The mission of the Honorary Committee
Members of the Honorary Committee understand and practice their responsibility along the following lines by:
- Promoting the CEFood 2024 in their countries at all relevant scientific and professional levels and circles;
- Spreading information about CEFood 2024 in the CEI countries and also to the European scientific, research, development and educational space covering food in broadest view;
- Suggesting potential speakers to the Scientific and Organising Committee in the early stage of the CEFood 2024 program design;
- Building the spirit of importance of food for humankind with high respect of ethical and moral norms within the food supply chain, but also in research, development and education networks.
The Honorary Committee is composed from the principal organisers of all CEFood congresses as follows:
| Year | Place, Country | Principal organiser |
| 2002 | Ljubljana, SI | Peter Raspor |
| 2004 | Budapest, HU | Diána Bánáti |
| 2006 | Sofia, BG | Kostadin Fikiin |
| 2008 | Cavtat, HR | Damir Karlović, Kata Galić |
| 2010 | Bratislava, SK | Peter Šimko |
| 2012 | Novi Sad, RS | Viktor Nedović |
| 2014 | Ohrid, MK | Vladimir Kakurinov |
| 2016 | Kiev, UA | Iaroslav Zasiadko |
| 2018 | Sibiu, RO | Ovidiu Tița |
| 2020 | Sarajevo, BA | Zlatan Sarić |
| 2022 | Čatež ob Savi, SI | Peter Raspor |
Most notably, respect and gratitude to all past organizers are passed from congress to congress by making each past principal organizer a member of the Honorary committee of the CEFood 2024.