


From Monday 11th to Thursday November 14th, 2024: ONLINE
November 15th&16th, 2024: Lausanne, Beaulieu - Switzerland
SPEAKERS

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Town of Lausanne

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Marie Hélène PINGOUD
Fondatrice Rouge/Jaune Congo,
Agro-Transformation

Serge IMBODEN
HES SO Valais teacher,
Agro-processing
Exhibitors
The call for projects and the pre-selection phases will begin on July 22th, 2024. The project leaders selected as finalists in the competition will participate in the online sessions. The public will be able to vote for the winner, their vote will count for 50% of the candidates' final score. The prizes will be delivered on Friday from Lausanne.
Overview of the finalists of the 2022 edition:
DISTRIBUTION
https://www.lbsmali.com/
AGRO-PROCESSING
GREEN BIO ENGINEERING
FARMING
La ferme BIO
NUTRITION
https://www.easy-market.net/
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SHOW
Plenary conferences
SUSTAINABILITY: “Piloting Food Systems”
TECHNOLOGY: “The lab in the field”
DISTRIBUTION: “Packaging and compliance with standards and specifications”
“Two minutes to eat in the tropics”
Simple, healthy and quick recipe videos for African food products
The Chef moment
Tastings
QChef at Stamm : Every evening starting Thursday, November 14, amaze your taste buds with flavors incorporating African superfoods, prepared for you by a Chef.
Dinner by registration: www.qoqa.ch
Round Tables
Expert debates on the themes:
“Dietary balance and the potential of African superfoods”
"Africa, the driving force behind healthy and sustainable food for the world"
“ Contribution of diasporas to sustainable food systems ”
MasterClass
“African Orphan Plants: A Response to Demographic Challenges”
Best Pitch Entrepreneurs
Do you have a startup or a business project? This moment is for you. Register your project, if you are selected, your project will be presented (by you, in less than 5 minutes) at the Show, and submitted to a jury for the final of the competition.
Other themes
❖ REPORTS: “Discovering African superfoods”
“The Swiss laboratory in the fields”
❖ NUTRITION: “Superfoods from Africa”
❖ PRACTICAL: Cooking and tasting workshops
“Discovering recipes with superfoods”
❖ FAMILIES: “Entertainment and Tastings”
ZKS awards to winning projects

Monday Nov 11th
12h30 - 13h45
NUTRITION
- Report: “Discovering cassava ”
- Debate: "Dietary balance and potential of African superfoods"
- Chef's moment: 2 minutes to eat in the tropics
- Project pitch
Tuesday Nov 12th
12h30 - 13h45
FINANCING
- Report: “Discovering moringa ”
- Round table: "Financing in the agri-food sector in Africa: challenges and opportunities"
- Instant Chef: 2 minutes to eat in the tropics
- Project pitch
Wednesday
Nov 13th
12h30 - 13h45
TECHNOLOGY
- Report: “Discovering fonio ”
- Masterclass: “The lab in the field”
- Chef's moment: 2 minutes to eat in the tropics
- Project pitch
Thursday Nov 14th
12h30 - 13h45
DISTRIBUTION
- Conference: “Packaging and compliance with standards and specifications”
- Chef's moment: 2 minutes to eat in the tropics
- Project pitch
PROGRAMME for Friday in Lausanne by registration
10:00
Welcome
Welcome from the ZKS Committee
Speeches by African embassies in Switzerland
Institutional speeches
11:00
Round table: "Contribution of diasporas and cities to sustainable food systems"
Conference: "Solar refrigerator: conservation solution"
Conference: "Training in agricultural entrepreneurship; cross-views CMR - CIV - SUI
11:15
Conférence:"Farm to Bar" (de la plantation à la tablette)
12:15
Conférence: "Formation à l'entrepreneuriat agricole; regards croisés CMR - CIV - SUI
12:00
Word from the Canton of Vaud
Conference: “Piloting food systems”
Conference: “Sustainable food drying solution”
MasterClass: "Agro-genetics, Ethics and Sustainable Food"
13:50
Conférence: "Pilotage des systèmes alimentaires"
14:25
Conférence: "Solution durable de séchage alimentaire"
15:00
MasterClass: "Agro-génétique, Éthique et Alimentation durable"
15:30
14:00
Artistic performances
Round table: "Africa, driving healthy and sustainable food for the world"
Announcements - Closing words of the day
African Culinary Ark - QChef at Stamm (Bussigny)
Frigo solaire: Solution de conservation des aliments
16:15
Table-ronde: "L'Afrique, moteur de l'alimentation saine et durable pour le monde"
17:15
Annonces - Mot de fin de la journée - Réseautage
18:00
Arche culinaire Africaine - QChef au Stamm (Bussigny)
PROGRAM for Saturday in Lausanne by registration
14:15
10:00
10:30
Home, Installation, Networking
Tasting Workshop 1: “Niebe-derived products” (45min)
Children & young people workshop: “I’m learning to draw”1 (45min)
Atelier enfants & jeunes: "J'apprends à dessiner"1 (45min)
11:00
Children & youngsters makeup workshop 1 (45min)
Children’s storytelling workshops 1 (30 min)
12:00
Lunch break - Networking - Exhibitions
15:30
4:30 p.m.
Tasting Workshop 2: “Cassava-derived products” (45min)
Children & youngsters makeup workshop 2 (45min)
Workshop-Tasting 3: “Superfoods processed in Switzerland” (45min)
Jobs Workshop - Sustainable Trades (45min)
15:00
Talk Show: "Success Story in Switzerland"
17:00
The floor to the Exhibitors
Outcome of the Project Pitch Competition
17:15
Final words
Celebrating 7 years of ZION KICK-UP STARTUPS
African Culinary Ark - QChef at Stamm (Bussigny)
18:00
Arche culinaire Africaine - QChef au Stamm (Bussigny)
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ON LINE
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ONLINE EVENT: via Zoom
From Monday 11 to Thursday 14 November online
To ensure the participation of the expected general public, the event will take place from Monday November 11 to Thursday November 14 on the YouTube and FaceBook channels of the Organizer Zion Kick-Up Startups. Daily debrief sessions in the presence of the day's stakeholders will be held by registration, by videoconference. Register in advance to participate.
Friday & Saturday November 15th & 16th from 10 a.m., networking with surprise guests will be held in the morning, at the Beaulieu Palace, in the center of Lausanne); upon registration . The conference, speeches, lectures and others will be partially broadcast live on our YouTube and FaceBook channels.