Make it Happen Now October 13 – 14 2026

Mistra Food Futures Consortium meeting

The programme and information will be updated as they become available.

DAY 1

12.00 – 13.00
Lunch, Syltan, Ladan

13.00 – 13.10
Hello and welcome, Helena Hansson

13.10 – 14.45
First output from Phase 2 with PhD students in the MFF Academy.
Focusing on results and implications.

14.45 – 15.15
Fika

15.15 – 17.00
Strategy session part 1: Translating general research results into concrete, usable practice – Trade-offs / conflicts and barriers
How responsibilities and roles are shared between research and practice, and what is needed for research findings to become practically useful both through researchers’ ability to translate them into concrete outputs and partners’ capacity to integrate new knowledge into their own contexts.

17.00 – 19.00
Mingle activity with light refreshments

DAY 2

08.30 – 10.00
What came out of yesterday’s strategy session?  

Highlights of concrete results from the work packages
Focus on results, relevance, and potential applications: What do we take forward, and which questions should we explore further?

10.00 – 10.30
Fika

10.30 – 11.15
Strategy session part 2: From dialogue to concrete activities and collaboration, Helena Hansson
Focus on how yesterday’s discussions can be translated into concrete ways of working and next steps.

Identify concrete next steps and activities based on previous discussions.
• Explore how MFF can support continued dialogue, knowledge exchange, and implementation.
• Clarify how partners and organisations can contribute to open collaboration and long-term development
• Identify strategic opportunities for further research, collaboration, and joint initiatives

11.15 – 12.00
A presentation of the ongoing work on the overarching themes.

12.00
Wrap up and lunch