Over the past three years, artists, designers, researchers and SMEs from across Europe have collaborated within the Hungry Ecocities program to explore how food can shape the cities of tomorrow. From speculative designs to tangible prototypes, the projects have revealed how creativity and technology can nourish both people and planet. Hungry EcoCities is coming to an end, read more about the amazing outcomes.
Now it is time to celebrate, connect and look ahead!
On 24 February 2026, the core team of Hungry EcoCities, several participating artists, partners and contributors will gather at Koppert Cress in the heart of the Westland, the epicenter of innovative food production. Together we will share the most exciting outcomes, exchange perspectives and imagine how these insights can grow into the next chapter of a more sustainable and delicious urban future.
24 February 2026
3 to 6.30pm
at Koppert Cress (NL)
Please confirm your participation through the registration link below.
The event will also be broadcast live online (3-5pm), if you’re not able to join in person.
SCHEDULE
ONLINE
15.00
Opening plenary session
(Stijn Baan – Director Koppert Kress)
15.05 – 15.15
About Hungry EcoCities and the lessons learned
(Creative Studios Hungry EcoCities)
15.15 – 16.00
Keynote presentation Carolyn Steel
16.00 – 16.15
Closing notes by Rodolfo Groenewoud van Vliet
(Director In4Art)
16.15 – 16.45
Q&A with Carolyn Steel, Rodolfo Groenewoud van Vliet & all the participants
17.00
End of the Hungry EcoCities Online Grand Gathering
PHYSICAL
Same as online + :
17:00 – 18:00
Tour of the “edible jungle” & the Hungry EcoCities prototypes
18:00 – 18:45
Drinks and networking
We are very excited to announce that Carolyn Steel, British architect and author of Hungry City and Sitopia: How Food Can Save the World, will join us as our special guest. Carolyn will share her reflections on all the recent projects of Hungry EcoCities and how food connects urban life, culture and ecology, and how cities themselves can become regenerative ecosystems.
Expect a day filled with stories, visions and conversations at the crossroads of art, science and cultivation, and of course, a meaningful closing gathering. We have a limited number of seats, so be quick to register.
We are looking forward
to celebrating this moment
together with you!
About the Hungry EcoCities project:
Hungry EcoCities aims to address the pressing issue of creating a healthier, more sustainable, responsible, and affordable agri-food system. It plans to achieve this by rethinking technology and design incorporating them into art-driven experimentation and prototyping processes. The project strives to demonstrate the potential of a standardised development framework in enabling European agri-food businesses to deliver responsible, AI-enabled responsible innovation, a key cog behind a
sustainable food chain. Become a part of a community where innovation plays a central role, in revolutionising the European agri-food sector! (for more information visit: Hungry EcoCities –S+T+ARTS)
This Hungry EcoCities project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101069990
