Save the Date!

Here are the dates for the next meetings of the innovation groups:

• Digitalization: 30 April 2020 - postponed
• Non Thermal Preservation: 12 May 2020
• Aquaculture: 27 May 2020
• Proteins4Future: 09 June 2020
• Bioconversion: 18 June 2020

(subject to alterations due to coronavirus)

Consult the events and the pages of the respective innovation groups to find out about the location and the program, as well as to get to the registration form. These will be updated continuously.

Next Generation of Swiss Food Ecosystems

Swiss Food Research and Cluster Food & Nutrition joined forces and formed an association to act as a
"leadinghouse" for the Agri-Food-Nutrition segment in Switzerland. The association has in due time applied for the NTN - Innovation Booster.

The Booster is supported by 23 organisations, both from research and industry, who declared their profound interest in the adressed subject.

Agro-Food Innovation Forum

The Agro-Food Innovation Forum enters the third round. After the success of 21 March 2019 with 28 start-ups and 150 participants, the date for 2020 has already been set. Keynote Speaker: Guy Parmelin.

Once again, 4 Swiss networks are joining forces to bring together innovators from start-ups, research and industry. For more information and impressions of the past events follow the link. Save the date: 16th of June 2020!

Swiss Pavilion @ Seeds & Chips

Postponed! For even greater visibility and increased presence of Swiss agro-food start-ups, Swiss Food Research is co-organising participation at Seeds&Chips - The Leading Food Innovation Summit in the World with Switzerland Global Enterprise and the Swiss Consulate General in Milan under the umbrella of a Swiss Pavilion. Participating start-ups will have access to an international audience at the summit and local stakeholders in an additional cooking event downtown Milan.

Registration until further notice

Success Stories 2019

Since 2014, Swiss Food Research has evaluated 104 projects with experts and funded 57 projects with a total of CHF 507,500.
70% of the projects funded by Swiss Food Research received follow-up funding from Innosuisse.
In 2019, too, there were successful projects with ZHAW and NTB BUCHS, for example.

Future Food Symposium

SGLWT, SVIAL and Swiss Food Research will hold the Future Food Symposium on 7 February 2020 at the Technopark in Zurich. We will be looking into the future! An incredible number of start-ups, new technologies and new solutions are available for the agro-food sector today. However, it is difficult for today's and tomorrow's managers to assess which technologies and which approaches will prevail. Scientists from ETH, universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutes will present their views. The first symposium will focus on novel foods, meat analogues and packaging.

Member of EIT Food

EIT Food is a European Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), which was set up to transform our food ecosystem. By connecting consumers with businesses, start-ups, researchers and students from around Europe, EIT Food supports innovative and economically sustainable initiatives which improve our health, our access to quality food, and our environment. With the Swiss Food Research accession its members have access to the spoken grants.