Programme

Day 1

11.15 - 12.15: Arrival and Lunch​

  • Buffet w/ traditional Danish open-faced sandwiches

  • Taste samples from Organic Plant Protein

12.30: Official Opening

Moderator: Ditte Brasso Sørensen, Deputy Director, Think Tank EUROPA

  • Jacob Jensen, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

12.40: The Danish Approach: Collaboration between farmers, green NGOs and politicians

  • Jacob Jensen, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

  • Steen Nørgaard Madsen, Vice-President, Danish Agriculture & Food Council

  • Rasmus Prehn, CEO, Organic Denmark

  • Marie-Louise Boisen Lendal, Director, Think Tank Frej

  • Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl, Chair, International Vegetarian Union

13.05: The Story of Humanity – Told through Legumes

  • Joël Broekaert, Culinary Journalist and Author

13.25: European Launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission 2025

  • Fabrice DeClerck, Science Director, EAT

13.55: Introduction to the Summit Breakout Sessions

  • Marie-Louise Boisen Lendal, Chair, The Plant-Based Food Grant
    & Director, Think Tank Frej

  • Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl, Deputy Chair, The Plant-Based Food Grant
    & Executive Director, Vegetarian Society of Denmark

14.00 - 14.20: Coffee break

14.30 - 16.15: Breakout Sessions​

16.15 - 16.30: Break

16.40: High-level debate: Farming and biodiversity - Conservation through more plant foods

  • Jan Plagge, President, IFOAM Organics Europe

  • Fabrice DeClerk, Science Director, EAT

  • Lasse Bruun, Director, Climate & Food, UN Foundation

  • Torsten Wetche, Farmer, Hvanstrup

17.10: Music performance: New Tomorrow

  • Tim Schou, Singer-songwriter

17.15: Keynote by Kate Mara

  • Kate Mara, Actress & Environmental advocate

17.25 - 17.30: Closing remarks by moderator

18.30 - 21.30: Dinner at Venues around Copenhagen

Delicious complimentary dinners at Copenhagen’s best plant-based restaurants.

Restaurant names are printed on the backside of your name tag.

Baka d’Busk and Ark: 18.30-20.10 (departure from venue 18.00)

Øens Have, Far, Madenitaly and Bistro Verde: 19.00-21.00 (departure from venue 18.30)

Beyla and Lupa: 19.30-21.30 (departure from venue 19.00)

Day 2

08.30 - 12.15: Excursions to Danish Pioneering Stakeholders

  • Bispebjerg Hospital

  • Bælgkompagniet

  • Danish Technological Institute

  • DTU Biosustain

  • DTU Food

  • Copenhagen Hospitality College

  • The Research Facility Højbakkegård, University of Copenhagen

  • Municipality of Copenhagen’s EAT-kitchen

  • Novonesis

  • Spora

  • Tempty Foods

11.30 - 12.45: Lunch​

  • Buffet w/ Nordic salads

  • Taste samples from Matr Foods

13.00: Keynote: Strategic autonomy and competitiveness - How more plants can strengthen the EU

  • Pierre-Marie Aubert, Director, Agriculture and food policies programme, IDDRI

13.20: High-level debate: Financing Plant Foods

  • Jakob Lave, Managing Director, Danish Food and Drink Federation

  • Alberto Casorati, Investment Officer, European Investment Bank

  • Agustín Reyna, Director General, BEUC (The European Consumer Organisation)

13.50 - 14.00: Break

14.05 - 15.30: Breakout Sessions​

15.30 - 15.45: Coffee Break

15.50: Concluding panel: A Future-Proof EU Food System

Moderator: Marie-Louise Boisen Lendal, CEO, Think Tank Frej

  • Koen Dillen, Head of Unit, DG Agri, European Commission

  • Mette Damgaard Nielsen, Senior Scientific Manager, Novo Nordisk Foundation

  • Linda Homann, Head of Division, Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, Germany

16.30: Conference Concludes

All presentations will be in English.

The programme will be updated continuously.

Questions regarding
programme and content?

Please contact Summit Manager
Kenneth Fredslund:
kenneth.fredslund@plantdiplomacy.eu