The BEC will host more than 7,000 professionals from the agri-food industry from 17 to 19 May

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Under the motto “The Foodtech Revolution”, 283 exhibiting companies and 386 international experts will participate in the Food 4 Future World Summit, the largest European congress on food innovation.

Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC) organizes the second edition of the Food 4 Future competition, which will take place from 17 to 19 May 283 exhibiting companies and is expected to bring together more than 7,000 agri-food industry professionals from more than 30 countries.

under the motto: “The Foodtech Revolution”the event aims to position the Basque Country as a hub for food innovation at an international level and to give these professionals the opportunity to promote said innovation in their business model.

The organizers of the event have emphasized that Food 4 Future will showcase the innovations and solutions that are transforming the food sector, as well as success stories and applications of food technology to achieve a safer, more sustainable and healthier industry.

The exhibiting companies will present to professionals in the food and beverage sector their latest technological solutions and food products that will “help modernize and digitize” the entire industry value chain, from raw materials to logistics processes.

In addition, 386 international experts will participate in the World top Food 4 Futurethe largest European congress on food innovation where they discuss the challenges of the sector in all its segments: meat, fish, dairy, oil industry, agriculture, cereals, canned goods and beverages.

For its part, the Minister of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment of the Basque Government, Arantxa Tapiastressed that Food 4 Future combines food and technology, two areas in which the Basque Country “can contribute a lot”.

He emphasized that the Basque Country has “an organized and well-structured primary sector” and a food industry “less but with high added value”, along with “a technological alliance” through the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), training qualified and internationally recognized restaurant sector.

The Deputy for Economic Promotion of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, Ainara Basurkopointed out that “the food industry is facing a revolution that will reach the entire value chain” and that this will lead to “horizons that are more sustainable, efficient and responsible in the form of consumption and production”.

He emphasized that the first edition of Food 4 Future reached 29 countries through its streaming conferences and that more than 5,000 visitors from 22 countries attended the event, generating an economic impact of 9 million euros.


Source: EITB

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