Online, Tuesday May 27, 2025, 13.15 London Time
On Zoom: Meeting ID: 878 4719 0756 | Passcode: 373567
This workshop will explore the multifaceted dimensions of food in the digital age, by focusing on how digital media and technologies reshape familiar food spaces from private kitchens to canteens, and from supermarkets to restaurants. Issues examined will include how robotics and digital interfaces mediate food consumption in restaurants, how artificial intelligence is used to discover new recipes for food products, and how extended reality is employed to study the future of food. The broader implications of these developments will be considered, with the aim of understanding how familiar food spaces are shapeshifting in digital times.
13.15
Introduction and overview
Tanja Schneider, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen
13.30
Evolving foodscapes in the digital age
Maria Giovanna Onorati and Chelsea van Hooven, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo
14.00
Cyborg cooks: Digitalizing domestic cooking in Germany
Katharina Graf, University of Frankfurt
14.30
Designing sustainable food experiences through immersive technologies
Danny Han, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht
15.00
Decoding AI use in food innovation: from concept to creation
Ryan Pearson, Nielsen IQ Strategic Insights and Analytics
15.30
Digital food experience design: reflections on integration of digital tools in dining spaces
Jonatan Leer, Örebro University
16.00
Discussion and concluding remarks
Stanley Ulijaszek, University of Oxford
16.15 ends
