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BrightFarms is the nation’s first brand of local produce, providing forward-thinking supermarket chains with an exclusive, steady supply of local produce at scale, year-round. By designing, financing, building, and operating local greenhouse farms, BrightFarms brings the freshest, tastiest produce possible, using 80% less water, 90% less land, and 95% less shipping fuel than conventional farms. BrightFarms currently operates three greenhouses in the Midwest and East Coast, including more than 50,000 square feet in Pennsylvania, 150,000 square feet in Chicago, and 150,000 square feet in the Washington DC region.

BrightFarms

Farmers Edge is a global leader in precision agriculture and independent data management solutions. Combining hardware and software innovation with advisors on the ground, Farmers Edge gives growers the data needed to make informed decisions on the farm. President & CEO Wade Barnes will address the Future Food-Tech audience this year on technology-driven approaches to agriculture, and how the Farmers Edge network of customers is leading the global ag supply chain towards sustainable productivity.

Farmers Edge

Food-X

Food-X is the #1 Food Innovation Accelerator, backed by venture capital fund, SOSV and located in NYC. Food-X mentors and invests in 20 food startups each year from around the world, helping them bring their products and services to market at super speed.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an international law firm with 500+ attorneys who counsel many of the largest technology companies in the world. The NextGen Tech Practice represents clients at the convergence of emerging technologies and established industry sectors in which DWT has a national reputation and deep domain expertise. DWT’s Food, Agribusiness and Tech lawyers collaborate across multiple disciplines to support Food-Tech and Ag-Tech innovators and investors at every stage of venture growth.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Ocean Optics is the inventor of the world’s first miniature spectrometer and a global leader in photonics for research, life sciences, food and agriculture, education and OEM applications. Ocean Optics’ extensive line of complementary technologies includes spectrometers, chemical sensors, metrology instrumentation, optical fibres, thin film coatings and optics. Ocean Optics is focused on helping the food and beverage industry leverarge spectroscopy to measure quality, ensure consistency and authenticate real vs. fraudulent products. Recognized as an industry innovator, Ocean Optics has specified and delivered more than 250,000 modular miniature spectrometers and systems throughout the world and has enabled thousands of different applications in a diverse range of industries.

Ocean Optics

With more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing, no company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways. The Unilever portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. Unilever produces world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Hellmann’s, Ben & Jerry’s and Breyers.

Unilever

With Thanks to Our Partners:

Welcome to Future Food-Tech NYC

The challenge is on to feed the world in a sustainable, safe and healthy way, and this summit takes place at an exciting time for innovation throughout the food supply chain.

Technologies that meet demand for food safety and transparency, create a sustainable source of protein, or deliver bespoke nutritional solutions are seeing a surge in investment from both major food manufacturers and the VC community.

Our mission at Future Food-Tech is to bring together active investors, entrepreneurs and leading food brands to showcase solutions, share ideas and forge new partnerships and alliances which will shape the future of food.

Alongside expert panel debates and technology pitching sessions, the focus is on networking, so please join us for our drinks reception at the end of the first day, where we will enjoy some innovative new foods, as well as for coffees and lunches in our exhibitor area throughout the summit. I would like to thank all our partners for their support and encourage you to connect with them during the breaks.

Please also take advantage of our one-to-one meeting system to message other delegates and make sure you meet face to face with your most important contacts during the summit.

As we look ahead to our upcoming summit in London and to next year’s summit in New York, please take the time to share with us your feedback and suggestions, so that we can continue to build the summit year on year as the meeting place for the food-tech industry.

I wish you all a fruitful and enjoyable summit.

Jennie MossManaging Director

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Agenda

Registration8:30

Welcome Remarks

Jennie Moss, Founder and Managing Director, Rethink Events

9:00

Networking Coffee10:30

Day One – Tuesday May 24, 2016

Keynote Welcome Address: Building a Food Industry that is Fit for the Future

• Understanding the rapid evolution of data in the food industry and envisioning the next five years and beyond

• Identifying transformative technology trends and how they are redefining our relationship with food • Defining how the latest science can be harnessed to drive innovation and solutions across the food system • Case-study examples of innovation in food and the potential of uncommon collaborations to create market

disruptions• Challenges and opportunities in going from invention in the lab to success in the market place

Speaker:Robert Sutor, VP, Mobile Solutions & Mathematical Sciences, IBM

9:05

Keynote Address: Food @ Work

• The role of food at Google: Why is food so important for Google as an employer of top talent?

• What is the function of food? Is it truly just about individual nutrients?

• Enabling individuals to make the best food choices: What do individuals need and want?

• Affecting changes in food behaviour: How to get individuals to eat well

• The future of sustainable food experiences: Will technology be the solution?

Speaker:Michiel Bakker, Director, Google Food

9:25

Innovation in Technology and Product Development in Response to Evolving Consumer Demand

• How equipped is the food industry to keep pace with changing consumer trends? Considering the gap between what consumers are demanding and what the system has been set up to produce

• What new solutions are required to meet the needs of this rapidly evolving market? • What opportunities and challenges does this present to food manufacturers?

Session chair:Ben Fishman, Private Equity Investor, Arlon Group

Speakers:Geoff Smith, Managing Partner, Digitalis VenturesSimon Barnes, Managing Director, Tate and Lyle VenturesBobby Chacko, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Mars Drinks

9:45

Networking Lunch Hosted by: 13:00

The Future of Animal-based and Alternative Protein

• Mapping the market for alternative proteins, now and for the next 5-10 years• Determining long-term investment value: How great is the potential for mass consumer demand for plant-

based alternatives?

