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Events

Invitations were issued
to the virtual pet food Online meeting
conference.
of experts

At the end of September, Nordic Pet Food Events of Norway
issued invitations to the virtual Nordic Pet Food Conference.

The programme, featuring 16 high-calibre presentations,
was attended by delegates from all over the world.

“In line with networking, the main providers,” the organising team Paul van der Raad opened
aim of the conference is to bring announced in advance. The pro- the two-day event with a look at
practical know-how about in- gramme featured live presenta- trends and market developments
gredients, nutrition and pet food tions and a virtual exhibition to in the pet industry. His introduc-
technologies to a comprehensive present the products and services tory talk “No pets – no busi-
network of pet food producers, offered by the sponsors of the con- ness” succinctly summarised
ingredient suppliers and service ference. the issues under consideration
by sector experts over the two
days of the Nordic Pet Food Con-
ference: “The ten biggest trends
in the international pet supplies
sector include humanisation, e-
commerce, premiumisation, sus-
tainability and ingredients,” said
Paul van der Raad. The trend to-
wards humanisation in particu-
lar was driving the development
of new products, he said, citing
the use of human-grade ingre-
dients in the production of dog
The organisers of the Nordic Pet Food Conference managed to attract a large number of exhibitors. food as a particularly popular

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