{"id":5782,"date":"2018-04-13T14:29:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T13:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/futurefood.network\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2022-05-05T07:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T05:08:11","slug":"fasten-your-seatbelts-the-presentation-of-figm18-and-ff4cc-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurefoodinstitute.org\/ja\/2018\/04\/13\/fasten-your-seatbelts-the-presentation-of-figm18-and-ff4cc-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Fasten your seatbelts: The Presentation of #FIGM18 and #FF4CC in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\nOver two months, 16 student-researchers of 10 nationalities will travel to 12 cities and 10 countries around the world, starting from Italy! <\/span>\n We have presented in Rome,  in collaboration with Maker Faire Rome<\/a>, at the Council Chamber of the Chamber of Commerce of Rome the second edition of the “Food innovation Global Mission”. The initiative, sponsored by <\/span>the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, <\/span>will start from Bologna (Italy) on May 12th and the delegation of 16 is part of our “Food Innovation Program<\/a>“, a second level international Master\u2019s Program on Food Innovation accredited in collaboration with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, and the Institute For the Future of Palo Alto (California). This is a two-month mission to the main food tech hubs of the world in Amsterdam, Madrid, Valencia, Berlin, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mumbai and Bangkok. The delegation will meet companies, startups, universities, research centers, scientific and technological clusters and institutional institutions. The Mission’s goal is to promote a more sustainable and conscious approach to nutrition, develop new technologies and innovations in the food sector and strengthen the link between education and world changemakers. The Mission is a deep dive into research, innovation and the business world, training young talented researches to become the “future food leaders”.<\/span>\nThe delegation’s research will focus on four major issues: sustainability and circular economy, the future of proteins, agricultural innovation in increasingly “smart” rural and urban contexts and the future of food service. Each research team will give life to an in-depth publication on the subject and document their experiences.<\/span>\nThe tour will also be an opportunity to raise awareness of the excellence of Italian food culture at a global level and support Italian food companies that are successfully establishing themselves abroad. At each stage the delegation will have the opportunity to meet the research world through partnerships with prestigious international universities, but also with the community of companies and foodies representative of Made in Italy in the world thanks to the collaboration with “I Love Italian Food”, the largest international community dedicated to 100% Italian food.<\/span>\nThe entire mission will be animated by the “Future Food 4 Climate Change” campaign, which will feature hundreds of advocates and influencers all over the world, with the support of the Youth Climate Leaders Network, the most important “Climate Co-Lab “of young people of the world. Testimonials of the #FF4CC campaign with be shared by the activist and well-known American entrepreneur Marc Buckley, founder of one of the most well-known healthy sustainable beverage operations in Germany, and coordinator of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project for Austria and Germany.<\/span>\nThe tour will touch some of the most important cities in the world, connecting global excellence of innovation linked to the agri-food chain. A mission exploring Fab Lab accelerators and business incubators, research centers and markets, to discover “local food heroes”, experimenting with “food rituals” and studying the great “icons” of the world of food that characterize the different cultures.<\/span>\n \nCalendar<\/span>\n