This panel will focus on:

- What are the challenges in both upstream & downstream processing when it comes to sustainability, and costs (i.e. energy/water use?)

o Sustainability/Energy Efficiency

o Capital/Operating Costs

o Cascade Processing/Side stream Valorization

o Collaboration between different players

o Product/Ingredient quality and consistency

- Why is there a need for collaboration between upstream & downstream processing companies?

- What are the possible innovations & solutions – and how can upstream & downstream processes complement each other?

o Energy efficiency (drying, milling, extrusion)

o New equipment innovations (spray drying vs ring drying)

o Fermentation

o How to integrate different techniques to optimize solutions?

- How to integrate to optimize solutions?

o What do the customers demand? What do they want? "