Session chair:Bernhard van Lengerich, Food System Strategies

Speakers:Ory Zik, Vice President of Analytics, Lux ResearchErika Smith, Technology Director, General MillsBruce Friedrich, Founding Partner, New Crop Capital and Executive Director, The Good Food Institute

11:00

Protein Technology Showcase: Early-Mid Stage Technology Entrepreneurs Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions

Speakers:Arturo Elizondo, CEO, Clara FoodsPerumal Gandhi, Co-Founder, MuufriMichele Champagne, Director of Nutritional Product Development, Synthetic GenomicsLarry Feinberg, CEO & Co-Founder, KnipBio

11:40

Using Science and Technology to Achieve Sustainable Protein Security: Risks and Opportunities in Alternative Proteins

• Considering the alternatives available: Plant-based, ocean-based, lab-based

• Overcoming the “uncanny valley”: What is needed to make alternative proteins appealing for consumers?

Speakers:Ethan Brown, Founder and CEO, Beyond MeatDavid Lee, COO and CFO, Impossible FoodsJim Flatt, Director of Food Safety & Quality, Hampton Creek

12:20

Personalizing Nutrition and Wellness: Trends, Technologies and Innovation

• Clarifying the appetite for personalized nutrition: What is the longevity of this trend and how much further can it go?

• Scientific advances in understanding the microbiome: Where are the business opportunities?• Technology’s role in nutrition: Exploring opportunities in wearable technologies, augmented realities, apps,

consumer diagnostics and more• Opportunities to combine big data with food science and consumer diagnostics to determine individual

health and nutritional requirements

Session chair:Greg McParland, Senior Investment Manager, DSM Venturing

Speakers:Drew Taylor, Head of New Ventures, Taylor FarmsLihi Segal, Founder & CEO, DayTwoDanielle Gould, Founder & CEO, Food+Tech ConnectAlexis Fox, Chief Empowerment Officer, Lighter

14:00

Networking Drinks Reception:

Enjoy a drink with fellow delegates while sampling innovative new foods from some of our presenting companies and local start-ups

17:45

Networking Coffee15:30

Nutrition and Health: Meeting Demand for Fortified, Free-from and Functional Food and Ingredients

• Contextualising the trend for healthy foods that do more: Population growth, health concerns and sustainability

• Opportunities in supplements and novel ingredients: The role of food in disease prevention • Analysing the free-from trend: The role of technology and innovation in developing new solutions• Why aren’t the most popular products always the most science-based? Lessons learned in understanding

what the market wants and how the food industry can respond

Session chair:Arif Fazal, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Blueberry Ventures

Speakers:Siobhan Mitchell, Senior Principal Scientist, Global R&D Nutrition Sciences, PepsiCoMatthew Roberts, Chief Scientific Officer, NBTYLaura Harkness, Vice President, R&D, Church and Dwight

14:45

Nutrition and Health Technology Showcase: Early-Mid Stage Technology Entrepreneurs Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions

Speakers:Emmet Browne, CEO, NuritasLihi Segal, Founder & CEO, DayTwoDavid Woodburn, CEO, Blue Prairie BrandsDavid Kyle, CEO, Evolve BiosystemsBenny Shoham, CEO, GreenOnyx

16:00

Investor Round up from Day One: Identifying the Most Exciting Trends and Opportunities for the Industry

• What’s driving today’s unprecedented investment activity in the food-tech space?• How do today’s leading venture investors view the ideas and solutions presented during today’s summit? • Which areas of technology could have the greatest potential impact on future food security?• What are the barriers to scaling solutions? What kinds of business models do successful entrepreneurs

need to develop to address these challenges?

Session chair:Niccolo Manzoni, Family Office Venture Investor

Speakers:Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance VenturesAnne Lo, Investor, Horizons VenturesAlain Bankier, Early Stage Investor, New York AngelsDon Buder, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

17:00

Improving Food Safety and Transparency Throughout the Value Chain

• Why has the issue of food safety become so central in recent years? • Understanding the impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act

and labelling regulation• Case study examples of product recalls: What went wrong and

how could it have been prevented?• How are leading companies using technology to create a robust,

transparent and agile supply chain?

Session chair:Andrew Ive, Managing Director, FOOD-X

Speakers:Timothy Fischer, Senior VP Supply Chain, Bumble Bee FoodsRavinder Reddy, Technology Business Partner, UnileverDavid Creasey, Vice President, Ocean OpticsDavid Rosenberg, Co-Founder and CEO, Aerofarms

9:20

Providing Traceability in Production Processes and to the Consumer

• How are consumer concerns over food fraud and provenance shaping the current market for food traceability systems?

• How can leading retailers use traceability systems in production processes and beyond to enhance customer service and communication?

