Food Day of the Icelandic Food and Nutrition Association was held on Thursday 16 October. 2008. The topic of the day was Icelandic food traditions and regional registers. Icelandic lecturers and a Swedish lecturer from Örebro University spoke at the conference. The conference lasted from 13: 00-17: 00 and was held in Iðnó. The moderator was Gísli Einarsson, a journalist. The Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Einar K. Guðfinnsson opened the conference.
Guðmundur H. Gunnarsson, head of the food innovation department at Matís, gave a talk on product development from local foods. The lecture can be accessed here.
In addition to the fact that many of Matís' employees wrote articles in the newspaper Matvæladags, Matur er mannsins megin. The paper can be accessed here.