LASER Talks in Zurich: Food 4.0. The future of food?

The event will be chaired by Prof. Dr. Jill Scott and Dr. Boris Magrini

EVENT Info

When: 6 October 2022, 6:30 to 9:30 pm CET. Find your timezone here

Where: Soletto Cafe, Hardturmstrasse 169, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland

For the streaming link please subscribe to our mailing list 3 weeks before the event on http://www.laserzurich.com/contact.php

LASER Zurich is part of the world wide series.

In the next LASERZURICH EVENT  2 artists and 2 scientists and 2 curators participate in a discussion about the future of food for consumers in relation to a possible 4^th Industrial Revolution. This Panel hopes to foster a critical trans-discourse presentation about the following potentials: genetic editing or New Breeding Plant Techniques; food manufactured from plant cell cultures and automated greenhouses. The discussion traces the effects of Food 4.0 on biodiversity; sustainability; nutrition; the condition of our microbiome and our soil; climate adaptation and food sovereignty solutions.  The value of organic farming and better land use are well known but with Food 4.0, the historic division between deforestation, agrochemical formulators and fertilizer manufacturers, grain traders and plant breeders, and grocery retailers and tractor manufacturers may no longer apply.

SPEAKERS

• Michelle Grant: World Food Systems Center https://worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch/people/executive-office/mgrant.html
• Alexander Mathys: Sustainable Food Processing, https://sfp.ethz.ch/
• Malin Borg: Future Food Initiative https://www.futurefoodinitiative.ch/ 
• Jill Scott: Molecular biology and Aftertaste https://jillscott.org
• Maya Minder: Fermentation and green open food evolution, http://mayaminder.ch/filter/work
• Margaux Schwab: Founder & Director Food Culture Days
• https://www.foodculturedays.com/en/
• Juanita Schlapfler Muller. Climate Garden https://www.academia.edu/33436494/Botanical_Time_Travel_to_Unspectacular_Climatic_Futures_2017_

PARTNERS

This Laserzurich is a collaboration between Swissnex Brazil, Life Science Zurich and the WWF Zurich. See these sites for more information and registration, three weeks before the event.

• www.laserzurich.com
• www.jillscott.org
• https://swissnex.org/brazil/
• https://www.lifescience-zurich.uzh.ch/en.html
• https://www.wwf-zh.ch

SPONSORS:

LASER Zurich offers an international platform for the discussion of paradigmatic shifts within the scientific research, the implementation of new technologies and the ongoing development of artistic research.The Leonardo Art, Science, Evening Rendezvous (LASER) in Zurich is hosted by various organisations and takes place online and offline simultaneously. It is curated by Professor Dr. Jill Scott is an artist, teacher and context provider with 40 years of experience in the unique transdisciplinary field of art, science and technology interactions. The Partners include Life Science Zurich and The WWF World Wildlife Fund. Each year it features talks by renowned artists, scientists, and hybrids. It takes place randomly though out each year.

The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 50 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks