Program

Conference overview
The two-day Agri Food Innovation Event (June 26-27, 2019) includes four dedicated conferences Healthy Nutrition Conference, Vertical Farming Conference, 3D Food Printing Conference, Smart Farming Conference, Central expo and a Networking Dinner.
The program is under development, more speakers will be added soon, so check regularly for updates.

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Day 1, 26 June 2019
			Krizia Ferrini, Nutrition Specialist, cereneo Schweiz AG | center for neurology & rehabilitation, Switzerland on “Lifelong Food and Nutrition Assistance: LIFANA solution”, More information				Keynote Speaker Leo Marcelis, Head of chair group Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, on “Vertical farming, a revolution in plant production”, More information
			Lieven De Maesschalck, Innovation Manager, Mobilab / Thomas More, Belgium, on “Future proof! A new adapted meal with full taste for people with swallowing problems to enjoy again”, More information				Laurent Couraudon, Co-Founder, Wesh Grow, France
			Maartje van den Berg, Senior Analyst RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness, Rabobank, The Netherlands, on “Personalized Nutrition – Hype or Trend?”, More information				Dafni Despoina Avgoustaki, PHD Fellow, Aarhus University, Department of Business Development and Technology, Denmark, on “Indoor Urban Farming, the Beginning of a Sustainable Era in Food Production. How We can Reduce the Energy Demand Cost”, More information
			Geke Ludden, Associate Professor Interaction Design , University of Twente, on “Healthy eating and design – from behaviour change to system change”, More information				Cristian Toma, Co-Founder / CEO, Eco Convergence Group, USA on “Vertical Farming: Catalyst for Customer Value Creation in the Hospitality Industry”, More information
			Nard Clabbers, Senior Business Developer Personalized Nutrition and Health, TNO, The Netherlands, on “Personalised Nutrition and the consumer of the future”, More information				Jasper den Besten, Professor New Cultivation Systems, HAS University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands, on “Vertical farming developments”, More information
			Freddy Troost, Associate professor Food Innovation and Health Research, Maastricht University, on “Food interventions and intestinal barrier function in healthy subjects”				Wythe Marschall, PhD Candidate, Harvard University, Department of the History of Science, on ‘Farming value beyond the economic: cases of social innovation through Controlled Environment Agriculture / Vertical Farming in New York City.’
			Raymond Nolet, Managing Director, MiFood – personalised nutrition
			Remzi Celebi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Maastricht University Institute of Data Science
			Chang Liu, Co-Founder & Director, EGGXPERT, The Netherlands
26 June, Brightbox tour during lunch break 26 June, MiFood tour during lunch break 26 June, 19.00 hours Networking dinner
Day 2, 27 June 2019
			Sicong Zhu, PhD Candidate, Wageningen University & Research, on “Design and Sensory perception of multi-scale food structures fabricated by 3D printing”				Kristóf Nagy, Founder & CEO, Serket, The Netherlands, on ‘Artificial Intelligence for Livestock Health Management’
			Jonathan Blutinger, PhD Candidate, Columbia University, Creative Machines Lab, USA, on “Laser cooking: re-imagining the culinary experience”, More information				Ine van der Fels-Klerx, Expertisegroup leader Safety in supply chains, Wageningen Food Safety Research , The Netherlands, on ‘Mytoolbox, a decision support system for farmers for control of mycotoxins in grains’
			Roisin Burke, Senior Lecturer in Culinary Science and Food product Development, Technological University Dublin (formerly Dublin Institute of Technology), Ireland, on “3D Printed Note by Note Foods: Customising and Personalising Foods to Meet the Growing Markets of the Future”, More information				Jeroen Burks, Founder, Blockheating.com
			Nina Hoff, CEO & Co-Founder, byFlow				Andre Fabris, Executive Director, AppsForce, United Kingdom, on “”Future of Farming – Animus”, More information
			Speaker to be announced, Verstegen				Didy Arnold, Owner, Arnold Co-Innovatie
			Antien Zuidberg, Lector Design Methods in Food, HAS Hogeschool/University of Apllied Sciences
			Mathijs de Schipper, Research Scientist/Innovator Additive Manufacturing, TNO

 

If you want to know who is exhibiting, please visit the expo page.