2022 CONFERENCE AGENDA

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Desiree Hoving
Desiree Hoving is a professional, enthusiastic moderator who aims to make an event focused, interactive and accessible. She will make participants feel involved and motivated. Desiree has a strong background in science journalism and wrote articles for newspapers and magazines for many years.
Trends in alternative proteins
A survey of developments in alternative protein supply chains — including infrastructure, ingredients, and the contract manufacturing ecosystem — based on new analysis showing the gaps between...
Panel Moderator
Zak Weston
Foodservice & Supply Chain Manager

The Good Food Institute (GFI)

The protein transition: Opportunities and challenges in plant-based foods
Nobody can deny that the protein transition is on its way. The protein transition is the shift away from the consumption of animal proteins towards vegetable and new protein sources...
Panel Moderator
Laurice Pouvreau
Expertise leader Protein technology

Wageningen University & Research

Fermented fungi – a 60 year overnight success
Our biggest challenge within Agri-Food is how we change the way we eat in order to assure a sustainable food future. Fermentation and fungi are attracting serious attention as an important tool to...
Panel Moderator
Tim Finnigan
Chief Scientific Adviser

Quorn Foods

Regulatory considerations for the future of protein production
In this presentation, Hannah will discuss the key regulatory considerations for alternative proteins and the future of protein production in the EU & other global markets. She will focus on key...
Panel Moderator
Hannah Lester
Principal Consultant & Head of Regulatory

Amgen Consulting & Gourmey

The leading edge of technology
A comparison of high potential meat replica to traditional meat, the maturity of selected production technologies & a deep dive into one of the leading...
Panel Moderator
Floor Buitelaar
Founding Partner

Bright Green Partners

Protein transition: scaling your process to industrial viability
Focus on proteins from fermentation based processing and how to (im)prove commercial viable protein production: - Feedstock optimization & strain development - Bioprocess fermentation validation...
Panel Moderator
Peter Flippo
Business Development Manager

Bioprocess Pilot Facility

The European Union Novel Food Regulation
The presentation will provide an overview of the European Union Novel Food Regulation (EU 2015/2283). Novel foods are those foods without a significant history of consumption in the EU before...
Panel Moderator
Takis Daskaleros
Health and Food Safety Directorate General (DG SANTE) | Food processing technologies and novel foods unit

European Commission

It’s Done Properly: an integrated system for the sustainable production of proteins and flavors using fungi
The food industry’s growth has led to us to lose course and disconnect from our main partner: nature. Done Properly, return balance to our relationship with nature, through fermentation...
Panel Moderator
Freddy Boehmwald Thielemann
Chief Scientific Officer & Founder

Done Properly

Panel Discussion: Alternate proteins value chain - Key challenges across the value chain
Panel Moderator
Sid Jain
Founder & CEO
Biomeg

Sid Jain
Founder & CEO

Biomeg

Boaz Noy
CEO

NextFerm

Isabelle Privat
Plant & Nutrition Department Head

Nestle

José Luis Cabañero
CEO & Founder

Eatable Adventures

Bruno Gehin
Global New Protein Projects Leader

Roquette

Panel Discussion: The future of plant-based protein - key considerations to successfully meet consumer demands
Panel Moderator
Stephanie Jaczniakowska-McGirr
International Head of Food Industry & Retail
ProVeg
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Stephanie Jaczniakowska-McGirr
International Head of Food Industry & Retail
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ProVeg

Auriane Borremans
Founder

EATENTION

Emil Virag
Vice President Supply Chain and Operations

Foodanza

Sreedevi Kakkad
Consultant- Food and Nutrition
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ChemBizR

Panel Discussion: Global Regulation: Safety, Quality and Approval of Novel Foods
Panel Moderator
Hannah Lester
Principal Consultant & Head of Regulatory
Amgen Consulting & Gourmey

Hannah Lester
Principal Consultant & Head of Regulatory

Amgen Consulting & Gourmey

Brian P. Sylvester
Special Counsel, FDA & USDA Practice

Covington & Burling LLP
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Robert E. Jones
President

Cellular Agriculture Europe

Laura Braden
Lead Regulatory Counsel

Good Food Institute

Noreen Hobayan
Director of Quality & Regulatory Affairs

BlueNalu
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The Protein Problem: How Scaling Alternative Proteins Can Help People and Planet
Innovations in food and agricultural technologies present a chance to diversify our sources of protein with more sustainable products like plant-based, microorganism-based and cultivated meat. But...
Panel Moderator
Hermione Dace
Policy Analyst

