Food Matters Live

Taking place from 18th - 20th November 2014 at London’s ExCeL centre, Food Matters Live will include:

• Over 200 leading organisations forming a carefully curated exhibition
• Over 450 speakers participating in the conference and seminar programme
• Over 100 free to attend conference and seminar sessions
• Six educational and inspiring attractions and practical demonstrations
• A business brokerage event, facilitating 1:1 meetings between attendees

Visitors to Food Matters Live will come from a range of professions and disciplines, including food science, food and drink manufacturing, R&D, food marketing, retail, nutrition, government and public health.  

Food Matters Live brings together the food and drink industry, government, and those concerned with nutrition and health.  The event makes the connections between food, health and nutrition by presenting both the social, economic and political challenges and the business opportunities they present.

It provides a platform for networking, debate and cross-sector collaboration. The depth of content in the conference and seminars offers an unparalleled learning opportunity for all stakeholders. The range of exhibitors and attractions ensures an exceptional focus on advances in reformulation, new product development and marketing, and insights into the future of the food and drink industry, public health and diet.

Uniquely for an event of its type, Food Matters Live will put health and nutrition at the centre of food and drink. It addresses the opportunities and challenges for the food and drink industry to be responsible and improve public health in the context of the needs of a healthy population across all demographics.

The event will provide an unrivalled opportunity for professionals across the food, health and nutrition sector to make new contacts and forge relationships to innovate, drive change and improve future health outcomes.

Seminars

Food Matters Live seminars are an unparalleled learning opportunity.  Featuring over 300 expert speakers in over 80 seminar sessions, they provide practical advice based on real-life experiences and case studies. The programme is structured around eight separate themes: 

• Nutrition for health and wellbeing
• Salt, sugar and fat: strategies to reduce consumption
• Nurturing natural
• Free-from, allergy and intolerance
• Future food business: strategies for growth
• Future nutrition: advances in science, technology and business models
• Packaging, health and wellbeing: solutions to enhance brand performance
• Marketing matters: strategies for health and wellbeing brands

Seminars take place during all three days of the event and are all free to attend. Each seminar is 75-90 minutes long and features 4 to 5 expert speakers.

The EEN in Cork is looking for expressions of interest from companies/researchers who would be interested in joining a trade delegation to this event, and specifically to avail of the 1:1 meetings being hosted by our partner EEN in South-East UK, and taking place on 19 November.  Companies from across Europe will be attending the brokerage event, including delegations already registered from France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, and of course, the UK.

To express your interest in this event and for more information on the programme exhibitors and speakers, please email Katherine@corkchamber.ie.

 Overseas Partnering Opportunities within the Food Sector

A Greek association of frozen food companies wish to establish and promote contracts with Irish seafood suppliers through commercial agreements. The Greek association represents more than 120 frozen food companies from across Greece. The association is extremely active and is very keen to form a partnership with Irish seafood suppliers. For more information about this profile, contact eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote 20130606030 BR.

A Swedish producer of health food bars, made from 100% natural ingredients, seeks Irish trade intermediaries for its range of products. The company is now a market leader in the Scandinavian market and is gaining an increasing share in the UK market. It now has its sights on the Irish market. The products are made entirely of raw materials and are gluten-free, lactose-free, and free from refined sugar. For further information about this profile, contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie 

A French frozen pastry specialist, with twenty years’ experience, seeks Irish importers, retailers, and wholesalers, who would be interested in incorporating these products into their product portfolio. The French company can customise its product range to suit a company’s individual needs. For further information about this product range, contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote BOFR20131018002.

 
A Portuguese producer of Azorean pumpkins, honey, saffron and chilli, seeks Irish trade intermediaries to distribute its range of products in Ireland. These sustainable products are completely free from preservatives and pesticides and are produced in an ecologically-protected area of the Azores Islands. For further information about this profile, contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote BOPT20131008001. 

A Danish producer of innovative bakery and convenience food solutions seeks Irish trade intermediary partners who can sell and distribute frozen bakery products. The company can develop and produce products which are specifically tailored to customers’ requirements. The Danish company would also be willing to cooperate with Irish producers of frozen bakery products who are interested in having their products developed further by the Danish company’s R&D team. For further information, contact Eimear@corkchamber.ie and quote 20110819021.