THE EVENT
Innovate to Nourish - Multisectoral Workshop to Achieve SDG 2: Zero Hunger
Hosted by Blendhub with support of the World Food Programme HZero Innovation Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean and Siemens Colombia. An open innovation workshop to connect multi-sectorial stakeholders for co-creation of sustainable agri-food solutions. With the aim to facilitate strategic collaboration between supply- and demand-side actors including a locally owned roadmap to catalyze inclusive innovation and impact. Seeking to generate partnerships around customized food production for better nutrition. Biodiversity- and climate-smart. Locally owned.
Join us in Bogotá, Colombia, April 23-24 for the 'Innovate to Nourish' workshop, co-hosted by Blendhub and the World Food Programme HZero Innovation Hub. Drive progress towards SDG 2: Zero Hunger through strategic collaboration among academia, government, civil society, private sector, startups, agriculture, and nutrition. Innovatetonourish
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Agenda
23 APRIL
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Meet & Greet Coffee
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome by Blendhub and supporting partners Victor Nuñez Espinosa,
Corporate Development Managing Director Blendhub
09:10 – 09:20 Objectives with Moderator & Senior Food Scientist Mary Luz Olivares Tenorio
09:20 – 09:35 Opening Remarks- Dr. Andreas Blüthner
09:35 –10:00 Keynote Remarks with WFP Colombia Deputy Country Director, Dr. Kemel Ghotme Associate Professor at UniSabana, and MOH, Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (TBC)
10:00 – 10:45 High Level Multisectoral Panel on Inclusive Innovation for Biodiversity & Nutrition including Dr. Stefan Schmitz of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and Felipe García- Cardona of the Humboldt Institute
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee & Innovation Display Dialogues
11:15 – 12:15 Partnership Pitch Session hosted by WFP’s HZero Innovation Hub with local and regional startups and changemakers (comprised of 3-5 minutes).
12:15 – 14:00 Networking Luncheon
14:00 – 14:45 World Café Innovation Spaces – Interactive Sessions
15:45 – 16:15 Round 1: What do you bring to the table; Round 2: What is your need as an organization;
16:15 – 16:45 Round 3: What are the gaps in the nutrition landscape
16:15 – 16:45 Networking Coffee
16:45 – 17:00 Opportunity Scoping for Impact and Investments, moderated by Dr. Andreas Blüthner
17:00 – 19:00 Closure of Day 1, outlook on follow-up process Co-creation lounge and network space with cocktails.
07:50 –08:00 Bus shuttle loading & departure from COSMOS 100 Hotel + Convention Center
09:30 –10:00 Arrival and Networking Coffee
10:00 –12:00 Blendhub Facility Tour, Idea and Project Scoping, Q&A
12:00 –13:00 Standing Networking Lunch
13:00 –14:30 Dialogue learning and cocreation of food as a service projects and Follow-up
Opportunity with Dr. Andreas Blüthner and our Expert
14:30 Moderator Closeout
24 APRIL
The speakers
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Expert Moderator
Dr. Mary Luz Olivares Tenorio
Senior Food Scientist & Health, Nutrition and Applications lead at Cenipalma.
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Senior Partnership Advisor
Dr. Andreas Blüthner
Former Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Nutrition Director
Founding Director Dr. Blüthner & Partner
Keynote Speakers Include
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Dr. Kemel Ghotme
Director of Transnational Neuroscience Research Lab at Unisabana
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Keynote Speakers Include
Dr. Stefan Schmitz
Global Crop Diversity Trust Executive Director
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Welcome by Blendhub
Víctor Nuñez Espinosa
Corporate Development Managing Director Blendhub
Location
COSMOS 100 Hotel + Convention Center
Ac. 100, Bogotá, Colombia
Up to three billion individuals worldwide face nutrient deficiencies, with more than 800 million grappling with hunger. This crisis of hunger and malnutrition leads to significant physical suffering, escalates healthcare costs, diminishes educational achievements, and lowers workforce productivity—particularly in nations and among populations with low and middle incomes in the Global South.
Blendhub is operating a multi-awarded Food-as-a-Service business model designing food products containing powder-based food ingredients and with a purpose of contributing meaningfully to the advancement of food security, nutrition, and overall human resilience, anywhere in the world.
Our Human Resilience Initiative (HRI) forges connections between regenerative and sustainable farming practices, supply clusters that are both climate- and biodiversity-conscious, manufacturers of healthy and nutritious ingredients, and stakeholders committed to making affordable, nutritious food accessible to at-risk populations, especially youth and women. We advocate for the creation of multi-sector partnerships that foster a sustainable, inclusive, and people-centered domestic food production ecosystem.
We cater a range of digitally hosted recipes ranging from classical ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods, rich in valuable nutrients, to locally adapted versions and newly co-created foods perfectly blending local preferences, taste and ingredients to serve local needs, culture and taste.
Join us in driving co-owned solutions for a world without hunger.
Be part of the change—let's collaborate to build a more sustainable and inclusive future.
