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Trade Fairs 2024
Find us at the main events of 2024 and connect with our team to drive innovation and new opportunities.
Past events
BIOFACH & VIVANESS
One of the world’s leading trade fairs for professionals in organic products from the agri-food and cosmetics sectors. The 2023 edition welcomed nearly 36,000 visitors from 135 countries and 2,766 exhibitors. The event showcases the latest sector trends, product demonstrations, and spaces for networking and private meetings.
The theme of this edition is: “Food for the Future: Women’s Impact on Sustainable Food Systems”.
AINIA will exhibit in Hall 5, stand 5-448, together with other Spanish companies and centres.
For AINIA Network members, we have invitation codes available for this trade fair. Limited invitations.
- DATE
- 23–26 March 2024
- PLACE
- Gran Via venue of Fira Barcelona
- STAND
- The Alimentaria Hub
- SECTOR
- Food
Alimentaria & Hostelco
A benchmark biennial trade fair in the food sector, with more than 85,000 m² of exhibition space and 7 halls. In its 2022 edition, it welcomed nearly 100,000 visitors from 52 countries and featured more than 100 conferences and 3,000 exhibitors.
An international meeting point for professionals in the food, beverage and food service chain, focused on promoting internationalisation, innovation, business and specialisation.
AINIA will participate in Alimentaria 2024 as a Silver Partner of The Alimentaria Hub, the core area of the event hosting congresses, conferences, innovation showcases, networking areas and award ceremonies.
Presentation: Circularity in Food: New technologies, regulation and market
- Wednesday 20, 11:00h - 12:00h
- Hall 5 | The Alimentaria Hub – Innoval Room by CaixaBank
- Begoña Ruiz, Technology Director
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Food Safety Manager, AINIA, Roberto Ortuño
- DATE
- 18–21 March 2024
- PLACE
- Gran Via venue of Fira Barcelona
- STAND
- Partners, Alimentaria Hub
- SECTOR
- Food
MeetingPack
MeetingPack 2024 will take place on 10 and 11 April 2024 at the Valencia Conference Centre. These two days are structured into eight thematic blocks.
Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss the environmental sustainability of food packaging and the need to combine it with the high-barrier functionality required by the market.
- DATE
- 10–11 April 2024
- PLACE
- Valencia Conference Centre
- SECTOR
- Packaging
In-cosmetics Global
A global event that connects all areas of the cosmetics industry, creating a space to share knowledge and foster inspiration and collaboration. The programme includes presentations, seminars and exhibitions on sustainability, trends, raw materials, formulation and new techniques and ingredients. In the 2023 edition, more than 10,000 visitors attended and over 900 exhibitors from more than 50 countries participated.
AINIA will take part this year in the Spanish Pavilion, together with Beauty Cluster.
Presentation: Circularity in Food: New technologies, regulation and market
- Wednesday 20, 11:00h - 12:00h
- Hall 5 | The Alimentaria Hub – Innoval Room by CaixaBank
- Begoña Ruiz, Technology Director
-
Food Safety Manager, AINIA, Roberto Ortuño
- DATE
- 16-18 April 2024
- PLACE
- Paris, France
- STAND
- 2H51
- SECTOR
- Cosmetics
Hispack
International biennial trade fair for innovation in packaging, processing and logistics. In 2022, it welcomed more than 27,000 visitors and 720 exhibitors.
This new edition is structured around 5 key sectors for companies in both the food industry and other sectors: Industrial Packaging, Labelling & Bottling, Logistics, Automation & Robotics, Brand Packaging and Packaging Machinery & Process.
Keynote: "SINGLE‐PACK: Development of new biodegradable-compostable single-dose packaging for sauces and oils"
- Tuesday 7, 12:00h – 12:30h
- Hispack Unboxing
- Concha Navarro | Packaging and Materials Manager
"Sustainable materials, packaging and recycling processes for the development of barrier packaging for the food sector"
- Jueves 9, 15:30h – 16:30h
- Hispack Unboxing
- Leonor Pascual | Packaging Projects Manager
- DATE
- 18–21 March 2024
- PLACE
- Gran Via venue of Fira Barcelona
- STAND
- Partners, Alimentaria Hub
- SECTOR
- Food
Vitafoods Europe
Vitafoods is one of the leading nutraceutical trade fairs in Europe, aimed at nutrition professionals across all stages, from ingredient development to services and equipment, including finished product creation and manufacturing. In the previous edition, more than 18,000 attendees from 162 countries and over 1,000 exhibitors participated.
AINIA will participate with a stand in Hall H6, J202.
- DATE
- 14-16 May 2024
- PLACE
- Geneva, Switzerland
- STAND
- J202
- SECTOR
- Food and nutraceuticals
Galicia Biodays
2nd edition of the benchmark Forum for the biotechnology and life sciences industry in the Atlantic Area. In the previous edition, more than 800 attendees and 65 speakers participated.
