WHAT AND WHY?
The Good Food Institute’s (GFI) conference is the world’s leading event focused on accelerating the marketplace for plant-based and cell-based meat, two promising food technologies that will allow us to feed almost 10 billion people by 2050.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
We’re bringing together the scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and companies working in plant-based meat, cell-based meat, and supporting technologies. If you want to be part of the plant-based and cell-based meat future, this event is for you!
WHAT TO EXPECT
Get the latest on cutting-edge plant-based and cell-based meat research, hear strategies and insights for industry growth, and gain insights into evolving consumer sentiment.
2019 World Class Speakers
Tom Mastrobuoni
Tom is the Chief Financial Officer and a founding partner of Tyson Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, the largest food company in the US. He has led the Tyson Ventures investments in and sits on the boards of Beyond Meat (exited), FoodLogiQ, Big Idea Ventures and New Wave Foods
Lavanya Anandan
Lavanya is the Head of Partnerships & External innovation, within the Strategy & Transformation group at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a global life science and pharmaceutical company.
Uma Valeti, MD
Uma is a cardiologist, entrepreneur, and the CEO and co-founder of Memphis Meats. Memphis Meats is the world’s leading company producing cell-based meat: real meat grown directly from animal cells without the need to raise animals.
Patty Trevino
Patty Trevino has 20 years of marketing experience leading innovation, marketing communications, and brand strategy for CKE, Bloomin’ Brands, Burger King Corporation, and Procter and Gamble.
Sara Young
Sara Young is General Manager of Kellogg’s US Frozen Veggie category. She oversees one of the leading plant-based protein brands, MorningStar Farms, which offers a breadth of options including the number one veggie burger to chicken nuggets and breakfast sausage.
Seth Goldman
Seth Goldman is Executive Chair of Beyond Meat, which just had the most successful IPO of 2019 and is now in over 33,000 grocery stores, restaurants, hotels, universities, and beyond.
Ann Veneman
Ann M. Veneman has a distinguished career in public service, serving as the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) from 2005 to 2010 and as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2001 to 2005.
Christy Lebor
Christy Lebor is Global Innovation Lead for JBS – the world’s largest protein company – where she is responsible for creating revenue opportunities focused on the future of protein.
2019 Sponsors
