19/9/2024: Symposium 'Imagining the supermarket of tomorrow'
April 5, 2024
Maarten Corten
Medewerker Communicatie & Citizen Engagement
Rikolto, Comeos, UGent, Gondola, KU Leuven, The Shift and Abdij van Park cordially invite you to the symposium “The supermarket of tomorrow imagined: perspectives and dialogue” on Thursday, September 19 in Leuven. Register for free. You can find the programma below. The event is in Dutch, with real-time translation to English.
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Programme
Supermarkets serve a large group of citizens and hold important levers to make the food system more sustainable. They are taking many initiatives, but scaling up practices remains difficult. What are the hurdles and conditions for structural sustainability? We discussed these questions with supermarkets in a series of kitchen table discussions. The result of these conversations is the starting point of this symposium. Together with various stakeholders and the audience, we imagine the 'supermarket of tomorrow'.
19 September 2024, 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm (+ reception)
Abdij van Park, Sint-Jan-de-Evangelist-kerk (Google Maps)
The symposium will be in Dutch and French, with real-time translation to English.
Participation is free.
1:30 Doors open
2:00 Introduction
Welcome (Thibault Geerardyn, Rikolto, and Stefan Van Lani, Abdij van Park)
Artistic intervention
The importance of imagination (prof. Joost Dessein, Universiteit Gent)
2:30 The supermarket of tomorrow
A generic image (Jan Wyckaert, Rikolto)
2:40 Perspectives of supermarkets
Aldi
Carrefour
Colruyt Group
Delhaize
Lidl
Artistic intervention
3:10 Perspectives of stakeholders
Patricia De Clerck, Agentschap Landbouw & Zeevisserij
Justine Arkens, Groene Kring
Erik Mathijs, KU Leuven
Anneleen Malesevic, Fevia
Sarah Braeye, Rikolto
3:35 Perspectives of the audience
Interactive dialogue with stakeholders and audience(Jelle Goossens, Rikolto)
Artistic intervention
4:15 Closing
Reflections (prof. Hendrik Slabbinck, Universiteit Gent)
The way forward (Tessa Avermaete, KU Leuven, en Gert Engelen, Rikolto)
Choir (Cuerdas)
4:45 - 6:00
Networking reception
Tour (fully booked)
The guided tour is already fully booked. You can also participate in a guided tour of the “At the Table!” exhibition at museum PARCUM prior to the symposium. This starts at 12:30 p.m.
The Learning Network for Future-Proof Supermarkets is an initiative by Rikolto, Comeos, Ghent University, Gondola, KU Leuven and The Shift, in collaboration with Aldi, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize and Lidl.
The Learning Network for Future-Proof Supermarkets is co-financed by EIT Food.