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
Appel à projets sur le thème Sport & Nutrition
L’Innovation Booster Sport & Activité Physique, soutenu par Innosuisse et en collaboration avec l’UNIL et l’EPFL, est à la recherche d’un porteur de thème qui souhaiterait aborder la nutrition sous l’angle du sport. Le but étant de stimuler la collaboration multisectorielle afin de lancer de nouveaux projets et partenariats dans une culture d’innovation ouverte.
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.
News
FAO Event: Sustainably feeding 10 billion people in 2050
Keynote presentation by Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, the Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) June 1, 2023 | 14:30-16:30 EPFL Auditorium: MED 0 1418 Organized jointly by the EPFL Integrative Food and Nutrition Center and the EssentialTech Centre.
Jeremy Luterbacher’s PET-like plastic made of plant by-products
Jeremy Luterbacher from EPFL’s Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing has developed a way to turn plant by-products into materials that could serve as an alternative to some types of plastic.
Événement – Sommet Suisse sur le Système Alimentaire
Ces derniers mois, l’Assemblée Citoyenne pour une Politique Alimentaire et le Comité scientifique Avenir Alimentaire Suisse se sont penchés de manière intensive sur cette question. Les recommandations en résultant pour une politique alimentaire durable ont été remis lors du Sommet Suisse sur le Système Alimentaire 2023.
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.