29 November

Plenary

09:00 – 09:15 – Welcome & Opening Summit Chair – Vincent Brain – General Manager – Bridge2Food

09:15 – 09:40 – A Plant-Based Food Future: Overcoming the Challenges – Roman Buckow – CTO – All G Foods

Presentation: A Plant-Based Food Future Overcoming the Challenges

09:45 – 10:10 – Retailing Plant-Based Meat: From Vegan Niche to Mainstream Meat – Nick Hazell – Founder & CEO – v2Food

Presentation: Retailing Plant-Based Meat: From Vegan Niche to Mainstream Meat

10:15 – 10:40 – Growing the Plant-Based Foods Pie: Panel Discussion – Emil Fazira – Euromonitor – Roman Buckow  – All G Foods

Panel discussion: No slides.

11:30 – 12:15 – Moonshot 2030 Plant-Based Foods & The Protein Transition: Panel Discussion – Andre Menezes – Nick Hazell – Vikas Garg – Danièle Karleskind – Mirte Gosker

Panel discussion: No slides.

Track I

13:55 – 14:00 – Consumer & Industry Track Outcomes – Lutz Grossmann – Assistant Professor – University of Massachusetts

No slides.

14:00 – 14:25 – New Consumer Trends & Plant-Based in Food Service Channel Developments – Ivan Lu – General Manager – Unilever

Presentation: New Consumer Trends & Plant-Based in Food Service Channel Developments

14:30 – 14:55 – For the love of Meat! – Andre Menezes – Co-Founder and CEO – Tindle/Next Gen Foods

Presentation: For the love of Meat Tindle Next Gen Foods Menezes

15:00 – 15:25 – Scaling Plant-Based Foods Internationally – Dan Pathomvanich – CEO – NR Instant Produce PCL

Presentation: Scaling Plant-Based Foods Internationally

16:15 – 16:40 – Journey to Joyful Plant-Based Food – San Cuaca – Senior Designer – IFF

Presentation: Journey to Joyful Plant Based Food

16:45 – 17:10 – Development of a New Mung Bean Value Chain: Regional Sourcing – Wasamon Nutakul & Jennifer Morton – GFI

Presentation: Development of a New Mung Bean Value Chain Regional Sourcing

17:15 – 17:40 – What’s on the Consumer Mind? Panel Discussion – Frantz Braha – Abdul-Aziz Muslim – SaladStop! – Unilever

Panel discussion: No slides.

Track II

13:55 – 14:00 – Delicious Foods & Sustainable Processing Innovations Track Outcomes – Lisa Ronquest – Head of Science & Technology – V2Food

No slides.

14:00 – 14:25 – Future Investments in Plant-Based Foods in Asia – Neha Poddar – Good Startup – Benny Chng – LDCV – Hao Lu – BIV

Panel discussion: No slides.

14:30 – 14:55 – Leveraging Innovation to Deliver Best-In-Class Taste & Nutrition for Plant-Based Products – Tanja Schrader – Yuting Tao – Symrise

Presentation: Leveraging Innovation to Deliver Best-In-Class Taste & Nutrition for Plant-Based Products

15:00 – 15:25 – Weigh and Measure Inline without Process Interrupt – Ryan Kromhout – Global Industry Division Manager Food – Krohne

Presentation: Weigh and Measure Inline without Process Interrupt

16:15 – 16:40 – Building the Asian Supply Chain with Better Crops & Ingredients for Emerging Opportunities in Plant-Based Foods and Proteins – Andrew May – Co-CEO – Unigrain

Presentation: Building the Asian Supply Chain with Better Crops & Ingredients for Emerging Opportunities in Plant-Based Foods and Proteins

16:45 – 17:10 – Making Ingredient Dry Processing More Sustainable and More Qualitative – Jean-Francois Marechal – Managing Director – Poittemill

Presentation: Making Ingredient Dry Processing More Sustainable and More Qualitative

17:15 – 17:40 – Being at the Forefront of Accelerating a Successful Food Transition – Danièle Karleskind – Deputy General Director – Improve

Presentation: Being at the Forefront of Accelerating a Successful Food Transition

 

30 November

Track I

08:55 – 09:00 – Consumer & Industry Track Outcomes – Lutz – Grossmann – Assistant Professor – University of Massachusetts

No slides.

