Events
Digital Technologies for Improving Productivity in Food Manufacturing
A seminar to learn from companies and technology providers on best practices to successfully implement current digital technologies into food manufacturing and to discuss policy and regulatory challenges to the uptake of such technologies within the UK Food Sector.
Description: The Centre for SMART and the Internet of Food Things (IoFT) Network Plus hosted this event to provide attendees with the opportunity to learn from companies and technology providers on best practices to successfully implement current digital technologies in food manufacturing, and to discuss policy and regulatory challenges to the uptake of such technologies within the UK food sector.
Outcome: The generation and dissemnintation of a briefing document based on facilitate discussions conducted throughout the day. This document will highlight how to effectively implement new technologies in food manufacturing and how to overcome the policy challenges to the adoption of these tools.
The speakers' slides can be viewed here.
The briefing document is available here.
Expert panel discussion on reducing the impact of food waste
In the UK, consumers throw away £700 worth of food per family each year, which is not only a needless cost but also a source of significant negative environmental and social impacts (UK Government, 2017). Loughborough has taken a leading role in addressing this issue, with a number of local charities, (e.g. Utilise Social Café) and Loughborough University working to reduce both the occurrence of food waste and its negative impacts. However, the scale of the food waste challenge means that it cannot be tackled by researchers or local community groups alone.
In response, this unique event brings together representatives from local businesses, policy makers, residents and researchers to enable them to voice their experience and concerns regarding food waste, identify what the latest challenges and enablers are and to begin the process of developing successful interventions.
Manufacturing Food Futures Conference 2018
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Stay up-to-date with the latest research including upgrading materials and valorization techniques, novel processing technologies and developments in distributed manufacture, and new approaches to sustainability and waste reduction.
This free* 2 -day event will bring together industry and academic experts to discuss challenges and showcase the latest innovations in the sector.
There is a Conference Dinner taking place in the Kegworth Hotel on 26th March, 7pm at a cost of £32.72 + £2.29 fee which can be booked when registering for the Conference.Poster abstracts are now invited on the following topics:
- Food materials and structure
- Upgrading materials and valorisation
- Sustainable food production
Systems Change Thinking - Creating Value from Unavoidable Food Supply Chain Wastes
The Centre for SMART will be a part of this free 'Systems Change' event hightlighting our research into unavoidable food supply chain wastes. Please register on Eventbrite to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/systems-change-thinking-creating-value-from-unavoidable-food-supply-chain-wastes-tickets-22503643002
Systems Change Thinking - Creating Value from Unavoidable Food Supply Chain Wastes
This is a free, one-day, event for all stakeholders interested in understanding the chemical and environmental benefits of utilising unavoidable food supply chain wastes.
Food and drink is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK, employing approximately 400,000 people with a turnover of £76 billion. Food manufacturing is a complex process that is in the main linear- rather than circular-thinking. A staggering 9.9 million tonnes of food waste and food by-products are generated per year in the food industry alone, of which 56% is considered unavoidable. Unavoidable food supply chain wastes (UFSCW) lost after harvest and along the distribution and consumption chain have a dual negative environmental impact: undue pressure on natural resources and ecosystem services and pollution through food discards. However, current strategies for dealing with UFSCW are rudimentary and of low value: these include waste to energy (including incineration and anaerobic digestion), and where possible; animal feed and bedding; compositing; ploughing back in to soil; and, least preferable, landfill.
This event explores UFSCW as a unique bioresource: a treasure trove of unexploited, bio-based materials and chemicals, with a range of potential commercial applications.
This will be an excellent opportunity to interact and connect with academics and industrial colleagues
Poster presentations are open for submission. Deadline 10th December. Please contact sophie.palmer@york.ac.uk for more detail.
If you would like to sponsor or exhibit at the event, please contact sophie.palmer@york.ac.uk for more detail.
Sustainable Food & Beverage Manufacturing Conference & Exhibition 2017
The Centre for SMART will be at the 4th Annual Sustainable Food and Beverage Conference to be held November 7th 2017 in the Ricoh Arena, Coventry.
This event aims to bring together key stakeholders and regulatory bodies from food and beverage manufacturers, food retailers, food service companies, the agriculture industry, ingredient manufacturers, plus key suppliers of energy, water, engineering, packaging, supply chain, logistics, emissions reduction and waste to energy technology and services.
See us on the exhibitors list here: http://www.sustainablefoodexpo.com/exhibitors/
We will have a stand and a presentation on behalf of the Centre by Dr Elliot Woolley.
Registration is free.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Nottingham SciBar: How to Feed 9 Billion People in 2050?
Professor Shahin Rahimifard will be speaking at the Nottingham SciBar event on 25 October 2017 on the topic of the challenges that food manufacturers face in feeding our growing population. The event will take place at the Vat and Fiddle on Queens Bridge Road in Nottingham.
To reserve your place, please visti the Nottingham SciBar website here https://www.meetup.com/Nottingham-SciBar/events/244007956/
PPMA Show 2017
Dr Elliot Woolley of the Centre for SMART will be presenting next week at the Process and Packaging Machinery (PPMA) show to be held 26 - 28 September at the NEC in Birmingham on the topic of 'Energy efficient production: uncover the potential of waste'. His session will take place at 11:30 am on Thursday 28th September.
