17 - 18 October 2019 Las Vegas, USA Day 1 Thursday 17 October Food ingredients Theater 10:00 Welcome Address by Julien Bonvallet, Brand Director Food ingredients North America Protein Spotlight Chair: Kinga Swiderska, Senior Content Producer, Informa Markets 12:20 Title: The cell-based seafood revolution Speaker: Mike Seldon, Co-Founder, CEO, Finless Foods 13:00 Title: What’s happening in protein? A look at product development and trends Speaker: Lynn Dornblaser, Director Innovation & Insight, Mintel 13:40 Title: Non-plant based protein alternatives: insects, bacteria, fungus, and algae Speaker: Patrick Crowley, Founder, Chapul Farms 14:20 Title: Follow plant proteins as they jump categories, flirt with consumers, and promote health benefits Speaker: Suzy Badaracco, President, Culinary Tides, Inc. Clean Label Update 1 15:00 Title: Unleashing the power of Fungi to create clean label ingredients Speaker: Anthony Clark, Chief Science Officer, MycoTechnology, Inc. 15:40 Title: Clean Label: addressing both symptoms and causes Speaker: Eric Pierce, Vice President of Business Insights, NEXT Data & Insights 16:20 Title: Reaching nutrition 3.0 with better food ingredient technology Speaker: Riana Lynn, CEO, Journey Foods Julien Bonvallet Brand Director Food ingredients North America Riccardo Accolla Director of Digital Food Science Ripe.io Mike Seldon Co-Founder, CEO Finless Foods Lynn Dornblaser Director Innovation & Insight Mintel Patrick Crowley Founder Chapul Farms Suzy Badaracco President Culinary Tides, Inc. Anthony Clark Chief Science Officer MycoTechnology, Inc. Eric Pierce Vice President of Business Insights NEXT Data & Insights Riana Lynn CEO Journey Foods 11:00 Title: The push-pull between health and indulgence Speaker: Lynn Dornblaser, Director Innovation & Insight, Mintel 11:40 Title: Blockchain as a tool to enhance traceability and quality across the food and ingredient lifecycle Speaker: Riccardo Accolla, Director of Digital Food Science, Ripe.io Lynn Dornblser Director Innovation & Insight Mintel Kinga Swiderska Senior Content Producer Informa Markets www.figlobal.com/northamerica