09:00 – 09:25 – Plant-Based Consumer F&B Trends in Asia-Pacific – Vikas Garg – CEO – abillion

Presentation: Plant-Based Consumer F&B Trends in Asia-Pacific

09:30 – 09:55 – Food Security and Consumer Insecurity in 2023 – Angelia Teo – Head, Futures and Innovation – Kantar

Presentation:

10:00 – 10:25 – How Academia Drives Innovation in the Plant-based Food Arena – Lutz Grossmann – Assistant Professor – University of Massachusetts

Presentation: How Academia Drives Innovation in the Plantbased Food Arena

11:15 – 11:40 – Macro Forces Drive Expanded Protein Choices Trend – Susan Chua – Head of Market and Consumer Insight, APAC – ADM

Presentation: Macro Forces Drive Expanded Protein Choices Trend

11:45 – 12:10 – EcoSystems: Beyond Sharing – Hyu-Joon Yung – Senior Vice President – CJ

Presentation: EcoSystems Beyond Sharing

12:15 – 12:35 – The Outlook of Private Equity: How to Accelerate the Transition? Panel Discussion – Hao Lu – Angela Tay – Kelvin Songyu Ng – Big Idea Ventures – Agfunder – Bloom8

No slides.

 

Track II

08:55 – 09:00 – Delicious Foods & Sustainable Processing Innovations Track Outcomes – Lisa Ronquest – Head of Science & Technology – V2Food

No slides.

9:00 – 9:25 – HealthFerm: Innovative Pulse and Cereal-Based Food Fermentations for Human Health and Sustainable Diets – Kristof Brijs – Innovation Manager – KU Leuven

Presentation: HealthFerm Innovative Pulse and Cereal-Based Food Fermentations for Human Health and Sustainable Diets

09:30 – 09:55 – The Singaporean Plant-Based Foods & Protein Projects Research Agenda & Projects – Raffael Osen – Head of Department, Food Process Engineering – A*star/SIFBI

Presentation: The Singaporean Plant-Based Foods & Protein Projects Research Agenda & Projects

10:00 – 10:25 – The Australian Plant-Based Foods & Protein Projects Research Agenda & Projects – Crispin Howitt – Group Leader – CSIRO

Presentation: The Australian Plant-Based Foods & Protein Projects Research Agenda & Projects

11:15 – 12:10 – New Plant Proteins & Innovations: Value Chain Support Pitches of Startups – Kai Yi Carrie Chan – Jen-Yu Huang – Angie Leong – Patrina Phua – Hendrik Kaye – Cesar Torres – Jennifer O’Brien

Presentations: New Plant Proteins & Innovations Value Chain Support Pitches of Startups_Phua

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New Plant Proteins & Innovations Value Chain Support Pitches of Startups_Leong

New Plant Proteins & Innovations Value Chain Support Pitches of Startups_Kaye

New Plant Proteins & Innovations Value Chain Support Pitches of Startups_Huang

New Plant Proteins & Innovations Value Chain Support Pitches of Startups_Torres

New Plant Proteins & Innovations Value Chain Support Pitches of Startups_Brian

12:15 – 12:40 – Accelerating the Commercialisation and Adoption of Alternative Protein in APAC – Jolene Lim – Client Development Manager, Nurasa

Accelerating the Commercialisation and Adoption of Alternative Protein in APAC

Plenary

12:40 – 12:45 – Consumer & Industry Track Outcomes – Lutz Grossmann – Assistant Professor – University of Massachusetts

Presentation:

12:45 – 12:50 – Delicious Foods & Sustainable Processing Innovations Track Outcomes – Lisa Ronquest – Head of Science & Technology – V2Food

12:50 – 13:00 – Summary & Outlook – Lutz Grossmann – Assistant Professor – University of Massachusetts

Presentation: