Conference Day One
Wednesday, November 20 2024
The Road to Achieving Commercial Viability: Setting Up Strategic Partnerships for Success
8:15 am
Check In & Light Breakfast
9:15 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
9:30 am Panel Discussion: Forging Strategic Partnerships Between Stakeholders to Meet Global Demand
Synopsis
- Analyzing the trend toward B2B food tech models
- Evaluating how alternative protein innovation can meet legacy food players’ sustainability goals
- Outlining “best practice” for strategic partnership negotiation
10:30 am Implementing Effective Operational Integration to Unlock Commodity Pricing
Synopsis
- Unlocking successful integration of novel technologies into existing supply chains
- Building new infrastructure to support technical innovation
- Managing confidentiality when licensing proprietary technologies and IP
11:00 am
Morning Break & Speed Networking
Synopsis
Our structured speed networking is the ideal opportunity to get face-to-face time with many of the brightest minds working in alternative protein innovation and development. 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.
12:00 pm Maximizing Market Penetration & Distribution Strategies to Widen the Application of Alternative Proteins
Synopsis
- Understanding how to leverage established supply chains while integrating new products
- Aligning on go-to-market strategy within collaborative agreements
- Balancing entering new markets with expanding within existing ones
12:30 pm Implementing Effective Procurement Decisions to Guide End-to-End Product Development From R&D to Commercialization
Synopsis
- Examining market dynamics to inform product development and purchasing decisions when liaising with partners
- Investing smartly in technology to support alternative protein development
- Operating in a global supply chain to meet consumer demand
1:00 pm
Networking Lunch Break
Developing Cost-Effective, Sustainable & Scalable Downstream Processing Strategies For Effective Ingredient Formulation
2:00 pm Developing Downstream Processing Protocols to Maintain the Structure & Function of Protein Ingredients
Synopsis
- Improving the efficiency of extraction and purification to maximize yield
- Avoiding chemical and physical processing that impacts the protein integrity
- Achieving this from R&D to commercial in a non-linear scaling process
2:30 pm Overcoming the Technological Limitations of Existing Bioprocessing Technologies For Protein Extraction
Synopsis
- Understanding how existing equipment can be fit for novel processes
- Analyzing the cost-effectiveness at scale of bioprocessing equipment
- Developing new technologies for new alternative proteins
3:00 pm
Afternoon Networking Break & Poster Session
Achieving Optimal Protein Ingredient Formulation For Stability, Shipping & Product Application
4:00 pm Extracting High Quality Protein Ingredients With Purity & Consistency to Extend For Wide-Ranging Application
Synopsis
- Developing analytical frameworks to detect impurities and improve quality control
- Selecting excipient ingredients to support protein ingredient formulation
- Determining specifications to share with partners
4:30 pm Determining the Optimal Format of the Target Protein Based For Functionality in Formulation
Synopsis
- Delving into proteins’ properties that lend themselves to specific formats
- Understanding the implications of different formats in the context of final formulation
- Ensuring excipient ingredients are compatible with the protein