Plant2Food kick-off

Researchers from universities and the food industry are joining forces to help each other accelerate the transition to a more plant-based human diet. We call this intersectoral project Plant2Food.  

Plant2Food’s mission is to accelerate the transition to a more plant-based diet. We aim to do this by creating the knowledge foundations for developing new nutritious, tasty and affordable alternatives to animal-based foods. The Plant2Food project itself funds patent-free fundamental research projects. By removing patents and sharing all data and knowledge openly, we believe that we can speed up the green transition significantly because everyone can use, resuse or repurpose the knowledge into downstream innovation projects.  

On 30 March 2023, you can join our kick-off event and learn more about Plant2Food and find new potential collaborators. You can SIGN-UP here right away, or you can read more about the event below and register afterwards. 

WHAT:  

Join our kick-off event to learn more about the Plant2Food project and how we will fund open university-industry collaborations. You’ll get to know more about the concept, hear inspirational talks and you’ll have time for networking with potential new collaborations from both academia and industry. You can read more about the Plant2Food project on our website. 
The full program is available below. 

WHEN: 
30 March 2023 from 10-15.  
Arrival and registration from 9.30 and optional networking from 15-16. 

WHERE: 
Kragerup Gods (Kragerupgårdsvej 33, 4291 Ruds-Vedby, Denmark). 
You’ll receive directions in the calendar invitation sent to you upon registration. 

HOW: 
Sign up here to join us for a full day of knowledge and networking.

Everyone interested is welcome – companies, researchers, and organizations.  

PROGRAM

09:30 Registration and coffee

10.00 Welcome, Project Manager, Aarhus University

10.10 Claus Felby, Novo Nordisk Foundation

10.25 Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl, Dansk Vegetarisk Forening

10.40 Introduction to Plant2Food, Project Manager, Aarhus University

11.00 Pitch session, challenges in the plant-based value chain. Meet: 

Claus Heiner Bang-Bertelsen, Technical University of Denmark

Laurice Pouvreau, Wageningen University

Mahesha Manjunatha Poojary, Copenhagen University

Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Aarhus University

Lise Lykke Steffensen, NordGen

2-3 companies, TBA

11.45 Matchmaking, facilitated

12.30 Lunch and network

13.30 Birgitte Dinesen & Olav Ditlevsen, Kragerup Gods

13.50 TBA

1415 Peter Broholm, IKEA

14.45 Closing, Project Manager, Aarhus University

15.00 Networking, coffe and cake (optional)

16.00 Thank you for today

Plant2Food is financed by Novo Nordisk Foundation with 200 mio. DKK over the next 5 years.

Plant2Food is run at Aarhus University with the partners University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark, Wageningen University (Netherlands) and Food & Bio Cluster of Denmark.