Industry Day: Co-Creating the Future of Food - June 2026

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The programme for the day will include:  Keynote speakers from academia and industry Highlights of leading, industry-related, research activities Poster session on the latest innovative research Funding opportunities in the field. Includes lunch and refershments.

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Industry Day Planning Committee
School of Food Science and Nutrition
University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT

foodresearch@leeds.ac.uk 

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09:00 – 09:45 Registration and coffee 

09:45 – 09:50 Welcome and housekeeping - Christine Bosch (FSN, University of Leeds) 
09:50 – 10:00 Opening remarks - Nick Plant (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research & Innovation, University of Leeds) 
10:00 – 10:55 THE FUTURE IS… DIGITAL - Cathy Battaloglu (Mondelez) Simha Sridharan and Emma Wilkins (University of Leeds) 

10:55 – 11:15 Coffee break 

11:15 – 12:10 THE FUTURE HAS… CHOICES 
12:10 – 12:25 Early Career Researcher Presentations - Kate Overy (Oatly) Sally Moore and Yun Yun Gong (University of Leeds) Lewis Wallis, Tom Bailey, Gizem Catalkaya, Alexander Lim 
12:25 – 12:55 Panel discussion: Food 2050 Mark Hopkins (University of Leeds)  Stanley Mitchell (MicroLub)  Imran Afzal (NAPIC) William Birch (University of Leeds) 

13:00 – 14:00  Lunch with poster sessions from Food Science & Nutrition researchers 

14:00 – 14:55  THE FUTURE IS… SUSTAINABLE - Joe Prosho (ASDA)  
Darren Greetham and Kieran Tuhoy (University of Leeds) 
14:55 – 15:50  THE FUTURE IS… DIFFERENT - Andy Jarvis (Bezos Earth Fund)  Gleb Yakubov and Janet Cade (University of Leeds) 
15:50 – 16:00  Wrap-up: The future is community led - Anwesha Sarkar and Nik Watson (University of Leeds) 

16:00 - End of day