Young IFFI – Innovate, Collaborate, Accelerate

Name: Young IFFI – Innovate, Collaborate, Accelerate
Start: 2025-03-26T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-26T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Euroma

Network meeting

26 March 2025 | 13:00 - 19:30

ABOUT

Innovate, Collaborate, Accelerate

Innovation is crucial in any industry as it drives progress, enhances efficiency, and fosters competitiveness. It is necessary for companies to adapt to changing markets demands, improve products and services, and create new opportunities for growth. Collaboration is essential for successful innovation because it brings together diverse perspectives, skills, and expertise. When individuals and organizations work together, they can pool their resources and creativity , share knowledge, and tackle complex problems more effectively. It accelerates the innovation process by enabling faster decision-making and implementation. As young professionals, we can accelerate innovation by embracing lifelong learning and building a strong network of peers.

PROGRAM

26 March 2025

Venue: Euroma, Zwolle

13:00 – 13:30 – Walk-in with coffee/tea and sandwiches

13:30 – 13:45 – Welcome at Euroma by Mathys Boeren, CEO

13:45 – 16:00 – Presentations & Plant tour (in 2 groups)

Jasper Stavenga (CCO) and Eward Hofstede (COO) will give a presentation about Euroma’s journey, about the new factory with a high level of automation, and the development of the company in the past five years.

16:00 – 16:30 – Break

16:30 – 18:00 – Spice up your conversation and stay in charge – interactive session with Roland Verheugd (RV Training)

18:00 – Drinks & Dinner

19:30 – End

SPEAKERS

Jasper Stavenga
Jasper Stavenga is Commercial Director at Euroma. His previous work experiences include account management roles. Stavenga joined Euroma in 2010 as Account Manager and worked as the Market Manager of Fresh Convenience and Business Unit Manager of Savory/Dry Ingredients until starting as commercial director for Euroma three years ago.

Eward Hofstede
Eward Hofstede is Chief Operating Officer at Euroma. This is a function he’s been exercising for four years. Eward has extensive experience working for industry leaders DSM and Avebe in roles varying from Managing Director Operations to Site Manager. In 2021, he joined Euroma.

Roland Verheugd
Roland Verheugd teaches people really communicate with each other. He teaches people how to listen better with their ears, but above all he teaches them how to listen better with their eyes. Roland does this through workshops, training and coaching. He is a trainer, coach and actor in one.