The summit is jointly organized by the University of Bologna, National Food Institute - Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lund University (LU), and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), in the frame of the “DISH Global Centre for Food Safety and Quality”alliance. The summit will take place on May 14-15th in Bologna.

The summit aims to raise awareness and openly discuss on the needs and expectations of relevant international stakeholders towards a safer, healthier and more sustainable food system.

Representative from academia, industry, policy makers, international bodies, NGO’s and many other key stakeholders will analyze the state of the art and the current trends about innovative technologies connected with food quality and authenticity, fraud and traceability, as well as consumer’s food choices, in order to discuss the impact of innovation in devising new strategies for the food system of tomorrow.

Participants to the Summit are Scientists working across the various disciplines of the food systems, Industry representatives, Policy makers and representatives from relevant organizations working in the agri-food and Representatives from consumers and trade associations. They will attend the summit for a debate on how innovation can result into more effective and evidence-based policies and regulations promoting safe, healthy and sustainable food production and consumption. Furthermore, the Summit will be the occasion to advocate for co-designing and developing a safe and sustainable future proofing food system.

Mrs Claudia Zoani  - ENEA Biotechnology and Agroindustry Division - will attend with  a presentation in the session n.2  Innovative technologies for fraud and traceability.

The meeting is by invitation only

If you are interested in participating and for any other information, please write to:
lsb@unibo.it