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Call for your participation: “Foodtech Venture Day – World Food Forum Masterclass edition – JAPAN”, co-hosted by Leave a Nest and SIGMAXYZ.

Call for your participation: “Foodtech Venture Day – World Food Forum Masterclass edition – JAPAN”, co-hosted by Leave a Nest and SIGMAXYZ.

Leave a Nest and SIGMAXYZ will hold “Foodtech Venture Day – World Food Forum Masterclass edition – JAPAN” with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Thursday, September 9, 2012.

To date, Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. has co-hosted “Foodtech Venture Day” with SIGMAXYZ to introduce venture companies in various foodtech field. This time, Foodtech Venture Day – World Food Forum Masterclass edition – JAPAN will be held in collaboration with the World Food Forum (WFF) organized by FAO.

Since its launch in 2019, the WFF has been conducting research, workshops, and various communication activities with the aim of solving social issues related to food on a global level, and in particular to promote action by young people around the world.In WFF2021, which will be held online from October 2 this year, FAO has set 4 themes to be realized: Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Life, and Better Environment. They are trying to form a community of startups, NPOs, academia, and public institutions that can contribute in each area while looking at the entire value chain from food production to the dinner table.

Prior to WFF2021, our event will gather Japanese players with innovative technologies and business ideas to present their unique contributions and perspectives regarding the 4 themes from Japan to the world.

We will broadly discuss global issues, solutions in demand, and what kind of technologies and experiences can Japan offer to the world, and etc?  Hope you will join us for the presentations and discussions by Japanese wisdom.

 

Event Outline

Date & Time: Thursday, September 9, 2021, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM (JPT, including networking time)
Language: Japanese (with Japanese/English simultaneous translation)
Method: Online (Zoom Meeting)
Organizers: SIGMAXYZ, Inc., Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Organized by: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Future Food Institute
Participation fee: Free
URL: https://www.sigmaxyz.com/fvd-wwfmasterclass-japan/en.html

 

Speakers and companies (in alphabetical order, titles omitted)

euglena Co., Ltd. (Kengo Suzuki)
Fermenstation Co., Ltd. (Lina Sakai)
IntegriCulture Inc. (Yuki Hanyu)
GIFMO Co., Ltd. (Masaru Morizane)
Plantex Corporation (Koji Yamada)
BASE FOOD, Inc. (Shun Hashimoto)

 

Moderators

Hirotaka Tanaka (SIGMAXYZ, Inc.)
Tomomichi Sumi (COOKPAD Inc.)
Shuhei Tsukada (Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.)

 

Registration

You can register from the official website.
Click here for Registration

 

For inquiries

Contact: Shuhei Tsukada, Saki Uchida
e-mail : [email protected]