We are excited to announce all speakers for the PlantEurope Network panel discussion “Innovations in Plant-Based Communal Catering”! 

Communal catering can offer a unique chance to make a significant contribution to dietary change. The two-hour panel discussion will showcase pioneers who are leading the way towards more sustainable, plant-based food in communal catering. It will touch on the current political frameworks in place, along with those needed to support the transition towards more plant-rich offerings in communal catering.

Speakers contributing to the panel are:

Siska Pottie, secretary general of the European Association for Plant-Based Foods

Helen Nilsson, project manager at the environment department of the city of Malmö, focusing on projects relating to sustainable food, urban gardening and nature-based solutions.

Nuno Alvim, board director of the Portuguese vegetarian association and a human and animal rights activist

Claudio Pomo, development manager and co-founder of Essere Animali, the organization which created the MenoPerPiù project

Jimmy Pierson, director of non-profit organization ProVeg UK and founder of the pioneering School Plates programme

The event will also feature welcoming remarks from Kerstin Wortmann, head of the Environment and Food Systems Division in the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV). She will give an overview of the EURopean ENvironment Initiative – EURENI, which is funding the PlantEurope Network. 

Find out more information about our panelists and facilitator Dr. Shireen Kassam and register for the event here.