Upcoming Events
UKRI webinar: The Net Zero series: Towards a sustainable future – Sustainable Food
Tuesday 20th Apr 2021
UK Research and Innovation will run a monthly webinar from April to November featuring ISCF challenges, UKRI councils and project leads, as well as renowned external experts from academia, industry and technology fields.
This month they will be discussing Sustainable Food: In the face of radical climate change, global resource scarcity, technological advancement and pervasive connectivity; how will our food systems change? What role will technology play in shaping the future of farming and food industry? How can new technologies contribute to more sustainable, more efficient food production and less waste?
Chair:
- Professor Melanie Welham, Executive Director, BBSRC, UKRI
- Raffael Jovine, Founder & Chief Scientist, Susewi Ltd
- Sam Watson Jones, Co-founder, Small Robot Company
- Keiran Whitaker, Founder, Entocycle
- Nick Cliffe, Deputy Challenge Director, Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging, UKRI
- Jack Farmer, our co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, LettUS Grow
- Andrea Rosen, INFARM
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- 20 April - Sustainable Food
- 18 May - Sustainable Transport
- 15 June - Sustainable Buildings
- 20 July - Sustainable Future Technology (Net Zero week)
- 21 September - Sustainable Supply Chains
- 19 October - Sustainable Materials
- 16 November - Sustainable Energy
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