
We want to help anticipate and prepare the future as an innovation lab for the Food & Beverage sector.
We analyze emerging technological, commercial and societal trends to identify opportunities for innovation.
Blockchain
Until recently, I didn’t want to put too much emphasis on businesses. The feedback I’ve been getting is asking me for more use cases. This summer, I’ll be featuring companies...
From the supplier shipping their products to the restaurant receiving produce to the customer ordering a meal, blockchain revolutionizes how transparency, quality and loyalty in the industry are delivered. Blockchain...
The decentralised approach of blockchain allows for tracking and reporting of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions along the entire supply chain, including manufactures, suppliers, distributors and consumers. On March 15,...
Until recently, I didn’t want to put too much emphasis on businesses. The feedback I’ve been getting is asking me for more use cases. This summer, I’ll be featuring companies...
The food system is at the confluence of different contexts: distribution, consumption, and production. The latter was once a direct function of three factors: the soil, animals, and humans. The...
E. coli, salmonella, accidental horse meat — there have been a lot of disturbing slip-ups in the food and beverage industry. Blockchain technology could help manufacturers and distributors avoid these...
Artificial Intelligence
3/3. This article is the third of a three-part series dedicated to AI and the wine business. In the first article, I review the AI techniques that enable consumers to...
Between July and October 2021, torrential rains drenched northern parts of China, flooding major agricultural provinces such as Hebei, Henan, and Shandong. The floods affected millions of acres of cropland,...
Big Data, interconnections and algorithms are replacing the free flow of goods with the free flow of knowledge and multiply our capacity for analysis and understanding. It is therefore possible...
1/3. This article is the first of a three-part series dedicated to AI and the wine business. I review the AI techniques that enable consumers to become connoisseurs. In the...
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) makes some of the world’s most popular beer brands — including Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois. This global corporation is all about embracing the future and...
Personalization will be the prime driver of marketing success within five years. Here are the capabilities companies need to develop to stay ahead of the curve. The exciting promise of...
Opinion
3/3. This article is the third of a three-part series dedicated to AI and the wine business. In the first article, I review the AI techniques that enable consumers to...
1/3. This article is the first of a three-part series dedicated to AI and the wine business. I review the AI techniques that enable consumers to become connoisseurs. In the...
Industry and trade in goods grow on strong consumer demand; the pandemic wave, inflation, and geopolitical tensions present risks to faster growth in 2022. The global economy experienced a strong...
2/3. This article is the second of a three-part series dedicated to AI and the wine business. In the first article, I review the AI techniques that enable consumers to...
Personalization will be the prime driver of marketing success within five years. Here are the capabilities companies need to develop to stay ahead of the curve. The exciting promise of...
Early signs suggest that global wine production and consumption may be closer together in 2021 than they have been since 2017. However, physically bringing wine and consumers together may be...
Metaverse
Until recently, I didn’t want to put too much emphasis on businesses. The feedback I’ve been getting is asking me for more use cases. This summer, I’ll be featuring...
Every brand and company will need a metaverse strategy” claims Cathy Hackl, chief metaverse officer and chief executive of metaverse-focused consulting agency in a recent interview. She says “being...
While innovation and digitalization are profoundly transforming almost all sectors of activity, the art business has not undergone any major change in its practices for decades. Or almost…the recent...
Discussions of the metaverse are everywhere in today’s technology landscape. The metaverse has suddenly become big business. Daniel Maegaard, an active investor in wine tokens, recently acquired a virtual...
16 December 2021 / 5:30PM-7:30PM INSEEC U. Research Center Artificial Intelligence & Wine Business David Beck, Founding Editor of ANALYTICS.WINe, will be speaking at the INSEEC’s Wine and Spirits...