Conference Day One
Tuesday, August 27
7:30 am Check-In & Breakfast
Synopsis
Designed exclusively for those from a food/beverage biotech, CPG, ingredient company, or incumbent and work at the C-Suite or President level. If you have any questions on your eligibility, please reach out after registration.
7:45 am
Executive Breakfast Deep Dive: Investment Focus
Synopsis
Rebuilding Collaborative Relationships with Investors & Improving Clarity on Development Timelines
It’s no secret that investors have tightened their wallets awaiting proof of scalability and commercial
viability, leaving food tech companies to navigate a dried-up investment landscape. Bespoke for C-Suite
leaders and equivalent strategic executives, and included in your pass, this is an opportunity to
collaborate and participate in authentic problem solving through discussions with investors:
- Kick off with an elevator pitch of your innovation to familiarize yourself with the group and get a head-start on the networking
- Discuss how to identify key markets and how technical development lays the foundation for agility in go-to market strategies
- Be part of the solution to close the disconnect between investors and food techs and create a vision for the investment landscape
8:30 am Check-In & Light Breakfast
9:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
How Far Can We Go? Reflecting on 10+ Years of Cultivated Meat & Seafood Development & the Road to 2030
9:45 am Industry Leaders’ Panel Discussion: The Promises & Challenges of Commercially Viable Cultivated Meat & Seafood
Synopsis
- What are the lesson learned from successes in industry scaling milestones?
- Identifying the biggest bottlenecks to scaling and aligning stakeholders on realistic development timelines and solutions
- Mapping out the strategy on the road to 2030: technological development, business models, and investment collaboration
10:45 am Designing a Time Efficient, End-to-End Scalable Cultivated Production Process with Cost Parity
Synopsis
- Sharing a case study on the development taking a cultivated process from R&D to commercial proof of concept
- Future-proofing the scale-up process with robust R&D
- Where does the scale-up journey go from here?
11:15 am Morning Break & Speed Networking
Synopsis
Our famous speed networking is the ideal opportunity to get face-to-face time with many of the brightest minds working in cultivated meat and seafood and introduce yourself to the attendees you would like to have more in-depth conversations with. Benchmark against industry leaders and establish meaningful business relationships to pursue for the rest of the conference and beyond.
Spotlighting Media Development & Financial Modelling for Scalability, Quality, & Taste
12:15 pm Implementing Novel Strategies to Reduce Media Costs Ethically
Synopsis
- Breaking down the key components of media to support cell culture proliferations
- Sharing progress on novel technologies to transition away from FBS
- Ensuring the scalability of novel media
12:45 pm From Cell to Tissue Processing – Enabling Cultivated Meat Production at Scale
Synopsis
- Discussing the limitation of current bioreactors to achieve meat parity, cost and scale
- Introducing the innovative Edible-Packed Bed technology for producing macrotissues at scale – Confirming biological advantages and linear scalability
- Ever After Foods’ business model – How can we work together?
1:15 pm Using Data & Effective Techno-Economic Modelling to Inform Strategic Decisions
Synopsis
- Examining how market data can inform new product development
- Assessing best practices for simulating how inputs affect outputs to guide scaling decisions
- To what extent should we be behaving like big food when scaling, and where do we diverge?
1:45 pm Networking Lunch
Aligning on Scaling Timelines & Enhancing Synergy Between Strategic & Technical Teams to Accelerate Development
2:45 pm Fireside Chat: Forget Hyped Investor Pitches, What is a Realistic Timeline for Scaling?
Synopsis
- Reflecting on the catalog of projected scaling timelines that have not yet been realised
- Aligning industry stakeholders on viable scaling milestones for novel cultivation processes
- Learning from the plant-based category: how to avoid launching products that are not fully ready and then having to re-develop products and processes
3:30 pm Session Reserved for ProFuse Technology
4:00 pm Roundtable Discussion: Improving Internal Clarity & Communication on Funding & Strategic Decisions
Synopsis
- Maximizing alignment between strategic decision making and those executing the technical development
- Driving buy-in across the company throughout the scaling journey
- Remaining candid about the state of play of your company and how it can impact your people