• Be part of the third National Food Waste Summit and Trade Show on 24 – 25 July 2024 in Melbourne, Australia and join the growing momentum in the fight to end food waste and Australia’s journey to halving food waste by 2030.  
    Be part of the third National Food Waste Summit and Trade Show on 24 – 25 July 2024 in Melbourne, Australia and join the growing momentum in the fight to end food waste and Australia’s journey to halving food waste by 2030.  
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ENDING FOOD WASTE STARTS WITH ALL OF US

Be part of the growing momentum to end food waste and Australia’s journey to halving food waste by 2030 – join us at the country’s third National Food Waste Summit and Trade Show in Melbourne on 24-25 July.

The National Food Waste Summit is proudly hosted by End Food Waste Australia, Australia’s leading organisation dedicated to ending food waste and insecurity for a more sustainable Australian food.

The summit will be held on:

  • Wednesday, 24th July 8am-6pm
  • Thursday, 25th July 8am – 4pm

Network and participate in candid discussions and debates with leading industry, government and research experts to help inspire solutions that will deliver real economic, social and environmental benefits for all Australians.

Your registration puts you in the middle of collaborative ideas, discussion and action that will ultimately inspire food waste solutions with real economic, social, and environmental benefits for all Australians. 

Attendance is recommended for changemakers, and anyone interested in helping solve Australia’s food waste challenge.

End Food Waste Australia (formally Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre and Stop Food Waste Australia) is proud to host Australia’s biggest gathering dedicated to ending food waste.

We will also be hosting Foodbank Australia’s Inaugural Leading Change Food Waste Action awards on Day One!

REGISTER NOW

SUMMIT PROGRAM

The theme of this years’ Summit is ending of food waste starts with all of us. As part of the program, we will have speakers from across industry presenting on a range of topics including:

  • Can we really end food waste? And why we can’t afford not to.
  • Measured & Managed: How food waste reporting can inform impactful action for businesses.
  • Food waste challenges of tomorrow and what you need to consider today.
  • Sign in, Sign up: Technology accelerating food waste action.
  • Start-up solutions to food waste challenges.
  • Reimagined: Food waste free cities of the future.
  • Saving Australia’s fruit and vegetables – opportunities from farm to fork.
  • Engaging consumers: behaviours that stick and changes with impact.
  • Food waste proof your products: unlock the possibilities of packaging and consumer touch points.

Click here for the full program.

The National Food Waste Summit and Tradeshow is an integral and industry leading event in Australia’s journey to halving food waste by 2030.  

Food & Drink Business is the official media sponsor of the summit.

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