Agenda

Future Food Forum 2025

This is a working program agenda, and topics and timings are subject to change.

AGENDA

FORUM - DAY ONE
TUE | 29 SEPTEMBER
08:30

REGISTRATION

09:30

MC OPENS

09:35

OPENING SKIT

09:45

WELCOME ADDRESS

Saleh Lootah, Chairman, UAE Food & Beverage Business Group

09:55

OPENING ADDRESS

H.E. Abdullah bin Touq, Minister, Ministry of Economy & Tourism

10:05

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

IOFS DG or ADAFSA (GFSS curtain Raiser)
The Future of Food: Global Forces Reshaping Food Systems

10:15

UAE FOOD CLUSTER CHAMPION AWARDS

10:45

MINISTER TOURS EXHIBITION

11:05

PRESENTATION

Food Manufacturing Outlook 2035: UAE Food Cluster Growth & Competitiveness Roadmap

11:15

CEO PANEL

The New Geography of Global Food Supply Chains: Building Resilient Supply Chains, Smart Manufacturing & Strategic Trade Corridors

11:55

NETWORKING COFFEE

12:05

FIRESIDE CHAT

UAE Industrial Vision 2035: Scaling Smart Manufacturing & Future Food Industries

12:25

FACTORY THAT THINKS

The Factory That Thinks: AI, Circular Manufacturing & Resource Efficiency

01:05

PANEL

Food Security Under Pressure: Managing the Next Decade of Global Risks to Most Resilient Food Ecosystem

01:45

MINISTERIAL PANEL

From Food Security to Nutrition Security: Global Partnerships for Resilient Food Systems

02:25

POLICY OUTLOOK PANEL

What’s Coming? Regulatory Reforms Charting Course for the Industry

03:10

FIRESIDE CHAT

Technologies that Will Win in redefining Manufacturing Beyond Automation

03:50

PANEL

Beyond Innovation – Scaling Food Technologies & Building the Talent of 2035

04:10

END OF DAY 1 SESSIONS

07:30

GALA DINNER

FORUM - DAY TWO
WED | 30SEPTEMBER
08:30

REGISTRATION

09:30

MC OPENING REMARKS

09:35

WELCOME ADDRESS

09:45

PRESENTATION

The Future Consumer?

10:00

THE HEALTH ECONOMY

How Wellness Is Reshaping Food

10:40

PANEL

Retail Outlook 2035: The Omnichannel Store

11:20

NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

11:40

FIRESIDE CHAT: BRANDS THAT BUILD SOCIETIES

12:00

KEYNOTE

Where should capital move next?
Notes on global investment outlook and where capital is flowing in the food sector.

12:10

PANEL

Future of Food Investment: Where should capital move next?

12:50

FIRESIDE

Risk, Insurance & Resilience

01:10

NETWORKING LUNCH

02:40

PANEL

Sustainable Food Ecosystems

03:20

PRESENTATION

Future Ecosystems Defining F&B Manufacturing Summary of key outcomes and future roadmap

03:35

THANKING KEYNOTE

03:45

MC CLOSES

SIDELINE MEETINGS

DAY ONE
TUE | 29 SEPTEMBER
CEO STRATEGIC MEETING, Venue: CEO Conference area
10:30

WELCOME NOTE

Saleh Lootah, Chairman, UAE Food Cluster

10:35

MOET KEYNOTE ADDRESS

10:45

INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON KEY TOPICS

11:15

KEY OUTCOME DECLARATIONS

11:25

THANKING NOTE BY UFC BOARD MEMBER

B2B MEETINGS (DED), VENUE: WASL 1,2,3, ORGANISED BY DED
SME PRESENTATIONS (every 30 minutes) Venue: SME Pavillion, Based on Registration by DED
DAY TWO
WED | 30 SEPTEMBER
SUPPLYCHAIN & LOGISTICS DIALOGUE, Venue: CEO Conference area
12:00

WELCOME NOTE

Saleh Lootah, Chairman, UAE Food Cluster

12:05

MOET KEYNOTE ADDRESS

12:15

INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON KEY TOPICS

12:50

KEY OUTCOME DECLARATIONS

01:00

THANKING NOTE BY UFC BOARD MEMBER

B2B MEETINGS (DED), VENUE: WASL 1,2,3, ORGANISED BY DED
SME PRESENTATIONS (every 30 minutes) Venue: SME Pavillion, Based on Registration by DED