Future Food Symposium 2024

[International Food Loss and Food Waste Studies Group]

Future Food Symposium 2024

20th-21st May, University of Nottingham

 

https://futurefoodsymposium.uk/

The Future of Food Symposium is a series of free interdisciplinary conference events that have brought together academics, practitioners and citizens working across a range of food issues to share, discuss and debate the future of food. Now in its fifth year, the Future Food Symposium 2024 marks the return of the event to where it was originally created at the University of Nottingham. Since formation we have welcomed hundreds of attendees from over 30 countries and look forward to a similarly broad range of attendees on May 20th and 21st 2024.   This year we will have 13 academic tracks, covering a wide range of social, health, and nutrition sciences.  In addition, we will also have a broad range of panel discussions and workshops with leading practitioners.

More information is available here: https://futurefoodsymposium.uk/

Future Food Symposium 2024 calls for academic contributed submissions in the form of a one-page abstract (350 words maximum).

The abstract submission deadline is April 12th

All submissions should be emailed directly to futurefoo...@gmail.com

All accepted abstracts will be invited to give a 15 minute presentation at the event in a track of related talks.

This is a truly multi-disciplinary event featuring world-leading experts in business, consumer psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, computer science, health, and nutrition. The central thread across all disciplines is food. Submissions from any angle are welcome, however, we strongly encourage participants to align their submission with one of the following 13 tracks:

– Nutrition Security
– Diet-related Disease
– Social Eating and Canteen Cultures
– Food Supply Chains and operations
– Ethics, Rights and Responsibility in the Global Food System
– Food (hi)stories, narratives and discourses
– Community Food initiatives and dignity
– Consumer Food Waste
– Food, big data, machine learning and AI
– Marketing for a greater Good – cost of living crisis and consumer coping related to food
– Food Insecurity – models & measurement
– Social relations and food insecurity
– Impact of Food on Environment

We welcome a wide variety of abstract submissions including:
– Empirical
– Methodological
– Conceptual Frameworks
– Position Papers
– Reviews
– Case Studies
– Demonstrations
– Engagement Activities
– Design Frameworks.


Registration

This is an entirely free event focused on showcasing the latest thinking across disciplines and fostering new links between business, charity, policymaking and academia.

Food will be provided for free across both days of the symposium, though because of this constraint we will have limited availability of places and therefore encourage early registration to avoid disappointment.

Key Dates

February 23rd: Registration Begins

April 12th: Abstract Submission Deadline

April 19th: Acceptance Notification

May 20th: Future Food Symposium Begins