Chefs and speakers at the Mediterranean Food Experience at the Food Expo, Athens, 2016

Scroll down below the article introductions to find lists of Selected Future Events and Selected Past Events, with links to more information about each one.

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  • takes place in or includes English
  • addresses an international audience 
  • features extra virgin olive oil and/or the Mediterranean diet

Selected Future Events

  • BIOFACH

    July 26 - 29, 2022, Nürnberg, Germany, and online. According to its website, BIOFACH is the "World´s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food."

  • Events at the UC Davis Olive Center

    These include "Olive Curious Youth: Everything a Young Food Enthusiast Needs to Know about Olive Oil & Olives," August 11-12, 2022. See the UC Davis site for updates and new events.

  • 4th International Yale Symposium on Olive Oil & Health

    September 15–18, 2022, Rome, Italy. Registration closes September 9.

  • SIAL Paris

    October 15-19, 2022, Paris, France. "The world's largest food innovation exhibition," according to their website, for importers, buyers, and retail and food processing professionals.

  • Olive Oil Sommelier Course from IRVEA 2022

    October 24-28, 2022, Val D'Orcia, Pienza, Siena, Italy. Registration closes August 30.

  • Mediterranean Diet & Health

    November 7-11, 2022, Rethymno, Crete, Greece. This is an experiential conference focused on "Cretan Lifestyle: Mediterranean Tradition & Modern Applications," featuring talks by American and Mediterranean scholars as well as hands-on local Cretan experiences and Mediterranean cuisine at the Creta Palace Resort and Agreco Farms.

  • Nordic Organic Food Fair 2022

    November 16-17, MalmöMässan, Sweden. "Scandinavia's biggest natural & organic trade event," according to its website.

  • The Greek Fine Food Exhibition Expotrof

    February 3-5, 2023, Peania, between Athens, Greece, and the airport. According to its website, "EXPOTROF is the largest effort to promote quality Greek products; it is aimed at both professionals in the premium food and beverage industry and Greek gastronomy as well as fine food lovers."

  • Food Expo Greece Food and Beverage Trade Show

    March 18-20, 2023, at the Metropolitan Expo exhibition center near the airport that serves Athens, Greece. According to its website, the Food Expo is "the top business forum for the F&B sector in the Region of S.E. Europe."

  • Mercacei's Agenda of Events

    The well-known Spanish publication Mercacei publishes lists of events related to olive oil each month. English is one of many languages that can be selected at the top of Mercacei's page.

Selected Past Events