Global Food Systems Institute

What is the GFSI Future of Food Forum?

The Future of Food Forum is our flagship event at the Global Food Systems Institute. In this annual one-day gathering we bring together academics, students, business leaders, farmers, growers, and policymakers to discuss food systems transformation, advancement, and development.

GENERAL INFORMATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Date: April 3, 2024
- Location: Reitz Union, University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
- - UF/IFAS Distinguished York Lecture series: 9:00 AM - Rion Ballroom (Level 3)
  - UF/IFAS GFSI Future of Food Forum: 10:00 AM - Grand Ballroom (Level 2)
- Address: 655 Reitz Union Drive, Gainesville, FL 32603
- Time: The event registration will start at 8:15 AM
- Check the agenda here: FFF Agenda
Questions?: GFSI@ifas.ufl.edu

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

EXTERNAL GUEST PANELISTS

Meet our expert guests below. They'll be sharing their knowledge on expert panels related to their research fields.

UF/IFAS PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS

See the in-house experts who will be sharing the panel sessions with our external speakers below:

POSTER PRESENTERS 2024

Student

Contributors

Poster Title

Jacobo Robledo - First Place

Mónica Betancourt Vasquez

Karen Garrett, Faculty Advisor

Fusarium oxysporum f .sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4): A pathogen of banana and plantain that threatens food security in Colombia

Li-Ying Kuo- Second Place

Nuria Castañeda

Isabella Simonpietri

Juan E Andrade-Laborde

Jeanette Andrade, Faculty Advisor

Protein-based nanoformulations to enhance vitamin D status in adults with CKD

Chenjiao Tan

Changying "Charlie" Li, Faculty Advisor

Integration of Density Map and Segment Anything Model (SAM) for Cotton Boll Number, Size, and Yield Prediction from Aerial Images

Daniel Petti

Changying “Charlie” Li, Faculty Advisor

Real-Time Flower Counting with Graph Neural Networks

Gozde Gulseren

Matthew E. Smith

Juan Andrade Laborde, Faculty Advisor

Edible Mycelium: A novel biofortification vehicle addressing iron deficiency

Habib Akinmade

Mario H. Murad Leite Andrade

Rebecca Ulbritch

Esteban Rios, Faculty Advisor

Identification of the Genetic Basis of Pod, Seed and Yield Traits in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Using Genome-Wide Association Analysis

John Harling

Esteban Rios, Faculty Advisor

K. Boote

C. Messina

J. Dubeux

D. Atta

O. Boukar

P.O. Ongom

Simulating Cowpea Phenology and Planting Time with DSSAT

Lauren Lindow

Ziynet Boz, Faculty Advisor

Catherine Campbell

Ana Martin-Ryals

Ying Zhang

Decision support tool adoption in controlled environment agriculture: A survey on influences and the diffusion of innovation

Lizhi Jiang

Changying "Charlie" Li, Faculty Advisor

Cotton Boll Counting Based on 3D Gaussian Splatting and PointNet++

Moges Kidane Biru

Marcio R. Nunes, Faculty Advisor

Soil-grain-human health nexus: a geonutrition approach for addressing micronutrient deficiencies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mya Maybank

Naim Montazeri, Faculty Advisor

Enhancing Agricultural Water Safety Against Norovirus Through the Utilization of Hypochlorite-Based Sanitizer

Nuria Castaneda

Nadia Yammoul

Juan Andrade, Faculty Advisor

Physicochemical Characterization of Lupinus mutabilis Protein Isolate from the Andes of Ecuador

Olga Shashkina

Ziynet Boz, Faculty Advisor

Gregory Kiker

Resilience of Food Systems

Pablo Sipowicz

Esteban Rios, Faculty Advisor

Developing genomic and phenomic prediction models in annual ryegrass

Razieh Sadat Mirmahdi

Samanta Dicker

Naim Montazeri, Faculty Advisor

Assessing the efficiency of RT-qPCR in distinguishing infectious from non-infectious norovirus using Tulane virus as a surrogate

Roberto Cardenas Retamal

Frank Asche, Faculty Advisor

Di Fang, Faculty Advisor

Salmon aquaculture in Chile: Production growth and socio-economic impact

Sofia Acevedo, BS

Malasia Milton

Jeanette Andrade, Faculty Advisor

Exploring spice consumption and spice taste preferences in adults: A qualitative study

Sukhveer Singh Bhullar

Sudeep Singh Sidhu, Faculty Advisor

Integrating Precision Ag Techniques, Nitrogen Application Methods, and Preharvest Cover Cropping to Improve NUE and Water Quality

Thiago Berton Ferreira

Diego Pequeno

José Mauricio Fernandes

Willingthon Pavan

Senthold Asseng

Gerrit Hoogenboom, Faculty Advisor

Modeling crop losses caused by pests and diseases under climate change

Zhengkun Li

Rui Xu

Patricio Munoz

Changying "Charlie" Li, Faculty Advisor

Automated blueberry fruit trait phenotyping from field images by integrating a foundation segmentation model

NEARBY HOTELS

Information about the previous editions (image of FOF 2023 in the background)

2023 Future of Food Forum - Transforming Food Systems with Artificial Intelligence
- Date: Monday March 20, 2023
- Location: Grand Ballroom, Reitz Union, UF, Gainesville, FL
OVERVIEW

The Future of Food Forum 2023 was an exciting one-day gathering, on March 20, 2023, presented by the Global Food Systems Institute at the University of Florida. The Forum brought together great thinkers—academics, students, business leaders, farmers, growers, and policymakers—researching and implementing innovative ways to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to transform food systems.

We explored the power of AI to transform the agricultural and food industries locally to globally. Participants gained current ideas and perspectives from some of today’s thought leaders on how AI can be implemented to improve food systems.

THE PROGRAM

Our speakers and panelists discussed how alternative intelligence can be applied to agriculture to solve some of the most pressing issues of our time, with panels answering questions such as:
- How can AI assist us in creating crisis-proof food systems?
- How can AI assist us in creating climate-friendly food systems?
- How can AI assist us in preserving biological diversity?
- How can AI assist us to improve collaboration for sustainable global food systems?
- Present the UF|IFAS International Awards for excellence in research, teaching, and outreach.

2022 Future of Food Forum - Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Food Systems
The Future of Food Forum 2022 brought together great thinkers, academics, students, business leaders, farmers, growers, and policymakers who are researching and implementing innovative ways to reduce the carbon footprint of food systems. Participants and attendees learned new ideas and perspectives from some of today’s thought leaders on how to approach the carbon dioxide dilemma.

Keynote speaker Eric Fyrwald, Chief Executive Officer of Syngenta Group, shared innovations on how to reach carbon-neutral agriculture from the perspective of one of the largest global agriculture companies.

Details including the program, recording, and posters are available at: Proceedings of the Future of Food Forum 2022

Future of Food Forum: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Food Systems - YouTube
- 2022 Future of Food Forum - Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Food Systems https://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/foodforum/

2020 Future of Food Forum
Future of Food Forum Agenda and Program

The Future of Food Forum 2020, sponsored by the UF|IFAS Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, was an intensive and exciting one-day event at the University of Florida. It brought together leading experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators to look at the future of food with an eye toward 2050.

The keynote speaker, Dr. Louise Fresco, President of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, focused on responsible agriculture and food consumption as crucial to world stability.

In addition, there were four high impact sessions:
- The Innovators – inventors and entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of food.
- Food from the Land – panelists discussing new technologies: what will be useful, who will use them, where will they be most useful, and what the impacts will be.
- Food from the Sea – analysts presenting the state of current seafood systems; predictions for future trends in aquaculture and fisheries.
- Food and Human Well-Being – One Health perspectives were presented on health and food including antimicrobial resistance, foodborne disease, and nutrition.
This event was insightful for producers to consumers; from researchers to innovators; and from business leaders to policymakers. At the forum some of the world’s changemakers gave their perspective on the future of food systems and how to address innovation and challenges of the future of food.

Global Food Systems Institute

Global Food Systems Institute

What is the GFSI Future of Food Forum?

GENERAL INFORMATION

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

EXTERNAL GUEST PANELISTS

UF/IFAS PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS

NEARBY HOTELS

OVERVIEW

THE PROGRAM