During the competition, at least one team member should participate in the following five online trainings. You don’t want to miss these trainings because i) they’re really interesting and ii) the teamwork part of your project evaluation is based, in part, on the number of team members at each training. (The other part of the teamwork evaluation comes from number of team members completing course assignments.) The exact time of these trainings will be decided after the teams in the competition are identified. In this way, we can chose a time that is reasonable for all participating time zones.
1. Introduction to the Competition: THURSDAY 13 October 2022 16H to 18H CET.
This training outlines i) general instructions for the teams (requirements, team composition), ii) evaluation criteria, iii) online trainings (including upcoming assignments), and iv) intellectual property rights. Then, a Breakout session of 15 minutes where student groups (made of people from different teams) discuss suggestions for the upcoming “Virtual Visit” by Student Suggestion Webinar. Each group will identify studies/events/papers relating to Modernization of a traditional foods for regional food value chains that they would like to know more about. Groups then present their short list of one to three best practices on this topic. By 15 October, each group has the assignment of submitting one suggested topic and speaker for the “Virtual Visit” by Student Suggestion Webinar. Finally, all students complete the online Self-Assessment.
Watch the recording:
- Presentation: download here.
- Reflection log
2. Student Presentation: FRIDAY 21 October 2022 16H to 18H CET.
At least one member of each team gives a maximum 5-minute presentation on a practical experience they have related to Traditional Foods and/or Regional Food Value Chains e.g., an internship, a visit to a company/farm/processing center, a volunteer activity. If no one on the team has had any practical experience in the past, then at least one team member must arrange to do or visit something related to the topic.
- Watch the recording here.
- Download the guideline for the Student Presentation here
- Download the agenda
3. “Virtual Visit” by Student Suggestion: THURSDAY 3 November 2022 16H to 18H CET.
Two or three case studies that are best practice examples of Traditional Foods in Regional Food Value Chains are chosen by the competition Advisory Board, each will explain a problem and how it was addressed. This might be filmed beforehand, or be a ppt presentation, or be a live visit. Student groups will prepare a question or comment for each best practice visit and participate in a Reflection Session where the focus is applying these best practices to student projects. The topics and speakers of this session will be based on suggestions provided by the students after the week 1 Breakout groups. Students will share background information on the topics before the session.
- Watch the recording here.
4. Project Review: Week of 14 November 2022 (30 min/team)
Each team meets individually (to keep their solution a secret and thus keep the spirit of a competition) for 30 minutes to 1 hour with 2 or 3 members of the Advisory Board in order to review progress and pose questions. Teams come to the Project Review with some slides outlining their project.
5. Soft Skills: FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER 2022 16H to 18H CET.
Here we do a practical session on the “elevator pitch”. Students identify what is essential to explain their project in under 1 minute and they tell this to the group. Soft skills e.g., giving a strong presentation, are the focus.
- Download the agenda.
- Watch the recording.
Final Virtual Conference: 13 December 2022 16H to 18.30H CET.
- Download the agenda
- Watch the recording
Some online trainings are recorded and links will provided here immediately afterwards and can be viewed on ISEKI-Food Association's YouTube channel.
