THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ON FOOD CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR A FOOD NETWORK FOR SCIENTISTS

The recent Northern Lights on Food II conference brought together researchers from academia and industry with the aim to establish a food network that will enable researchers to take full advantage of the new tools provided by large scale research infrastructures such as the ESS and MAX IV in Lund, Sweden. It was organised by the Food Science and Technology working group at LINXS.

A close to 140 participants, as well as keynote speakers and panelists, gathered for the online event, which took place over three days. It was opened by introductory remarks from the Lund University vice-chancellor, Prof. Erik Renström. In this interview, some of the keynote speakers and participants, share their reflections on the conference - which is a follow up activity on the successful Northern Lights on Food workshop in 2019.