INNOFOOD - Innovating Food Value Chain Innovations

INNOFOOD will enable participants to describe and critically analyze key managerial and decision processes involved when developing a new food product, both in a startup context, as well as in the case of an established company. The course is delivered by leading experts in their field (Prof. Avraham Shtub, Stephen and Sharon Seiden Professor of Project Management, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology & Prof. Bodo Steiner, Professor of Food Economics & Business Management, University of Helsinki), and innovates by integrating multiple teaching formats with a project management simulator for new food product development and first-hand managerial industry insights on product development from world-leading companies, including Nestlé, Strauss Group and Finnish food businesses. INNOFOOD will contribute to educating future innovation professionals in support of an innovative, competitive and sustainable global food system.

The one-week intensive INNOFOOD course for master- and doctoral students, young researchers and professionals provides novel managerial perspectives and tools for successfully managing product development projects in food value chains.