Future Food-Tech 2023 - San Francisco | ReThink Events | 16 March 2023 | San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103 USA

Join us for an explosion of ideas, fresh thinking, unrivalled networking and new opportunities when global leaders from across the food industry.

The Future Food-Tech Summit has become the annual meeting place for the global food-tech ecosystem. Food brands, active investors, start-ups and technology leaders come together to exchange insights, be inspired, and identify future partners.

2023 Speakers

Dariush Ajami
Chief Innovation Officer, Beyond Meat

Claire Brierley
Sr Manager Strategic Initiatives, Corporate Affairs, Walmart

Denise Osterhues
Senior Director, ESG, Sustainability & Social Impact, Kroger Co

Kim Coffin
Senior Vice President & Chief Forager, Sprouts Farmers Market

Leonardo Aquino
Head of R&D and Innovation, Nutrition North America, Unilever

Amy Chen
Chief Operating Officer, Upside Foods

Denise Lefebvre
SVP Global Food R&D, Pepsico

Costa Yiannoulis
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Synthesis Capital

Brian Loeb
Co-Head, Conti

Larissa Zimberoff
Journalist & Author

Carolina García Arbeláez
Global Sustainability and Innovation Director, AB inbev

Sam Kass
Partner, Acre Venture Partners

Allyson Fish
President, Global Plant and Alternative Proteins, ADM

Steven Jennings
Stakeholder Relations | Brand Lead, Health & Sustainability, Ahold Delhaize USA

Somsubhra Choudhuri
Co-Founder & CEO, AI Palette

Didier Toubia
Co-Founder & CEO, Aleph Farms

Kevin Benmoussa
Chief Financial Officer, Aleph Farms

Ben Belldegrun
Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner, Aliment Capital

Dr. Selena Ahmed
Global Director of The Periodic Table of Food Initiative, American Heart Association

Anat Natan
CEO & Co-Founder, Anina

Julian Melchiorri
CEO & Founder, Arborea

David Barber
Partner, Astanor Ventures

Matt Spence
Managing Director & Head of Venture Capital Banking, Barclays

Steve Brody
President & CEO, Bioconnect IOWA & Innoventure IOWA

Pauliina Halimaa
CEO, Biosafe

David Ziskind
Director, Food & Manufacturing Solutions, Black & Veatch

Lou Cooperhouse
Founder, President & CEO, Bluenalu

Andrew Bluestein
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Bluestein Ventures

Steve Thomas
Associate Director - Industrial Biotechnology, Cambridge Consultants

Bharat Vasan
Chairman and CEO, Cana Technologies

Michele Stansfield
Co-founder and CEO, Cauldron Production

Romy M. Dalton
COO, Cocoon Bioscience

Rich Troyer
CEO, Comet

Sonia Nath
Partner, Cooley

Deepti Kulkarni
Partner, Food, Drug and Device Regulatory Practice Group, Covington & Burling LLP

Tony Moses
Director, Product Innovation, CRB

Tiffany Suekama
VP, Research & Development, Current Foods

Erin Alexander
VP, Nutrition, Science & UX, Danone North America

Sandeep Sibal
CEO, Demolish Foods

Ian Schmertzler
President, Dispel

Ashley Ferguson
CCO, Disruption Labs

Barbara Guerpillon
Senior Director - Transformation, Innovation & Corporate Venture, Dole Sunshine Company

Greg McParland
Investment Director, DSM Venturing

Bram Goorden
COO, Eagle Genomics

Anne-Marie Butler
Global Director of Strategy and Innovation, Edlong

Alejandro Folmer
Partner, Global AgroFood Segment Leader, Egon Zehnder

Todd Rands
President & CEO, ELO Life Systems

Michele Fite
Chief Commercial Officer, ELO Life Systems

David Rowe
Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Epogee

Michael Selden
CEO & Co-Founder, Finless Foods

Elizabeth Crawford
Senior Editor​​, Food Navigator-USA

Sara Eckhouse
Executive Director, Foodshot Global

Ena Cratsenburg
Chief Business Officer, Ginkgo Bioworks

Scott May
Head of Mista, Givaudan

Fabio Campanile
Global Head of Science & Technology, Givaudan

Rachel Mansencal
Head of Apply, Science and Technology, Taste & Wellbeing, Givaudan

Jay Robinson
CEO, Global Agri-Food Advancement Partnership

Chris Cochran
Founder and Principal, Good Food Advisors

Nicolas Morin-Forest
Co-Founder & CEO, Gourmey

Ninna Granucci
CEO, Green Spot Technologies

Julie Greene
Director, Guiding Stars

Anthony Clark
CTO, Helaina

Uwe Voss
CEO USA, Hellofresh

Michelle Ruiz
Co-Founder & CEO, Hyfé Foods

Hadar Sutovsky
VP External Innovation of ICL Group & GM of ICL Planet, ICL Planet

Eric Park
Global Regulatory Affairs Manager, ICL Planet

Sonia Huppert
Global Innovation Marketing Leader, Re-Imagine Protein®, IFF

Mikael Bengtsson
Go to Market Director, Food & Beverage, Infor

Yadu Dar
Director, Plant Based Proteins, Ingredion

Daniel Kennedy
Global Business Development Director, Plant Based Protein, Ingredion Incorporated

