Conference Day Two
Wednesday, August 28
8:30 am Check-In & Light Breakfast
9:15 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Navigating Rapidly Evolving International Regulatory Frameworks to Accelerate Speed-to-Market
9:30 am Presentation From the FDA on Submission Guidance & Q&A
10:00 am Navigating a Varied International Regulatory Landscape to Build an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy
Synopsis
- Contrasting different standards of international regulatory bodies
- Working within these frameworks to help validate different markets
- Ensuring data collection is compatible for different markets
10:30 am Session Reserved for Intertek Assuris
10:45 am Developing Scalable Analytics to Meet Cell-Based Food Safety Standards
Synopsis
- Validating the safety of the bioprocess and the final ingredient
- Understanding the key food safety parameters that must be met and how they compare with traditional agriculture
- Assessing the impact of latterly changing your process and formulation on the regulatory process
11:15 am Morning Networking Break
Examining Facility Design & Capex Decisions to Warrant Investment
12:15 pm Building Partnerships to Ensure Visibility Across the Supply Chain for Quality Control
Synopsis
- Validating external partnerships and having security in the origin of ingredients
- Ensuring ingredients are fit for purpose and food-grade
- Identifying and validating partners early in the development process to foster positive relationships
12:45 pm Crunching the Numbers & Assessing the Technical Viability of Building Greenfield Manufacturing Sites
Synopsis
- Discussing whether building proprietary facilities is the most cost-effective strategy to scale
- Understanding when to consolidate existing manufacturing capacity for proof-of-concept
- Will your own production sites ever have the capacity to be able to meet commercial demand profitably?
1:15 pm Networking Lunch
2:15 pm Rethinking Cultivated Meat: Imitation vs Innovation
Synopsis
- Identifying consumer behavior
- Is scaling really what’s holding us back?
- Looking ahead to the next ten years: a new category of food
2:45 pm Panel Discussion: Making Cultivated Meat & Seafood a Commercial Reality
Synopsis
- Beyond technical scaling challenges, what are the main bottlenecks for the widespread commercialization of cultivated products?
- Which go-to-market strategies are most promising?
- Will the industry ever be prepared to meet the potential demand?