Teagasc hosts Innovation Challenge Workshop in Dublin
Teagasc is a key partner in the Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network (SKIN), a project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Innovation Programme (2017-2019).
Teagasc is organising the third of three European Innovation Challenge Workshops in Dublin, today 13 February and tomorrow 14th.
Teagasc is a key partner in the Short Supply Chain Knowledge and Innovation Network (SKIN), a project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Innovation Programme (2017-2019).
Teagasc is organising the third of three European Innovation Challenge Workshops in Dublin, today 13 February and tomorrow 14th. Forty five participants - producers and experts in short food chains from all over Europe – will gather in Bord Bia’s Thinking House on 13th February. The main focus is identifying the new and emerging skills that are needed, right across the Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS), in order to support innovation in short food chains.
What are the new and emerging ways for?
- Innovation brokers to support producers & their collaborators?
- Products to become more responsive & accessible to consumers?
- Short food chains to incorporate novel functions from frontier technology?
These and more questions will be answered at the workshop, drawing from knowledge of ‘good practices’ identified by the SKIN project across the EU.
Dr Áine Macken-Walsh, Teagasc team lead, explained; “taking a focus on the whole Agriculture Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) allows us to map all of the various actors involved in and supporting short food chains – and also to identify those who may not be currently involved, but have skills and resources to bring and new opportunities to exploit”.
Dr John Hyland and Brídín McIntyre are leading a tour of Teagasc’s Ashtown Facility, introducing international workshop participants to Teagasc scientists working at the frontier of emerging technologies in food quality, food bioscience and food industry development. The tour will be followed by a discussion of emerging production paradigms hosted by Professor Maeve Henchion and Barry Caslin, with Dr Patrick Crehan, CKA, contributing a keynote speech.
Contact: Dr Áine Macken-Walsh, aine.mackenwalsh@teagasc.ie
087 2480228
The SKIN project is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Coordinated by the University of Foggia, partners in the project are a combination of research, industry and third sector organisations: Teagasc; ACTIA; Agrar Projekt Verein; Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias; BioSense; Campden BRI; CERSHAS; Cassovia Life Sciences; CKA; Collisson & Associates; European Qualification Alliance; Europe for Business; Ghent University; Innovatiesteunpunt; SEGES; Tinada; WirelesInfo; YOURIS; ZLTO.