Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley

SFNV Roundtable: What startups want!
2022-11-03 10:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Zurich) | Vaud
Dear Valley Startup Members,
We invite you to join our virtual roundtable “What startups want” supporting startups from seed to scaling on November 3rd from 10:00 to 11:30am. Last year you brought valuable input which we have acted upon and would like to show you:
Startup investment platform / How to better reach investors => Valley status & approach
Facility sharing / How to faster scale from kitchen to industrial scale = > More to come
Talent attraction / How to find the right team? => Development of the Valley talent platform
Networking event / How to better connect and play the ecosystem? => “Valley After Hours”
And the question is now:
How can we further help you to accelerate your innovation?
What challenges and opportunities do you see?
Collaboration is at our core and together we can make a big difference to transform the food system.
Looking forward to seeing and hearing from you all at “What Startups Want!”,
Your SFNV team

Transforming food innovation through science & collaboration
2022-10-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Vaud
Transforming food innovation through science & collaboration is an online side event for the FAO Science & Innovation Forum 2022 presented by Nestlé & Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley which will explore how key stakeholders from the Swiss food ecosystem are responding to the global challenges of feeding over 9 billion people. Participants will learn about how the Swiss model of collaborative and open innovation model can bring all food systems players to work on solutions for global challenges.
This interactive event will include keynote speeches from industry experts and a Q&A session that will provide the following: Insights into how multi-faceted collaboration is the key to accelerated innovation with transformative results. Moderated by Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley, Nestlé, EPFL, Givaudan & Sight & Life will share examples of how the ecosystem enables and accelerates sharing of knowledge, technology transfer, and open innovations with a layered approach steered by consumer demands, preservation of the planet, science, technology and innovation.
Presentations will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience
Agenda:
Opening and welcome (5 min)
Christina Senn – Jakobsen, Managing Director, Swiss Food and Nutrition Valley
Perspective from academia (10 min)
Christian Schwab, Executive Director, Integrative Food & Nutrition Centre, EPFL
From science to knowledge transfer (10 min)
Dr Klaus Krämer, Managing Director, Sight & Life
Further industry insights (10 min)
Fabio Campanile, Head of Flavour Science & Technology, Givaudan
Accelerate innovation and learn from tangible solutions (10 min)
Corinne Emonet, Global Head of Innovation Acceleration, Nestlé R&D

Valley After Hours co-hosted by Agilery
2022-09-07 18:00 - 20:30 | Uetlibergstrasse 65 8045 Zurich, Uetlibergstrasse 65, Zurich, 8045, Switzerland
Valley After Hours is the ultimate networking event hosted by members for members in collaboration with Swiss Food Nutrition Valley. On this occasion, Agilery will be launching the first Valley After Hours and the subject of discussion on the night will be the manufacturing challenges of new food & beverage products.
Expect to meet key partners and stakeholders from the Swiss food tech ecosystem, share knowledge and experience, inspire them, be inspired and gain a deeper understanding of what the host member and guests do – all with a mission to continue collaborating. This is a unique open door opportunity to evolve professional relationships in an informal setting with lots of networking.
Members asked for more opportunities to advance innovative collaboration opportunities. You asked, we listened. So here’s what to expect during the event:

Welcome Apéro upon arrival
A short introduction & welcome from the hosts (minus the PowerPoint 🙂 )
Networking icebreakers
Keynote
Mixing, mingle & lots of member & partner exchange

Connect, create, collaborate.
Your SFNV team, together with Agilery
