FoodBiz

23/11/2019

The Food&Wine Conference held in Macerata had a sparkling end! 🍾🍾

A toast was made with all the participants with wines offered by Marchigianamente, a local association of wine amateurs which promotes wines and wineries from Marche Region. For the occasion, the Moncaro Winery was chosen.

The two days successfully passed, with about 80 participant students which attented the conference to gain interesting insights from the many perspectives on the theme.

🏛️🍇📗🖼️ In the first day, on the 21st of November, "Food and Wine identities, arts and culture", meanings and symbols behind food and wine in the history of art; the relevance of giving value to local cultural heritage through wine as a thematic component of the visits to museums; the value of wine and beverage in the Italian, Spanish, French and Latin American literature and in the theatrical plays; Food&Wine and Heritage Marketing; Wine, terroir and their meaningful relationships were among the topics presented.

📈📊 In the second day, on the 22nd of November, "Food and Wine: towards the co-creation of sustainable development paths" a juridical and more economic perspective was taken, highlighting the importance of sustainability in the food systems and in the food chain and the relevance of organic viticulture; the role of the certifications of origin, the problems and opportunities of gastronomic tourism itineraries; the wine as a cultural element in the analysis of the economic thought were also presented.

📚A visit to the municipal library was also organized by prof. Stefano Spalletti, from the Ghino Valenti Lab, to meet the ideas of the agrifood economists of the past in the ancient books.

🏞️In the afternoon, in the session dedicated to co-creation for sustainable development, cases from the University of Macerata were discussed: training for entrepreneurship, the university civic engagement, co-creation through the application of the Quadruple Helix of Innovation; sustainable and gastronomic tourism in rural areas; University-business collaboration; the creation of hubs for food and wine valorization, drinkscapes from the Carabbean, the community engagement for co-creation of contents on Wikipedia for community empowerment and for fostering the online presence of rural areas, were among the topics presented.

A big thanks to the scientific and organizing committee!
Cheers! 🥂🥂

22/11/2019

The Food&Wine (Cibo e Vino) conference at Unimc / Università degli Studi di Macerata started yesterday and goes on today!

Can you imagine?! Local and international scholars from many different research fields all together around a table!
Multidisciplinary and transdisciplinarity are possible!

Also students played their role!

History of Art, Literature, Law and Economics, Agrifood Marketing, Place Branding, Sustainable Development in rural areas, University-business collaboration, among the topics!

14/11/2019

🇪🇺 Even though the project has officially come to an end, partners keep being active in the dissemination activity. It is the case of the scientific international conference "Food and Wine: representations, cultural identities and co-creation for sustainable development" which merges and presents the results of both and projects, coordinated by the University of Macerata.

📌 The conference will take place on the 21st - 22nd of November in Macerata. The topic will be discussed under many points of view: arts, literature and culture; from a legal perspective; for its economic potentials; for its co-creative power and for the promotion of sustainable behaviours.

📝 Here is the link for regristrating to the conference: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2Su1pozzCYnO6XBUqjZFTC1nvWpo4r2PxhHxtV9tA8oHGAQ/viewform

📰 And here you can find more information about the event: https://www.unimc.it/it/unimc-comunica/events/2019/convegno-internazionale-cibo-e-vino

See you there! 🤩

19/10/2019

FOODBIZ Final act!

"Regional products, gastronomy, tourism, employment and local development – Links and shared value was the theme of FOODBIZ Final Conference Food@Work, hosted by Poznan University of Economics and Business, on 16 October 2019 attended by business players in food and gastronomy from Wielkopolska region, students from the University of Economics and Business of Poznan, as well as international academic guests and other concerned stakeholders.

The conference highlighted the results achieved through the FOODBIZ project and the local stakeholder networks activated by the university partners in the consortium.

One of the main achievements of the project was the development of local learning communities comprised of students, entrepreneurs, academics and policy-makers who discussed local challenges and possible solutions in a collaborative environment.

Through co-creation events, FOODBIZ partners were able to identify learning needs and design learning resources useful to tackle the knowledge and skills gaps of both students and business players. All materials will soon be available on FOODBIZ online learning platform as downloadable Open Educational Resources for both individual learning and on-demand workshops."

Regional products, gastronomy, tourism, employment and local development – Links and shared value was the theme of FOODBIZ Final Conference Food@Work, hosted by Poznan University of Economics and Business, on 16 October 2019. Attended by business players in food and gastronomy from Wielkopolska re...

