Event type: Online

Join the upcoming Market Insight about Japan on January 19, 8.30-9.30 am CET and get inspired on how to do business in the Japanese market from a marketing and sales perspective. Meet market experts and experienced companies sharing their experiences and learn about the latest findings from this year’s Insight Report on Denmark as a food nation.

Health, sustainability and food safety plays an increasingly important role when doing business abroad. According to Food Nations’ latest Insight Report, Japanese decision-makers associate health with organic foods, food safety and sustainability. They furthermore see food safety and security, organic food products and reliable cleaning and disinfection solutions as the top contributors to health.

Most Japanese decision-makers – 86% – experience that their company’s customers increasingly demand more healthy food products and solutions. 75%  believe that Danish companies offer products and solutions that support healthy food production across the value chain.

Together with the Embassy of Denmark in Japan, we will zoom in on these results from a Japanese perspective and talk about market possibilities and challenges. Experienced companies will also share their perspective and hands-on advice on how a localised marketing and sales strategy can support your export to the Japanese market.

PROGRAM

• Presentation of key findings from the Insight Report 2022
  By Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation
• Market information, business opportunities and possible pitfalls
  By Jesper Vibe-Hansen, Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Denmark in Japan
• Hands-on experience on how to adapt your marketing and sales strategy to the Japanese market
  By Frank Bach Rasmussen, CEO, RAWBITE ApS
• Q&A and final remarks
  By Marianne Riisbøll, Brand and Engagement Manager, Food Nation

By participating in the webinar, you will gain insight on:

• How Denmark as a food nation is perceived among Japanese decision-makers and which strongholds to focus on in your marketing and sales strategy
• The importance of underlining your efforts within health, sustainability and food safety when doing business abroad
• Current market information, business opportunities and pitfalls to be aware of when exporting to Japan
• Hands-on experience from Danish companies trading with the Japanese market

Who should attend? We kindly invite representatives and decision-makers from exporting as well as export-ready companies and organisations within the food arena.

Join the Embassy of Denmark in Nairobi on November 3rd from 10.00-14.00 (local time), 08.00-12.00 (DK time), where we bring together Kenyan food processors and Danish Suppliers (virtually) to highlight Danish solutions in food processing and cold chain sector.

Develop a B2B network with local Kenyan food & dairy processors and gain an understanding of Kenyan food processing opportunities.

Program

• 10.00: Welcome remarks
  Ambassador H.E Ole Thonke
• 10.10: Opening & Presentation of the programme
  Karina Bech, Head of Trade, Trade Council Nairobi
• 10.20: Food Processing in Kenya, opportunities & challenges
  – Francis Juma – CEO, Food World Africa & Director AFMASS
• 10.45: Challenges and policy interventions for better food safety
  – Henning Nygaard, Sector Counsellor Food, Embassy of Denmark
• 11.10: Value chain opportunities – Farm to Fork
  – Agatha Thuo – General Manager, ASNET
• 11.30: Private Sector Perspective on Food Sector – Opportunities & Challenges and new GOK focus in the Sector
  – Kenya Association of Manufacturers – speaker TBC
• 11.50: Coffee break
• 12.00: Overview of Denmark’s food sector solutions
  Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation
• 12.30: Short company pitch from Danish suppliers
• 13.00: Short company pitch from Kenyan suppliers
• 13.30: Credit Lending accessible for Danish equipment to Kenyan
  Companies
  – Denmark’s Export Credit Agency and Investment Fund for Developing Countries – speaker TBC
  – Chris Maranga – Investment Director – IFU
• 13.45: Q&A and closing remarks
  Karina Bech, Head of Trade Kenya
• 14.00: Lunch & networking

Online participation

To join the meeting virtually please confirm your participation by email to erimwe@um.dk by COB 24th of October 2022. You will receive a link to the event afterward.

Join the upcoming Market Insight about South Korea on October 24, 8.30-9.30 am CET and get inspired on how to do business in the South Korean market from a marketing and sales perspective. Meet market experts and experienced companies sharing their experiences and learn about the latest findings from this year’s Insight Report on Denmark as a food nation.

Health, sustainability and food safety plays an increasingly important role when doing business abroad. According to Food Nations’ latest Insight Report, South Korean decision-makers associate health with food safety, organic foods and sustainability. They furthermore see food safety and security, minimal antibiotic use and organic farming methods as the top contributors to health.

