THE NETHERLANDS | The 2024 Future of Nutrition Summit is geared up to host high-level discussions on the challenges, trends, and technologies shaping the future of the food and beverage industry.
Esteemed experts will tackle subjects such as the application of AI in innovation, food as medicine, and the development of resilient and sustainable food systems.
The Summit will offer food industry stakeholders a day of inspiration and collaboration through cutting-edge content and peer-to-peer networking. The speaker line-up includes high-profile personalities from PepsiCo, Unilever, and Amazon.
“The Future of Nutrition Summit is more than a conference. It is a forum for thought leaders to discuss critical challenges, for those working in the industry to benefit from insights from the most brilliant minds in the business, and for change makers and innovators to connect and craft tangible solutions,” said Yannick Verry, Brand Director, Food Ingredients Europe and Americas.
“We urge visitors to maximise their value from Fi Europe by taking advantage of this unmissable opportunity.”
Food futurist Tony Hunter will open the stage by sharing his thoughts on how the global food system might be reimagined to meet the challenge of feeding a growing global population.
Next up will be Marianne O’Shea, VP of Global Life Sciences at PepsiCo, who will provide exclusive insights into how one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies has integrated nutritional science into product development to enhance global health outcomes.
The narrative will shift to ‘food as medicine’ when Susan Kleiner of High-Performance Nutrition takes the stage. Nard Clabbers of NCNC Nutrition Consultancy, Dr Alex Hein of Bright Green Partners, and Gil Horsky of FLORA Ventures will then expand on this theme in a panel discussion about how the food industry can innovate for health, sustainability, and growth.
Nuritas CEO Nora Khaldi will round off the morning sessions by delving into how AI can empower food businesses to innovate faster and meet modern consumer demands. The tech focus will continue after lunch, with Qina founder Mariette Abrahams discussing how data can be mined to unlock new product development and business opportunities.
This will be followed by a panel discussion during which Justin Honaman from Amazon Web Services, Marcelo Olivera from Unilever, Matias Muchnick from NotCO and Francis Taloen from Küne & Company will exchange views on the AI and tech-driven innovations shaping the future of food.
There will be another change of tone mid-afternoon when Samantha Garwin of GreenWave shares actionable steps food businesses can take to decarbonise supply chains by pioneering the use of seaweed. Nicolas Bordenave, Research Director with the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), will deliver the closing address on ‘futureproofing food and health’.
The Summit, which is paid-for, in-person-only, will take place on the 18th of November, the day before Fi Europe 2024, at the Mövenpick Hotel, Frankfurt.
