Conference

CZ

The Conference ‘Food, Wasted Food and Future’

Video Invitation 

We are pleased to invite all supporters and stakeholders in the field of food waste to the conference Food, Wasted Food and Future which is held on April 28, 2022 in Brno in hybrdid format (both online and offline). You can participate either with a contribution (presentation or poster) or without as a listener. 

The participants can look forward to a quality and inspiring programme with the latest contributions in the field of food waste prevention. The conference will provide space not only for establishing new contacts or partnerships but also for establishing possible cooperation between researchers, practitioners and political actors.  

The conference aims at the participation of all major actors of social change in consumer food waste behaviour. The participants can also look forward to a presentation of results of the worldwide unique three-year research which was created with the support of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. 

Wasting food is harming not only for our Earth but above all for ourselves! Let us take care of the Earth together as it has taken care of us for millions of years. 

Organisation Board and Contacts 

Keynote Speakers 

Important Dates for Active Participants 

Important Dates for Passive Participants (without Contribution) 

Conference Patronage

The conference is held under the patronage of the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, of the Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, Zdeněk Nekula and of the Governor Deputy of the Southmoravian region, Lukáš Dubec.

Conference Organization 

The conference will be held in hybrid format. It will take place both at the premises of Faculty of Business and Economis of Mendel University in Brno as well as online via MS Teams. The presentation is possible in Czech or English language. Simultaneous translation into both languages will be provided during the conference.

Participation at the conference is free of charge. 

Conference participants will receive a printed version of the Book of Abstracts. The online version of the Book of Abstracts as well as the Presentations will be available on the conference webpage after the conference date. 

Conference Outputs 

The Book of Abstracts, the Presentations of each contribution 

Instructions for Active Participants with Presentation

We kindly request the participants who intend to give a presentation at the conference to enter a title of the presentation and a brief abstract of the presentation’s content (in the range of 600-1800 characters) into a registration form by March 20, 2022. The abstract will be included in the Book of Abstracts and should provide other participants with a concise overview of the topic. 

We also kindly request for submitting the prepared presentation into the conference system by April 25, 2022. The time slot for each presentation is 15 minutes. The presentations will be published on the conference website after the conference. 

Instructions for Active Participants with Poster 

We kindly request the participants who will present a poster at the conference to enter a title of the poster and a brief abstract of its content (in the range of 600-1800 characters) into a registration form by March 20, 2022. The abstract will be included in the Book of Abstracts and should provide other participants with a concise overview of the topic. 

We also kindly request for sending a poster (in pdf format) to e-mail address lucie.vesela@mendelu.cz by April 25, 2022. The poster in pdf will be published on the conference website after the conference. 

Please prepare the poster in a portrait orientation in size B1 with crop marks. We will arrange the print and the exhibition of your poster in advance. Be also prepared to answer any questions from other conference participants about the topic you are poster. 

The whole text of the poster should contain a maximum of 1000 words so that the reader would be able to read the poster within 10 minutes. The preferred poster structure is as follows: 

• Title 
• Authors 
• Institution/Organization 
• The main idea (max 50 words) 
• Introduction (brief and attractive)
• Methods 
• Results (visualize as much as possible using pictures, diagrams, graphs, photos, tables, mind maps, etc.) 
• Conclusion (it should summarize the usefulness and uniqueness of your contribution and indicate whether and how you intend to continue with your work) 
• Contacts (e-mail address, link to your website) 

Instructions for Passive Participants 

We kindly request the passive participants (listeners) to register via a registration form by March 20, 2022. 

Conference Programme 

Programme adjustements reserved. 

Conference Venue 

How to get there? 

By car:  

• the possibility of parking on Zemědělská, Durďákova, Trávníky, Černopolní street 

By public transport:  

• from Train station Brno hl.n. by tram No. 9, direction Čertova rokle, get off at Zemědělská tram stop  
• from Zvonařka central bus station Brno by tram No. 12, direction Technologický park, change to tram No. 9 at tram stop Hlavní nádraží, direction Čertova rokle, get off at Zemědělská tram stop 

• from Brno AN u Grandu bus station by tram No. 9, direction Čertova rokle, get off at Zemědělská tram stop