & greatest innovations in Food & Agriculture and will raise the entrepreneurial capacity of participants and business creation skills
Improving Food Production with Agricultural Technology and Plant Biotechnology
The course focuses on: Plant biotechnology; Agricultural technology; and Food science;
The #AnnualFoodAgenda
It encompasses a series of interactive events, which provide a space to explore food topics with large numbers of people across Europe
EIT Food Summer School 2018 on Digital Food Supply Chains
Programme description During the EIT Food Summer School, 40 students from many different study backgrounds and countries will come together to bring their ideas for a sustainable food supply chain to life
The development of organic supply chains that drive fair, transparent and healthy options for the consumer
On a global basis the amount of fraud occurring in the organic supply system is growing rapidly and issues are appearing on a weekly basis
Advancing careers in the food system
Professional development for a sustainable food system In a world of rapid environmental change, resource depletion, economic instability and social inequality, it is clear that a more sustainable future requires innovations on all levels of society and the economy
EIT Food Accelerator Network
The EIT Food Accelerator Network (EIT FAN) connects impactful agrifood startups with industry-leading corporate and research partners to pilot their technology and drive the ultimate goal: a successful market adoption