Most South Korean decision-makers – 83% – experience that their company’s customers increasingly demand more healthy food products and solutions. About two-thirds believe that Danish companies offer technological solutions and products that can support the development and production of healthy food products.

Together with the Embassy of Denmark in Korea we will zoom in on these results from a South Korean perspective and talk about market possibilities and challenges. Experienced companies will also share their perspective and hands-on advice on how a localised marketing and sales strategy can support your export to the South Korean market.

PROGRAM

• Welcome
  By Marianne Riisbøll, Project Manager, Food Nation
• Presentation of key findings on the Korean market from the Insight Report 2022
  By Maria Dyrby Nielsen, Head of Communication and Project Manager, Food Nation
• Market information, business opportunities and possible pitfalls
  By Mr. Jimmy Sell, Head of Trade, Commercial Counsellor and Ms. Jeong Hyeon Park, Commercial Officer (Food and Agriculture), Embassy of Denmark in Korea
• Hands-on experience on how to adapt your marketing and sales strategy to the South Korean market
  By Byong Kyu Yi, Commercial Head AIB JKA & General Manager, Novozymes Korea Ltd.
• Q&A and final remarks
  By Marianne Riisbøll, Project Manager, Food Nation

By participating in the webinar, you will gain insight on:

• How Denmark as a food nation is perceived among the South Korean decision-makers and which strongholds to focus on in your marketing and sales strategy
• The importance of underlining your efforts within health, sustainability and food safety when doing business abroad
• Current market information, business opportunities and pitfalls to be aware of when exporting to South Korea
• Hands-on experience from Danish companies trading with the South Korean market

Who should attend?

We kindly invite representatives and decision-makers from exporting as well as export-ready companies and organisations within the food arena.

Join Food Nation’s Global Food Talk online on November 30 from 2.15-3.45 pm CET. At the talk, you will meet leading high-level profiles from the Danish and international agricultural and food scene.

The world’s population is projected to reach 10 billion in 2050. One of our greatest challenges will be to feed everyone with safe, sustainable, and nutritious food that is produced, consumed, and recycled in a responsible way.

While there is not just one right path toward sustainable agri-food system transformation, the developments and innovations happening in the plant-based sector these days may be a game changer at a national, regional, and global level.

Dietary changes towards eating less meat and more vegetables, pulses, and whole grains can reduce the environmental impacts on the food system. The evidence compiled so far points to the health and environmental benefit of shifting to a more plant-based diet.

The main question for this talk is: How does the plant-based sector contribute to innovation, product development, and healthy, sustainable food systems?

Program

• Welcome
  Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation
• Key-note speaker
  – Lara Pappers, Programme Development Manager, Jeremy Coller Foundation
• Fireside talk 1: Research-driven innovation to boost the plant-based solutions of tomorrow
  – Dan Crossley, Executive Director, Food Ethics Council
  – Esben Egede Rasmussen, Minister Counsellor for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Embassy of Denmark in the United Kingdom
• Fireside talk 2: Providing innovation and technologies to boost plant-based products
  – David Erlandsson, Co-founder & sales director, Aliga Microalgae
  – Mette Skau Mikkelsen, Principal Scientist – Plant-based Foods Initiative Driver, FOSS
• Wrap up
  Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation

Plant Based World Expo Europe

This Global Food Talk is contributing to the international debate and will be held in relation to the Plant Based World Expo Europe in London. Here, you can discover innovative plant-based products, hear from industry leaders and pioneers, and connect with the right people from the trade including retailers, caterers, investors, buyers and distributors. The Danish pavilion is organised by the Confederation of Danish Industry with Food Nation as a branding partner. Read more here.

The talk will be live-streamed in Food Nations’ new virtual universe
If you are joining online, you need to register as a user the first time you access the platform, where you will receive a password by email. You can access the universe here—we recommend that you register as a user sometime in advance of the event.

Global Food Talk is presented by:

Join Food Nation’s Global Food Talk on October 27: ‘Ensuring Global food security – Innovative sustainable solutions as a lever’. At the talk, you will meet leading high-level profiles from the Danish and international agricultural and food scene.

People around the globe share a common need for a safe, nutritious, and reliable supply of food. According to the UN, the number of severely food insecure people has doubled in just two years – from 135 million pre-pandemic to 276 million today.

Conflict, instability and increasing climate variability and extremes are affecting agricultural productivity, food production and natural resources, with huge impacts on food systems. All of this has led to major shifts in the way in which food is handled, produced, distributed and consumed worldwide – and to new food security, nutrition and health challenges. Therefore, we must ensure efficient and sustainable food production where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious and safe food.

