Non-economic Activity Plan of AINIA for the 2024 financial year

Objective

AINIA’s action framework addresses 5 major social and business “challenges” on which AINIA will focus its R&D&I activities:

1. Food of the future.
2. Food safety.
3. Health and quality of life.
4. Green transition.
5. Digital transformation.

Within each of these challenges, AINIA works across different “areas of action”:

1. Food of the future

• Healthy and sustainable foods
• Processes
• Packaging
• Consumer and market

2. Quality and food safety

• Food quality
• Industrial hygiene
• Food safety management

3. Health and wellbeing

• Health
• People’s well-being
• Clinical equipment and systems

4. Green transition

• Bioeconomy
• Circular economy and efficient use of resources
• Energy transition and climate change.
• Zero pollution.

5. Digital transformation

• Industry 4.0
• Precision agriculture.

For each of these areas of action

For each of these areas of action, the centre has a broad “technological offering” across different business lines:

• R&D&I
• Laboratory services.
• Education
• Industrial services

These services are aimed at companies in the agri-food chain and other “sectors”, specifically:

• Agri-food
• Chemical
• Cosmetic
• Pharmaceutical,
• Packaging
• Environment,

among others, as well as the public sector and society in general.

Finally, AINIA’s knowledge portfolio, which includes all its technological capabilities and know-how on which its products and services are based, is divided into 9 “knowledge areas”:

1. Biotechnology
2. Environmental and energy technologies
3. Physical-chemical technologies
4. Food technology
5. Packaging technologies
6. Sensory analysis and market research
7. Law and regulations
8. Digital technologies

Activities

The non-economic R&D activities fall within AINIA’s following main R&D&I activity lines:

1. Environmental biotechnology
2. Industrial hygiene
3. Environment
4. Sensors and robotics
5. Laboratories-EMRISK 2024
6. Food industries
7. Chemical engineering
8. Consumer
9. Quality and food safety
10. In vitro preclinical studies
11. ICT solutions
12. Supercritical fluids
13. Industrial biotechnology
14. Market research
15. Packaging materials and technology
16. Horizontal R&D lines

Dissemination

1. Environmental biotechnology
   • Valorisation of digestates: challenges and opportunities in the sustainable management of anaerobic digestion waste
2. Industrial hygiene
   • WEBINAR The New Approach to Hygienic Design of Equipment in Food Safety Standards
   • Course on the fundamentals of hygienic design (EHEDG)
   • Advanced course on hygienic design of equipment and facilities (EHEDG)
   • 10 training actions of interest to the agri-food sector. Food safety, Innovation and Sustainability
3. Environment
   • The 6th edition of the Seminar on Integrated Water Management concludes with innovative solutions for more sustainable management
   • Circular economy and technology: the key to solving water scarcity in industry
   • Webinar Integrated Strategies for Reducing Water Consumption in Industry
   • Organic microcontaminants in wastewater: how can their environmental impact be reduced?
4. Sensors and robotics
   • Innovative solutions to reduce waste and accelerate the digital transformation of the agri-food sector
   • Precision Agriculture in the Era of Climate Change: Innovation with Airborne Sensors for a Sustainable Future
5. Laboratories-EMRISK 2024
   • “Food safety: preparing for the unexpected”: emerging risks and early warnings.
   • AINIA develops a food safety Hub for the proactive management of emerging risks
   • Support for companies affected by the DANA
   • WEBINAR DANA Manual for the food industry
   • WEBINAR Emerging Risks: the 10 emerging risks we will face in the coming years
   • New EU Guidelines on Plastics: impact and preparation for the agri-food industry
6. Food industries
   • Sustainability, AI and new proteins: the keys to redefining the food of the future
   • Innovation and sustainability at the heart of the conference on the food of the future
   • Innovation and sustainability: keys to the future of the food industry
   • WEBINAR Extrusion technology: an opportunity for the development of new foods
7. Chemical engineering
   • Publication in Cosmetics: innovation in circular economy and cosmetics
8. Consumer
   • Innovation in cosmetics: sensoriality is the key
   • Innocosmética 2024: Innovation and sustainability in the cosmetics sector
   • New processes for the sustainable production of ingredients, trends and regulation, the main challenges facing the cosmetics sector
   • Innocosmética will address the sector’s challenges in ingredient and product innovation, technologies, sustainability and consumer trends
   • AINIA highlights the importance of consumers in the European Green Capital
   • EVENT Power to Consumer: the importance of consumers in the European Green Capital
   • Cosmetorium 2024: Sustainability, Sensory Innovation and Applied Neuroscience
9. Quality and food safety
   • Listeria under control: keys to complying with the new European regulation
   • Webinar food shelf life: adapting to new consumer trends
   • WEBINAR Novel Food 2024: new foods and regulations
   • The importance of ENAC accreditation
10. In vitro preclinical studies
    • Innovation in cell models: Lab-on-a-Chip and organoids. For disease research and drug development
    • Towards holistic care (Cosmetics industry)
    • “The consumer is looking for foods that provide additional benefits beyond basic nutrition” (Interempresas)
11. ICT solutions
    • The five digital technologies that are radically transforming the agri-food sector (smartfactorymagazine)
    • Packaging 4.0: The Revolution in the Digital and Sustainable Era of Packaging Design
    • EVENT Advanced Digital Technologies to Overcome Industry Challenges
    • EVENT Advanced Digital Technologies to Overcome Industry Challenges (ONLINE)
12. Supercritical fluids
    • Cleaner technologies, among the keys to contributing to sustainability. Sustainability, more firmly established in 2024 and growing
    • More sustainable products for more conscious consumers. Trends from Fi 2023 projected into 2024
13. Industrial biotechnology
    • Technological innovation in response to the global food crisis
    • Biorefineries. Sustainable Industrial Interest Molecules
14. Market research
    • Market research as a driver of innovation and growth for companies
    • AINIA Consumer Barometer 2024. The food market from the consumer’s perspective
    • WEBINAR Presentation of the 4th AINIA Consumer Barometer
15. Packaging materials and technology
    • Packaging sustainability trends presented at Hispack 2024
    • AINIA presents innovative packaging sustainability and circularity solutions at Hispack
    • MeetingPack 2024 recognises two innovations in metal-free and recyclable barrier packaging
16. Horizontal R&D lines
17. CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING TO HOUSE NON-ECONOMIC R&D ACTIVITIES
    Inventory No.: 22-AF00008 | 24-AF00063 | 24-AF00064 | 24-AF00065 | 24-AF00066 | 24-AF00067 | 24-AF00068 | 24-AF00069 / Amount: €1,133,466

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