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Food Day @ETH
ETH Zurich, Main Building, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich Register: https://bit.ly/foodday-2023-registration
At this year’s edition, we will focus on topic of engaging youth in food systems transformation. Young people are a powerful and motivated group of changemakers for healthy, sustainable food systems. The symposium will give young researchers and practitioners a chance to share their ideas and passion. Oral presentations from Center funded projects will highlight research on agri-culture, nutrition, and equitable livelihoods. All are then welcome to discuss at the networking post-er session, which highlights innovative research from across the food system.
Program
14:30 – 16:30 Afternoon Workshop Program
- Unlocking the Potential of Precision Nutrition
- Best Practices for the Science-Policy Interface
- More than Cheese: Multifunctional Grasslands for
- Ecosystem Services
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break & Poster Session, AudiMax Foyer
17:15 – 19:15 Plenary Session, AudiMax
Welcome & Introduction
- Robert Finger, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy & World Food System Center Chair
- Martijn Sonnevelt, World Food System Center Executive Director
Session: Nutrition for Sustainable Food with the Future Food Fellows
- Lactate-fortified foods to improve muscle function? Eva Galle, Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics, ETH Zurich
- The gut microbiome as a mediator of inter-individual differences Georg Aichinger, Laboratory of Toxicology, ETH Zurich
- Reducing astringency perception of plant-based products Hanna Lesme, Institute of Materials, EPFL
Session: Sustainable Agriculture and Livelihoods
- From the ground up: Lived experiences of informal workers driving Rwanda’s circular bioeconomy Mélanie Surchat, TdLab and Sustainable Agroecosystems Group, ETH Zurich
- Economics of herbicide-free production – The case of Swiss winter wheat Eileen Ziehmann, Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zurich
Discussion: Empowering Food System Actors to Accel- erate Transformation
- Shun Hei Lee, Youth Delegate to World Food Forum
- Laura Nyström, Professor of Food Biochemistry, ETH Zurich
- Anik Thaler, Founder of fabas
19:15 – 21:00 Networking Poster Session with Reception