• How is consumer demand for local products disrupting the supply chain?• Opportunities for innovation and investment in more a direct consumer-producer connection

Session chair:Andre Sharon, Director, Fraunhofer CMI – Center for Manufacturing Innovation and Professor, MechanicalEngineering, Boston University

Speakers:Scott Horner, Managing Director, Middleland CapitalRob Kaplan, Managing Director, Closed Loop FundJonathan Berger, CEO, The Kitchen – FoodTech HubWade Barnes, President & CEO, Farmers Edge

10:00

Day Two – Wednesday May 25, 2016

Registration8:30

Welcome Remarks

Jennie Moss, Founder and Managing Director, Rethink Events

9:00

Keynote Address

Speaker:

Paul Lightfoot, CEO, BrightFarms

9:05

Networking Coffee10:40

Alternative Food and Drink Delivery Methods: Investment and Technologies

• What has made the alternative food delivery market so attractive to investment? How much more can this sector achieve?

• Determining the long-term commercial viability of food delivery models: Likely winners and losers• How far can technology go to create further innovation in this market? Autonomous vehicles, drones and

beyond

Session chair:Brita Rosenheim, Strategist and Advisor, Rosenheim Advisors

Speakers:Venky Balakrishnan, Global Vice President – Digital Innovation, DiageoNick Taranto, Co-Founder & President, PlatedBenzi Ronen, CEO and Co-Founder, FarmigoLouisa Burwood-Taylor, Editor, Agfunder

12:10

Closing Investor Debate

• What are the main barriers to growth for today’s food-tech industry? How can investors play a part in overcoming these barriers?

• Which other areas of food-tech are poised for growth? Are there opportunities in new food delivery models, food waste or packaging technologies?

• What are our panel of investors currently looking for and where will they be investing next, next year and beyond?

• One to watch: Each panellist is challenged to name one company they believe is set for success in 2016-17

Session chair:Lila Preston, Partner, Generation Investment Management

Speakers:Victor Friedberg, Co-Founder and Managing Director, S2G VenturesNick Rosa, Managing Director, Cultivian Sandbox VenturesVishal Vasishth, Co-Founder, Obvious VenturesArmand Lavoie, Managing Director, Kirchner Group

12:50

14:00

Networking Lunch and Close of Summit13:30

—14:30

Traceability, Safety and Transparency Technology Showcase: Early-Mid Stage Technology Entrepreneurs Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions

Speakers: Zach Wolff, CEO, Exigence TechnologiesKonstantin Zvereff, Co-Founder & CEO, BlueCartTom Schultz, President & CEO, FreshSuretyJohn Hudson, EVP & Chief Intellectual Property Officer, AseptiaAnthony Zografos, CEO, SafeTracesGeraldine Hamilton, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Emulate

11:10

Site Tour: Aerofarm’s Indoor Vertical Farm

As part of Future Food-Tech we are offering an optional site visit to Aerofarm’s state-of-the-art indoor vertical farm at their Global Headquarters. Now part of RBH Group’s Maker’s Village project in the historic Ironbound district of Newark, the Global Headquarters is the largest indoor vertical farm in the world based on annual growing capacity.

Michiel Bakker,Director, Google Food

Michiel oversees Google’s Global Food program. Michiel and his team take pride in fueling the minds and bodies behind Google’s

innovative products, serving over 100,000 delicious, nutritious, responsibly sourced meals around the world each day.

Venky Balakrishnan, Global Vice President - Digital Innovation,

Diageo

Venky is Global Vice President, Digital Innovation at Diageo, tasked with spotting and seizing inflections in technology to

unlock new growth. His remit includes Diageo Tech Ventures – Diageo’s vehicle for partnerships, investments & new ventures in emerging tech. Over the last 12 years, Venky has held senior positions at Diageo including Global VP of Digital / E-commerce and Global Marketing Director on Smirnoff.

Alain Bankier,Early Stage Investor,New York Angels

Alain is an active early stage investor and entrepreneur and invests in a variety of companies in the technology, food-tech

and legal cannabis industries. Alain is also an Operating Partner at Laconia Capital Partners, a fund focused on exceptional “post seed/pre A round” opportunities.

Simon Barnes, Managing Director, Tate and Lyle Ventures

Simon is Founder and Managing Partner at Tate & Lyle Ventures, a venture capital fund focused on food science and technology. Tate

& Lyle Ventures was launched in 2006 as an independently managed fund backed by Tate & Lyle the global food ingredients group, and now consists of two funds totaling £55 million.

Ethan Brown,CEO, Beyond Meat

Ethan, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Beyond Meat – a company focused on rebuilding meat from plants– gained

an appreciation for agriculture and the natural world from his father, a professor, conservationist, and hobby farmer. This interest shaped the direction of his career, where he sought to make a contribution to climate change through the clean energy sector.

Emmet Browne, CEO, Nuritas

Emmet holds more than 25 years of experience within some of the world’s largest Life Science companies. He has held senior

positions including Regional President at Pfizer Nutritionals for Europe, Pacific Rim & Emerging Markets, Managing Director for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Ireland and President of Transition and Integration for Nestle. With his vast experience, Emmet recognized the great potential of Nuritas™ to develop into a thriving commercial success.

Wade Barnes,President & Founder, Farmers Edge

Wade founded Farmers Edge in 2005 and over the last decade has expanded both the company and the range of grower-based

solutions Farmers Edge offers to encompass four continents and five countries. Leading a team of dedicated agronomists, technology innovators, and sustainability experts, Wade is focused on increasing sustainable farm yields to feed the world’s 9B by 2050.

Jonathan Berger, CEO, The Kitchen - FoodTech Hub

Jonathan brings to The Kitchen a unique combination of experience in Cleantech, Agtech and Foodtech investments.

