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SUMMARY:Meat the Future: a Discussion about Alternatives to the Challenges
  of Animal Agriculture
DTSTART:20231108T181500
DTEND:20231108T201000
DTSTAMP:20260511T044807Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Tobias Leenaert\nIn this conference\, Tobias Leenaert\, promin
 ent speaker\, educator and author on the subject\, will dive into the chal
 lenges surrounding the exploitation of animals\, while also explaining how
  advocacy and alternatives to animal products (plant-based\, fermentation\
 , and animal cell cultivation) can be leveraged to create positive change.
 \n\nTobias Leenaert’s presentation will be followed by another by Alice 
 Fauconnet\, co-founder of vegan creamery New Roots\, about her example of 
 a hopeful reconciliation between current Swiss dairy culture and the urgen
 t turn away from animal husbandry. The conference will end with a roundtab
 le and Q&A with additional guests: Christian Nils Schwab\, Director of Int
 egrative Food & Nutrition Centre at EPFL and Nadia Hanessian\, co-founder 
 of Vege’tables.\nAfterwards\, a free tasting of alternative proteins wil
 l be provided to guests.\n\nThis event is co-organized by the Alternative 
 Protein Project EPFL and Unipoly’s EVA (Étudiant.e.s vegan.e.s animalis
 tes).\n\nProgramme:\n\n	6:15 pm \n	Doors opening\n	6:30 pm\n	Welcome word
 s\n	6:40 pm \n	Talk by Tobias Leenaert\n	7:10 pm\n	Talk by Alice Fauconne
 t\, co-founder of vegan creamery New Roots\n	7:30 pm\n	Roundtable with:\n	
 \n		Tobias Leenaert\n		Alice Fauconnet\n		Christian Schwab\, Director of I
 ntegrative Food & Nutrition Centre at EPFL\n		Sophie Hanessian\, co-founde
 r of Vege’tables\n		Nadia Hanessian\, co-founder of Vege’tables\n	\n	\
 n	8:00 pm \n	Q&A\n	8:10 pm\n	Aperitif networking and tasting\n
LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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