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– · Networking
Networking
Meet other attendees, browse speakers, check the schedule. Use the 'People and Chat tab' in the sidebar. (Video)chat and exchange contact details
– · Sessions
Welcome & Introduction
Welcome and introduction to today's program by Geza Molnar, Founder of Protein.Directory & Martine Boetje, host & event organizer Alt Dairy Conference
Martine Boetje Geza Molnar
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The Dawn of the Food Revolution
Inspirational talk from a game-changer in the new wave of future foods.
Irina Gerry
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Investors trends & insights in Alt Dairy
Insights in investment trends for very early stage startups alt diary. Big Idea Ventures (preseed, accelerator), V capital (preseed). Host: Ecotech capital.
Adam Bergman Mia Medicus Michiel van Deursen
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Strategic responses in a highly dynamic Alt Dairy market
Strategic responses for businesses moving into the highly dynamic Alt Dairy market. Future scenario planning to develop a successfull business strategy.
Gerrit Suhlmann
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Regulatory landscape for Alt Dairy novel foods in EU
EU novel food regulation. Technical procedure, pitfalls and considerations for companies developing dairy alternatives.
Hannah Lester
– · Networking
Networking break
Visit the exhibitor booths. Interact with the speakers and other attendees via (video)chat. Browse the 'People' tab and exchange contact details
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Future wave of food tech solutions for Alt dairy
Ingredient applications to optimize mouthfeel, texture, creaminess, emulsification and more. Learn from these cell/food-tech game changers.
Chirag Sabunani Will van den Tweel Amadeus Driando Ahnan-Winarno, PhD Sanne Melles Dimitris Karefyllakis Juliana Romero
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Alt Dairy Lightning Talks
A series of 7-minutes talks covering: business strategy, retail trends, molecular farming, EU regulations naming, fermentation, investing
Mattan Lurie Mark Warner David Ziskind Kathleen Hefferon Floor Buitelaar Karin Verzijden
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The journey to build a disrupting business in alt dairy
Jevan (Better Dairy) will share his journey building a successfull disrupting startup in alt dairy. fermentation based dairy scale up
Jevan Nagarajah Matt Tom
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Transforming the Future of Dairy: Startup Pitch Sessions
Start-up Pitch session with 6 alt dairy game-changing businesses, technologies & products. Biomilq, Vly, Willicroft, Planterra, Rainfed, Update
Clémence Landeau Noam Dekkers Sujala Balaji Brad Vanstone Willem Blom Michelle Egger Anton Pluschke
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Challenges in plant-based dairy. What can we learn from academia?
Insights and challenges by Wageningen UR-Proteins for Life on global protein supply, taste, functionality, consumer preference
Stacy Pyett
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Intellectual Property & Alt Dairy: Using IP to Attract Investment
IP is a key asset for technology-driven companies and is used to attract funding from investors at all stages of a company’s development.
Kerry Rees
– · Networking
Networking break
Interact with speakers, attendees and chat with potential business partners in Alt dairy. Visit the exhibitor booths.
– · Sessions
Future of Dairy Production Methods & Market overview: Plant-Based, Cultivated, and Fermentation.
Nate Crosser (GFI) will give an overview of Production Methods & Market for the Future of Dairy: Plant-Based, Cultivated, and Fermentation.
Nate Crosser
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Roundtable discussion by conventional & alternative dairy thought leaders
Perspectives on “signals for change” and potential trigger points for mass market adaption by conventional & alt dairy thought leaders.
Tony Hunter Irina Gerry Christian Pichler Tom Phillips Raffael Wohlgensinger Gerrit Suhlmann
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Designing plant based milk 2.0: What matters and why?
What are market consumer trends & drivers for nutrition, health and sustainability.
Sujala Balaji
– · Networking
Networking
Final networking. Meet other attendees. Use the 'People and Chat tab' in the sidebar. (Video)chat and exchange contact details.
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Closure and final remarks
A few last notes for today from Geza and Martine.
Geza Molnar Martine Boetje

Speakers

Tony Hunter

Foresight specialist & Senior food & agriculture advisor, Bright Green Partners

Chirag Sabunani

Founder, Supplant Foods

Irina Gerry

CMO, Change Foods

Tom Phillips

Sustainable food and agriculture advisor, Bright Green Partners

Christian Pichler

Investor in Dairy and Alternative Dairy, GERBER-RAUTH

Will van den Tweel

Project director, Those Vegan Cowboys

Noam Dekkers

Chief Innovation Officer & Business Development, Planterra Ltd - Naturally Innovative

