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The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Sports and Nutrition invites you to attend the seminar Food Sustainability. The seminar will address the issue of food sustainability, one of the most important issues in society today. An important aspect of food sustainability is to ensure that food production and consumption is beneficial for people, the environment, and society as a whole.

Experts from both Latvia and Iceland will speak at the seminar. Among the speakers will be Prof. Bryndís Eva Birgisdóttir and Prof. Ólafur Ögmundarson from the University of Iceland. They will address future demands of sustainable nutrition and the tools students need to meet these demands. Irita Lāce from the Ministry of Agriculture will discuss sustainable food systems and the shelf life of various foods. Miķelis Grīviņš, a tenured professor at RSU, will address sustainability opportunities and challenges in the Latvian food system.

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The seminar will take place in English.

The seminar is organised within the framework of the European Economic Area (EEA) Grant Project Staff Mobility Between Rīga Stradiņš University and the University of Iceland to Establish Scientific Collaboration in the Nutrition Field (EEA-GRANT-218) funded by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

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In order to ensure the correct processing of the personal data of the participants of the seminar Food Sustainablity (hereinafter referred to as the Event), please be informed that the Event may process the personal data of the participants by taking photographs, making voice or video recordings. Your personal data may be used for the purposes of RSU's legitimate interests, such as informing the public, various communication activities, like marketing (including the preparation and posting of material on social networks).

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If you object to such processing of your personal data, please notify us by e-mail personu[pnkts]datiatrsu[pnkts]lv.

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Tetereva auditorija / tiešsaistē, Zoom
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