Leading up to this even, Process & Control magazine interviewed Elliot about waste heat recovery. The full interview can be found here:
It is not too late to register for this event, and registration is free. Just visit http://www.ppmashow.co.uk and we hope to see you there.
Manufacturing Food Futures Conference 2017
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Registration is now open for the
EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food
Manufacturing Food Futures Conference 2017 Birmingham UK
This free* 2-day event will bring together industry and academic experts to discuss challenges and showcase the latest innovations in the sector. Tickets will grant you access to the full conference programme, poster show and exhibitor area.
*On Thursday 30th March there will be a Conference Dinner for an additional fee of £30 per delegate. All delegates are asked to arrange their own accommodation.
2 day delegate ticket is FREE / Evening meal ticket £30 / Exhibition option is £500
Follow this link to register:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/manufacturing-food-futures-2017-tickets-27274602069?aff=es2
Localising Food Systems: The food-energy-water nexus issues of re-distributed manufacturing conference
The Localising Food Systems conference is intended to stimulate exchange and debate about re-distributed food manufacturing, food systems, and food-energy-water nexus issues at enterprise, local and regional levels. This event will be truly multidisciplinary, with contributions from engineering, agriculture, natural sciences and social sciences. It will also encourage debate and share perspectives with business, local authorities and stakeholders in the food, energy or water sectors.
The Centre for SMART will participate with posters and the unveiling of a re-distributed food manufacturing report written by SMART researcher Pedro Gimenez.
For more information visit http://localnexus.org/conference-on-localising-food-systems-the-food-energy-water-nexus-issues-of-re-distributed-manufacturing/
Food Matters Live...
Food Matters Live is the UK's only cross-sector event bringing together the food and drink industry, retailers, foodservice providers, government and those working in nutrition, to enable collaboration and innovation to support a sustainable food landscape for the future.
Members of the Centre for SMART will be in attendance at the Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food stand and look forward to meeting you.
We hope to see you there: 22-24 November at Food Matters Live, ExCeL London.
Capturing Sustainable Value - Centre for Industrial Sustainability Annual Conference 2016
Share your passion for sustainability this July at our 5th annual conference. Meet future collaborators, thought leaders, inventive researchers and industry forerunners. Connect, discuss and debate at our exhibition, workshops, and pop-ups.
Information including the conference programme can be found here. Register here.
This year the theme is Capturing Sustainable Value with Keynotes:
Gunter Pauli – Entrepreneur and author of The Blue Economy
Mike Barry - Director and initiator of M&S Plan A
Brian Holliday - MD of Siemens Digital Factory
Andy Wood - CEO of Adnams Plc
Other speakers from
Tata Steel, Altro, Extremis, iema, KTN, Business.Cubed, University of Cambridge, Cranfield University, Loughborough University, Imperial College, De Montfort University and more.
What will you take away?
· Business views on implementing circularity
· Tools to capture new value in your business network
· Demystified view of disruptive business models
· Insights on innovative sustainability in MNCs to Start-ups
· Opportunities to learn from and participate in the latest doctoral research
· New Collaborators (ask us about partnerships that have formed as a result of our conference)
· Renewed energy and enthusiasm!
‘This conference has become the highlight of my year. The work being presented is cutting edge and the keynotes are truly inspiring- seldom do I feel more passionate about sustainability than when I reflect on the conference material',
Peter Jones, Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment - Delegate at our 2015 conference.
To book your place to attend the conference, please visit the ONLINE SHOP. Just £270 for the 2-day conference on 7-8 July and dinner on 7 July at Churchill College, Cambridge. Student and one-day discounts available.
Additional Events
High-Value Business Models Symposium on the afternoon of 6 July at the IfM, Cambridge. Book your place when registering for the conference. If not attending the conference, book through the IfM Shop here.
More information about the symposium here.
Pre-conference networking dinner and drinks at Madingley Hall on the evening of 6 July 2016. Book your place when registering for the conference.
We hope to see you in July!
Seminar at Middle East Technical University - Northern Cyprus Campus
Future Footwear Materials Conference
At the SLEM Future Footwear Materials Conference internationally renowned speakers will show and talk about how to find sustainable resources, the circular economy, bioprinting, smart textiles, new ways of treating and making leather, and much more.
Professor Shahin Rahimifard of the Centre for SMART will speak about “A system approach to establishing a Circular Economy in Footwear Industry”.
The worldwide consumption of footwear is estimated to be in excess of 20 billion pairs of shoes per year, most of which are currently being disposed of in landfill sites around the globe. Producer-responsibility issues and forthcoming environmental legislations are expected to test the way the footwear industry deals with its end-of-life (EoL) products. Material recycling of footwear products is however a formidable problem with most modern shoes containing a complex mixture of leather, rubber, textile, polymers and metallic materials. The long-term challenges in establishing a system approach to realisation of a Circular Economy for footwear products will be discussed in his presentation.
Visit the Conference website.
http://www.futurefootwearmaterials.eu/
Annual Conference - EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food
SMART Footwear Recycling Guest Lecture at De Montfort University
SMART researcher Miss Tegan Pringle will be giving a guest lecture to students in the BA programme in Footwear Design at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester on Wednesday 9th March 2016.
Your Energy Futures
