SACRU Webinar “Sustainable innovation in the food system"

The Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU), will be hosting the Webinar “Sustainable innovation in the food system: The societal perception” as a side event for the FAO Science and Innovation Forum, next October 13th.

Specialists from the founding universities of the alliance will address, with a multidisciplinary approach combining hard and social scientists, the drivers of social perception and the strategies for risk-benefit analysis of innovation in the food system.

UCP will talk part in this initiative, as Paula Texeira, professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology and researcher at the Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry, will deliver the “Sustainability and Food Safety” session. 

Agenda

12.30 p.m. - 12.35 p.m. Introduction by the Chair Pier Sandro Cocconcelli from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

12.35 p.m. - 12.45 p.m. “Promoting consumers’ engagement & behavioural change”; Guendalina Graffigna from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

12.45 p.m. - 12.55 p.m. “Sustainability and Food Safety”; Paula Teixeira from Universidade Católica Portuguesa

12.55 p.m. - 1.05 p.m. “Good Management Practices toward food security with small producers”; María Angélica Fellenberg from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

1.05 p.m. - 1.15 p.m. “Cellular Agriculture: Can We Develop a Sustainable and Just Industry to Feed All?”; Glenn Gaudette from Boston College

1.15 p.m. - 1.25 p.m. “Plant-based Bioactive Peptides to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals"; Bo Wang from Australian Catholic University

1.25 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. Questions from the public

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