On May 22 from 17:30 to 19:30 CEST, the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, a global participatory project to comprehensively profile the diverse composition of food eaten around the world, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, and the Seerave Foundation, will host its launch as a side event during the 2022 World Health Assembly in Geneva. Assembly attendees, dignitaries, food system researchers and practitioners, and media are invited to a symposium and reception event that provides a high-level overview of the Initiative and its potential applications for solving critical food challenges of our times.