He also possesses vast experience in international business development, general management in the food industry and in high-tech. He holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering & Management and an MBA, both from Tel-Aviv University.

Don Buder,Partner,

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Don is a partner in the San Francisco office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, a 500+ attorney international law firm. He is a

strategic legal advisor to emerging-growth and middle-market Food & Beverage, Food Tech and Ag Tech innovators and investors. Don leads DWT’s NextGen Tech practice, which counsels clients at the convergence of established industries and emerging technologies.

Louisa Burwood-Taylor, Editor, AgFunder

Louisa has been a financial journalist for nearly 10 years covering a variety of markets across Asia, Europe and the US for the

Financial Times, Euromoney and Private Equity International. She turned her attention to agriculture two years ago as the sector started to gather pace as an investment asset class.

Bobby Chacko, Global Chief Marketing Officer, Mars Drinks

Bobby is the Global VP, Chief Marketing Officer for Mars Drinks, a segment of Mars Incorporated based in West Chester, PA. He

is responsible for the strategic marketing of Mars Drinks as a brand, its portfolio of technologies and consumable products globally. His responsibilities include innovation, strategy, integrated marketing communications, customer engagement and sustainability.

Michele Champagne, Director of Nutritional Product Development, Synthetic Genomics

Michele joined the SGI team in November, 2010 as Principal Scientist, Foods Program. She is currently the Director of

Nutritional Product Development, leading the technical conception and execution for novel food ingredients sourced from fermentation. Previously, she was Head of R&D at KAS Hawaii, developing microalgae for aquaculture and novel genetic engineering technology for algae and plants.

David Creasey, Vice President, Ocean Optics

David has acted as OEM sales manager for EMEA and Director of the global OEM business, and is now responsible for the global

sales and marketing activities for Ocean Optics, including the OEM business unit. His strong technical background and applications knowledge allows him to quickly assess and identify targeted solutions for customers that balance both business and technical needs while pushing the envelope of innovation using Ocean Optics’ technologies.

Arturo Elizondo, CEO, Clara Foods

Arturo is CEO of Clara Foods, a sustainable ingredients company developing performance protein products and designer

egg whites. Prior to joining Clara Foods, Arturo served under Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the investment bank Credit Suisse. Arturo holds a degree in Government and Comparative Politics from Harvard University.

Speakers:

Victor Friedberg, Co-Founder & Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Victor has been at the forefront of innovation, global development and sustainability for over 20 years. As Co-Founder and Managing

Director of S2G Ventures he has been a principal force in developing the S2G mission, culture, strategy and team. Victor looks for mission-aligned innovative companies that have a big idea, passionate founders/management, and tailwinds. He helps to capitalize and guide those companies to achieve scale and success.

Bruce Friedrich, Founding Partner, New Crop Capital

Bruce is Executive Director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), a nonprofit organization that promotes plant and culture-based

alternatives to animal agriculture, and founding partner of New Crop Capital (NCC), a $25 million venture capital firm that provides angel, seed, and Series A funding to companies that are producing plant-based and cultured alternatives to conventionally produced meat, dairy, and eggs, as well to tech startups that are focused on promoting alternatives to animal agriculture.

Alexis Fox,CEO,

Lighter

Alexis is the CEO (Chief Empowerment Officer) at Lighter, a powerful platform that helps the world eat better. Lighter tells

people what food to buy and how to throw great meals together based on the recommendations of food leaders. Alexis has dedicated her life to fixing our broken food system and has worked in the movement as an attorney, political leader and entrepreneur.

Jim Flatt, Chief of R&D, Hampton Creek

Jim joined Hampton Creek as Chief of R&D and Chief Science Officer in 2015. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer

and later as the President of Genovia Bio, a renewable products division of Synthetic Genomics Inc., leading the development and commercialisation of several microalgal- based products and execution of several major product and technology partnerships.

Ben Fishman,Private Equity Investor, Arlon Group

Ben is a Managing Principal at Arlon Group LLC, which he helped establish in 2007. From 1998-2000, he served as a Strategic and

Financial Analyst for Continental Grain Company (CGC). Ben left CGC in 2000 to co-found The Grow Network, which was sold to the McGraw-Hill companies in 2004. In 2005, he was a National Finalist for the White House Fellowship.

Timothy Fischer, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Bumble Bee Foods

Timothy is the Senior Vice President of Bumble Bee Foods. He has over 30 years’ experience as a supply chain professional working

primarily in the CPG industry. He is currently responsible for the Logistics, Customer Service and Global Planning of Bumble Bee Foods. He received his BGS from the University of Michigan and has a MS in General Administration from Central Michigan and an Executive Masters Degree in International Logistics and Supply Chain Strategy from Georgia Tech.

Larry Feinberg, Industrial Biotechnologist, CEO, Co-Founder, KnipBio

An entrepreneurial industrial biotechnologist, Larry co-founded KnipBio in 2013. He has deep expertise in early-stage technology

ventures, bioproduct discovery and large-scale commercialization initiatives. With the advanced biofuel technology firm Mascoma Corporation, Larry held leadership responsibilities in scientific discovery and business development roles responsible for advancing multiple commercial initiatives including a cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Alberta, Canada.

Arif Fazal, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Blueberry Ventures

Arif is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Blueberry Ventures. Blueberry Ventures - launched in July 2015 - is a venture capital

fund investing in innovative brands and innovative business models across food and beverage. Blueberry Ventures partners with inspiring and passionate entrepreneurs building next generation food and beverage companies by providing early stage capital and operational support to help empower growth.

