SEMINAR Agro, Food & Ingredients

18 April 2013  (10:00-17:00h) at the NBI Expo 2013, Beursgebouw Eindhoven, The Netherlands

The Agro, Food & Ingredients sector (AFI) has been chosen as a special focus within the program of the NBI Expo 2013, as a dominant sector for worldwide opportunities of trade cooperation.

The seminar covers a broad range of interconnected themes in the field of Agro, Food & Ingredients (AFI) from high tech innovation strategies for production, water management, packaging, distribution, equipment, life cycle management, sustainability, biofuels, and food safety.

The objective of the AFI seminar is to connect nature and technology, encouraging open innovation, and kicking off joint projects. Seeking cooperation strategies to develop new products and process innovations with Agro, Food & Ingredients and High Tech as ingredients served with a portion of ‘out of the box’ creativity.

Governmental departments in the field of Agriculture and Economical development, together with leading knowledge institutes, sector specific organizations and private enterprises in all related fields are invited to jointly come to innovative strategies for the issues raised in the seminar. The multitude of strong international delegations that will attend the seminar offers the unique opportunity for worldwide cooperation, co-production, and co-financing.

 
We are inviting the representatves of countries worldwide to form a trade or governmental delegation to participate in the specially organized AFI Seminar and Networking Event together with companies and branch organizations in Europe. 

Taking part in the AFI networking event during the NBI EXPO 2013 offers you the exclusive chance to:

• Meet leading branch organizations from Western Europe.

• Take part in specialized matchmaking through one-to-one meetings with companies, governmental agencies, and branch organizations from countries worldwide.

• Attend or hold a presentation in the AFI Seminar. 

Seminar Themes
The Seminar will focus on a variety of themes
connected to the main title, such as:
• (Sustainable) Agro-Food production
• Food Ingredients & nutrition
• Food safety
• Biofuels
• Machines & equipment
• Logistics & distribution.

Agro, Food & Ingredients Tour
Additionally, we offer a one day ‘AFI tour’ to visit innovative AFI companies in the region around Eindhoven (the world’s smartest region in 2011).

If you are interested in participating in this seminar or wish to receive more specific information, please contact Mrs. Fanny Jol; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Tel.: 0031 (0)40 2463626)

For more information, please download the documents (pdf) below.