Objectives

It is the objective of this Forum to provide an interdisciplinary discussion environment that supports creativity and exchange to foster the development of new ideas for innovative and interdisciplinary research in the agri-food sector.

Its focus is on the identification and promotion of potential system innovations, on the analysis and support of drivers for sustainable system dynamics in the decision sphere of the system‘s actors (e.g. chain management), and on the consideration of relevant interdependencies.

Program Structure

The forum will feature paper presentations and intensive discussions in group and plenary settings in an animating environment to foster exchange, creativity, and the development of new ideas for innovative and interdisciplinary research.

Participants meet in morning and evening sessions.

Afternoons are free for individual and group activities that allow for reflection, discussions, networking, and relaxation while skiing, walking, enjoying mountain restaurants or discovering the medieval roots of Innsbruck.

In the morning and evening paper sessions, the forum will utilize paper presentations as discussion openers. While the papers might have a focused orientation, the discussions should put them in perspective and approach the broader issues underlying them. For facilitation, the discussion of papers will be opened by discussants who will receive the papers from the participants in due time before the event.