MAD Symposium Programme Out!

MAD Symposium, Copenhagen

Saturday 27^th August

René Redzepi
An Introduction

Tor Nørretranders
From Wild to Tame – and Back Again

Miles Irving
Wild Flavours of England

Daniel Patterson
A Short History of The Beet

Yoshihiro Narisawa
Food Culture in Japan / SATOYAMA & Reconstruction After Earthquake Disaster

Hans Herren
Food Systems of the Future: Why & How They will be Different from Today’s

Kamal Mouzawak
Make Food not War

Iñaki Aizpitarte
Coquina et Naturali Vinorum

Thomas Harttung
Urban Food Systems

Magnus Nilsson
Fäviken: How we do the Things that we do

Jacqueline McGlade
Copenhagen is Buzzing: Bees, Cities & Our Common Future

 Ben Shewry
The Cycle of Love
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Sunday 28^th August

Stefano Mancuso
The Unexpected Plant – Beyond the Animal Model

Alex Atala
Insects & Plants: Together for Life

Francois Couplan
Wild Plants & Culinary Creativity

Massimo Bottura
Never Stop Planting

Søren Wiuff
All that We Eat has Been Alive

Molly Jahn
How Good Food Can Save Our Planet

Michel Bras
Vivre la Cuisine

Harold McGee
The Flavours of Plant Life

David Chang
Food Microbiology: an Overlooked Frontier

Andoni Aduriz
Natural & Cultural Ecosystems

Gaston Acurio
The Power of Food

vegetation: planting thoughts

A short message from René Redzepi of noma, Copenhagen:

The role of the chef is evolving and developing into a positon of influence – one that impacts the manner in which people and food professionals consume and connect with food. Such responsibility requires education, an elevation of awareness and social maturity.

On the 27th and 28th of August, we are holding a symposium, which we desire to be an educational tool for the developing chef. By improving literacy in ecology, studying food history and food production methods, this symposium seeks to increase the general awareness of today’s chef. Whilst an homage to quality, seasons, nature and knowledge, with this idea we also embark on a journey to enrich the soil of every chef’s understanding.

The total price for the two-day symposium is 1.500 DKK (approx. €200). This figure is inclusive of light refreshment and two communal lunches at the event. It also covers access to the nearby Bazaar area where a wide selection of top Nordic produce will be displayed for the public to buy and taste. Places are limited to just 250 as we want all the participants, speakers and audience to engage and interact. Tickets are reserved for chefs and farmers.

Follow us on Twitter: @plantingthought

These are the confirmed speakers/demonstrators:

• Francois Couplan (researcher, wild plants)
• Hans Herren (president of Millennium Institute)
• Thomas Harttung (entrepreneur, organic farmer)
• Miles Irving (entrepreneur/forager)
• Stefano Mancuso (plant neurobiology)
• Harold McGee (scientist and author)
• Kamal Mouzawak (creator of Souk el Tayeb)
• Tor Nørretranders (author)
• Søren Wiuff (farmer)
  

 

• Gaston Acurio (Peru)
• Andoni Aduriz (Spain)
• Iñaki Aizpitarte (France)
• Alex Atala (Brazil)
• Massimo Bottura (Italy)
• Michel Bras (France)
• David Chang (USA)
• Magnus Nilsson (Sweden)
• Daniel Patterson (USA)
• René Redzepi (Denmark)
• Ben Shewry (Australia)

For more information please contact Ali Kurshat Altinsoy at aka@noma.dk. For updates, please refer to: www.noma.dk/plantingthoughts

Yours sincerely,

René Redzepi