WHERE THE FUTURE OF FOOD COMES TOGETHER
25 August 2026 | EUREF-Campus, Berlin
Add to calendarThe New Food Conference is a leading international trade conference dedicated to plant-based and alternative proteins. Organised by ProVeg International in Berlin, the event brings together key decision-makers from the food industry, retail, agriculture, and policy to drive forward sustainable food solutions.
After a decade fuelled by venture capital, the European alternative and plant-based protein market is entering a more mature phase, with the industry undergoing performance-driven consolidation. A sector once dominated by startups is becoming an established industry, in which seamless processes, competitive pricing, and resilient infrastructure matter.
To support this evolution, the New Food Conference acts as a strategic platform, bringing together innovative approaches with the physical and regulatory frameworks needed to scale the sector.
‘Volumes, Contracts & Scale’ addresses strategies for volume growth, demonstrates how market penetration unlocks new consumer segments, highlights the role of production contracts for raw material supply, and analyses how to establish routine purchasing habits in retail.
This focus offers crucial insights for participants from food retail, production, sales, marketing, and agriculture.
‘Health, Technology & Taste’ explores the symbiosis between technology and enjoyment, brings clarity to health debates through nutritional comparisons, looks at how GLP-1 agonists influence purchasing behaviour, and sets culinary and functional quality as the benchmark.
These panels and presentations deliver key takeaways for participants from R&D, food-tech, academia, and investment.
‘Protein Sovereignty’ debates political roadmaps, views supply chain crises as opportunities for growth, looks at transition technologies to better integrate traditional farming and meat industries, and examines how to put abstract sustainability goals into practice.
This focus is highly relevant for participants from corporate strategy, ESG, and politics.
We believe that shaping the future of food requires dialogue across the entire value chain. That is why we partner with the New Food Conference, bringing the voice of agriculture into the conversation.
The future of food isn't just about inventing sustainable alternatives; it’s about making them accessible and affordable to millions of people every single day.
The future of food won’t be decided by better ideas but by our ability to turn breakthrough solutions into system-changing scale.
After twenty years of launching food innovation globally, I've learned that the biggest barrier is rarely the product.
The future of food must be capital efficient with a favourable cost curve, and not require consumers to change their habits.
Most people eat meat because most people eat meat. To change behavior, we need to change norms.
The event spotlights the key players shaping the transition of Europe’s alternative-protein market from an emerging startup sector into a mainstream industry. Join decision-makers from across the food industry, retail, agriculture, and policy to forge alliances for a resilient and future-proof protein supply.
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Please connect with the appropriate team for your enquiry:
Partnerships & Sponsorships
Virginia Cechini Kuskow, Programme Manager
Jannik Riedler, Event Manager
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Press & Media
English-language media: Gemma Chapman, Advocacy Communications Manager International
media@proveg.org
German-language media: Lena Renz, Senior PR Manager Germany
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