The fifth edition of the Top Sector Horticulture & Starting Materials #impact2025 International Innovation Prize ceremony will take place on November 9, 2023.

In this fifth anniversary edition, the theme of health is central, with in particular the innovations that contribute to healthier eating & living and the contribution to our climate of Horticulture & Starting Materials. Solutions & Innovations that work/contribute to this are eligible for the award.

Inspiration Talks

FOOD HORTICULTURE AS A BASIS FOR SUSTAINABLE CARE FOR PLANET AND PATIENT
Cathy van Beek, Chairman of the Vegetable & Fruit House, experienced in (sustainable) care from an administrative and supervisory perspective, takes us through her vision of how we as a food horticulture can and should play a role in the issue of Planetary Health . Sustainable Food Horticulture as a starting point and challenge!

Cathy van Beek
Chairman of the Groenten & Fruit Huis

More information:
https://groentenfruithuis.nl/

EVEN AMONG THE BOXES OF BLOCKS, GREEN IS AN UNMISTAKABLE SOLUTION; WORKING LANDSCAPES OF THE FUTURE

Within a unique collaboration between, among others, VHG, IVN, Min. LNV, green education and VNO/NCW have started a program to give the business park of the future a green “side function”. Marc van Rosmalen from VHG shows you how trees, flowers and plants play a crucial role in this unique transition from gray to colorful.

Marc van Rosmalen
Director Koninklijke VHG & Bestuurslid Stichting Werklandschappen van de Toekomst

More information:
https://www.ivn.nl/aanbod/werklandschappen-van-de-toekomst/

Inspiration Visits

Innovation starts with the development of new products. During the T&U Innovation Prize Event, visitors can choose from two guided tours of the Wageningen Campus.

Option 1

NPEC; IT STARTS WITH THE PLANT
NPEC is a state-of-the-art facility for phenotyping to investigate the genetic properties of the plant in interaction with its environment.

More information:
https://www.npec.nl/ 

Option 2

HIVE, UNILEVER’S FOOD INNOVANTION CENTER; FROM PLANT TO PRODUCT
HIVE is Unilever’s Global Innovation Center for Food on the Wageningen Campus. Here, 500 food innovators work on the food of tomorrow. A look into the test kitchen of one of the world’s largest food manufacturers.

More information:
https://www.hive.unilever.com/ 

Programma

Time	Subject
12.30 uur	Reception with a sandwich
13.00 uur	Opening by chairman Harrij Schmeitz
13.10 uur	Start-Up Pitches top 5
14.00 uur	Inspiration Talk; Cathy van Beek
14.20 uur	Break
14.30 uur	Innovation Visits naar NPEC of HIVE
15.30 uur	Break
15.40 uur	TUx-pitches
16.15 uur	Inspiration Talk; Marc van Rosmalen
16.35 uur	Award ceremony for start-up innovation price & TUx pitches
17.00 uur	Closing and networking drinks
18.00 uur	End

Location

Wageningen Campus – Congrescentrum Omnia
Gebouw 105
Hoge Steeg 2
6708 PH Wageningen

Parking

The parking location is located at:

Unilever Foods Innovation Centre – Hive
Bronland 14
6708 WH Wageningen

If you come by car, drive down the Droevendaalsesteeg towards the University Campus. Turn left to Hoge Steeg and then right to Bronland. The parking location is on your left. After you park your car at Hive, it is a 2-minute walk to Omnia.

If you arrive by train at Ede/Wageningen station, you can go directly to Omnia, consult the public transport options via https://9292.nl.

Omnia is located at:

Omnia – Congrescentrum op Wageningen Campus
Hoge Steeg 2
6708 PH Wageningen