Biotechnological challenges in cosmetics, innovations serving well-being, Cantabria Labs
- Wednesday12, 13:30pm – 14:30pm
- Main Hall
- Ana Torrejón | Head of Microbiology and Industrial Biotechnology at AINIA
Omics technologies and protein coexistence for innovation in the food industry, ANFACO CECOPESCA
- Thursday 13, 16:30pm – 17:30pm
- Main Hall
- Lidia Tomás | Head of in vitro Preclinical Studies at AINIA
- DATE
- 12-13 June 2024
- PLACE
- Mar de Vigo Auditorium
- STAND
- 3
- SECTOR
- Biotechnology
Meetech Spain
A unique space for meeting, connection and cooperation between companies, research organisations and Technology Centres in Spain. It will include an innovation showroom, exhibitor area, inspiring conferences, round tables and a speaker corner featuring the latest developments.
Biorefineries for mobility, AINIA
- Thursday 13, 17:35pm – 17:40pm
- Speaker Corner
- Denise Flórez | Business Development
Omics technologies and protein coexistence for innovation in the food industry, ANFACO CECOPESCA
- Thursday 13, 16:30pm – 17:30pm
- Main Hall
- Lidia Tomás | Head of in vitro Preclinical Studies at AINIA
- DATE
- 13-14 June 2024
- PLACE
- MEEU, Madrid
- STAND
- Technological Showroom area
- SECTOR
- Innovation
Fruit Attraction
Leading international trade fair in the fruit and vegetable sector, aimed at professionals. The previous edition welcomed more than 100,000 visitors from 145 countries and 2,000 exhibitors. It includes different exhibition areas, as well as spaces for presenting business innovations and a programme of technical sessions with experts and leading centres.
Workshop Photonics 4 Agrifood
- Wednesday, 9 October, 10:00am – 14:00pm
- Room A3.03 (next to the access to Hall 3)
- 10:30 Challenges of the fruit and vegetable industry and R&D lines to address them through Photonics, Ricardo Díaz, coordinator of the Agri-Food Working Group
- 10:50 Applications of photonics in the field and post-harvest, Álvaro García Martínez, Head of Sensing and Robotics
Zero Waste: obligations and opportunities in the food chain
- Wednesday, 9 October, 12:00pm – 14:00pm
- BIOTECH FORUM | Hall 1
- 12:10–12:20 BREADCRUMB. The impact of marketing standards on food waste generation. MariPaz Villalba Talens (Project manager at AINIA technological center)
Digital technologies to transform the agri-food industry: challenges, innovations and success stories
- Wednesday, 9 October, 15:00pm – 16:00pm
- BIOTECH FORUM | Hall 1
A review will be carried out of the main challenges of the fruit and vegetable industry, such as water scarcity, the ageing of the workforce or the need to reduce environmental impact. Subsequently, new digital technologies and innovations introduced both in farm management and in fruit and vegetable processing centres will be reviewed, highlighting examples and success stories from the sector.
- Digital technologies to transform the agri-food industry: challenges, innovations and success stories. Ricardo Díaz, AINIA
- Technologies for the early detection of pests in citrus crops. SENSOPLAG Project. Carlos Montesinos, AVA-ASAJA
- Application and monitoring of stimulating and plant-strengthening treatments using drones. Sergio Sánchez, FERTILIS
- DATE
- 8-10 October 2024
- PLACE
- IFEMA, Madrid
- STAND
- 1B03 – Hall P01
- SECTOR
- Food
Ontzi Hub
II MEETING FOR INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD PACKAGING IN EUSKADI
Following the success of the previous edition, ontzi | Basque Food Packaging Innovation Hub is organising on 30 October the II Meeting for Innovation in Food Packaging at the Ilgner Building in Barakaldo (Bizkaia).
This event will once again be a dynamic meeting point fostering networking among all stakeholders involved in the sustainable transition of the food sector, with B2B meetings as a new feature in this edition.
The event will include solution showcases and a congress featuring presentations and round tables on: European packaging and packaging waste legislation, more sustainable packaging materials and the future of recyclability.
- DATE
- 30 October 2024
- PLACE
- Ilgner Building, Barakaldo (Bizkaia)
- SECTOR
- Packaging
Eco Chemical Solutions
2nd edition of the trade fair, promoted by Quimacova under the Ecofira framework.
Cheers Project: ingredients from waste for ingredients in the cosmetics and disinfection sector
- Tuesday 13 November, 15:30pm – 16:00h
- Julia Ponce, European Projects Lead, AINIA
- DATE
- 12, 13, 14 November 2024
- PLACE
- Valencia fair
- STAND
- E3, Hall N3-P2
- SECTOR
- Chemicals
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