Food Tech Day & Capstone Showcase 2026 is a university-industry engagement initiative celebrating creativity, innovation, and applied knowledge in Food Technology. This year’s theme - Fusion Food - invites participants to explore how cultural diversity, technological advances, and sustainability needs intersect to create the next generation of food products.
| Time | Details |
| 1pm–1.30pm | Reception |
| 1.30pm–1.35pm | Opening speech |
| 1.35pm–1.40pm | Welcome remark |
| 1.40pm–1.45pm | Program Agenda & opening of Food Tech Day |
| 1.45pm–2.45pm | Capstone Showcase of RMIT Vietnam Food Tech students |
| 2.45pm–3pm | Tea break |
| 3pm–4pm | Fusion Food Concepts Challenge Competition final presentation |
| 4pm–4.15pm | Tea break |
| 4.15pm–4.45pm | Result announcement & Award ceremony |
| 4.45pm–5pm | Closing & Group photo |
Fusion food is the deliberate, technically informed integration of ingredients, flavor systems, and culinary techniques from two or more distinct culinary traditions to create a new, coherent food product. According to Spence (2018), contemporary fusion cuisine involves intentional blending across cultural boundaries—drawing on diverse components, recipes, styles, and food philosophies—to yield innovative dishes that extend beyond traditional culinary categories.
Students will draw inspiration from two sub-streams:
