This year’s topics ranged from innovation and biotechnology to the economics of food systems. Exciting speakers included Caleb Harper from MIT Media Lab, who shared the innovative ways that biotech is revolutionizing the urban food system, and policy advocate Yolanda Kakabadse, WWFs International President and former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment, who looked at sustainable consumption and production in the context of food waste.
On the 12th–13th of June 2017, EAT gathered 500 of the brightest minds from science, politics, business and civil society at the Clarion Hotel Sign, Stockholm. They discussed progress on transforming the food system to solve the interconnected challenges of climate, sustainable development and health.
The Program
Program SFF2017
Registration
State of the World
Dr. Gunhild A. Stordalen, Professor Johan Rockström, Professor Tim Lang, Svein Tore Holsether, Vidar Helgesen, Naoko Ishii, Peter Bakker, Jeremy Oppenheim, Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Craig Hanson, Jonathan Farnell, Diah Saminarsih, Professor Walter Willett
Rapid political and environmental changes are having drastic impact on societies across the globe. How can we move from intention to action, from commitments to systemic change?
THE NEW FOOD AND LAND-USE COALITION
Svein Tore Holsether, Dr. Gunhild A. Stordalen, Naoko Ishii, Jeremy Oppenheim, Peter Bakker, Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, Craig Hanson, Guido Schmidt-Traub
Break
Food Can Fix It
Sir Robert Watson, H.E. Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Geir Molvik, HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Dr. Ruben G. Echeverria, Dr. Belay Begashaw, Professor John H. Lienhard, Alejandro Argumedo, Marie Haga, Nicolas Moreau, Dr. Anna Lartey, Professor Walter Willett, Professor Anthony Costello, Dr. Tara Garnett, Dr. Sunita Narain, Dr. Sonja Vermeulen, Dr. Juan A. Rivera Dommarco, Dr. Jessica Fanzo, Matthew Freud
How can we solve climate, sustainability and health challenges? Which food system triggers could bring about the most transformative change? Cut through the background noise using clear, science-based guidelines for food system transformation. #Foodcanfixit
Biodiversity For Resilient Food Systems
H.E. Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Dr. Ruben G. Echeverria, Marie Haga, Alejandro Argumedo, Nicolas Moreau
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by Transforming the Food System
Lunch
COMPETENCE FORUMS
Smaller interactive "think tank" style sessions. Check your badges: NL = Nora Latin building. HC = Hotel C and C = Clarion. Number corresponds with room. See you soon!
Outliers in Global Impact- The Ingredients for Success
Dr. Alessandro Demaio, Dr. Florence Egal, Tristram Stuart, Danielle Nierenberg, Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Albert Ntsodo
Interactive Secondary Plenary
An edgy, fast-paced session, 5 innovative 6-minute presentations followed by an interactive Q&A.
A panel of experts will present a never before released scientific paper that finds an increasing percentage of people dying from illnesses related not just to obesity, but also to overweight. This will be in room C9
End of Day 1
Buses to dinner
Please note that dinner will be held at the Hotel "At Six"
Play Your Part. Play It Loud
Sir Bob Geldof, Giuseppe Sala, Gerda Verburg, Professor Dariush Mozaffarian, Dr. Nichola Dyer, Ajay Vir Jakhar, Charles Brand, Dr. Klaus Heider, Dr. Sudhvir Singh, Bernice Lee, Victor E. Friedberg, Jeremy Black, Christiana Wyly, Kristian Østerling Eriknauer, Kimbal Musk
Food systems last century were geared toward production output and profit. This century it needs to be equity and quality. But where can we achieve win-win situations? We face numerous global challenges and exponential pressure around food that require action from a range of actors to successfully feed a growing world population. We live in a world where one in three suffer from some form of malnutrition. Some of our most pressing global challenges include issues around malnutrition where currently about 2 billion individuals are overweight or obese, and these statistics can potentially rise to about 3.3. billion by 2030. Simultaneously 2 billion of the world population also suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. While we produce enough food to feed everyone -- 795 million people (one in nine) go to be hungry every day.
New Forms Of Capital:
Scaling Up Sustainable Good Ideas
Christiana Wyly, Jeremy Black, Victor E. Friedberg, Kimbal Musk
Investing in the Food Value Chain
Dr. Nichola Dyer, Ajay Vir Jakhar, Charles Brand, Dr. Klaus Heider, Bernice Lee, Kristian Østerling Eriknauer
Break
Breaking The Pattern
Uma Valeti, Jeremy Coller, Torgeir Silseth, Dr. Irene Mia, Luca Virginio, Dr. Shenggen Fan, Dr. Lee Howell, Danielle Gould, Andrew Steele, Marco Gualtieri, Günther Mårder, Dr. Lawrence Haddad, Professor Cecilia Rocha
Breaking patterns is not easy. In the 21st century, the speed of technological innovation is unprecedented. This phenomenon has the potential to help tackle some of humanity’s greatest challenges, fundamentally reshaping the future. New technologies and innovators are increasingly promising solutions that could help deliver sustainable growth. However, a lot of great ideas are not scaleable, or never make it to the mainstream...
Measuring Progress Towards Sustainable Food Transformation
Luca Virginio, Dr. Lee Howell, Dr. Shenggen Fan, Dr. Irene Mia
Lunch
Evidence Based Action
Michael La Cour, Uri Golman, Helle Olsen, Professor Johan Rockström, Alison Cairns, Professor Laurence Tubiana, Dr. Caleb Harper, Kate Hampton, Yolanda Kakabadse, Dr. Mehmood Khan, Professor Corinna Hawkes, Rita Kimani, Emmanuelle Wargon, Diane Holdorf, Patrick Holden, Dr. Anne Roulin, Professor Lord John Krebs
Our world is changing rapidly. How can we follow through on the necessary solutions and act based on credible science? And why is this important?
Evidence Based Action - Our Planet, Our Health:
Responding to a Changing World
Recreating the competitive edge with food
Dr. Mehmood Khan, Professor Corinna Hawkes, Emmanuelle Wargon, Diane Holdorf, Dr. Anne Roulin
End Of Day 2
See you next year!
