Agri-food events in the first quarter of 2024
IGW BERLIN 2024
Grüne Woche is one of the most traditional and well-known events in Germany. Founded in 1926 in Berlin, it is one of the leading international trade fairs for food, agriculture and horticulture. During the ten-day event, exhibitors from all over the world present a wide range of products. In addition, Grüne Woche provides a topical stage for addressing topics of interest such as climate protection, the circular economy, resource conservation and sustainable land use.
- Berlin, Germany
- January 19 to 28, 2024
- https://www.gruenewoche.de/en/
OLIVE OIL FAIR
This is the meeting for professionals in the olive oil sector. The Extra Virgin Quality Olive Oil Fair of Les Borges Blanques has closed its 27th edition with more than satisfactory figures and hundreds of visitors to its two exhibition pavilions.
It should be noted that the Oil Fair has opened for the first time to oil producers of all varieties and geographical areas of the country with the intention of becoming the Oil Fair of reference in Catalonia, reaching 39 exhibitors, some of them coming from outside Lleida.
- Lleida, Spain
- From January 19 to 21, 2024
- https://www.firaoli.cat/
MILLÈSIME BIO 2024
Created and organized by SudVinBio, the interprofessional association of organic winegrowers in Occitania, Millésime BIO is the international meeting for professionals in the sectors of wine, cider, beer and organic spirits. It takes place in two stages: one digital and the other on-site. Millésime BIO is a fair organized by and for producers, which guarantees that all the wines present are certified organic. In addition, the fair promotes innovation and sustainability, offering spaces dedicated to organic beer, cider and spirits, as well as a competition on biodiversity.
- Montpellier, France
- January 22 and 23 (digital sessions) and from January 29 to 31 (physical exhibition)
- https://www.millesime-bio.com/
MADRID FUSION, FOOD OF SPAIN 2024
For the past two decades, Madrid Fusión has been the starting point, the place where culinary excellence originates and begins. This year the slogan will be ‘Where it all begins’ / ‘Donde todo comienza’ / ‘Where it all begins’ which refers to Madrid Fusión as the epicenter where emerging talents and innovation meet.
Water, the defense of genetic heritage, millenary fermentations, new green roads, the reinterpretation of gastronomic heritages, wild cuisine, the new Nikkei cuisine, the evolution of acid cuisine or the irruption of artificial intelligence in the kitchen will be some of the topics to be addressed this year by Madrid Fusion Foods from Spain, which will also pay tribute to the masters of the knife, taking advantage of the six hundredth anniversary of the Cisoria Art.
- Madrid, Spain
- From January 29 to 31, 2024
- https://www.madridfusion.net/
FOODRUS, Reducing food waste
On January 31 and February 1, 2024, this event will take place in Cordovilla, Navarra, aimed at all the agents that make up the food value chain.
This meeting is part of the European project FoodRUs of the Horizon2020 call, which aims to create resilient local food systems in Europe by developing various circular solutions and testing them in 3 pilots (Spain, Denmark and Slovakia) to reduce food losses and waste.
Its main objectives include: to present European and national regulations and strategies for the prevention of food losses and food waste and to raise awareness of the challenges of compliance for actors and clusters in the food value chain.
- Cordovilla, Navarra (Spain)
- January 31 to February 1, 2024.
- https://www.b2match.com/e/foodrus-spanish-replication-and-opendoors
SALÓN DE INNOVACIÓN EN HOSTELERÍA
Equipment, services, food and beverage fair for restaurants and hotels. The Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga will host this meeting of national reference and an unmissable event for companies in the HORECA channel, the tourism industry and gastronomy. The Hospitality and Tourism Equipment, Food and Services Exhibition will be held for 3 consecutive days to welcome more than 16,000 professionals who will highlight the innovations and trends in the hospitality sector.
- Malaga, Spain
- From February 5 to 7, 2024
- https://hyt.fycma.com/
BARCELONA WINE WEEK
Barcelona Wine Week is consolidating its position as the unmissable event for the country’s best wineries and will hold its fourth edition from February 5 to 7, 2024 at Fira de Barcelona’s Montjuïc exhibition center. More than 850 wineries from 70 Designations of Origin will exhibit their best wines at a fair that exclusively showcases the quality of the country’s best wine production to importers from all over the world. BWW will also feature a program featuring nearly a hundred renowned experts who will discuss the challenges facing the sector.
