1st International Food Innovation Conference
Farms, Labs and Beyond: Fixing a Broken Food System – This conference will take place online –
Speakers
Lord Adair Turner
Great Britain
Chairman of the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of leaders from across the energy landscape committed to achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century. Lord Turner is a Senior Fellow of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and former Chairman of the british Financial Services Authority; a columnist for Project Syndicate; and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society.
Sjaak Wolfert
Netherlands
Theme Ambassador Digital Innovation in Agri-Food, Wageningen University & Research. Important research topics are the application of the Internet of Things and Big Data with special attention to socio-economic aspects such as data sharing, business modelling and governance.
Chris Smaje
Great Britain
Author of the book “A Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies” and of the blog “Small Farm Future”. An academic social scientist, Smaje is currently on the board of directors of the Ecological Land Co-op . He has written on agricultural and environmental issues for a variety of publications and co-runs a small farm in Somerset, southwest England.
Emma Slack
Switzerland
Professor at the Laboratory for Food Immunology, ETH Zürich. Slack’s group aims to understand the underlying mechanisms controlling the interactions between the immune system, the microbiota, host- and microbial metabolism, and diet. Further, they aim to apply this understanding to develop oral vaccines and food-based therapeutics.
Martin Zehnder
Switzerland
Category Manager Meat, Migros. In this position, he is responsible for Food, Fresh Produce, Near/Non Food and Special Markets. Prior to his current position, Zehnder was Supply Chain Manager for seafood at Micarna and Sales Manager Catering Services at the Migros Cooperative Eastern Switzerland.
Costa Yiannoulis
Great Britain
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Synthesis Capital, which invests in companies driving the food technology revolution. Synthesis is a spin-out of CPT Capital, one of the leading and longest standing investors in the alternative protein space. Costa led the building and development of the CPT Capital venture portfolio over the last 6 years including early investments in Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, Perfect Day, Memphis Meats and other food tech market leaders.
Przemek Obloj
Switzerland
Managing Partner, Blue Horizon. Obloj is responsible for Blue Horizon’s growth capital and private equity business. Prior to joining Blue Horizon, he was the Managing Director and Head of European Private Equity at PSP Investments, a C$ 170 billion Canadian pension investment manager. Obloj started his career at McKinsey & Company and holds a MSc in Finance from Warsaw School of Economics.
Matthew Kenney
USA
Founder, Matthew Kenney Cuisine. Kenney is an American Chef, entrepreneur, author, and educator specializing in plant-based cuisine. He has authored twelve cookbooks and is also the founder of Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy, an education and wellness business offering courses in eight cities worldwide as well as online.
Moderator
Florian Inhauser
Switzerland
Journalist and moderator. Florian Inhauser presents the main newscast at Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, SRF and he is also the anchor of the foreign news magazine «#SRFglobal». With a master in history and anglistics he speaks English fluently. He has also an excellent reputation as an international correspondent, covering conflicts and crises around the globe.
Start-up speakers<
Start-ups in Cellular Agriculture
In the afternoon of the conference, we will meet these pioneering start-ups from all around the world who work at the forefront of cell-based products.
Breakout Moderators
Orit Ronen-Bernstein
Orit Ronen-Bernstein is a trusted pathfinder and “bridge builder” connecting companies headquartered in Switzerland with the world. Her speciality is not just connecting companies but the right people – their visions, minds and hearts. She has an established network and her door-opening impact gives her access to many decision makers, especially in the food area.
Matthew Robin
CEO of ELSA-Mifroma, a group of six food companies in Migros Industry. Robin has pioneered Migros strategy, investments and activities in the cultured meat area. Educated in England as a chemical engineer, he pursued a career in Switzerland and the USA in the pharmaceutical manufacturing and medtech area, before moving to the food sector.
Beth Loberant
Head of Regulatory Affairs Manager at SuperMeat. Loberant has over 35 years of experience in production, technology and regulatory compliance in the plant tissue culture, herbal dietary supplement, and food and meat processing industries. In recent years she has worked to establish regulatory pathways and compliance in the cell-based meat industry.
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Über die International Food Innovation Conference
Die International Food Innovation Conference ist eine jährlich stattfindende Veranstaltung zur Zukunft der Ernährung. Sie umfasst sowohl technologische als auch gesellschaftliche Veränderungen im Ökosystem der Ernährung. Ziel ist es, aktuelle Trends in einen übergeordneten Kontext zu stellen und langfristige Perspektiven für alle beteiligten Akteure zu entwickeln.
Unter dem übergreifenden Thema «Der Aufbau eines nachhaltigen Food-Systems», bringt die ganztägige Konferenz Vordenker, Experten und Startups zusammen. TeilnehmerInnen sind EntscheidungsträgerInnen aus der Lebensmittelindustrie und verwandten Branchen, UnternehmerInnen, AkademikerInnen und JournalistenInnen von Schweizer und europäischen Qualitätsmedien.
Vergangene Konferenzen
Advisory Board
Urs Niggli
Ehemaliger Direktor des Forschungsinstituts für biologischen Landbau (FiBL) in Frick, Schweiz. Urs Niggli ist ein Schweizer Agrarwissenschaftler und ein Vorreiter der Bio-Landwirtschaft. Unter Niggli ist das FiBL zu einer weltweit führenden Biolandbau-Forschungseinrichtung geworden. Niggli ist zudem Gründer von agroecology.science, einem Beratungsunternehmen für Nachhaltigkeit und biologische Landwirtschaft.
Matthew Robin
CEO von ELSA-Mifroma, einer Gruppe von sechs Lebensmittelunternehmen der Migros-Industrie. Robin leistete Pionierarbeit für die Strategie, Investitionen und Aktivitäten der Migros im Bereich des kultivierten Fleisches. Ausgebildet in England als Chemieingenieur, arbeitete er in der Schweiz und den USA in der pharmazeutischen Herstellung und Medizintechnik, bevor er in den Lebensmittelsektor wechselte.
Lee Howell
Ausserordentlicher Gastprofessor an der Universität Genf, wo er zwei neue Kurse über die vierte industrielle Revolution und über disruptive Technologien unterrichtet. Howell ist zudem Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität St. Gallen. Er ist Mitglied des Vorstands der EAT Foundation, einer wissenschaftsbasierten globalen Plattform für die Transformation des Lebensmittelsystems. Von 2009 bis 2021 war Howell als Geschäftsführer des Weltwirtschaftsforums für dessen Jahrestagung in Davos verantwortlich. Er gründet das Villars Institute, das die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Generationen fördern wird, um den Übergang zu einer Netto-Null-Wirtschaft zu beschleunigen und die Gesundheit unseres Planeten wiederherzustellen.
Björn Witte
Geschäftsführer & CEO, Blue Horizon. Die Firma investiert in ein neues nachhaltiges Nahrungsmittelsystem mit einem durchgängigen Ansatz, der über alternative Proteine hinausgeht – angefangen bei besseren Anbaumethoden bis hin zu nachhaltiger Verpackung und intelligenterem Vertrieb. Witte ist der strategische Denker und Macher von Blue Horizon, der als Unternehmer auf den internationalen Märkten die Lebensmittelindustrie verändert hat.