Tony Blair Institute

Sourcing and LCA for Plant-Based Foods
In this session, Udi Lazimy will describe approaches to sourcing, sustainability and LCA (“Life Cycle Assessment”) development for plant-based brands. As a consultant, he works with brands around...
Panel Moderator
Udi Lazimy
Global Sustainability and Sourcing Expert, Founder

Udi Lazimy Consulting

Making Food Out of Thin Air
Solar Foods - disconnecting food production from agriculture. Introducing Solar Foods and our new and revolutionary technology, which can produce the planet's most sustainable protein that is also...
Panel Moderator
Shilei Zhang
Chief Commercial Officer
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Solar Foods

Opportunities and challenges for start-ups in the sustainable proteins space
Bühler is an equipment and solution provider for food producers, and global leader in the alternative proteins space. Entering this market can involve a number of challenges, especially for...
Panel Moderator
Eleanor McSweeney
Business Development Manager Alternative Proteins

Bühler Group

Who are the mainstream consumers of alt proteins going to be and why
In the rapidly growing space of alternative proteins, while businesses have some understanding of the early adopters, the real question that remains is who the mass market consumers are and how...
Panel Moderator
Pradeep Srinivasan
Research Lead & Consultant

Spoonshot

Fungal based alternative proteins- from strain selection to commercial production
In this presentation development of a fungal-based alternative protein project from idea to commercialisation is discussed and criteria for strain and feedstock selection, fermentation technology...
Panel Moderator
Reza Ranjbar
Head of Technology, Biotechnology Business Unit

CPI

Plant Attitude Next Generation– Exploring consumer motivations for choosing plant-based
At Givaudan, understanding the preferences and motivations of consumers is at the center of everything that we do. In our latest and most extensive research, Plant Attitude – Next Generation...
Panel Moderator
Lucas Huber
Marketing Manager Plant Attitude

Givaudan
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Dairy and beyond - proteins of the future
My presentation will cover highlights from our Alternative Proteins portfolio. Topics will be -how a traditional dairy cooperative can be part of the protein transition and still make money for our...
Panel Moderator
Pernille Solvhoj Roelsgaard
Product and Process Deisgner

Arla Innovation Centre

Panel Discussion: Achieving commercialization through industry collaboration, old and new.
Panel Moderator
Jack Bobo
CEO
Futurity Food

Jack Bobo
CEO

Futurity Food

Diana Rucinschi
EIC Fund Investment Advisor

European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
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Ira van Eelen
Cofounder & CEO

Kind Earth Tech

Laetitia de Panafieu
Investment Principal

Astanor Ventures

Nikhil Bansal
Module Leader

ChemBizR

Panel Discussion: Can fermentation make alt-meat meatier?
Panel Moderator
Larissa Zimberoff
Journalist & Author
Technically Food

Larissa Zimberoff
Journalist & Author

Technically Food

Anita Broellochs
Founder and CEO

Balletic Foods

Francisco Kuhar
CSO

Innomy
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Paul Shapiro
CEO

The Better Meat Co

Panel Discussion: Major challenges in creating whole cuts from novel sources?
Panel Moderator
Elysabeth Alfano
CEO
VegTech™ Invest and Plant Powered Consulting

Elysabeth Alfano
CEO

VegTech™ Invest and Plant Powered Consulting

Martin Habfast
Co-founder & Head of Sales

Umiami

Vinayaka Srinivas
CTO

GAIA Foods

Carlos Bald
Principal Researcher

AZTI-Basque Research and Technology Alliance AZTI & EIT Food-Futureprotein project
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Digitalized insect farming
Scalability and IT solutions are the key factors for real breakthrough for insect industry, as they allow the production of quality protein fast at a large scale. Moreover, the events from last two...
Panel Moderator
Erlend Sild
CEO & Founder

BugBox Ltd

What's Next for Cellular Agriculture?
Cellular agriculture is in a space without a map. When we look at how the field has emerged - in terms of speed, funding and the breakdown of public vs. private, it is without historical precedent...
Panel Moderator
Isha Datar
Executive Director

New Harvest

Review Panel
Panel Moderator
Dalal AlGhawas
Program Director

Big Idea Ventures Singapore
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Alastair Cooper
Head of Venture Investments

ADM Capital Europe LLP

Kristen Rocca
Principal

Unovis & New Crop Capital
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Scaling manufacturing of cultivated fish: challenges and opportunities
Cultivated fish presents a path to a sustainable seafood future and can provide consumers with fish free from antibiotics, heavy metals, and microplastics. However, successfully commercializing...
Panel Moderator
Mihir Pershad
Co-Founder & CEO

Umami Meats

Learn more about Kickstart Innovation
Kickstart shapes innovation for business development between later stage startups and established partners from the public and private sector. Kickstart Innovation drives potential opportunities...
Panel Moderator
Regina Fernández
Program Manager

Kickstart Innovation

Representation, Promotion and Innovative Marketing for Healthy & Sustainable Insects as Food
With ‘yuck’ factor being a challenge in introducing insects as food in the developed world, innovative marketing: The right message, to the right customers, through the right marketing channels with..
Panel Moderator
David Allan
Executive Director & Vice President

Spectrum – Sustainable Development Knowledge Network

Dror Tamir
Co-founder & CEO

Hargol FoodTech

Nathan Preteseille
President

Asian Food and Feed Insect Association (AFFIA)

Plant-based alternative protein production
Panel Moderator
Michael Raab
Chief Technology Officer at Agrivida, Inc.

Chief Technology Officer at Agrivida, Inc.

Towards Cell Feed – how animal nutrition principles are vital to scale the cultivated protein industry
Nutreco will discuss the key challenges regarding cost-effective basal media for cultivated protein production and how insights from animal nutrition principles can help solve the challenge...
Panel Moderator
Susanne Wiegel
Head of Alternative Protein Program

Nutreco

Technological Advances from the Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients Industry
Amid pandemics, growing human population, increased demand for protein, climate change, and other pressures on earth’s ecosphere, we need more sustainable, diversified solutions. Already 70% of...
Panel Moderator
Aaron T. Dossey
President, Founder & Owner

All Things Bugs

Enabling up cycled ingredients for the food and beverage industry
Sebastian will explain to us how Kern Tec’s ultra hands-on approach of upcycling food waste streams to high-value sustainable ingredients works. Facing multiple challenges of turning waste to gold...
Panel Moderator
Sebastian Jeschko
CTO & Co-founder

Kern Tec
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Beyond Vegan
While advances in plant-based, precision fermentation and cell-based technologies hold great promise, getting the majority of consumers to adopt a new food system is not as simple as it seems...
Panel Moderator
Arnaud Delacour
Founder

The Very Food Co

Insect farming: a scalable solution to nourish the world without consuming the planet
By 2050, with 9 billion mouths to feed, we will need to increase our protein production by 70% with only 5% extra arable land. And as the no.1 contributor to biodiversity collapse and no.2 cause of...
Panel Moderator
Alain Revah
Chief Marketing & Communication Officer

Ynsect

Panel Discussion: Understanding commercial viability and how to reach price parity
Panel Moderator
Ahmed Khan
Founder & Editor
CellAgri

Ahmed Khan
Founder & Editor

CellAgri

Clarisse Beurrier
Co-founder & CEO

Animal Alternative Technologies

Cai Linton
CEO

Multus Media

Ernst van Orsouw
CEO

Roslin Tech

Eyal Rivlin
VP Production and Operations

Aleph Farms

Functional and fat ingredients for plant-based dairy
Tomas will give an overview of current options for fat and/or functional ingredients for plant-based dairy and explain how their ingredient solution can bring this category to the next...
Panel Moderator
Tomas Turner
CEO & Co-Founder

Cultivated Biosciences

Presenting BettaF!sh and its seaweed based revolution for healthier oceans and a mouth-watering, plant-based future
While the world poured its attention into meat alternatives, we asked ourselves who was looking after the seas and their inhabitants. Tuna is one of the most consumed fishes worldwide and has...
Panel Moderator
Jacob von Manteuffel
Co-Founder
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Oceanfruit and BettaF!sh

Panel Discussion: Eaters and Insect Food Ingredients: Who, What, When, Why, and How?
In the past few years, much has been made about food uses for insects. However, little has been publicly available to understand total addressable market, consumer profiles, and how insects could...
Panel Moderator
Wendy Lu McGill
Interim Executive Director
North American Coalition for Insect Agriculture

Wendy Lu McGill
Interim Executive Director

North American Coalition for Insect Agriculture

Mohammed Ashour
CEO & Founder

Aspire Food Group

Matt Beck
CEO

Hoppy Planet Foods

Scaling up Cultured Meat
The animal agriculture sector is responsible for 83% of the entire food sector’s emissions whilst providing only 18% of the calories. Cultured meat can be a safe and sustainable, molecularly...
Panel Moderator
Clarisse Beurrier
Co-founder & CEO

