The Madland Symposium 2026 brings together practitioners, researchers and food-system pioneers to discuss how local food policies can serve as real levers for systemic change, which business models can support short supply chains, and how the movement can build more resilient and fair food systems across the Nordic region.
The morning programme includes a welcome and status update for the year, followed by sessions on municipal food policy as a tool for change and on new business models for local food systems. The symposium is open to everyone, whether you work in food professionally, farm, or simply care about how your food is produced.
- Marie Sainabou Jeng, founder and head of Madland, opens the day
- Josephine Ottesen, Marcus Feldthaus, Gitte Hesselbæk Breum, Rasmus Dose Sandorff, Mia Maja Hansson, Livia Urban Swart Haaland and Kiri Campbell are among the speakers
- Peters Gartneri also takes part in the programme
You can attend the whole programme or parts of it. A shared lunch with Kitchen Collective follows the symposium, and a programme meeting for the Nordic Symposium on local and resilient food systems 2027 takes place in the afternoon.