Enrico Granata
Partner, King & Spalding

Maxine Roman
New Ventures & Disruptive R&D, Kraft Heinz Company

Erin Wahal
Head of Research and Development – Taste, Meals, and Away from Home, Kraft Heinz Company

Claire Baker
CEO & Co-Founder, Kuvu Bio Solutions

Paola De Almeida
Global Director, Corporate Innovation, Mars

Jaime Reeves
Executive Vice President, Product Development & Commercialization, Mattson

Anne-Sophie Mertgen
CEO, Micro Meat

Ian Noble
VP R&D - Research, Analytical & Productivity, Mondelez International

Michael Leonard
CEO, Motif Foodworks

Shalom Daniel
Founder & CEO, Mush Foods

Inja Radman
CSO & Co-Founder, New Culture

Simon Burton
Managing Director, Nourish Ventures

Giuseppe Scionti
CEO & Founder, Novameat

Kartik Dharmadhikari
Partner, Novo Holdings

Ehsan Moaseri
CEO & Founder, Nulixir

Chris Landowski
CTO & Co-Founder, Onego Bio

Minami Ogawa
Co-Founder & Director of Cultivated, Optimized Foods

Patricia Bubner
CEO & Founder, Orbillion Bio

Haven Baker
Co-Founder & CBO, Pairwise

Tim Geistlinger
Chief Science Officer, Perfect Day

Mike Anstey
Co-Founder and CEO, Pilot Lite

Dorotea Pein
Director Food Trends & Innovation, Planteneers

Guy Nevo Michrowski
CEO & Co-Founder, Profuse Technology

Bram Pareyt
R&D Director, Research & Services Lab, Puratos

Paul Bakus
President North America, Puratos

Caroline Keeley
Vice President, Foodbytes Partnerships, Rabobank

Guus Hovius
Vice President - Equity Private Placements, Rabobank

Mai Karas
Associate Director - Rabo Corporate Investments, Rabobank

Matt Walker
Managing Director, Food and Agriculture, S2G Ventures

Chuck Templeton
Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Pooba Ganeshan
Principal Scientist, Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc.

Jeffrey Sanders
Product Manager Consumer Packaged Goods, Schrödinger

Josh March
Co-Founder & CEO, Scifi Foods

Jill Powers
Vice President, Consumer Products & Retail, Us Sales, Siemens

Lisa Feria
CEO & Managing Partner, Stray Dog Capital

Sunny Jain
CEO, Sun Genomics

Ido Savir
Co-Founder and CEO, Supermeat

Shayna Harris
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Supply Change Capital

Rosie Wardle
Partner and Co-Founder, Synthesis Capital

Abigail Storms
Global Head of Specialty Sweeteners, Tate & Lyle

Sebastien Pascual
Director, Investment (agri-Food), Temasek

Naveen Sikka
Founder and CEO, Terviva

Ren Hua Ho
CEO, Thai Wah

Arturo Elizondo
CEO, The Every Company

Bruce Friedrich
Founder & President, the Good Food Institute

Sharyn Murray
Investor Engagement Manager, the Good Food Institute

Jonathan Berger
CEO, The Kitchen Hub

Scott Bowman
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, The Nourish Movement

Tom Simmons
CEO, The Supplant Company

Shay Cohen
Chief Innovation Officer & Managing Director, Tnuva

Pnina Sverdlov
Chief R&D Officer, Tnuva

Christine Couvelier
President, Trendi

Martin Habfast
Co-Founder, Umiami

Charles Dykes
Co-Founder and CEO, Ummino

Bernhard Kowatsch
Head of Innovation Accelerator, UN World Food Programme

Elysabeth Alfano
CEO, Vegtech Invest

George Peppou
Founder & CEO, Vow

Justin Kolbeck
Co-Founder & CEO, Wildtype

Jeff Nobbs
CEO & Co-Founder, Zero Acre Farms

2023 Partners

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• ADM
• Comet
• DSM
• Givaudan
• Kraft Heinz
• Motif
• Thai Wah

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Ahold Delhaize USA
• Palette
• Aleph Farms
• Aliment Capital
• Aborea
• Astanor
• Bio Safe
• Cooley
• CRB
• Dole
• Eagle
• Edlong
• EgonZehnder
• elo
• Epogee
• Ginkgo biowork
• Helaina
• Ingredion
• Kincannon & Reed
• King & Spalding
• Mush Foods
• New Culture
• Nourish Venture
• Onego
• Pairwise
• Perfect day
• Pilot Lite
• Pro Fuse
• Puratos
• Siemens
• Tate & Lyle
• Terviva
• umiami

INNOVATION PARTNERS:
• Fresh Start
• ICL Planet
• Leave a Nest
• NPC
• Plug and Play
• proveg Incobator

REGIONAL PARTNERS:
• Saskatchewan
• IOWA

SILVER PARTNES:
• Aqua Cultured
• Black Veatch
• Cocoon
• Current Foods
• Demolish
• Dispel
• Disruption Labs
• Gourmey
• Houdek
• JBT
• Nova Meat
• NULIXIR
• Proagrica
• Schrodinger
• The Supplant Company
• Tnuva
• Trendi
• Verdant Robotics

WIFI PARTNER:
• Chaseman Global

NETWORKING PARTNERS:
• Conti
• Danone North America
• Lewis & Clark Argifood
• Pivot Bio
• Planteneers
• SundialFoods