Speakers:

Perumal Gandhi, Co-Founder, Muufri

Perumal has a BSc. in Biotechnology and a Masters in Bio-medical Engineering from State University of New York, Stonybrook. He

is currently a Co-Founder & CTO of Muufri, a food technology company based out of San Francisco, CA where they’re creating a future where milk comes from breweries instead of dairy farms. It’s a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future, without any compromises.

Danielle Gould, Founder & CEO, Food+Tech Connect

Danielle is the Founder and CEO of Food+Tech Connect. Since 2010, Danielle has been the leading voice for helping companies

understand how to harness new tech, investment and business models to create a better food future. She is also a founding member of the Culinary Institute of America’s Business Leadership Council, a member of the Google Innovation Lab For Food Experiences and a mentor for Accel Foods and Food-X.

Geraldine Hamilton, President & Chief Scientific Officer, Emulate

Geraldine works at the intersection of design, biology and engineering. She led development of the human “Organs-on-

Chips” technology during her residency within the Wyss at Harvard University. Today, Geraldine is the President and Chief Scientific Officer at Emulate, Inc. The company’s new living system emulates human biology and predicts human response with greater precision and detail than today’s cell culture or animal-based testing approaches.

Laura Harkness, VP R&D, Church & Dwight

Laura is the Global R&D Vice President of Product Development for Health and Wellness at Church & Dwight, leading the Global

Nutritional Products, Global Oral Care, and Canadian OTC/ Pharma R&D teams. Prior to joining Church & Dwight, Laura was a Senior Director in Global R&D Nutrition Sciences at PepsiCo. Preceding PepsiCo, she worked at Nestlé with a focus on innovation and research program development and clinical trial management for the chilled and frozen foods businesses.

Scott Horner, Managing Director, Middleland Capital

Scott is a Managing Director at Middleland Capital and is responsible for portfolio management and evaluating investment

opportunities in agriculture and biotechnology. Scott currently sits on the Board of Directors of Mycotechnology Inc., Plant Response Biotech, Benson Hill Biosystems, and Blue Prairie Brands, and is a Board observer on Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Vive Crop Protection, ZeaKal, and Virgin Plants Inc.

John Hudson, EVP & Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Aseptia

John joined Aseptia’s executive management team during the first quarter of 2016, continuing his accomplished 18-year career

focused on intellectual property (IP). John began his professional career at Peterson Consulting, serving as Manager of Intellectual Property Services. He then continued his IP work with InteCap, Inc. in the role of Director before moving to Intellectual Property Asset Corporation. Prior to Aseptia, John worked with Deloitte for eight years.

Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures

Ephraim is the Founder and Managing Director of Advance Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture investment fund and

venture accelerator that invests in seed and early-stage start-ups in Sustainability (AgTech, CleanTech, FoodTech) Communications (Mobility, IoT, Security) and Information Technology (Enterprise & Verticals DigitalHealth, FinTech). Founded in 1999, Advance Ventures has consistently achieved meaningful exits with its portfolio companies across its core market sectors.

Anne Lo, Investor, Horizons Ventures

Anne joined Horizons Ventures in January 2015. With a focus on science and healthcare, Anne serves as a Board Member for

several Horizons funded companies including Evolve Biosystems, MeMed and Medial EarlySign. Prior to Horizons, she was a veterinary surgeon before joining Bain & Co. She holds BSc and BVM&S degrees from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

David Lee, COO & CFO, Impossible Foods

David is the Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Impossible Foods where he leads the company’s marketing,

finance, human resources, IT, facilities and supply chain functions. Prior to Impossible Foods, David was the Chief Financial Officer of Zynga, a $2 billion public company (Ticker ZNGA), where he led the company’s finance, accounting, and corporate development and human resources organizations.

Paul Lightfoot, CEO, BrightFarms

Paul leads BrightFarms on its mission to revolutionize the U.S. produce supply chain by creating the first national brand of local

produce. He joined the company as CEO in 2011. A healthy and sustainable food zealot, Lightfoot has delivered keynote speeches at a myriad of conferences, including Agriculture 2.0, Canadian Grocers Association, Food Industry Sustainability Summit, and the Toronto Urban Agriculture Summit.

David Kyle,CEO, Evolve Biosystems

David is an acclaimed scientist and inventor (over 70 publications, and 80 patents) who, in 2009, was inducted into the Space

Technology Hall of Fame for his national contributions to Science and Industry. In 1985 he co-founded Martek Biosciences. US Director of the Mother and Child Foundation, David joined Evolve Biosystems in 2013, and in 2015 became Evolve’s CEO.

Armand Lavoie, Managing Director, Kirchner Group

Armand has worked closely with companies from start-up, development, expansion stages and ultimately to exits. He is

currently Managing Director of Kirchner Group (KPCG) and was Managing Director for Foragen Technologies Management Inc. He heads the Agriculture and Food practice at KPCG providing Transaction Management, Assessments, Transition Management, Portfolio Management and Lifecycle Partnership.

Andrew Ive, Managing Director, FOOD-X

Andrew is a Managing Director at SOSV and is responsible for building, innovating and supporting the emerging Food-X

ecosystem. He has focused on innovation, developing high-growth businesses opportunities and as a business advisor in multiple verticals. Andrew is also an author and currently has a bestselling book, ‘Choose Your Startup: Funding Your Company’ in the startups and entrepreneurial categories on Amazon.com.

