Plant Food Summit 2025

Policy Inspiration
for a Future-Proof
Food System

DATES: October 20-21
VENUE: The Royal Danish Playhouse

Welcome to Plant Food Summit 2025
An EU Presidency conference

Organised as part of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, the summit will serve as a key platform to learn, taste and experience how Denmark is incorporating plant-based initiatives as part of the development of a future-proof food system.

At the summit delegates will be:

Networking with stakeholders from all of Europe’s food system
Engaged in insightful talks and debates, e.g. between internationally
renowned stakeholders
Going on excursions to pioneering Danish stakeholders working with
production and consumption of plant foods
Indulging in plant-based culinary experiences

The summit is organized around three main themes to cover the agenda and help delegates take part in topics that match their expertise or interests:

Connecting countryside & cities
How can we build alliances across interests and value chains?

Innovating crops & products
What shapes the future fields and foods of Europe?

Engaging professionals and cities
Which green skills and mindsets will form the European food system?

Following up on new insights

After the summit, participants are offered exclusive follow-up meetings in their respective home countries as part of the project Danish Plant-Based Diplomacy. This entails sparring wtih a Danish delegation of influential partners that can share valuable experiences, foster collaboration between stakeholders and assist in capacity-building policy work.

Speakers

Jacob Jensen

Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
Kate Mara

Actress &
Environmental Advocate
Jan Doležal

Vice-President, Copa
Luigi Scordamaglia

President,
EAT Europe
Agustín Reyna

Director General,
BEUC
Connie Hedegaard

Former European Commissioner for Climate Action
Joël Broekaert

Culinary Journalist and Author
David Zilber

Chef & Food Scientist, Novonesis
Claus Meyer

Founder of Meyers and
Melting Pot Foundation
& co-founder of Noma
Rasmus Prehn

CEO,
Organic Denmark
Steen Nørgaard Madsen

Vice-President, Danish
Agriculture & Food Council
Ditte Brasso Sørensen

Deputy Director,
Think Tank EUROPA
Lasse Bruun

Director, Climate and Food,
United Nations Foundation
Marie-Louise B. Lendal

Director,
the Think Tank Frej
Iben Lykke Petersen

Associate Professor,
the University of Copenhagen
Claus Krogh

Head of Corporate Affairs,
Lidl Denmark
Bente Halkier

Professor,
the University of Copenhagen
Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl

Chair, International
Vegetarian Union
Joana Oliveira

Director, ProVeg Portugal
Paul Holmbeck

World Board Member,
IFOAM – Organics International
Katrine Ejlerskov

Director, Danish Centre for a Plant-Based & Organic Future
Dorte Bodin Dresbøl

Associate Professor,
University of Copenhagen
Margit D. Aaslyng

Docent,
University College Absalon
Daniel Barrera Madsen

Project Manager, Danish Centre for a Plant-Based & Organic Future
Roberta Alessandrini

Director of the Dietary Guidelines Initiative, Physicians Association for Nutrition
Michael Minter

Director of Food Division,
CONCITO
Anne Hundahl Erbs

Project Manager,
Danish Agricultural Schools
Nicholas Hamilton

Climate and Nature Director, Sodexo
More speakers are continuously added
Betina Bergmann Madsen

Head of Strategic
Procurement and Food,
the Municipality of Copenagen