With an eye on the international level, BWW will be attended by 650 major buyers and importers from strategic countries such as the United States, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, China and the United Kingdom, invited by BWW in collaboration with ICEX Spain Export and Investment. They will be joined by close to 1,000 national buyers invited by BWW through its VIP Buyers program. In total, it is estimated that more than 11,400 business meetings will be held during the event between these buyers and the exhibiting companies.
- Barcelona, Spain
- February 5-7, 2024
- https://www.barcelonawineweek.com
WINE PARIS / VINEXPO PARIS
The wide range of products and industry players represented at Wine Paris, from the boutique winegrower to the major international brands, is the very essence of this event that encompasses all sectors of the industry. It is the first international trade fair dedicated to northern wines, offering a complete overview of the sector’s commercial activity, where producers and visitors meet to engage in conversation and develop their business.
- Paris, France
- February 12 to 14, 2024
- https://wineparis-vinexpo.com/
INTERSICOP 2024, International Bakery, Confectionery, Ice Cream and Coffee Exhibition
The International Bakery, Pastry, Ice Cream, Coffee and Equipment Show, InterSICOP, will take place, once again, at IFEMA (Madrid) to bring together industry professionals and boost their positioning, development, growth and visibility.
In addition, InterSICOP will enable its digital platform Live Connect, which allows companies and industry professionals to be interconnected 365 days a year, beyond the celebration of the fourteenth edition of this fair. In this way, the event provides a valuable tool to the sector’s industry, allowing exhibiting companies to achieve greater visibility of their offerings, increasing the possibilities of networking among participants.
- Madrid, Spain
- February 17 to 2, 2024
- https://www.ifema.es/intersicop
HOSPITALITY INNOVATION PLANET, Horeca Professional Expo
HIP – Horeca Professional Expo is the largest innovation meeting for 3 days a year, where the keys to success are shown to entrepreneurs and professionals in the sector who want to lead the new Horeca.
A space where to be inspired to establish the strategy that will take each hospitality business to a new dimension thanks to a unique content, a multitude of case studies implemented in hospitality businesses around the world along with the latest innovations offered by the industry and the best networking to establish collaborations and alliances.
- Madrid, Spain
- February 19-21, 2024
- https://www.expohip.com/
WORLD OLIVE OIL EXHIBITION, International Trade Fair for Olive Oil Professionals
More than 75 olive mills and olive oil companies will be represented at the World Olive Oil Exhitibion (WOOE), the international olive oil fair to be held in Madrid on February 26-27, 2024.
The WOOE, in addition to promoting business, also rewards excellence in the olive oil industry through the WOOE Awards, whose objective is to highlight those professionals, companies, projects and products that through their actions and proposals contribute to the improvement and development of the sector.
- Madrid, Spain
- February 26th to 27th, 2024
- https://oliveoilexhibition.com/
AECOC FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY CONGRESS
A meeting for Food Safety and Quality professionals that focuses on the global challenges facing the food sector, adapting the production, processing and marketing of food to new consumer demands and a complex and uncertain environment.
This event is organized by AECOC, one of the largest Spanish business associations and the only one in which industry, distribution and intermediate operators work closely together to bring greater value to the consumer.
- Madrid, Spain
- March 5, 2024
- https://www.aecoc.es/minisite/congreso-aecoc-de-seguridad-alimentaria-y-calidad/
NUTRACEUTICALS EUROPE – SUMMIT & EXPO
Nutraceuticals Europe – Summit & Expo is the annual international event for the functional ingredients, novel foods and end product industry. The professional meeting point for producers, distributors and their customers. It is a forum designed for the presentation of new products, business development and the acquisition of new knowledge.
Nutraceuticals has established itself as the key event in southern Europe for this highly specialized sector. In 2022, the fair once again registered a more than remarkable growth with an increase of more than 20% in the number of professional visitors compared to the previous year.
- Barcelona, Spain
- March 6-7, 2024
- https://www.nutraceuticalseurope.com/
PROWEIN 2024
More than 50,000 wine and spirits professionals from around the world are expected at the next edition of ProWein, the world’s leading trade fair for wines and spirits.
