The third Food Law Academic Network (FLAN) Annual Conference aims to explore the evolving role of food law in promoting public health, environmental sustainability, and social equity. With rising concerns around food safety, nutrition, food security, and environmental impact, legal frameworks are increasingly critical in shaping healthier food systems. This conference will foster discussions on how law can address these challenges and drive change across sectors, with a focus on regulatory innovations, cross-border policy implications, and interdisciplinary approaches to build resilient food systems for future generations.
Thursday, 15 May
Building Resilient Food Systems for Future Generations: What Role for the Regulation of Access to Technology?
Parallel Sessions
PANEL 1 : One Health and Sustainable Food Systems
PANEL 2 : Food Labeling, Consumer Protection, and Informed Choices
PANEL 3 : Food Sovereignty, Security, and Resilience in Times of Crisis
Parallel Sessions
PANEL 4 : Regulating the Future of Food: Novel Foods, Technology, and Innovation
PANEL 5 : The Role of the Food Industry in Public Health and Nutrition
PANEL 6 : Food Law, Human Rights, and Social Justice
Right to Healthy Food: the Geneva Case Study
Friday, 16 May
20 Years of EU Nutrition Policy: A Growing Gap Between Rhetoric and Practice?
Discussion Future FLAN
Food, Diet-related Disease, and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Movement
Parallel Sessions
PANEL 7 : Agriculture, Land Use, and Environmental Impacts of Food Production
PANEL 8 : Health Protection through Ultra-Processed Foods Regulation and Information
PANEL 9 : Legal Challenges in Food Governance and Global Trade
Conference Scientific Committee
Mélanie Levy Faculty of Law, Health Law Institute, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Marie-Hélène Peter-Spiess Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Hanna Schebesta Law Group, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
Silvia Rolandi Law Group, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands & Department of Agriculture,
Food and Environment, University of Pisa
Mirta Alessandrini Law Group, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
Francesco Montanari Law Group, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
Esra Akdogan Law Group, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands