Food Day @ETH 2022

World Food System Center Research Symposium 2022

Food Day @ETH 2022 brought together a diverse audience from academia, industry, government and international organizations for interactive discussions and workshops on food systems innovation and research.

During the plenary session, we took the opportunity to look back on more than 10 years of food system research, education, and dialogue facilitated by the World Food System Center. At the same time, we discussed challenges and opportunities that are still ahead of us to transform global food systems to become economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.

Food Day @ETH kicked off with workshops in the afternoon, focusing on scientific topics as well as the role of education and communication in building future food systems. At the plenary session, we heard from experts on what is needed to build food systems that are resilient and sustainable. The networking poster session highlighted ongoing research and Center activities offered the 200 participants the chance to interact together.

Date: Friday, 11. November 2022
Time: 14:30 – 21:00 CET
Location: ETH Zurich, Main Building (HG), AudiMax

Impressions from Food Day @ETH 2022

Executive Director Martijn Sonnevelt greets the guests at Food Day @ETH (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess).
Keynote address by Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations Office in Geneva (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess). Panel discussion focused on actions to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (Image: WFSC/Semina Hess).
Prof. Eva-Marie Meemken, Dr. Erika S. Georget and Prof. Emma Slack on the panel (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess). Denise Rotondo and Christian Hofer on the panel (Image: WFSC/Selina Hess). Poster prize winners with Martijn Sonnevelt (Image: WFSC/Jan Streit). (Romy Streit / romystreit.com) Discussions during the networking poster session (Image: WFSC/Jan Streit). Discussions during the networking poster session (Image: WFSC/Jan Streit). Discussions during the networking poster session (Image: WFSC/Jan Streit). Discussions during the networking poster session (Image: WFSC/Jan Streit).

14:30 – 16:30 Afternoon Workshop Program

16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break and Poster Session in AudiMax Foyer

17:15 – 19:15 Plenary Session in AudiMax

19:15 – 21:00 Networking Poster Session with Reception in AudiMax Foyer

A networking poster session highlighting ongoing research and Center activities offers participants the chance to interact directly with researchers.

Download DownloadFood Day @ETH 2022 Proceedings (PDF, 633 KB), which includes the program plus presentation and poster abstracts.

Workshops

Food Day @ETH 2022 kicked off with workshops in the afternoon: (1) Future proteins for sustainable food systems; (2) Community building for food system leaders; and (3) Science communication for #changemakers. Find out more

WFSC Symposium 2022 — Food Day @ETH poster prize winners (Image: WFSC/Jan Streit).

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.

Biosphere monitoring in agricultural ecosystems with drone-based eDNA surveys by Emanuele Aucone, Steffen Kirchgeorg and Stefano Mintchev
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Boosting legume breeding in Switzerland by Corina Oppliger, Beat Keller and Achim Walter
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From current to deliberative diets: Modelling nutritional and environmental effects of the Swiss food system by Eva Augustiny, Anita Frehner, Ashley Green, Adrian Müller and Alexander Mathys
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Over 40 posters showcasing food sytems research at ETH Zurich, Agroscope, and FiBL took part in our networking poster session. Download many of the interesting posters here. All the abstracts can be found in the DownloadFood Day @ETH 2022 Proceedings. (PDF, 633 KB)

DownloadA participatory journey to select nutritious value chains for implementing agroecological interventions in the nutrition in city ecosystems project in Kenya (PDF, 850 KB), Imbo et al.

DownloadAcceptance of 3D printed food by adults and children: Factors affecting willingness to eat (PDF, 164 KB), Lanz et al.

DownloadAgricultural landscapes provide multiple functions – but how to assess them to support policy making? (PDF, 336 KB), Heidenreich et al.

DownloadAn innovative approach for the rapid metabolite fingerprinting of cocoa beans fermented with antifungal cultures by REIMS (PDF, 315 KB), Lestang et al.

DownloadBiochar as a soil amendment to improve soil fertility and crop productivity in yam systems (PDF, 967 KB), Stöm et al.

DownloadBiosphere monitoring in agricultural ecosystems with drone-based eDNA surveys (PDF, 1.8 MB), Aucone et al.

DownloadBoosting legume breeding in Switzerland (PDF, 302 KB), Oppliger et al.

DownloadCan organic farming practices increase nitrogen (N) use efficiency and decrease N losses in tea plantations in Sri Lanka? (PDF, 2 MB), Chiewattanakul et al.

DownloadCharacterization of the diurnal pattern of breath metabolome and enteric methane emissions in dairy cows (PDF, 904 KB), Islam et al.

DownloadColdtivate: A mobile app for increasing smallholder's access to cooling in developing countries (PDF, 1.9 MB), Gajardo et al.

DownloadComparing the cost-efficiency of farm- vs. regional scale climate change mitigation policies in agriculture (PDF, 474 KB), Tarruella et al.

DownloadDevelopment of enzymatic approach to improve the functionalities of protein recovered from biowaste (PDF, 324 KB), Li et al.