Serious Game Workshop: Role-Playing Future Shocks to the Food System (2025-2030)

23 Sep 2025
Breakout Room
Breakout Sessions , Experiences

Open to all delegates–come and play your part.

This is not a panel or a presentation, it’s a fully immersive, interactive simulation designed to stress-test the food system through role-play.
Take on the role of a policymaker, innovator, farmer or retailer. Working in small teams, you’ll use your real-world expertise to navigate five years of food system turbulence, from climate extremes and geopolitical instability to supply chain breakdowns and consumer pressure.

What to Expect:

  • Be guided by a Game Master through a fast-paced, collaborative simulation
  • Predict incoming shocks and reveal hidden vulnerabilities in the food system
  • Plan interventions using a mix of ready-made tools and your team’s custom strategies
  • Act and react as fresh crises unfold, putting your decisions, and your team, to the test

Why Take Part?

  • Immersive & Engaging: You’ll be negotiating, making decisions, and adapting in real time–this is a workshop like no other
  • Collaborative: Work with 4–5 other delegates from across the agri-food sector to co-create practical, system-level responses
  • Strategic: Grounded in real-world scenarios, this game helps you test ideas, build resilience thinking, and explore how to prepare for compound shocks

No prior experience needed: Just bring your curiosity, creativity, and sector insight.
Places are limited, so make sure to sign up early!

Host: Matteo Menapace, Game Designer, BEESNESS MEDIA

Session limited to the first 50 participants, so make sure to sign up early!