The main question for this talk is: How do we ensure enough safe, nutritious and sustainable food for everyone?

Program

• Welcome
  Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation
• Key-note speakers: What are the existing drivers of the rising food insecurity and how do we support those that are most at risk of food insecurity?
  Arif Husain, Chief Economist and Director of Research, Assessment and Monitoring at the United Nations World Food Programme
• Fireside talk: Ensuring sufficient nutritious food for everyone – which approach to value chain development is needed?
  Jan Laustsen, Director – Trade, Markets and Nutrition, Danish Agriculture & Food Council
  Kinga Szabo Christensen, Advisory Director, Confederation of Danish Industry
• Fireside talk: The journey towards efficient agriculture and food production – how can solutions reduce food loss and waste and contribute to food security?
  Morten Enggaard Rasmussen, Executive Vice President, Sustainability & Brand, Novozymes
  Torben Funder-Kristensen, Head of Industry Affairs, Climate Solutions, Danfoss
• Wrap up
  Lise Walbom, CEO, Food Nation

Global Food Talk is presented in relation to World Food Day
Global Food Talks is contributing to the international debate and will be held in relation to the UN’s World Food Day on October 16. Collective action across 150 countries is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar.

The talk will be held in Food Nations’ new virtual universe
You need to register as a user the first time you access the platform, where you will receive a password by email. You can access the universe here.

Global Food Talk is presented by:

In Europe, approximately 88 million tonnes (equivalent to 173 kg per person) of food is wasted every year across the entire value chain. This corresponds to 20% of all food produced. More than 70% of waste arises in households, together with the catering and retail sectors, whilst production and processing accounts for the remaining 30%.

Addressing food waste is crucial if we are to achieve better food security, responsible use of natural resources and ensure sustainable economic growth. In Europe, we have committed to meet the food loss and waste reduction targets adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and further complemented these goals by new ambitious targets in the Farm to Fork Strategy.

Denmark has put the prevention of food waste high on its political agenda. Government campaigns to increase consumer awareness, coupled with various private sector initiatives and public-private partnerships have had favourable results. The majority of other EU countries have developed national plans or strategies for food waste reduction and put in place multi-stakeholder partnerships in the food value chain to help spread knowledge, find solutions and join up efforts in food waste prevention.

Tackling food waste necessitates the mobilisation of the different players along the supply chain to responsibly handle food, from promoting sustainable business models and utilising innovative technology to improved nutritional and consumption approaches. Innovation and technological progress, including digitalisation has also brought forward cutting-edge solutions to address the environmental and societal challenges of food waste while contributing to economic growth.

With less than 10 years left to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, this topic is more crucial than ever. With this in mind, this event will facilitate an exchange on best practices in the reduction of food waste, including how we can better exploit innovative solutions and data to transform our food systems for enhanced food security and sustainable business opportunities.

Program

10.30 – 10.33: Introduction to the event
Méabh McMahon, Moderator

10.33 – 10.41: Keynote speech
HRH Princess Marie of Denmark

10.41 – 11.20: How technologies can prevent and optimise food waste
Moderated by Méabh McMahon

Remarks by Jarl Frijs-Madsen, Danish Ambassador to the Netherlands

• Annemarie Meisling, Senior Director, Corporate Affairs, Chr Hansen
• Anna-Karin Modin-Edman, Senior Sustainability Manager, Arla Foods
• Tobias Lau, Beyond Coffee
• Søren Ejlersen, Aarstiderne
• Katelijne Berx, HelloFresh Nordics

11.20 – 12.25: Panel discussion and Q&A
Moderated by Méabh McMahon

Remarks by Odd Sinding, Danish Ambassador to Belgium

How can stakeholders’ actions minimise wasting food and create new
opportunities?
Panel debate with the above speakers to be joined by:

• Selina Juul, Founder, Stop Wasting Food
• Ignace De Nollin, SmartWithFood
• Toine Timmermans, Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling
• Patricia De Clercq, Government of Flanders – Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• Greet Maenhout, Head of Unit, Bioeconomy, JRC
• Maurits Groen, Wholy Greens
• Laurence Gouthière, ADEME, The French Agency for Ecological Transition

12.25 – 12.30: Concluding remarks
Mie Ole Lauritzen, Head of Business Development and Partnerships, Food Nation

When and where?

Date: 19 September 2022
Time: 10.30 to 12.30 pm
Registration: Please send an email to Kerry Louise O’Donoghue, Commercial Advisor, The Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU: kerodo@um.dk

The event is organised by

Join Food Nation’s Global Food Talk on August 25 focusing on gastronomy’s impact on consumption and production habits to initiate sustainable food system changes. At the talk, you will meet leading high-level profiles from the Danish and international agricultural and food scene.

By 2050, the world will have close to 10 billion mouths to feed. Yet, 1/3 of all food produced is lost or wasted. Therefore, we must ensure efficient and sustainable food production.

Gastronomy must be used as a lever for the development of better eating habits, counteract food waste and contribute to the sustainable development of agricultural and food production.

The main question for this talk is: How can sustainable gastronomy be a lever to provide safe, healthy and responsible consumption and production of agriculture and food products?

The webinar will be held in Food Nations’ new virtual universe
You can access the universe here. You need to register as a user the first time you access the platform, where you will receive a password by email.

Program

• Welcome
  Lise Walbom, CEO Food Nation
• Opening remarks: Denmark’s ambitious goal as a gastronomic nation
  Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Rasmus Prehn
  
• Key-note speaker
  William Drew, Director of Content, World’s 50 Best 
• Motivational speaker
  Melina Shannon-DiPietro, Executive Director of MAD
• Fireside talk: Gastronomic innovation through close interaction between industry and academia
  Mette Schacht Færch, Vice President, Global Marketing & Consumer Experiences, Danish Crown & Claus Meyer, Danish entrepreneur, Chef and Affiliated Professor at DTU Biosustain and DTU Food
  
• Fireside talk: Simmering initiatives to create sustainable change
  Matt Orlando, Chef and Owner Amass & Fredrik R. Nilsson, CEO, LAKRIDS BY BÜLOW
• Wrap up
  Lise Walbom, CEO Food Nation

Why join?

Join Food Nations Global Food Talk on gastronomy to gain knowledge on game-changing solutions, scalable actions, and partnership models for sustainable development, be inspired by international stakeholders focusing on sustainable and circular food solutions for all and become motivated to take action toward the 2030-agenda.

Global Food Talks is contributing to the international debate and will be held in relation to Copenhagen Cooking from 19-28 August. Copenhagen is a gastronomic metropolis with a strong focus on sustainability, inspiring new solutions, innovation and collaboration. Every year Copenhagen Cooking arranges activities targeted at all people working in the food industry.

The Global Food Talk is presented by:

Mark your calendar on Tuesday 7 June from 10.00 – 12.00, where the Danish Agriculture & Food Council and Food Nation mark Codex Alimentarius’ worldwide World Food Safety Day for the fourth time at an online event. The theme of the day will deal with both cooperation and food safety with a special focus on plant-based foods.

Danish food is known throughout the world for high food quality and safety. This is not least due to the strong collaboration between companies and authorities, which gives Danish food companies a unique opportunity to test, develop and innovate their products and solutions early in the development process. To constantly be at the forefront of global trends and demands, it is important to look ahead and focus on how the food sector can continue to contribute to healthy and safe food and sustainable development.

Plant-based foods are growing strongly worldwide, but how do you ensure that your new plant-based products live up to food safety standards and how do they fall into a whole new product category?

Sign up for this year’s World Food Safety Day by sending an email with name, title and company to the fvf@lf.dk marked with “World Food Safety Day” no later than Thursday 2 June and gain insight into the latest knowledge in cooperation and food safety by plant-based foods.

Program

• 9.45 Check-in for virtual meeting
• 10.00: Welcome and practical information
  Lise Walbom, Food Nation and Anna Høgberg, Danish Agriculture & Food Council
• Theme: Strengthened cooperation supports exports
  We share experiences and knowledge about the importance of collaboration in a food safety context both locally and globally.
  – Jens Munk Ebbesen, Area Director, Danish Agriculture & Food Council
  – Troels Vensild, Office Manager for the Center for International Cooperation, The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
  – Lene Mølsted, Minister Counsellor Royal Danish Embassy Bangkok and Team Leader Southeast Asia
• Theme: Plant-based foods
  We focus on the new plant-based foods in relation to food safety.
  – Inger Olesen, Section Leader for Food Characterization & Safety, Danish Technological Institute
  – Annette Perge, Senior Consultant, Feed and Food Safety, The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
• 12.00 Thank you for today

You will receive a link to the webinar on June 3rd. The event will be held in Danish.

Read more and get inspiration on how you can focus on World Food Safety Day in your company and create activities here.