Raffael Wohlgensinger

CEO and Co-Founder, LegenDairy Foods

Clémence Landeau

Co-Founder & CEO, Update FOODS

Mattan Lurie

Foodtech Investor in alt dairy and alt infant nutrition, Brinc

Adam Bergman

Tech Innovation Thought Leader, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital

Mark Warner

Fermentation Scale-up and Commercialization, Warner Advisors

David Ziskind

Director of Engineering, de-risk, scale-up and commercialize manufacturing operations, Black & Veatch NextGen Ag.

Mia Medicus

Program Director plant-based food venture capital, Big idea Ventures

Stacy Pyett

Proteins for Life program director, Wageningen UR Life Science

Brad Vanstone

Grandson of a dairy farmer turned artisanal plant-based cheese maker, Founder Willicroft

Amadeus Driando Ahnan-Winarno, PhD

Tempeh Fermentation Scientist, Co-founder Better Nature

Kathleen Hefferon

Professor microbiology, molecular farming. Plant based medicine & global health expert, founder of Greenovation startup

Sujala Balaji

Founder and CEO at Rainfed: A Plant Milk company

Karin Verzijden

Regulatory expert functional foods, Axon Food lawyers

Jevan Nagarajah

CEO Better Dairy

Martine Boetje

Host Alt Dairy Conference - Protein.Directory community manager

Michiel van Deursen

Vegan Investor, Capital V

Willem Blom

Impact Investor, Plantbase.vc

Hannah Lester

Scientific Director, Pen & Tec Consulting

Kerry Rees

Partner & Patent Attorney, HGF

Sanne Melles

Food executive / Biotech enthousiast

Matt Tom

Consultant Food Tech Strategy & Execution, Founder MTCC LLC

Floor Buitelaar

Bright Green Partners - Managing Partner & Retail Consultant

Anton Pluschke

Head of R&D VLY foods: milk alternative with 50% more protein than regular milk.

Michelle Egger

CEO Biomilq: revolutionizing infant nutrition with biotech creating human milk by culturing mammalian cells.

Gerrit Suhlmann

Bright Green Partners - Managing Partner & Senior Strategy Consultant

Nate Crosser

Good Food Institute - Startup Growth Specialist - GFI Fermentation Report Co-Author

Juliana Romero

Founder Cano-ela: extracting (semi-) final food products from seeds. Food scientist PhD.

Dimitris Karefyllakis

Founder Time Travelling Milkman - Fat ingredients for sustainable & creamy dairy alternatives

Geza Molnar

Founder of Protein.Directory

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Protein.Directory

The leading global community of alternative protein entrepreneurs

HGF

Intellectual Property Attorneys

Pen & Tec Consulting

Your regulatory partner in alternative protein

Bright Green Partners

The global leading plant and cell tech strategy boutique

OMVE

Engineer & supply lab / pilot scale processing equipment for liquid food applications

Brinc

Venture capital and accelerator firm for Pre-seed to Series A investment

Black & Veatch NextGen Ag

Better Food, Better Planet

Willicroft

Sustainable Plant-based cheese for dairy cheese lovers

Biomilq

Cultured breastmilk: nutrition of breastmilk, practicality of formula.

Those Vegan Cowboys

Grassroots Bandits on a Mission. Pioneers in fermentation biotechnology developing cow-less cheese

Time Traveling Milkman

Sustainable creamy fat ingredients

Better Nature

Clean-label plant-based ingredients made using tempeh fermentation. Patent-pending technology

Cerealthy

World's First Plant-based Milk Single-serve Capsules for Coffee Machines. #oat #plantmilkpod

Brannatura

Nutritition, sustainability and good taste brought together in our own products and B2B solutions.

vly

No milk today - Dairy alternatives with a superior nutritional profile & a taste

Imagindairy

Real milk. No cows. Food tech start-up: tasty, healthy and nutritious animal free dairy products

Change Foods

Recreating cheese and dairy using precision fermentation

Update Foods

Our mission is to update all dairy products you love.

Supplant

Ingredients for delicious, affordable, nutritious and non allergenic plant-based foods

Cano-ela

No refined ingredients

YOGUT ME

Healthy Food Made Easy - Personalized Synbiotic Foods on Demand Follow Visit website

Planterra

Naturally Innovative