Fraunhofer Agriculture and Food Industry Alliance
Fraunhofer Agriculture and Food Industry Alliance
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Events

Meet us @ Future Forum on Circular Plastics Economy 2025

July 1st - 3rd 2025 at Umweltforum Berlin

The event brings together experts from industry, science, politics and society to discuss current challenges and innovative solutions for a resource-conserving, digitally supported plastics economy. The aim is to develop perspectives for a sustainable circular economy - supported by artificial intelligence, data-based systems and new collaborations along the entire value chain.

July 2nd, 11:15 a.m. - Prof. Andrea Buettner - spokesperson for the Agriculture and Food Industry Alliance - in dialog with representatives from politics, business and science on circular strategy, competitiveness and innovation.

 

Come along, talk to our experts and help us shape the packaging of the future!

Invitation to the 'SeedPlus' Workshop on 9 July 2025!

The Fraunhofer Institutes IME, IMM and ICT cordially invite you to the workshop 'SeedPlus: Innovative Seed Coating for Sustainability and Yield Security', which will take place on Wednesday, 9 July 2025 from 11 AM - 3:30 PM at our long-standing cooperation partner Eskusa GmbH in Parkstetten.

SeedPlus combines technological efficiency and ecological responsibility to provide a cutting-edge solution for modern agriculture. This technology provides economic and ecological advantages and can assist in overcoming the challenges of sustainable food production.

Come and discover our innovative SeedPlus technology for yourself. You can look forward to exciting demonstrations and the opportunity to have one-to-one discussions with scientists from the SeedPlus consortium.

Register here!

(Please note: the event is held in German. Therefore German language skills are required.)

 

Conference “Fouling and Cleaning in Food Processing” (FCFP) from March 25 to 27, 2025 at the Penck Hotel in Dresden

The FCFP is one of the leading conferences on hygienic production, industrial cleaning and food safety and offers a unique platform for the exchange between science and practice. Take the opportunity to find out about the latest developments, expand your network and actively participate in the discussion. You also have the opportunity to present your company with a company stand and talk to industry experts.

Under the motto “Food safety and net zero emissions”, the focus is on innovative solutions for resource-saving cleaning processes and the prevention of fouling on surfaces that come into contact with products.

In 59 specialist lectures and poster presentations, international experts will provide insights into current developments and best practices, including on:
- AI in process monitoring
- Additive manufacturing for hygienic surfaces
- Effective cleaning and disinfection
- Monitoring of fouling and cleaning processes
- Innovative membrane cleaning and fouling reduction
- Sustainable and resilient food production

Register now and secure your last tickets! You can find all information here.

Black Friday Online Deabte on Nov. 29, 2024 at 09:30 am: Risky bargains? Chemicals in Consumer Goods

Chemical risks in the focus of fast moving consumer goods. Join us online and discuss the risks and challenges of chemical-laden consumer goods in the context of Black Friday with leading experts.

Register here.

Meet us @ OCM - 7th International Conference on Optical Characterization of Materials

on 25 March 2025 in Karlsruhe

 

Meet us @ EFFoST International Conference in Bruges, Belgium

November 12 - 14, 2024

 

Meet us @ 52. Deutsche Lebensmittelchemietage in Freising

September 16 - 18, 2024

Click here for more information (German only).

The Food Industry Alliance at Anuga FoodTec

Visit us on Tuesday (March 19) and Wednesday (March 20) at the Innovation Stage, Hall 5.2, C100/D119, to learn more about the challenges the global food industry faces, such as climate change, dwindling resources, volatile supply chains and rising food prices, and to find out what solutions the member institutes of the Fraunhofer Agriculture and Food Industry Alliance are working on in the fields of agriculture, product preservation, analytics, logistics and sustainable technologies.

Tuesday, March 19, 10:35 - 11:20 AM, with Prof. Dr. Mark Bücking (Fraunhofer IME) and Dr. Buket Sahin (Fraunhofer IVV)

Wednesday, March 20, 10:35 . 11:20 AM, with Prof. Dr. Mark Bücking (Fraunhofer IME) and Prof. Dr. Peter Eisner (Fraunhofer IVV)

Chemicals Pollute Consumer Goods - Digital and Interactive Expert Panel

on November 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. on MS Teams

The proportion of banned chemicals in consumer products, most of which enter our trade from the Far East, is constantly increasing. This calls for the need to define and monitor new limit value concepts.

On the day before this year's Black Friday - the start of the Christmas shopping season with numerous discount offers - we would like to address this topic and cordially invite you to our discussion round with interactive participation. Discuss with experts about:

- Imported goods contaminated with chemicals - Occupational health and safety
- Legal basis for imported goods - Health protection
- Blindspot online trade - lack of declaration and information
- Information situation in the population

Further information on this free event and the registration form can be found here:

 

Conference: Guaranteeing Food Security through AI

Take part at our international FoodTech and AI Conference in Kulmbach, Germany!

9th - 11th of October 2023, Kulmbach, Germany

In a globalized world with numerous number of players, guaranteeing our food-security has become a challenging topic, in particularly in the Global South. The remedy to such challenge may reside in the revolutionary artificial intelligent developments that our world is currently witnessing.

With world leading academic institutions, high investment in R&D and top-notch startups, Israel, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bavaria/Germany are investing substantial resources in promoting advanced food-security technologies.

The Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Technology, together with the Fraunhofer Center of Secure Intelligent Systems, the University of Bayreuth, the Food Cluster and the Bavarian Research Alliance, invite you to a three-day event in Kulmbach, which includes a day of visits to local companies from the area food tech and food safety and a workshop day to develop new cooperation ideas.

Partner Countries:

  • Israel
  • Morocco
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Bavaria / Germany

Target audience: 

The event is particularly aimed at SMEs, industrial partners and scientific institutions from the fields of food tech, food safety and artificial intelligence from Israel, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bavaria/Germany.

Location: Plassenburg and University of Bayreuth Campus Kulmbach

More information and registration

FUTURE DAYS "Conformity of food packaging 2023"

Are you interested in alternative methods of intelligent food law conformity assessment? Join us on October 11 and 12 for our event:

FUTURE DAYS "Conformity of Food Packaging 2023"

at the Fraunhofer IVV in Freising. We will provide an update on innovations and planned developments in conformity assessment and give you an insight into current research projects. The event will focus on recycling, the circular economy and packaging made of polystyrene as well as paper and cardboard. Discuss with experts from science and industry.

Program and registration