Food Day @ETH 2023
Food Day @ETH brought more than 200 people with different backgrounds together to discuss food system transformation. The networking poster session gave young scientists a stage to present their innovative research on food system topics.
The annual research symposium of the World Food System Center highlights the multifaceted research at ETH Zurich focused on food systems. We thank all those who joined us!
Workshops
Food Day @ETH 2023 kicked off with workshops in the afternoon: (1) Unlocking the Potential of Precision Nutrition, (2) Best Practices for the Science-Policy Interface, and (3) More than Cheese: Multifunctional Grasslands for Ecosystem Services.
Plenary Session
The symposium gave young researchers and practitioners a chance to share their ideas and passion. Oral presentations from Center funded projects highlighted research on agriculture, nutrition, and equitable livelihoods.
Eva Galle presents here research about lactate-fortified foods' impact on improved muscle function (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess). Hanna Lesme presents her work on astringency perception of plant-based products (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess).
Jeanne Tomaszewski, WFSC Communication and Outreach Manager, moderating the discussion round on nutrition for sustainable food with the Future Food Fellows Eva Galle, Georg Aichinger, and Hanna Lesme (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess). Eileen Ziehmann and Mélanie Surchat discussing sustainable agriculture and livelihoods (Image: WFSC/ Selina Hess). Discussion session on empowering food system actors to accelerate transformation moderated by Martijn Sonnevelt (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess). Anik Thaler from fabas shares her experiences with Shun Hei Lee, Laura Nyström, and the audience (Image: WFSC/ Selina Hess).
Networking Poster Session
A networking poster session showcased over 40 posters displaying ongoing food system research and Center initiatives and offered participants the chance to interact directly with researchers. The audience selected three poster awards during the session.
Find out more about Food Day @ETH 2023 on the event page and download posters from the Netwoking Poster Session.
DownloadAll the abstracts can be found in the DownloadFood Day @ETH 2023 Proceedings (PDF, 1.1 MB).