FOOD & SOCIETY - Paths to Sustainable Food Systems

Tue Apr 30 2024 at 10:30 am to 04:00 pm UTC+02:00

Litteraturhuset | Oslo

NMBU Sustainability Arena - Sustainable Food Systems
Publisher/HostNMBU Sustainability Arena - Sustainable Food Systems
FOOD & SOCIETY - Paths to Sustainable Food Systems
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What we eat has important consequences, not only for our health but also for the environment and society.
NMBU invites to a half day conference about the science and politics of food systems. Dr. Kate Schneider from Johns Hopkins University, is keynote speaker.
Thematic experts introduce key sustainability dimensions and public and private sector stakeholders from the food system discuss pathways to sustainable food systems in Norway and globally.
Welcome to a half a day with exiting and important presentations and conversations!

Where: Litteraturhuset in Oslo
When: 10.30 – 16.00
Register (Free): https://nettskjema.no/a/406360

PROGRAM
10.30 - POSTERSESSION & LUNCH
11.30 - WELCOME BY NMBU RECTOR SIRI FJELLHEIM
11.40 - KEYNOTE – KATE SCHNEIDER (Johns Hopkins University)
The state of the worlds’ food system

12.30 - SESSION 1: NATURE & CLIMATE
Siri Eriksen (Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU) - Food and climate
Arild Angelsen (School of Economics and Business, NMBU) - Feeding the world while protecting tropical forests
13.00 - BREAK
13.15 - SESSION 2: TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION
Odd Arne Rognli (Faculty of Biosciences, NMBU) - The role of biotechnology and genetic resources in resilient plant production
Angela Schwarm (Faculty of Biosciences, NMBU) - Reducing emissions from cattle based food
Nils Bjugstad (Faculty of Science and Technology, NMBU) - Climate smart farming technologies

13.50 - SESSION 3: FOOD SAFETY AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Paula Varela Tomasco (Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science at NMBU, and the Norwegian Food Research Institute) - To eat or not to eat? Consumers in a changing food system
Marina Aspholm (The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, NMBU) - Building a Sustainable Future: Food Safety in Tomorrow's Food Systems

14.15 - SESSION 4: FOOD SECURITY AND INEQUALITY
Christian Anton Smedshaug (Faculty of Biosciences, NMBU) - Self-sufficiency, trade and preparedness
Ruth Haug (Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU) - Equity as path to social sustainability of food systems?

Comments and conclusions
Moderator: Ola T. Westengen (Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU)

14.40 - BREAK – Energy refill

15.00 - PANEL DISCUSSION
Veien til bærekraftige matsystemer i Norge og internasjonalt. Hva skal til for å få til en kunnskapsbasert omlegging av matsystemene? En samtale mellom politiske myndigheter, sivilsamfunn, nærings- og forskningsaktører.

Paneldeltakere:
Wenche Westberg, Statssekretær Landbruks- og Matdepartementet
Ingrid Kleiva Møller, Fagansvarlig for bærekraftig mat, Framtiden i Våre Hender
Aron Halfen, Leder i politikk fra Forum For Utvikling og Miljø
Annicke Brandt Kjeldsen, Dekan for Fakultetet for Biovitenskap NMBU
Representant fra næringslivet (tbc), Representant fra landbruket (tbc)

Moderator: Andrew Kroglund

Panelsamtalen foregår på Norsk

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Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, 0167 Oslo, Norge,Oslo, Norway

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