Solving the Cost Challenge: Food, Drink & Agriculture

The event is delivered in partnership with Opportunity North East.

**The event is reserved for businesses from any size operating within the food, drink and agriculture sectors**

This half-day event will address the urgent challenges facing the food, drink, and agriculture sectors. Businesses face growing pressure to maintain profitability against a backdrop of labour shortages and rising labour and production costs.

Our speakers will explore how investing in digital technology, automation and future skills can help to overcome these issues to secure sustainable growth in a competitive landscape.

We will also focus on how this is underpinned by having a motivated workforce.

Agenda

13.45 – 14.00 Arrival Tea and Coffee
14.00 – 14.10 Welcome from partners
14.10 – 14.25 Small Changes, Big Impacts – Scottish Enterprise
14.25 – 14.40 Technology Transformation – Farmlay Eggs
14.40 – 15.00 Q&A
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee Break
15.15 – 15.45 Group Discussion
15.45 – 16.30 Panel discussion – Invest for Success with Leap AI (Ben Stuart), GC Esprit (Gary Caunt) and Food and Drink Federation Scotland (Moira Stalker)
16.40 – 17.30 Networking

This event has been developed thanks to the support and ideas of Opportunity North East, Scotland Food & Drink, Food and Drink Federation Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Business Gateway Aberdeen & Shire, Robert Gordon University and The University of Aberdeen.