Scaling Food Innovations: The Power of Shared Facilities 

This session will delve into the world of shared facilities and their pivotal role in the future of food and agriculture innovation. Featuring case studies from three leading companies within the Foodvalley network, we will explore successful models of collaborative innovation that have leveraged shared facilities for agtech, foodtech, and food production scaling.

The discussions will cover the challenges and opportunities of accessing large corporation resources and knowledge institutions, and how these can be navigated to foster sustainable food production advancements, especially in areas such as plant-based protein and fermentation technologies. Attendees will gain valuable insights into leveraging the sharing economy for their food innovation endeavors.

Moderator Emmanuel Anom will be joined by speakers Nikolaas Vles, CEO of Nizo, Judit Hunyadkurti, Business Developmet Manager at AlgaePARC, Nina Waldhauer, Senior Business Development Manager at Invest-NL and Harald van Santen, Operational Director at Grassa.