Abby Lyall
Program Director,
Big Idea Ventures (United States)
Andrew Beasley
Commercial Director,
3F BIO (United Kingdom)
Andrew Ive
General Managing Partner,
Big Idea Ventures (United States)
Barbara Jacobs
Application Manager,
DSM (Netherlands)
Ben Sussna
Head of Marketing and Innovation ,
Quorn (United States)
Bill Greuel
Chief Executive Officer,
Protein Industries Canada (Canada)
Brad Goudy
President,
Faba Canada (Canada)
Chris Anderson
CTO,
Protein Industries Canada (Canada)
Chuck Penner
Entrepreneur - Owner,
LeftField Commodity Research (Canada)
Cindy Brown
President,
Global Pulse Confederation (United Arab Emirates)
Claire Abbott
Head of R&D Programme Management,
Quorn (United States)
Dan Garland
Head of Innovation,
Hain Daniels (United Kingdom)
Dan Y. Altschuler Malek
Managing Partner,
Unovis Asset Management & New Crop Capital (United States)
Dave Dzisiak
COO,
Botaneco (Canada)
Denis Trémorin
Director Sustainability,
Pulse Canada (Canada)
Dr. Dave Greenshields
Director Research & Development,
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (Canada)
Dr. Fabio Talamo
Sales Manager,
VOMM Impianti e Processi SpA (Italy)
Dr. Julianne Curran
Vice President Market Innovation,
Pulse Canada (Canada)
Dr. Jurriaan Mes
Expert leader Food Health Research,
Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands)
Dr. Marieke Bruins
Senior scientist ,
Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (Netherlands)
Dr. Shannon Hood-Niefer
VP - Vice President,
Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre (Food Centre) (Canada)
Dr. Shelley Balanko
Senior Vice President,
The Hartman Group, Inc. (United States)
Dr. Stacy Pyett
Program Manager Proteins for Life,
Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands)
Dr. Yongfeng Ai
Professor,
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Erik Westblom
CEO / President / VP,
Provision Analytics (Canada)
Frank de Boeff
Entrepreneur - Owner,
Bodec (Netherlands)
Frank Hrach
Vice President, Process Engineering,
ST Equipment & Technology (United States)
Gabriela Perez-Hernandez
Sr. Manager R&D External Partnerships,
Kellogg’s (United States)
Geoff Bryant
Technical Director,
Quorn (United States)
Gerard Klein Essink
Founder & CEO,
Bridge2Food (Netherlands)
Hailey Jefferies
Co-Founder,
Prairie Fava (Canada)
Henrik Lund
Founder & CEO,
Naturli’ Foods (Denmark)
Jacques Guibaud
F&B Crossflow Product Manager,
Pall (United Kingdom)
Jan Bühler
PhD Student,
Wageningen Food & Biobased Research (Netherlands)
Jeff Casper
Director of Research & Food Applications ,
Merit Functional Foods (Canada)
Ken Gossen
Executive Director,
Food Processing Development Centre (Canada)
Kushal Chandak
Vice President of R&D,
Puris Foods (United States)
Leslie Ewing
Executive Director,
Plant-Based Foods of Canada (Canada)
Marie-Claude Bibeau
Honourable Minister,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) (Canada)
Matt Yurgec
Business Scientist and Manager, Global Dairy and Plant-Protein Applications,
Ingredion (United States)
Melissa Machen
Senior Technical Service Specialist, Protein,
Cargill (United States)
Michele Simon
Executive Director,
Plant Based Foods Association (United States)
Nadav Berger
Founder, Managing Partner,
PeakBridge (Israel)
Panchali Chakraborty
Technical Director, Savory and Snacks, Givaudan Flavors Corporation,
Givaudan (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Gert Jan Euverink
Managing Director ,
Carbohydrate Competence Center (CCC) (Netherlands)
Prof. Dr. James House
Professor and Head of Department,
University of Manitoba (Canada)
Prof. Dr. Lingyun Chen
Canada Research Chair, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science,
University of Alberta (Canada)
Prof. Dr. Luc van Loon
Professor of Physiology of Exercise and Nutrition,
Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Prof. Dr. Michael Nickerson
Department Food and Bioproduct Sciences,
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
Riana Lynn
CoFounder & CEO,
Journey Foods (United States)
Robin Young
Chief Operating Officer,
Food Development Centre (Canada)
Sam Newman
Strategic Partnerships,
Tastewise (Israel)
Silvia Schnicker
Head of Marketing - Americas,
Roquette (China)
Steven Gumeny
Regional Product Manager Rice Ingredients and Functional Proteins,
Beneo (Germany)
Tammi Higgins
Global Business Unit Head Coloration and Real Food Ingredients,
Lycored (United States)
Vinciane Patelou
Director,
ENSA-European Plant-Based Foods Association (Belgium)