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The future is a state of mind, and it has a name: Bioeconomy. Today, we are where we would never have dreamed of being ten years ago: We produce edible proteins, from Co2, bacteria and energy, we produce lettuce in space or in polar ice, and we can use artificial intelligence to predict future flavors and thus sales markets.
So, are we at the dawn of a bioeconomic age? This question was discussed with politicians, start-ups, companies and scientists from all over the world during the Digital Global Food Summit organised on April 28th and 29th. From Singapore to Bangladesh, Israel, the Netherlands and the USA. Start-ups presented themselves on the new live platform and joined the discussion.
Our guests:
Michaela Kaniber, Minister of State for Food, Agriculture and Forestry Bavaria, Dr. Maximo Torero, Chief Economist of the FAO, Dr. Oriana Romano, Head of Unit Water Governance and Circular Economy Cities at the OECD, Lim Chuan Poh, Chairman of the Singapore Food Agency of the Government of Singapore, Sandra Simovich, Consul General of the State of Israel, Prof. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, President of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), Prof. Joel Cuello from the University of Arizona, Prof. David Zilberman from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Pasi Vainikka, CEO of Solar Foods, Prof. Eveline van Leeuwen, Wageningen University, Prof. Justus Wesseler, Wageningen University, Dr. Michael Binder, Vice President Sustainability Development of EVONIK, Dr. Dirk Voeste, Senior Vice President Agricultural Solutions of BASF SE, Prof. Abdul Awal from the University of California Berkeley and the University of Khulna, Bangladesh, Dr. Volker Heinz, Board of Directors of the German Institute of Food Economics, Dr. Tan Lee Kim, Director-General of the Singapore Food Agency, Dr. Didier Toubia, CEO of Aleph Farms, Dr. Simon Reitmeier, Managing Director of the Competence Centre for Nutrition of Kulmbach.
Here you can find many of the speeches and interviews from the event.
