EIT Food’s Annual Event brings together our community of partners and external agri-food stakeholders, all united in the willingness to accelerate our revolution in food to create healthy food systems that sustain our society and our planet.
At this 4th edition of our Annual Event, participants will have an opportunity to meet and network with stakeholders, experts and industry peers from across the entire food value chain, to take part in interactive sessions on the new opportunities for open calls for proposals and mission programmes, and engage in co-creation, cooperation, and building new relationships during a special programme with discussions, panel sessions, showcase segments, and matchmaking.
The challenge we tackle together as a community is an unsustainable food system that is harming people and the planet. This event will be an occasion to showcase our work, build new connections, be inspired, discover and discuss new ways to bring change and meet the big challenges we face.
Lukas Visek
Member of Cabinet
European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
Roberta Bosurgi
CEO
European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Andy Zynga
CEO
EIT Food
Angelo Riccaboni
Professor and Chair
PRIMA Foundation
Maxine Roper
Co-founder
Connecting Food
Networking opportunities
with stakeholders from the world's largest and most dynamic food innovation community
Inspiring keynotes
panels, and pitches hosted by experts coming from industry, Academia and policy making
Interactive breakouts
and sessions on key topics
Discover
EIT Food programmes and projects driving change in the food system
New collaboration
and matchmaking opportunities
This is a selection of hotels closely located to Event Lounge offering special rates for attendees to EIT Food's Annual Event
Gresham Belson Hotel ****
Special rates:
Sunday 16th - €80/night
Monday 17th - €140/night
Discount code: EITBEL
2km distance (7' by car)
Van der Valk Hotel ****
Special rates:
Sunday 16th - €139/night
Monday 17th - €139/night
Discount code: BRU-GF37946
5km distance (10' by car)
Courtyard by Marriott Hotel ****
Special rates:
Sunday 16th - €199/night
Monday 17th - €199/night
No code needed
1km distance (13' walk)
There will be a bus transfer between the dinner location and the venue (more info coming soon!).
EIT Food is the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community. We accelerate innovation to build a future-fit food system that produces healthy and sustainable food for all.
Supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. We unlock innovation potential in businesses and universities, and create and scale agrifood startups to bring new technologies and products to market. We equip entrepreneurs and professionals with the skills needed to transform the food system and put consumers at the heart of our work, helping build trust by reconnecting them to the origins of their food.
We are one of nine innovation communities established by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), an independent EU body set up in 2008 to drive innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.
For more information on any aspect of this event, please contact Patricia Willems-Mawenu:
Patricia Willems-Mawenu
Communication & Events Manager | EIT Food
EIT FOOD
Ubicenter A Philipssite 5 /34
Leuven (3001 Heverlee)
Belgium