“Harnessing Sustainability in the Food Sector: A Pathway to Progress” Seminar on Food Innovation 

The Food and Agriculture Platform for the Future, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary program in Technology Management and Innopreneurship (CU TIP), Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, organized a seminar on food innovation titled “Harnessing Sustainability in the Food Sector: A Pathway to Progress” on July 12, 2024, at Room 802, 8^th floor, Chamchuri 10 Building. The seminar aimed to exchange academic knowledge with relevant experts, including researchers, academics, industry leaders, and policymakers, in order to promote and determine the direction for developing a secure and sustainable food production system. Asst. Prof. Dr. Kavin Asavanant, Director of CUTIP, gave a welcome remark to the participants, followed by an opening speech by Prof. Dr. Pornanong Aramwit, Acting Vice President, which addressed the significance of food security amidst climate change, resource scarcity, and rapidly increasing global population.  

In this event, Mr. Niels Peter Nøerring, Climate Director of the Danish Agricultural & Food Council (DAFC), Denmark, gave a lecture titled “Carbon Reduction in the Food Sector: Exploring Challenges, Political Agendas, and Success Stories from Denmark.” Mr. Nøerring shared in-depth information on agricultural management in Denmark and the European Union, offering guidance from successful projects, emerging technologies, policy frameworks, and best practices to promote transformation in the agricultural industry. 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahesha Manjunatha Poojary, Department of Food Science University of Copenhagen, delivered a talk on “Researches Supporting Sustainable Food Production,” presenting the invention and development of food processing innovations to create high-protein foods, production of alternative foods, as well as introduction of research results to the market. 

The “Harnessing Sustainability in the Food Sector: A Pathway to Progress” seminar on food innovations, was organized by the Food and Agriculture Platform for the Future, led by Chulalongkorn University’s Office of Research Administration and Chula Unisearch, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary program in Technology Management and Innopreneurship (CU TIP), Graduate School. It is part of the project promoting cooperation and development of food technology and innovation between Thailand and Denmark, supported by the Royal Thai Embassy in Copenhagen and the Office of the Vocational Education Commission. 

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