The IFNC offers to its members, partners and collaborators many opportunities to learn, discover, exchange ideas, foster innovation or gain visibility.
You’ll find below our latest publications grouped into 3 categories: Opportunities, News and Events.
Feeding your innovation pipeline
Opportunities
Horizon Europe 2023-2024 Work Programmes
The European Commission has published the Horizon Europe 2023-2024 Work Programmes. Hundreds of topics are available for a total budget of €13.5 billion in 2023. Horizon Europe is open to universities, research institutes, individual researchers, start-ups and large companies.
Future Food Initiative – Call for Proposals
In 2019, EPFL and ETH have launched Future Food Initiative together with Bühler, Givaudan and Nestlé. We are pleased to inform you that the final call for the Future Food Initiative is now open. This call is directly inviting professors at EPFL and ETH to submit project proposals.
Flagship Initiative – call 2023
The Flagship Initiative aims to foster systemic innovation which helps to overcome major challenges for the economy and society. For its second call, Innosuisse has chosen one topic: Disruptive solutions for the transition towards a net zero world.
News
Project BIOPACK – Biobased food packaging
Project BIOPACK started in 2019 and involves Prof. Michaud’s Laboratory and Nestlé. Its overall objective is to create life-cycle engineered, biobased food packaging solutions to minimize environmental impact, from production all the way to after use.
Série radio – L’avenir de notre alimentation
Quel sera l’avenir de notre alimentation? Pour discuter de ce thème pour le moins concernant, Loïc Delacour a convié autour de la table plusieurs intervenants, experts et acteurs dans le domaine de l’alimentation, dont le directeur de l’IFNC Christian Schwab.
Edible drone for emergency scenarios
It may not be the tastiest meal ever flown, but EPFL researchers have developed an edible drone designed to serve as life-sustaining nutrition for people stranded in emergency situations.
Events
Jan 26th: Event – Innovation in the food business & Food security
Food security will continue to be a challenge in 2023. Leading businesses in the food sector are innovating to make the food supply chain more sustainable and resilient. The panel will focus on different areas of the food supply chain.
Jan 31st: Event – Future of Farming
In January 2023 Space4Impact will kick-off the second edition of its international acceleration programme for downstream space applications bringing together space startups and strategic partners across industries. The first event on the Future of Farming will be co-hosted with the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley.
Feb. 2nd: Sommet Suisse du Système Alimentaire
Le partenariat Avenir Alimentaire Suisse vous invite au Sommet Suisse du Système Alimentaire 2023 ! Il marque la fin des dialogues nationaux sur l’avenir alimentaire de la Suisse. Les résultats de l’Assemblée Citoyenne et du comité scientifique seront présentés, discutés et remis aux politiques.