Hendrik Bruns
captive_portal European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
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I am a Policy Analyst at the Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights of the European Commission Joint Research Centre. I work on aspects related to the European Green deal, including consumer food waste, consumer waste sorting, climate change disinformation, and applying behavioural insights to improve public policymaking, more generally.
Evelien Mortaignie
captive_portal Belgian Feed Association
/vicente-gozalbo-monfort-109a9251
The Belgian Feed Association (BFA) informs, supports and advises its members: Belgian animal feed producers. Together with its members, BFA works to achieve general social acceptance of sustainable feed production. BFA’s 133 members represent around 93% of national production. Compound feed manufacturers use high-quality raw materials and every year recycle around 3.5 million tons of by-products from the food and biofuel industries, among others, which would otherwise end up in landfill.
Evelien has been Policy advisor on Food safety and Quality, and Crisis Management at BFA since 2018.
Deolinda Silva
captive_portal PortugalFoods
/deolinda-silva-4550941
PortugalFoods is a non-profit association, founded in 2008, recognized by Portuguese Government as manager of the Portuguese Agrifood Cluster. Currently, PortugalFoods has more than 190 members, which include SMEs and large enterprises spanning the entire value chain, as well as scientific and technological entities such as Universities and R&D centres connected with agrifood sector. PortugalFoods’ mission is profiled with the commitment to strengthen the competitiveness of companies increasing their technological index, promoting production, transfer, application and valorisation of innovation-oriented knowledge, as well as by empowering companies for international markets and by identifying business opportunities.
Deolinda Silva is the Executive Director of PortugalFoods. She has experience in the interface between academia and business in the transfer and economic valorisation of knowledge and technology, as well as in the research and innovation ecosystem, specifically in the biotechnology and agri-food sectors.
Teresa Carvalho
captive_portal PortugalFoods /teresa-carvalho
PortugalFoods is a non-profit association, founded in 2008, recognized by Portuguese Government as manager of the Portuguese Agrifood Cluster. Currently, PortugalFoods has more than 190 members, which include SMEs and large enterprises spanning the entire value chain, as well as scientific and technological entities such as Universities and R&D centres connected with agrifood sector.
PortugalFoods’ mission is profiled with the commitment to strengthen the competitiveness of companies increasing their technological index, promoting production, transfer, application and valorisation of innovation-oriented knowledge, as well as by empowering companies for international markets and by identifying business opportunities.
Teresa Carvalho has developed her career in the fields of food innovation, nutrition, and public health and is currently the Knowledge Department Coordinator at PortugalFoods.
Tom De Winter
captive_portalBelbeef /tom-de-winter-0312776
I am the coordinator of Belbeef. Belbeef is an interprofessional organization for the beef production chain. We also manage the quality system, called the Belbeef Standard, which is used by Belgian retailers to purchase their beef.
Mark den Hartog (director)
captive_portalNEPLUVI (Association of Dutch Poultry Processors) /markd11
NEPLUVI is the association of the Dutch Poultry Meat Processors. As association we represent the interest of these processors on topics like animal welfare, sustainability, social affairs, export related matters and promotion. We are the contact point for stakeholders such as the Dutch ministry of agriculture, the food and safety authority and NGO’s. As association we find it important to diminish the amount of food waste and to valorize byproducts as high as possible. For this reason we are happy to participate in the Breadcrumb project.
Dr Eirini Efthymiadou
captive_portalQ-PLAN INTERNATIONAL /iriniefthimiadou
Senior project manager at Q-PLAN INTERNATIONAL, a business and innovation development company that implements high-end research and innovation projects and policy studies. Coordinator of the ROSETTA project on reducing food waste due to marketing standards through alternative market access.
Vicente Gozalbo
captive_portalCLASOL FRUTAS & VERDURAS S.L. /vicente-gozalbo-monfort-109a9251
CLASOL has been trading with fruits and vegetables for more than 25 years with a lot of supermarkets in Europe. Our main products are CITRUS, STONE FRUITS and WATERMELON. CLASOL has been growing ins last years with the integration of Agricultural Cooperatives. I´m working in the Quality department and my job is assurance of safety food and quality.
Luísa Magalhães
captive_portalSmart Waste Portugal (SWP) /luisamagalhaes
SWP is a non-profit association, founded in 2015, whose mission is to “enhance the Circular Economy in various value chains, through education, innovation, collaboration and the creation of new businesses.” SWP is a catalyst for circularity within the portuguese business ecosystem, driving business opportunities while ensuring regenerative practices.
Luísa Malhagães is an environmental engineer, graduated from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, with a master’s degree in Environmental Diagnosis from Cranfield University, United Kingdom. Since 2016, she is the Executive Director of Smart Waste Portugal.
Liesbet Pluym
Belpork asbl is a Belgian interprofessional non-profit organisation, founded in 2000, which monitors the quality of Belgian pork and pork products through the management of quality systems. The operation is vertically integrated so that each link in the chain contributes to the quality of the final product. The focus is on creating added value in terms of animal welfare, animal health and sustainability. The goal is a high-quality and tasty product that is competitive on regional, national and international markets. Belpork always plays a pioneering role in this, always trying to respond to the current trends in the market and society.
