INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "Food and environmental transition: time to listen to nature"

Serralves Foundation and INSURE.Hub are pleased to invite you to the International Conference "Food and environmental transition: time to listen to nature", with Vandana Shiva, environmentalist, activist, and scientist. The event will take place on October 30th at the Serralves Auditorium.

Programme:

2.30pm: Opening

• Ana Pinho | Chairman | Serralves Foundation

• Isabel Braga da Cruz | Pro-Rector | Universidade Católica Portuguesa

2.45pm: Biodiversity and Regeneration

• Nature and the future: the example of Serralves Park | Helena Freitas | Director of Serralves Park

• The new era of natural-based investments exploring voluntary carbon credits | Luís Rochartre | Senior Advisor Planetiers New Generation

• The emergence of progressive business leaders with sustainable regenerative purposes | António Vasconcelos | Planetiers New Generation

Discussion Panel

4.20pm: Food Systems

• Diversifying protein sources | Marta Vasconcelos | Professor at Faculty of Biotechnology UCP

• Valorisation of food waste | Manuela Pintado | Professor at Faculty of Biotechnology UCP

• Production and retail: a partnership for sustainability | Ondina Afonso | President of the Continente Producers’ Club

• Presentation of the Noocity Project | Pedro Rocha

Discussion Panel

5.45pm: Coffee-Break

6.15pm: Keynote presentation | Vandana Shiva

Comments

• Helena Freitas | Serralves

• Manuela Pintado | Insure HUB

• Filipe Araújo | Vice-President of Porto Municipality
  

Discussion Panel

• Vandana Shiva

• Helena Freitas | Serralves

• Manuela Pintado | Insure HUB

• Filipe Araújo | Porto Municipality
  

Moderation: Arminda Deusdado | Farol de Ideias

7.45pm: Closing