Rob Kaplan, Managing Director, Closed Loop Fund

Rob is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Closed Loop Fund, an innovative platform for impact investing, sustainability,

and the circular economy. Rob oversees strategy and new business model development, as well as day-to-day operations. The Fund aims to scale recycling through $100M of below-market loans to cities and investments in waste companies.

Siobhan Mitchell, Senior Principle Scientist, Global R&D Nutrition Sciences, PepsiCo

Siobhan oversees nutrition portfolios for PepsiCo’s global innovation and renovation projects. In her role as Senior Principal

Scientist, Siobhan provides claims guidance for new beverage concepts and develops research strategies for ingredient pipelines. In previous positions at Nestle and Unilever, Siobhan has initiated long-term planning and scope of global programs testing for functional foods, including communications and regulatory strategies.

Greg McParland, Senior Investment Manager, DSM Venturing

Greg is a Senior Investment Manager for DSM Venturing with responsibility for health and wellness, nutrition, Ag Tech and

Food Tech investments in North America. He joined DSM in 2011. Prior to joining DSM Greg was CEO of several private and public companies including KIP Biotech, Avrio Biopharmaceuticals, and Girindus America. He has held a variety of senior executive positions at Altergy Fuel Cell Systems, Aerojet Pharmaceutical Fine Chemicals and Aerojet Rocket Propulsion Company.

Ravinder Reddy, Technology Business Partner, Unilever

Ravinder is a Technology Business Partner at Unilever, directing food research and leveraging technical expertise to define

business strategy, drive innovation and apply new technologies to consumer benefit platforms. He is also responsible for sourcing technologies, building partnerships, and identifying opportunities for investment to deliver innovation for the Foods and Refreshment categories.

Lila Preston, Partner, Generation Investment Management

Lila joined Generation in 2004 and since 2008 has worked with the Firm’s Climate Solutions Fund which seeks to invest

in businesses that create value by enhancing resource productivity while reducing pollution, waste and emissions. She has worked across sectors such as agriculture, water, forestry, waste, bio-conversion and consumer behaviour change. Before joining Generation she worked for American Express and Bridges Ventures while studying for her MBA.

Matthew Roberts, Chief Scientific Officer, NBTY

Matthew is an accomplished innovation executive with more than 25 years of success at Abbott, Nestle, and NBTY. He is focused on

driving growth-phase market opportunities across the food, nutrition, and agricultural sectors. He learns by doing, which means that in addition to managing he enjoys riding with the sales force, working a shift in the factory or field, and participating in the laboratory whenever possible.

Benzi Ronen, Co-Founder & CEO, Farmigo

Benzi is a CEO and Co-Founder of Farmigo, a fast-growing online farmer’s market that focuses on building a better, more

sustainable food system. Benzi earned a BA from Tel-Aviv University and MBA from the University of Michigan. After graduating, he spent a decade working with Microsoft, Netscape and SAP, and launched a successful entrepreneurial endeavor, Octago, a piece of software that optimized user experience.

Speakers:

Zach Wolff, CEO, Exigence Technologies

Co-Founder and CEO Zach is a materials and processes engineer who formerly led high-tech development projects in the aerospace

industry. He is also the co-inventor on several of the company’s patent filings and is a driving force behind innovation in the area of N-chloramine-based antimicrobial precursors for hard and soft surface coatings.

Vishal Vasishth, Co-Founder, Obvious Ventures

Vishal is the Co-Founder of Obvious Ventures with Evan Williams and James Joaquin. Obvious Ventures invests in world positive

technology companies across three themes: Sustainable Systems, Healthy Living & People Power. Most recently Vishal was the founding partner of SONG Investment Advisors, an India-based fund backed by Soros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network and Google.

Andre Sharon, Director, Fraunhofer USA CMI

Andre is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University and Executive Director of the Fraunhofer USA Center

for Manufacturing Innovation at Boston University. He has accumulated more than 20 years of experience, both academic and industrial, conducting research, developing, and deploying computer-controlled automation systems, devices and instruments for several industries.

Lihi Segal, CEO, DayTwo

Lihi is the CEO and Co-Founder of DayTwo. Previously, Lihi was COO, CFO and VP of multiple companies in BI software, EMR and

public entities including Sisense Ltd., a provider of business intelligence and analytics software, and dbMotion, where Lihi was CFO, instrumental in building the successful company up to its acquisition. Lihi is a certified lawyer in Israel and has an MBA from Northwestern University (Kellogg Recanati, International Executive MBA Program).

Geoff Smith, Managing Partner, Digitalis Ventures

Geoff is the Founder and Managing Partner of Digitalis Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on building technology-enabled

solutions to complex problems. He is also a Co-Founder and General Partner of Ascent Biomedical Ventures. Geoff currently serves on the board of directors for Azevan Pharmaceuticals, BackBeat Medical, Caliber Therapeutics, BlinkBio, and Vivasure Medical.

Benny Shoham, CEO, GreenOnyx

Benny has vast managing experience in both Fortune 500 and startup companies. He has raised money and built companies with

sophisticated products from vision to global launch and sales.

Nick Taranto, Co-Founder & President, Plated

Nick is the Co-Founder of Plated.com. Founded in June of 2012 Plated is on a mission to help busy people cook more and

live better. We fervently believe that cooking is essential to a healthy & happy life. However, most busy people don’t have the time, knowledge, or energy to cook on a regular basis. Plated delivers everything you need to cook a chef-designed dinner at home in 30 minutes or less.

Erika Smith, Technology Director, General Mills

Erika is Technology Director within the long term research and development group at General Mills leading a program focused

on Consumer Experience Technology. Her role involves identifying, developing and acquiring clean label technologies that deliver taste and texture innovation across the General Mills global portfolio.

Bernhard Van Lengerich, Ex Chief Scientific Officer, General MillsFood System Strategies

Bernhard completed his PhD in Food/Biotechnology at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. His work experience

includes Unilever Germany, RJR Nabisco, New Jersey and Buehler AG in Switzerland. In 1994 Bernhard joined General Mills, Inc. in Minneapolis and was Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President for Technology Strategy. He led the development of key enabling technologies resulting in major product innovations.

Drew Taylor, Head of New Ventures, Taylor Farms

Drew is a Venture Partner at Digitalis. He also remains active with Taylor Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Taylor Farms, the

world’s largest processor of fresh-cut fruit and vegetables. Drew served in a variety of roles at Taylor Farms, previously launching a brand called Citizen Chef. He also served on the board of the “Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools” campaign in partnership with Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” initiative.

David Rosenberg, Co-Founder & CEO, Aerofarms

David co-founded and leads AeroFarms, a clean-technology company that builds and operates advanced vertical farms in

urban environments. AeroFarms won the World Technology Award for most impactful Environmental Company, was voted Most Innovative Company at the Future of Agriculture conference, the Best Growth Company to invest in at the Wall Street Journal’s ECO:nomics conference, and was a finalist for The Circular Awards of The World Economic Forum.

Nick Rosa, Managing Director, Cultivian Sandbox

Nick is a Managing Director of Cultivian Sandbox and Co-founder and Managing Director of Sandbox Industries. Prior to forming

Sandbox, Nick led the buyout and served as CEO of The NutraSweet Company, the first branded food ingredient. As a senior executive at Monsanto, he led the Nutrition and Consumer Products division, overseeing NutraSweet, the consumer Lawn and Garden Business, and Kelco food ingredients business.

Tom Schultz, President & CEO, FreshSurety

Over the past 30 years as founder and CEO, Tom has guided multiple technology companies from concept to liquidity event,

including IPO, NASDAQ listing, and nine-figure exit. He has also served as a partner at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, was a member of the Boston Consulting Group, and Corporate Vice President at Dole Foods . He also holds an engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University and an MBA from Harvard.

Brita Rosenheim, Strategist & Advisor, Rosenheim Advisors

Brita is the Principal of the strategic and financial consulting firm Rosenheim Advisors. She works with investors, startups and

enterprises in the food-related tech and media sectors. In order to help participants analyze this quickly evolving landscape, Brita developed the Food Tech & Media Industry Map, and publishes a corresponding Monthly Report.

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Ory Zik, VP of Analytics, Lux Research

Ory is VP of Analytics at Lux Research, assisting research teams and clients in various areas such as sustainability, resiliency

and resource consumption, especially with respect to distributed generation and exposure to price volatility of energy and water. Ory has a deep entrepreneurial and environmental background. In 2010, he founded Zik Energy Points Inc., a leader in quantitative metrics, data and analytics for environmental impact.

David Woodburn, CEO, Blue Praire Brands

David is CEO of Blue Prairie Brands, an early-stage company developing proprietary functional foods and ingredients. Earlier,

he developed the business plan and raised over $36 million to grow Chromatin into a multinational leader in sorghum seed. David honed his financial skills as a sell-side research analyst for Prudential and ThinkEquity, and his healthcare experience ranges from product design to corporate strategy at Searle and Baxter.

Konstantin Zvereff, CEO, BlueCart

Konstantin left his native Barcelona at 18, earning his BA before spending two years with the Peace Corps in northern

Mozambique. On his return to the States, he spent the early part of his career in investment banking, and earned his MBA from Georgetown University. After grad school, he returned to Africa to work with Village Enterprise, supporting small businesses in Uganda and Kenya. In 2014, he and Jag Bansal founded BlueCart, where Konstantin serves as CEO.

Anthony Zografos, Founder, SafeTraces

Anthony founded SafeTraces in 2013 with the vision of creating a global food source assurance and safety brand. He was previously

the COO of CPAC, a start-up that developed a highly advanced particle accelerator for cancer radiotherapy. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

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THE FUTURE FOOD-TECH SERIES IS PRODUCED BY:

Aseptia was established in 2006 to offer a game-changing technology that brings shelf-stable food to the table. Packaged food using their advanced preservation methods maintains a superior quality that stands out in a vast food industry market. Harnessing microwave energy to deliver rapid pasteurization and sterilization, the team achieved what was considered impossible just a few short years ago. They created a ground-breaking aseptic process that delivers unprecedented quality and shelf life for packaged foods while meeting strict FDA standards for food safety.

Aseptia

Blue Prairie Brands is developing proprietary ingredients and finished products for use in the functional food and dietary fiber markets. Their prebiotic ingredients help maintain a healthy gut environment for beneficial bacteria while reducing the need for added sugars. The company contracts production of its flagship crop, chicory, with growers and processes it into a prebiotic-rich flour. The company offers high-inulin flour and high-fiber, gluten-free food products under white label arrangements.

Blue Prairie

Launched in 2014, BlueCart’s core product is a free app that lets restaurants, hotels, and food service operators place all their orders in one click, and then automatically organizes those orders in one place for the suppliers. BlueCart’s mission is to help support more productive relationships in the food industry, giving chefs, restaurateurs and their vendors an easy to use, one-stop communication tool that saves them time, money, and stress.

BlueCart

Clara Foods aims to provide an un-compromised egg by taking the chicken out of the equation. They are bringing an egg white to the table that is produced completely animal-free, uses less land and water inputs, while matching the taste, nutritional value, and unique culinary properties of the same egg whites we know and love.

Clara Foods

People respond very differently to the same food. Despite the variability, people get generalized dietary guidelines that may induce high blood sugar responses in many cases. DayTwo provides personal nutrition recommendations, personally tailored based on each person’s unique gut microbiome, for maintaining lower blood sugar levels and general health. DayTwo benefits the healthy population, as well as those with obesity, pre-diabetes, diabetes and other metabolic disorders.

DayTwo

Evolve’s mission is to bring to market the next generation of science-driven, microbiotic-based products to establish a healthy gut microbiome in infants to improve their life-long health trajectory. The initial focus is in marketing a proprietary, clinical trial-supported home use product to rescue the natural infant microbiome in formula-fed and C-section delivered babies. The company has deep management experience and plans to be in the market in the near term.

Evolve Biosystems

Emulate Inc. creates living products for understanding how diseases, medicines, chemicals, and foods affect human health. Emulate’s Human Emulation System sets a new standard for recreating true-to-life human biology and is being used to advance product innovation, design, and safety across a range of applications including drug development, agriculture, cosmetics, food, and chemical-based consumer products. Emulate develops a wide range of Organ-Chips and disease models through collaborations with industry partners and internal R&D programs.

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Technology Showcases Presenters:

Exigence Technologies Inc. is an early stage Canadian technology developer, licensor, and process/application specialist whose radical advancements in the area of self-disinfecting surface coatings and liquid disinfection are set to have a significant impact on food processing hygiene across the globe. Of particular interest are the company’s SymbiCoat™ surface coatings - advanced polymer systems capable of binding chlorine, within food-safe limits, to hard and soft surfaces for residual efficacy against bacteria, viruses and fungi.

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FreshSurety is a development-stage company with Internet of Things technology that assesses and reports fresh produce shelf life anywhere in the world for a few cents per case. For the first time in history producers, shippers, and retailers have the ability to accurately determine the quality (and therefore value) of fresh produce shipments throughout the supply chain.

FreshSurety

Genovia Bio combines advanced genomics capabilities and tools in conjunction with proprietary microbial cell lines obtained through worldwide discovery to develop bio-based, consumer friendly products which are sustainable and economically advantaged. Genovia either licenses the technology to a category leader capable of manufacturing and marketing the solution or produces it in house depending on which channel to market is most efficient. Two Genovia products, DHA omega-3 which will be commercialized in early 2015, and astaxanthin, which will be produced by Genovia, provide examples of different paths to market.

Genovia Bio

GreenOnyx

The game-changing technology for providing fresh superfood to all. GreenOnyx has developed an automated mini-greenhouse, designed for urban settings such as restaurants, food stores or food companies, which grows an ancient super-vegetable family. It’s a perfect nutrition source and technology that the food industry needs today; it provides the majority of the health-promoting nutrients customers seek, while it blends unprocessed and fresh into almost any food without compromising taste.

KnipBio is a green biotechnology company that realizes that we are not only what we eat, but we are what our food eats too. KnipBio aims to harness the potential of synthetic biology to advance a single cell protein combining the attributes of protein-packed fish meal and carotenoids into one effective, affordable replacement to promote digestive health in a wide variety of important animals. KnipBio’s technological advancements will produce healthier, cleaner fish while reducing the need for over-fished feeder species leading to sustainable aquaculture.

KnipBio

Muufri is developing a way to make milk in breweries rather than animal farms. This is possible because they create the exact same proteins found in cow’s milk, and they assemble the complex structures that give rise to milk’s many functions. Compared to non-dairy alternatives, Muufri boasts superior nutrition and flavour while achieving new standards of sustainability, safety, and ethics. And because the critical components are identical to their bovine counterparts, Muufri integrates with the existing dairy supply chain.

Muufri

Nuritas™ is the first company in the world to use artificial intelligence and DNA analysis to find new disease-beating molecules in foodstuffs. These molecules are natural and have been found to maintain blood glucose levels, assist muscle recovery and reduce inflammation, with many more applications in the pipeline. Nuritas™ was recently named one of the most innovative start-ups in the world and in 2015, Forbes awarded Nuritas™ as the company most likely to “Reinvent America” through food.

Nuritas

SafeTraces is developing two disruptive solutions for food source assurance and food safety, based on patent protected DNA barcodes that are non-living, edible, odorless, tasteless and invisible. The SafeTracers™ are applied directly on food products or mixed in with liquid goods and are used to verify the product source and detect adulteration in minutes. SafeTracers™ can be also formulated to “mimic” the behavior of pathogens and validate, verify and monitor wash, sanitation and disinfection processes in real time.

SafeTraces

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