Location: Brussels, Belgium
Date: 7 – 9 April 2025 

    About the Event

    AGRIFOODPLAST is an independent research initiative uniting global experts, businesses, and decision-makers working at the crossroads of plastics and food. Plastic plays a vital role in food systems, but its use in agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries can result in pollution and potential risks for biota and humans. Circularity in the use of food waste and biowaste in agriculture, can also up-concentrate microplastics and their chemical  additives in agroecosystems and food. Plastic became also central for food storage and packaging, while the safety of this practice is still ongoing scientific screening.

    AGRIFOODPLAST welcomes world experts, decision makers, farmers and businesses to present and debate on these challenges. 

    • Discuss the latest research on environmental and human risks of nano- and microplastics, and plastic-associated chemicals in food production and packaging.
    • Take part in a multi-actor forum of scientists, practitioners, and policy makers;
    • Share your vision on safer and  more  sustainable practices;
    • Debate on needed policy developments and implementation measures.

    Thematic tracks

    • Sources, occurrence and behaviour of plastic pollution from terrestrial agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture
    • Microplastic, nano-plastics and plastic chemical additives in food
    • Toxicological and ecotoxicological impacts of plastics in the agrifood chain
    • Innovation in agriplastics design for environmental sustainability
    • Holistic, circular and evidence-based approach for sustainable plastic management in agriculture
    • PAPILLONS-MINAGRIS stakeholder forum

    Important Dates

    Call for abstracts open until 7 Januar 2025
    Notification of acceptance within 2 weeks from abstract submission.
    Early bird fee registration open until 13 January 2025
    Full fee registration open until: 17 February 2025

    Conveners

    AGRIFOODPLAST is an initiative by Farm Europe, the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Wageningen University and Università Cattolica. The event is jointly produced by the EU funded PAPILLONS (www.papillons-h2020.eu), MINAGRIS (www.minagris.eu/) and MICOS (www.micos.ugent.be) projects and the International Knowledge Hub Against Plastic Pollution (https://ikhapp.org) 

    Keynote speakers

    To be announced. 

    Invited speakers

    To be announced. 

    International Organizing Scientific Committee

    Information will follow shortly. 

    Local Organising Committee

    Farm Europe together with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)

    • Luc Vernet (Farm Europe) 
    • Alessandra Diana (Farm Europe) 
    • Micol Cattana (Farm Europe) 
    • Luca Nizzetto (NIVA)
    • Valentina Tartiu (NIVA)
    • Rachel Hurley (NIVA)
    • Amy-Kristine Andersen (NIVA)