The Future of Food and Beverage Forum
12th - 13th May 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Day 1
Tuesday 12th May 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:20am
Turning risk into opportunity: How food system innovation can deliver strategic business value and secure supply resilience
9:20am - 10:00am
The consumer is king: How consumer demand is connecting strategy around health, nutrition, and sustainability
10:00am - 10:30am
Balancing production, food security, and sustainability: How to place farmers at the heart of agricultural policy
10:30am - 11:10am
Break and Speed Networking
11:10am - 11:50am
Beyond science-based targets: Turning corporate ambition into credible action
11:50am - 12:30pm
From farm to boardroom: Reframing regeneration around risk, resilience, and competitive advantage
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Breakout Round 1
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Carbon’s nutritional value: How to incorporate nutrient density and health for a complete climate footprint
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Finding opportunity in portfolio diversification: What is the business case for plant-based?
1:30pm - 2:15pm
The economics of farming: What needs to change to incentivise the next generation of farmers?
1:30pm - 2:15pm
SBTs in action: How leading companies are implementing FLAG
12:00am - 1:00am
This house believes we can scale production whilst reducing emissions
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Breakout Round 2
2:15pm - 3:00pm
The sweet spot between health, sustainability and affordability: How can retailers and brands collectively shift consumption toward healthier, lower-impact foods?
2:15pm - 3:00pm
On-farm innovation: How precision ag is transforming efficiency and increasing yield
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Scaling on-farm adoption: How can business, finance, and policy align to support farmers?
2:15pm - 3:00pm
ROI for regen: How is business demonstrating the value and impact of regenerative agriculture?
12:00am - 1:00am
This house believes the EUDR will never deliver on its promises
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Networking Break
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Breakout Round 3
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Communicating regeneration: Is nutrition the key to winning consumer trust?
3:30pm - 4:15pm
The DPP ripple effect: How compliance will impact traceability, transparency, and trust
3:30pm - 4:15pm
The tools and techniques for measuring biodiversity: What’s working, what’s next, and how can we quantify impact?
3:30pm - 4:15pm
A deep dive into water risk: How should business respond in an ‘era of hydrological disarray’?
12:00am - 1:00am
This house believes challenger brands are leading the way for a more sustainable food system
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Breakout Round 4
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Credibility and transparency: How brands can back up claims with data and storytelling
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Practical pathways for product reformulation: How R&D labs can deliver on nutrition AND sustainability
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Cultivating platforms for change: How are online marketplaces transforming on-farm knowledge, data, and communication?
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Soil carbon claims: What do we really know about the science and the long-term effect of soil carbon stores?
12:00am - 1:00am
This house believes regen ag is the next great greenwash
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking Drinks
Day 2
Wednesday 13th May 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:50am
Reimagine, redesign, regenerate: How R&D is transforming business models amongst shifting regulatory, climate and consumer landscapes
9:50am - 10:30am
Climate adaptation and food security: Harnessing innovation and technology to build supply chain resilience
10:30am - 11:00am
Networking Break
11:00am - 11:45am
Trust, transparency, and traceability: How can business navigate the challenges around evolving reporting standards and expectations?
11:45am - 12:30pm
Financing climate-smart food systems: How do we bridge the funding gap in food system transformation?
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable Sessions
12:00am - 1:00am
a) Farmer first: How can we strike a realistic balance between sustainability and productivity at farm level?
12:00am - 1:00am
b) Sustaining the future of farming: How do we align policy with on-farm transformation?
12:00am - 1:00am
c) Engaging and incentivising suppliers: Do existing approaches go far enough?
12:00am - 1:00am
d) Science-based targets and FLAG: What’s working, what’s not, and what’s next?
12:00am - 1:00am
e) Accessing sustainable nutrition: How can we reframe the narrative around UPFs?
12:00am - 1:00am
f) Buzzwords, microtrends and misinformation: How can we uncover the truth of food sustainability?
12:00am - 1:00am
g) Challenging the status quo: What can legacy brands learn from challenger brands?
12:00am - 1:00am
h) Reframing waste solutions: What are the leading innovations reducing food waste across the supply chain?
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Closing Remarks