IFW is the premier academic and industry conference of the insect farming industry for both insect as food and insect as feed.

The first “Insects to Feed the World” (IFW) conference took place in 2014 in the Netherlands and was hosted by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation. 450 people from 45 countries attended that first successful event. Conceived and organised by Professor Arnold van Huis, a tropical entomologist at WUR and by Paul Vantomme, Senior Forestry Officer at the FAO, the conference program included 112 presentations and 54 posters on key topics in the field and was preceded by a seminal FAO publication in 2013: “EDIBLE INSECTS: Future prospects for Food and Feed Security” (FAO Forestry Paper, No 171; https:// www.fao.org/3/i3253e/i3253e.pdf) whose authors included A. van Huis and P. Vantomme.

This report had been downloaded millions of times and generated extensive publicity. The report was translated in several languages, including Italian (translation coordinated by Prof. Laura Gasco and G.Parisi).

The second conference was held in 2018 in Wuhan, China and the third/ fourth editions in Quebec, Canada (delayed by 2 years due to COVID). 
The fifth edition has taken place on June 19-22, 2024 in Singapore.

Ten years after the first successful edition, IFW has become a global leading event in the insect farming sector, bringing together academics and industry professionals from all over the world. 
A perfect combination to foster a culture of continuous development in this growing field and to enhance knowledge sharing in a stimulating scientific environment.