Nearly 5,700 exhibitors from more than 60 countries have already registered for the event, which has become one of the major meeting points for professionals from the wine growing, production, trade and gastronomy sectors.
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- March 10-12, 2024
- https://www.prowein.com/
SMART AGRIFOOD SUMMIT
Seville will host the Startup Europe Smart Agrifood Summit, the benchmark event for the agrifood industry and a meeting point for partners, producers, suppliers and companies. An international forum that has become a benchmark for the dynamization of financing and internationalization of the industry, as well as to publicize new producers, services and innovative projects.
Particularly interesting are the “meetups” to connect people with similar interests, foster collaborative learning and create a community around a specific topic. Flexibility and active participation are key elements of their methodology, making them an excellent tool for knowledge sharing and professional development.
- Seville, Spain
- March 14-15, 2024
- https://www.smartagrifoodsummit.com/
ALIMENTARIA, International Food, Beverages & Food Service Exhibition
Alimentaria is an international benchmark event for professionals in the food, beverage and food service industry. An appointment with innovation, the latest trends and the internationalization of the sector.
Alimentaria is the unmissable meeting point for professionals in the food, beverage and food service industry, where the main international players in the area of large-scale distribution, food and beverage distributors, food and beverage wholesalers, retailers, e-commerce and food and beverage importers/exporters participate.
- Barcelona, Spain
- March 18-21, 2024
- https://www.alimentaria.com/
ANUGA FOOD TECH
Anuga FoodTec is the most important information and business platform for new concepts and innovative developments in the international food and beverage industry. It is the world’s only supplier trade fair that competently covers all aspects of food and beverage production: from process technology and filling and packaging technology to food safety, packaging, digitalization and intralogistics. As a new sector, in 2024 the trade fair will for the first time feature an exhibition area for environmental technology and energy.
- Cologne, Germany
- March 19 to 22, 2024
- https://www.anugafoodtec.com/
TRANSFIERE 2024, European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation
The FYCMA of Malaga will host, once again, the thirteenth edition of this European forum held with the aim of sharing scientific and technological knowledge, connecting the Spanish R+D+i ecosystem with the global arena, establishing links between science and business.
The meeting also offers a full program that takes place over three days and is already working on the incorporation of new features such as the creation of an area of technological demands and market needs or the participation of a guest university.
- Malaga, Spain
- March 20-22, 2024
- https://transfiere.fycma.com/
AGRI-FOOD SUMMIT – GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS
Organized by the INCYDE Foundation of the Chambers of Commerce, the Mediterranean Diet Foundation and the Triptolemos Foundation, the Agri-Food Summit – Global Food Systems will take place in Barcelona to host international experts from the agri-food industry, a key sector for the economy, with the aim of addressing the most relevant and critical issues for the present and future of the industry.
The summit will bring together more than 800 representatives from 25 countries, including business leaders, government and academic representatives, as well as international organizations.
- Barcelona, Spain
- March 22-23, 2024
- https://sistemaalimentarioglobal.es/
IBEROVINAC
Wine, olives and oil are the three products of the Mediterranean diet, the absolute protagonists of Iberovinac 2024. A fair that brings together the best of each of them and is committed to quality, innovation and internationalization and incorporates tastings, lectures and master classes aimed at industry professionals.
The main objective of the Show will be to consolidate the culture of wine, oil and olives as agri-food products that are transversal to gastronomy, culture and tourism, generating business for Extremadura companies and allowing exhibitors and visitors to interact in real time.
- Almendralejo (Badajoz), Spain
- March 22 to 24, 2024
- https://www.iberovinac.es/
IFE 2024 – International Food & Drink Exhibition
IFE is the UK’s largest and most important food and drink exhibition and the most direct link between your products and buyers from the retail, foodservice, hospitality, wholesale, distribution, import and export sectors.
With more than 40 years of experience, this event offers unique business opportunities, the most innovative food and beverage products and the latest industry trends. It also offers an interesting parallel program of activities including initiatives such as “Meet the Buyer program”, “Hosted Buyer program” and “Key Buyer initiative”.
- London, United Kingdom
- March 25-27, 2024
- www.ife.co.uk
