Name: Finnish Food RDI Forum 2026
Start: 2026-10-28T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-28T15:20:00+02:00
Location: Visitor and Innovation Centre Joki

Finnish Food RDI Forum 2026

keskiviikko 28. lokakuuta 2026 - 9.30.00

maanantai 26. lokakuuta 2026
tiistai 27. lokakuuta 2026
keskiviikko 28. lokakuuta 2026

9.30 Registration and morning coffee
Registration and morning coffee
9.30 - 10.00
10.00 Morning Session: Opening and introduction to regional RDI clusters and programs: From Regional Strength to National Strategy
Opening and introduction to regional RDI clusters and programs: From Regional Strength to National Strategy
10.00 - 11.00
Esitykset

10.00 Greetings from the rectorate - Tapio Salakoski (UTU)

10.10 From Regional Strength to National Strategy - Baoru Yang (UTU) Kirsi Laitinen (UTU)

10.20 Vision for Southwest Finland Food Chain 2035 - Riikka Leskinen (Valonia)

10.30 Greetings from the regional food sectors actors - Hanna Pere (Apetit) Jari-Pekka Rautamaa (Jalostaja) Mira Asunmaa (Munax) Reetta Andolin (Raisio) Veera Meltovaara (Rosten)
11.00 Morning Session: Future-Ready Food System: Towards becoming a leading developer and reformer of sustainable food systems by 2040
Future-Ready Food System: Towards becoming a leading developer and reformer of sustainable food systems by 2040
11.00 - 12.00
Esitykset

11.00 Future food systems and changes in consumer behavior - Aki Koponen (UTU)

11.20 Resilience of the Finnish food system - TBA

11.40 Diversity of food recourses: focus on pulses - Juha-Pekka Aikola (Vihreä Härkä)

11.50 Technology driven solutions: focus on indoor farming - Terhi Suojala-Ahlfors (Luke Piikkiö)
12.00 Lunch
Lunch
12.00 - 13.00
13.00 Afternoon session: The National Food Strategy and the Future of Food Culture
The National Food Strategy and the Future of Food Culture
13.00 - 15.00
Esitykset

13.00 Opening keynote: The National Food Strategy - Päivi Nerg (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

13.30 Introduction to Reverse Pitching and Co-creation - Anu Hopia (UTU)

13.45 Early-career researchers ask: Reverse Pitch

14.00 Small-group table discussions

14.45 Senior experts respond
15.00 Afternoon session
15.00 - 15.20
Esitykset

15.00 Greetings from the funders - Business Finland Research Council of Finland Valio Food 2.0

15.15 Concluding remarks - Anu Hopia (UTU) Kaisa Linderborg (UTU)

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