Animal Alternative Technologies

Review Panel
Panel Moderator
Brian Ruszczyk
Co-Founder & CEO

Earth First Food Ventures

Andrew Ive
Founder / Managing General Partner

Big Idea Ventures USA

Annina Winkler
Investment Manager - Food & Agriculture

Emerald Technology Ventures

The role of cultivated meat in building a sustainable and resilient food system
Today, policymakers, educators, food suppliers, and consumers are at a crossroads, in need of an inclusive solution that will unite and drive the world towards a more sustainable meat ecosystem...
Panel Moderator
Lee Recht
Vice President Sustainability

Aleph Farms

Developing bioengineered barley grains for the future of novel protein production and cellular agriculture
ORF has developed a unique production technology that uses bioengineered barley grains as a vehicle for large-scale production of recombinant proteins for cellular agriculture. By nature the...
Panel Moderator
Björn Örvar
Co-Founder and CSO
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ORF Genetics

Appetite for disruption: The last serving
Over the past five years, the FAIRR Initiative has undertaken extensive engagement with companies and investors on sustainable proteins, helping to catalyse the transition to healthier, more...
Panel Moderator
Sofia de la parra
ESG Analyst

FAIRR Initiative

Aqua Cultured Foods - Seafood Alternatives Created with Novel Technology
The advantages of fermentation-derived seafood are wide-reaching. From the bioavailable nutrients to cost advantages at scale, fermentation is positioned to become a protein production powerhouse...
Panel Moderator
Anne Palermo
CEO & Co-Founder

Aqua Cultured Foods

Microalgae Protein Expression Platform for Sustainable Food Production and Valorization of Food Waste Streams
Microalgae have a rich diversity of genetic and metabolic pathways for optimized strain development. Prosel is developing two distinct platform technologies to enable rapid product development from...
Panel Moderator
Zach Hall
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Prosel Biosciences

Building & Scaling a Cellbased protein company
Cell-based ingredient company Jellatech is using cellular agriculture to grow functional collagen for applications across industries. In this talk you will hear from CEO, Stephanie Michelsen take...
Panel Moderator
Chris Gilchrist
Senior Scientist

Jellatech

Investment Perspectives from China's largest agri-food platform
China is a big market for protein that cannot be ignored by innovators who want to make a real positive impact on food security and sustainability. Pinduoduo's Executive Director of Corporate...
Panel Moderator
Don Tan
Director of Corporate Affairs

Pinduoduo
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Opalia: Making the Future of Dairy a Reality
Opalia is the first Canadian company to make whole milk with mammary cells. Opalia is a B2B company who will sell their milk and milk ingredients to companies who use them in their end products...
Panel Moderator
Jennifer Cote
CEO & Co-Founder

Opalia
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Panel Discussion: Outlook on the next wave of investment in alt protein
Panel Moderator
Sofia de la parra
ESG Analyst
FAIRR Initiative

Sofia de la parra
ESG Analyst

FAIRR Initiative

Michiel van Deursen
Founder

Capital V

Lena Ludwig
Principal

Vital Gains

Allen Zelden
Future Food Advisor

Kilara Growth Fund

Suzanne van der Maarel
Lead Food & Retail at Kickstart Innovation

Kickstart Innovation

Panel Discussion: Scalability - Taking production to the next level with next-generation technologies
Panel Moderator
Allison Penner
Founder
Reimagine Agriculture

Allison Penner
Founder

Reimagine Agriculture

Lou Cooperhouse
CEO

BlueNalu
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Jack Reid
Co-founder & CEO

Unicorn Biotechnologies

Stella Peace
Chief R&D and Quality Officer

Nomad foods

Märt-Erik Martens
Co-founder & CEO

Gelatex

Utilising Pluripotent Stem Cells To Grow Meat Without The Animal
Magic Valley is an Australian cultured meat company with an initial focus on producing cultured lamb products. Specifically, Magic Valley is utilising induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to...
Panel Moderator
Paul Bevan
CEO & Co-Founder

Magic Valley

Me&: Human milk nutrition for vulnerable babies
The magic of human breast milk supports the needs of human babies. With 1 in 10 babies born prematurely, and a greater portion vulnerable, early intense nutrition is even more important to support...
Panel Moderator
Esha Saxena
Founder

Me&

Luis Malaver
Founder

Me&

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