1. EIT Food member of EIT’s Innovation community
Begoña Pérez Villarreal
Interim Director of Innovation
May 2017

2. EIT’s Innovation Communities
EIT Climate-KIC
EIT Digital
EIT InnoEnergy
EIT Raw Materials
EIT Health
EIT Food
From Nov 2016

3. Vision EIT Food: the food I value

4. 10 billion people by 2050

5. 3 billion overweight, 2 undernourished

6. 25% of our food is wasted
25% of our food is wasted

7. Challenges Low consumer trust & transparency
Distorted nutritional habits
Sustainability
Fragmented supply chain
Skills gap
Limited entrepreneurial culture
Technology adoption is slow
The food sector is the largest manufacturing sector in Europe, providing 44 million jobs… but it is still stuck in the twentieth century.
It is complex,
consumer trust is lacking, and
it’s resource inefficient: we throw away 25% of our food.
Innovation is limited.
Emerging technologies are slow to be adopted, and the
right talent and skills are lacking.

8. Challenges Objectives Low consumer trust & transparency
Distorted nutritional habits
Sustainability
Fragmented supply chain
Skills gap
Limited entrepreneurial culture
Technology adoption is slow
Overcome low consumer trust
Create consumer-valued food for healthier nutrition
Build a consumer-centric connected food system
Enhance sustainability through resource stewardship
Educate to engage, innovate and advance
Catalyze food entrepreneurship and innovation
Accelerate and customize innovation
Via unique approach we want to address the 7 challenges the food sector and the society are facing and come up with solutions that are realistic and will be implemented. We will train xx new people; create new jobs, trigger excitement for food sector and rebuild respect/trust for those working in the sector. We will build and strengthen EIT brand. We want to have impact in a sustainable way.

9. Our ambition is to create a future proof and effective food sector
through a connected food system,
centered on the consumer, built on trust.

10. Boost entrepreneurship
An impactful and sustainable food innovation and education organization with a strong focus on entrepreneurship and the consumer as change-agent.
Go-to-market
Develop talents
Boost entrepreneurship

11. EIT Food Partners

12. EIT Food partners: transforming our food system together
production
processing
distribution
consumption
side streams

13. The EIT Food community 55 partners business/industry Higher education
Research organisations
Public administration
NGO
Slide with animation build-up : CLC’s + industrie/research + RisingFoodStars stars + RFS logo’s

14. RisingFoodStars Members

15. Strategy EIT Food in relation with Circular Economy:
OUR ZERO WASTE AGENDA

16. Education programmes

17. Business Creation programmes

18. Innovation programmes

19. Innovation : 4 innovation programmes

20. Strategies for food waste prevention, reduction of GHG emissions and fresh water use
Recycling strategies, by-products valorization and the bio-refineries of the future
New technological solutions to increase the environmental efficiency of the food value chain
The Zero Waste Agenda
This programme will explore and utilize circular bio-economy pathways by identifying favourable tracks for
(i) optimizing resource efficiency and environmental sustainability,
(ii) generating consumer relevant functionalities,
(iii) creating economic and societal value, and
(iv) developing novel solutions for future food security.

21. EIT Food Innovation programmes & synergies
DGs
Other KICs

22. EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS)
EIT Food’s activities for RIS regions:
Improving the Innovation capacities of RIS regions need to engage with local stakeholders
Integrated with the knowledge triangle
Adding value to operations of EIT Food and its partners
Synergies with regional innovation strategies
Portfolio of RIS instruments and projects adding value to operations of EIT Food and its partners (e.g. RIS Fellowships; Joint projects and pilots with S3P Agri-Food)
Outreach and mentoring activities for local players from RIS countries (e.g. Matchmaking for start-ups; Lagging regions)

23. Innovate with us!