Visions workshop on bioeconomy and innovation for a sustainable food chain #NORDICFOOD2024
The Nordic workshop on "Bio-economy - opportunities and innovation for a sustainable food chain in the Nordic region", is organised by New Nordic Food II and partners in Reykjavik 11.11.2014. The workshop will be attended by 12 participants from six Nordic countries.
The vision workshop will take place on the 11th of November in Reykjavik at Matís ltd. - Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D Company, between 9:00-12:00. The workshop is moderated by Hildur Palsdottir, (IS) Director of Innovation projekt Designers and Farmers. The key note speaker is Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir, research group leader at Matís’ Business Development Unit.
- Bio-economy means an economy which utilises the biological natural resources and turns them into food, energy, and other products and services. The Nordic Kitchen Manifesto promotes sustainable values - purity, freshness, simplicity and ethics in the food production, food chain and kitchen. In line with the Nordic Kitchen Manifesto we want to explore the way forward for use of bio-economy in innovation and co-operation for a more sustainable food chain in the Nordic Region. How can we use the bio-economy to create sustainable, local food economies? aks Bettina C. Lindfors, New Nordic Food II.
- One of the main ambitions of NordBio, a large bio-economy programme launched under the Icelandic chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers, is to promote innovative use of the biological resources in the region. One of the key focus areas is food product innovation with emphasis on creating value from underutilised resources and by-products. Here we can already show some results, says Sigrún Elsa Smáradóttir, Matis.
- The key questions in the workshop are: Can we identify bridges between bio-economy and innovation in the food chain in the Nordic Region? Can we identify common goals for innovation within a sustainable food chain in the Nordic Region? How can we use the potential of bio-economy to create sustainable, local food economies - which is the way forward?continues Lindfors.
In the afternoon the group will attend the international conference “Arctic Bio-economy – Focus on West-Nordic Countries” in Reykjavik at the Nordic House, between 13:00-17:00. Dr. Dr. Christian Patermann, will be leading the discussions. Patermann is a former director at DG Research European Commission, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food Research. There will be a Nordic panel debate at the end of the conference.
On the 10th November at 19:00 the program startswith a networking dinner together with the project group of the Arctic Bioeconomy at Matis ltd.
On the 12th of November some in the group will attend a study tour in artisan food production in south of Iceland while others will attend the Nordregio Forum 2014: Nordic Bio-economy and Regional Innovation in Keflavik.
The vision workshop is arranged by New Nordic Food II -program and supported by Innovation project” under Nordbio, the Icelandic chairmanship program of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Matís, The Nordic House and the Icelandic agriculture organisation.
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Bettina Lindfors, project manager, New Nordic Food II, +358 (0) 50 599 5244 or bettina.c.lindfors@gmail.com
#NORDICFOOD2024 are a series of vision workshops, which will be about how far we need to go, to realise the vision of the Nordic kitchen in a number of selected areas in 10 years' time. The idea is to invite a group of leading players from across the Nordic region to discuss which activities and visions we should work on in the future, if a stronger Nordic food culture is to be an effective solution for future societal challenges. Read more here
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