E.I.N.S. Open Innovation Hub: Agrifood

The E.I.N.S. Open Innovation Hub for Agrifood at Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE) aims to create connections across the agrifood system to stimulate new ideas and find answers to the biggest agriculture challenges.

Its Hub experts are dedicated to identify promising ideas, link top talents and open up unique opportunities to drive change in the food value chain. By leveraging its vast network of professionals across multiple segments of the agrifood sector, the Hub has the ability to effectively accelerate the implementation of innovative ideas.

The Hubs five innovation focus areas include:

Digitalization and smart technologies in the agrifood industy
Sustainable food production systems and supply chains
Food security and healthy nutrition
Climate adaptation, preservation of carbon, water and biodiversity
Resource efficiency and circular economy

The Hub is part of the project E.I.N.S., the E³UDRES² Entrepreneurship and Innovation Network for Smart and Sustainable European Regions, funded by the EIT HEI Initiative. E.I.N.S. promotes that results from teaching and research contribute to new marketable products and services through business start-ups and other forms of knowledge transfer.

🌐 Mapping Talents

The Open Innovation Hub is mapping, attracting and empowering bright minds to help them delivering new agrifood innovations. Its talent bank enables us to build a dynamic community from a wide range of competencies required by the future’s agriculture.

💡 Building Networks

Building an unique environment to bring the brightest minds together and assist them in setting up their professional Europe-wide networks to co-create new ideas, access support services and find practical resources.

🤝 Accelerate Ideas

The Hub provides consultancy and mentoring services to support the changemakers of the future. With the contribution of recognized experts, it aims to support top innovators in turning their ideas into real projects.

Leading the Hub

📍 Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary

Based at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), the E.I.N.S. Open Innovation Hub on Agrifood is led by Balázs Huszthy, the head of the MATE Innovation Center.

Events // Agrifood Hub

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Jun 2023

E.I.N.S. Cultural Hackathon 2023

E.I.N.S. and OpenGLAM are bringing you the Cultural Hackathon 2023 (#GLAMhack23), focusing on cultural heritage, (digital) art, open data and everything connected to those topics.

01-03 June 2023

St. Pölten UAS (AT)

Supporting European start-ups

Supporting start-ups and established businesses is at the core of the E.I.N.S. network. As a network focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation, E.I.N.S. aims to drive the development of entrepreneurial education, and co-creates advanced support for innovation and business creation. Discover the businesses E.I.N.S. is collaborating with!

➞ Featured start-ups & businesses

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