Join Green Minds Gather 2026

The conference Green Minds Gather 2026  brings together researchers from across disciplines and universities with policymakers, industry representatives and other key actors working to shape the future of food and agriculture.

Why attend?

• Build valuable research connections
  Meet researchers from across Denmark and Europe, expand your network beyond your own field, and explore opportunities for future collaboration.
• Gain insights that can strengthen your research impact
  Engage with policymakers, regulators and industry representatives to gain a better understanding of the political, regulatory and commercial realities that influence whether research findings are taken up and applied in practice.
• Explore the key challenges shaping the future of agrifood systems
  Take part in researcher-led sessions and discussions on some of the most pressing questions facing Europe: balancing sustainability and competitiveness, responding to climate and water pressures, enabling innovation through regulation, and accelerating the uptake of new knowledge and technologies.

Green Minds Gather is organised by START – Centre for Sustainable Agrifood Systems. Over two days, the programme combines perspectives from research, policy and industry, featuring speakers from the European Commission, the European Parliament, EFSA, the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Food & Bio Cluster Denmark, alongside researchers from the eight Danish universities behind START.

Read more and register for the conference 

Poster opportunity for early-career researchers

PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from the START network (join the START network here) can apply to present a poster, with priority given to PhD students. Selected applicants receive free conference registration, accommodation and poster printing. 

Apply by 18 September by contacting thyrsted@food.au.dk.