2026 Main Stage Speakers

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Karen Xiang

Investment Lead, BTOMORROW VENTURES
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Erika Redaelli

Global Head, Solution Management, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, TRACEONE
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Romeo Frega

Global Business Development Director, ABFI
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Alex Holt

Chief Sustainability Officer, AHOLD DELHAIZE
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Rasmus Munk

ALCHEMIST
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Anne Widart

Chief Commercial Officer , ARLA FOOD INGREDIENTS
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Chris Mitchell

Co-Founder & Partner, BRAMBLE PARTNERS
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Julie Daigle

Regional Director of Innovation, CANADIAN FOOD INNOVATION NETWORK (CFIN)
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Geert Maesmans

VP R&D Food EMEA, CARGILL
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Ryan Rafferty

Head of Food & Beverage UK & Ireland, CENTRIC SOFTWARE
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John Krzywicki

CEO, CHECKERSPOT
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Alex Neves

Co-Founder & CEO, CLEAN FOOD GROUP
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Saachi Avis

Head of Dietetics, COMPASS GROUP
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Diana Rucinschi

Senior Advisor, EIC
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Richard Zaltzman

CEO, EIT FOOD
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Marie Asano

Partner, EUROPEAN CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY FUND
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Katia Merten-Lentz

Partner, FOOD LAW SCIENCE & PARTNERS
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Nicholas Robinson

Global Audience & Content Editor, FOODNAVIGATOR
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Jess Spiring

Editor-in-chief, FOODNAVIGATOR
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Irene Minguez

Senior R&D Director, EMEA, GRUPO BIMBO
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Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro

Director of the Bezos Centre for Sustainable Protein and the Microbial Food Hub, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
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Franco Sassi

Professor and Director, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
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Caroline Young

Head of Insights, INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION
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Jim Mellon

Founder and Executive Chair, JUVENESCENCE
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Albert McQuaid

Global Chief Science & Technology Officer, KERRY
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Sneha Chatterjee

Investor, KI TUA FUND
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Darren Kidd

Scientific Specialist & Subject Matter Expert, NAMs and In Vitro Sciences, LABCORP
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Rania Abou Samra

Chief R&D and Innovation Officer, LESAFFRE
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Vicky Grinnell-Wright

Director, Food Tech, LLOYDS BANK COMMERCIAL BANKING
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Karina Zimerfeld

Global Vice President R&D Food and Nutrition, MARS
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Martin Davalos

Partner, MCWIN CAPITAL PARTNERS
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Richie Gray

VP & Global Head of SnackFutures Ventures, MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL
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Robert Jones

Global Lead: Aquaculture, MOSA MEAT
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Imran Afzal

CEO, NATIONAL ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN INNOVATION CENTRE (NAPIC)
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Lauri Reuter

Partner, NORDIC FOODTECH VC
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Mette Bhatia Frederiksen

Global Head of F&D Applied R&D, NOVONESIS
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Roel van Poppel

Chief Sustainability Officer, OFI
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Felix Leonhardt

Managing Partner, OYSTER BAY VENTURE CAPITAL
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Zac Austin

Co-Founder & CEO, PACIFICO BIOLABS
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Nadav Berger

Founding General Partner, PEAKBRIDGE VC
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Archana Jagannathan

Chief Sustainability Officer – EMEA, PEPSICO
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Simon Claessens

Global Director, PROSUR
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Charlotte Hardie

Editor-in-chief, RETAIL WEEK
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Clément Tischer

Head of Food-Tech, REWE GROUP
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Jenni Hastings

Head of R&D Futures , SAGENTIA INNOVATION
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Stefania Stoccuto

Global Industry Developer, Future Food, SIEMENS
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Cyril Ebersweiler

General Partner, SOSV
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Helen Bass

VP Growth and Innovation, TATE & LYLE
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Jan Hendrik van Gilst

CFO, THE PROTEIN BREWERY
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Mario Ubiali

CEO, THIMUS
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Heike Steiling

Chief R&D Officer, UNILEVER FOODS
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Stephane Mac Millan

Co-Founder & CEO, VERLEY
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Mark Golder

CEO, WIN-WIN
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Federica Amati

Head Nutritionist, ZOE

    Roundtable Hosts

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    Stuart Gilby

    Director of FMCG, 42T
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    Benoit Goldschmidt

    Open Innovation Director, BEL GROUP
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    Itziar Ortega

    Head of Open Innovation & Ecosystems, CNTA
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    Dante Fratebianchi

    Head of Food Biotechnology - R&D&I, CNTA
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    Sonia Huppert

    Global Innovation Marketing Leader, IFF
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    Ana Piekarz

    Global Head of ESG Nutrition, THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
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    Sally Kemkers

    Partner, UNTAPPED INNOVATION
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    Deirdre Walters

    Co-Founder, UNTAPPED INNOVATION

      2026 Innovation Stage Speakers

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      Speaker profile image for Shalom Daniel

      Shalom Daniel

      CEO, 50 CUT
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      Matthew Wilcox

      Co-Founder & Business Operations Manager, AELIUS BIOTECH
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      Felix Kasper

      CCO, BIOPHELION
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      Eric Quick

      CEO, CAFFREE
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      Kaan Basaran

      Co-Founder & COO, CERTI
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      Charlotte Chadwick

      CEO, COMET CLINICAL
      Speaker profile image for Siobhan Coster

      Siobhan Coster

      Founder & CEO, ECLIPSE INGREDIENTS
      Speaker profile image for Marcelo Marelli

      Marcelo Marelli

      CCO, EVERIS
      Speaker profile image for Mahmoud Masri

      Mahmoud Masri

      Co-Founder & CEO, GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION
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      Ali Winger

      Founder & CEO, KEY2BIOTICS
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      David Peters

      CEO, MICROLUB
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      Adam Womersley

      Founder, POTINA
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      Jonathan Kahan

      CEO, QUARTZ LABS