In recent years, different climate, sanitary and geopolitical crises have revealed major vulnerabilities in our food provisioning and have highlighted the need to transform our current food system towards increased preparedness and resilience. The theme of this year’s Food Science Sweden Conference 2025 focuses on active strategies and pathways towards crisis-resilient food systems, integrating both sustainability transitions with competitiveness.
We will hear from the newly established interdisciplinary centres for Contingency planning and competitiveness in the food system, which will bring together academia, industry, public authorities, and other societal actors to address critical questions related to food preparedness.
Additionally, the conference will highlight the innovative research projects of LiFT doctoral students, showcasing their contributions to advancing food system sustainability and resilience.
Programme
09:30
| Arrival and coffee
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10:00
| Welcome: KTH and Food Science Sweden
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10:05
| Invited speaker: Assoc. Prof. Arita Holmberg. Swedish Defence University. Director of Campus Total Defense
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10:50
| LiFT with selected PhD presentations (inkl. Break)
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12.00
| Lunch and poster session
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13.15
| Invited speaker: Professor Tiina Silvasti, University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
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14.00
| Presentations of the Formas centres:
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| - AgroDrive (RISE Research Institutes of Sweden)
- Food Defence Research Centre (FOI)
- FORCE (Lund University)
- PLATE (Stockholm Resilience Centre)
- PLENTY (KTH)
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14.45
| Coffee break
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15:15
| Round table. Pathways to Crisis-Resilient Food Systems
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| 16.00 | Closing session |
More details, including the full program will be announced soon. For now, register to the conference, save the date and stay tuned!
When:
23rd April 2025, between 09:30 - 16:00
Registration is open until the 17th of April 2025.Where:
AlbaNova University Centre (Roslagstullsbacken 21),
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)