09/10/2019

On the 2nd of October, at Unimc / Università degli Studi di Macerata (Polo Pantaleoni), the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process Event (EDP) took place!
Prof. Alessio Cavicchi, which coordinates the FoodBiz project, presented all the steps made by the University since 2009 to involve local actors and students in a path of co-creation for innovation and local development in the wine&food and tourism sector.

More than 40 people took part to the event: firms, local authorities, students, schools, associations and representavives of the local community.

In a second phase, according to the Open Space Tecnhology, participants split into groups discussed about Enogastronomy and Sustainability in terms of Internationalization & Rural Branding and Professionalism in hospitality.

The importance of networking and training have been highlighted, also looking to the idea of creating a hub in which the university can play a facilitator role among several actors, providing education, support for project design and opportunities for sharing and exchanging knowledge.

27/09/2019

European researchers night 2019, Macerata (Italy) !

Presenting the FoodBiz and The Wine Lab projects! 🇮🇹😎

27/09/2019

The University of Gothenburg and Svinesundskommittén organized the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) workshop on September 16th 2019, under the aegis of “FOODbiz - University and business learning for new employability paths in food and gastronomy” project.

The EDP workshop was held at the School of Business, Economics and Law (University of Gothenburg), and took place in the afternoon following the morning event on “Swedish Gastronomy: a Global Success” which attracted many participants from the Swedish Gastronomy Academy, restaurateurs, hospitality and food entrepreneurs.

These stakeholders together with Master students from Marketing in the Service Economy course at the University of Gothenburg, researchers, and public bodies attended the EDP workshop. Participants jointly co-created innovative project ideas addressing the role of restaurants in supporting more sustainable food consumption practices.

25/09/2019

The entrepreneurial discovery process event is about to take place!
On the next 2nd of October, at Polo Pantaleoni - University of Macerata, students, entrepreneurs and local authorities will have the opportunity to work together to generate ideas on tourism, sustainability and territorial issues.
Let's work!!

Remember to subscribe to the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScN_Yn9qdLALKk_yDgkPzvcYXB1WrJCGNJm1CspNk_1VoN3tA/viewform?usp=sf_link

01/07/2019

It all ended yesterday but the Italian partners of FoodBiz from Unimc / Università degli Studi di Macerata and the Laboratorio Piceno della Dieta Mediterranea can't help thinking about all the inputs and interesting insights received during their mission to Apulia (Mola di Bari and surroundings) from the 27th to the 30th of June in the context of the Interreg project I-Archeos and Gustiamola event by Teatro Pubblico Pugliese and Gal Sud Est Barese. Field visits and interviews to local producers, big agri-food companies, fishermen cooperatives; new encounters from other regions of Italy (and beyond) related to the agrifood and tourism field for developing new potential partnerships. This will lead to an analysis of the potentials of this sector for the development of the territory and to identify new ways of collaboration in future projects.

Stay tuned...

05/06/2019

In the context of The Wine Lab project, coordinated by Unimc / Università degli Studi di Macerata, local students have the incredible opportunity to take part to the Wine Week which will take place in Hungary (Veszprém) from the 7th to the 13th of October 2019.

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️It involves students, producers and entrepreneurs in an intensive international experiential learning week. The focus is on marketing strategies and global market competition of small wine producers. 🍇🍇🍾🍷

Are you a student from UNIMC interested in these topics? Perfet, then: you can apply! How?
- By being regularly enrolled in the ITOURDEM (LM-49) masters' degree for a.y. 2018-19 or 2019-20 🤓
- By having paid all your university fees (up-to-date) ⏰💵
- By NOT having received any other Erasmus contribution for mobility or any other community funding FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME! 💰✈️

Deadline for submission: by 2.00 pm of the 8th of june 2019
Form online for submission: https://bit.ly/2Kq9fIy

More info about the call and on how to apply: https://bit.ly/2Z4UA9S (also in italian!)

Try (and train) yourself! 😎😎😎

LM-49 Erasmus+ KA2 - Avviso per imprenditori e studenti A.A. 2018/2019

03/06/2019

After a loooong time...we are back to talk about some of the activities we are carrying out within the FOODbiz project.
This is the time of Poland, where the third meeting took place on 31st of May.
Participants could listen to three presentations on gastrotourism, social media and regional food fair, and then take part in panel groups where they were solving problems and challenges around these three topics.😄😃
Take a look to the pictures here below 👇 and enjoy the full album to the following link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2379864218915156&type=3!