WFSC Research Symposium 2018

This public research symposium highlighted the research that the World Food System Center Research Programs support as well as other food system relevant research conducted by our members and their groups at ETH Zurich, Agroscope, Eawag, Empa, and FiBL.

This event featured oral presentations from four concluding research projects as well as insights from our education initiatives. The audience of over 300 contributors and guests heard from projects looking to provide improvements and sustainability along the value chain of different foods such as cocoa, tef, milk, sprouts, and African leafy vegetables. Researchers shared their work on new processing technologies as well as on how to measure resilience of value chains. Our own Michelle Grant and Jonna Cohen then introduced how our summer schools build the capacity of the next generation of food system leaders.

A networking poster session showcased 50 posters displaying ongoing food system research and Center initiatives and offered participants the chance to interact directly with researchers.

Date and time: Thursday, 08 November 2018, 17:15-21:00
Location: ETH Zurich, Main Building, HG F 30, Audi Max

Watch the video of all presentations

Networking Poster Session

A networking poster session showcased 50 posters displaying ongoing food system research and Center initiatives and offered participants the chance to interact directly with researchers.

The audience selected two poster awards during the poster session of the symposium: the Best Poster Prize, a 1000 CHF prize for research addressing any food system challenge, and the Mercator Prize, a 1000 CHF prize for research on the role of organic production systems in addressing food security. Prize money is to be used for a research, education, or outreach activity.