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

23 Sep 2025
Breakout Room
Breakout Sessions , Experiences

Serious Game WorkshopThis 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.

Open to all delegates–come and play your part. Session limited to the first 50 participants, so make sure to sign up early!

Chairperson
Matteo Menapace
Matteo Menapace, Game Designer - BEESNESS GAMES