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Future priorities in food reseach. Perspectives from the food industry Director General Ole Linnet Juul Danish Food and Drink Federation. Overall framework. Danish food industry at a crossroad/burning platform: High costs Slow productivity rates Outsourcing of production
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Future priorities in food reseach Perspectives from the food industry Director General Ole Linnet Juul Danish Food and Drink Federation
Overall framework Danish food industry at a crossroad/burning platform: • High costs • Slow productivity rates • Outsourcing of production • Slow domestic and international growth That calls for: • Urgent need to restore competition • Embracing new possibilities (markets, products and technologies) • Collaboration between industry and research recognizing interdependence between these two
Future research priorities Global population growth • Production • Production Technology • ICT • Automation Technology • Biotechnology Research and innovation Diversity • Processes • Process Analytical Technology • Sensor technology Sustainable productivity • Products • Nutrition • Genomics • Healthy food • New recepies • Obesity
Key messages • Restore competition • Explore strongholds in Danish food research • Strengthen international collaboration in food research • Focusing on growth opportunities and collaboration with industry • Research at "eye-level" relevance to and in collaboration with industry (inSPIRe) • Increase PhD-programmes with industry • Common challenges to funding food research