Future Protein Award
Many new ways to overcome future protein bottlenecks in food and feed. The best concept and the best taste will be awarded at the conference “Revolution in Food and Biomass Production (REFAB)” 1 – 2 October 2018, Cologne (Germany)
Proteins are crucial for the human diet and health, but will we be able to provide for the growing world population in the near and long-term future? The current global protein supply largely relies on animal proteins, which have huge and extended environmental consequences and are currently no suitable choice for a sustainable future. Today, about 60% of the worldwide biomass production is used as feed for livestock to produce meat, eggs and dairy products. The importance of aquacultures for the global supply will likely continue to grow to the point where deep-sea fisheries and aquaculture will be contributing in equal amounts to the global food supply by 2030. And aquaculture requires large amounts of feed proteins which are primarily covered by marine fishing – not a particularly sustainable path for the future.
The first “Future Protein Award” will be awarded by the German nova-Institute at the new conference “Revolution in Food and Biomass Production (REFAB)” (www.refab.info).
It will go to the companies presenting the best future proteins derived from algae, bacteria, cell-cultured meat, insects, new crops or even from CO2 and solar energy at the accompanying exhibition – in the categories “best taste” and “best concept”.
Applicants for the award only have to book a booth at the exhibition (www.refab.info/exhibition) and are then automatically nominated for the award.
The area for a stand is 6 m2 and it costs only 750 € including one person to man the booth. Applications for the participation in the award will be accepted until end of August.
For more information on the eligibility criteria and any additional questions, please visit www.refab.info/future-protein-award
or contact Ms. Tatevik Babayan: tatevik.babayan@nova-institut.de
Please contact Mr. Dominik Vogt for booking your booth: dominik.vogt@nova-institut.de
- All companies with their presented concepts and products will receive comprehensive marketing support with a firework of public relation activities in press and B2B business networks – before, during and after the conference.
- All companies participating in the award will be presented in a journal with photos and text about their product. The journal will be sent as a PDF to a few 100,000 recipients (international press, direct mailing, newsletter, partner networks, Twitter, LinkedIn, XING).
- The journal with your product description will remain on REFAB website for one year, until the next conference in 2019.
- nova’s specialist portal Bio-based News (news.bio-based.eu/) and nova’s experts have more than 12,000 followers on Twitter, LinkedIn and XING. About 200,000 business contacts can be reached via the LinkedIn special groups on Food and Agriculture.
- nova-Institute has direct B2B contact to some 10,000 experts from the industry via its own mailing lists, daily and monthly newsletters.
- nova-Institute has over 10,000 direct press contacts worldwide and additional access to the specialized press via press portals and other contact platforms.
- nova-Institute has been organizing various awards such as "Bio-based Materials of the Year" and the "Hemp Product of the Year". Winners report a tenfold increase in sales after their participation in the contest.
- The winners in the categories "best taste" and "best concept" will introduce themselves to the world press in the concluding press conference and panel discussion. Furthermore they will receive comprehensive marketing support with a firework of press work and B2B business networks after the conference, including quotations and pictures.
- During the two-day conference, the expected 500 participants will examine the concepts, taste the new proteins and vote for their favorite candidates – in the categories “best taste” as well as “best concept”.
- At the end of the conference, the total number of votes will be counted to present the winners to the international press.
Alternative protein sources are key for a sustainable future to feed mankind and livestock. Besides protein plants, mainly insects, algae, bacteria and artificial meat from cell cultures show potential as new sources for protein. They can be produced in an efficient and sustainable way – and they are already on their way to contribute. Bacteria are even able to transform CO2 into proteins for aquaculture, livestock and even food.
The “Future Protein Award” will be given out by the German nova-Institute at the conference “Revolution in Food and Biomass Production (REFAB)” (www.refab.info) to the best companies presenting their products and concepts of future proteins derived from CO2, insects, algae, bacteria, plants and cell-cultured meat at the accompanying exhibition.
Applicants for the award only have to book a booth at the exhibition (www.refab.info/exhibition) and are then automatically nominated for the award. During the two-day conference, the expected 500 participants will be able to examine the concepts, taste the new proteins and vote for their favorite candidates – in the categories best taste and best concept. At the end of the conference the votes will be counted and the winners will be presented to the international press.
Applications for the participation in the award will be accepted until end of August.
Please note, the earlier your application arrives at nova-Institute, the longer time we will have to include your company and product in our marketing actions, such as in bio-based news, press releases, newsletter and on our website.
For more information on the eligibility criteria and any additional questions, please contact Ms Tatevik Babayan tatevik.babayan@nova-institut.de
Information on participation in the "Future Protein Award" (EN)
Hinweise zur Teilnahme am „Future Protein Award“ (DE)
Application for the "Future Protein Award" (EN)