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19h30 – 22h30
Community dinner in Lisbon for all EIT Food Venture Summit participants
Meet and greet our pan-European community of leading start-up founders, corporate partners, and investors at a delicious dinner on the banks of the Tagus River in the ever-changing city of Lisbon
8h30 – 8h50
Venture Summit opens its doors
Registration and Coffee
8h50 – 9h10
Welcome to the 5th EIT Food Venture Summit
Andy Zynga
CEO EIT Food
9h10 – 9h30
Opening Keynote
How food tech innovation will contribute to a sustainable European ecosystem.
Manon Sarah Littek
Founding Partner at Green Generation Fund
9h30 – 11h00: Enjoy a European tour of the agri-food tech
start-up scene!
What are the main challenges faced by EU regions to successfully transform their food systems? What are their strengths and weaknesses to achieve this transformation through innovation? Who are the main players and (future) unicorns in these regions? What’s going on in:
Nordics-Baltics
Challenging times require outstanding solutions
Panel moderated by:
Marja-Liisa Meurice, EIT Food North-East Director with:
Johan Jörgensen
Founder and partner Sweden Foodtech
Mirva Lampinnen
Co-creation Manager at VTT and EIT FAN Hub Helsinki representative
Kristina Šermukšnytė Alešiūnienė
Director at Agrifood Lithuania DIH
Stella Spanou
Innovation Advisor at Aarhus University, Denmark
SOUTH
The appeal of the southern creative and entrepreneurial spirit
Panel moderated by:
Begoña Perez-Villareal, EIT Food South Director, with:
Gonçalo Amorim
Vice-chairman of the board Food 4 Sustainability and CEO BGI, Portugal
Amaia Egia
New Business Development Manager at Mondragon Business Development Centre, Spain
Peter Krüger
Founder and chairman of Agrifood-tech Italia
BENELUX/ France
The Growing Dynamic in France and the Benelux.
Panel moderated by Martine Van Veelen, EIT Food West Director, with:
Marie Breysse
Innovation Manager at ShakeUp Factory, France
Philippe Vanrie
European Affairs Manager at Wagralim Food Cluster, Belgium
Loet Rammelsberg
Program Director at StartLife, the Netherlands
DACH region
Shaping the regional agrifood ecosystem in the heart of Europe.
Panel led by Marie Ammann, Business Creation Manager at EIT Food CLC Central, with:
Katelijne Bekers
Co-founder and CEO at MicroHarvest
Jean-Gabriel Tarnaud
Venture Manager at Doehler Ventures
Robin Simsa
CEO at Revo Foods
North-western Islands
Panel moderated by Jayne Brookman, EIT Food Northwest Director, with:
Rebecca Lewis
New Business & Proposals Manager at Agri-EPI Centre
Simon Baty
Knowledge Transfer Manager (AgriFood) at Innovate UK KTN
Justine Vanhalst
Project Manager at Matís
11h00 – 11h30
Coffee break
11h30 – 12h00
Winning together – How to make start-up-corporate collaboration work (incl. Corporate Venturing Award Ceremony)
What works already well when it comes to start-up / corporate collaborations, where is need for improvement? In this session we aim to identify together with selected experts from our EIT Food community best practices of start-up / corporate collaboration models.
Interactive session moderated by Marie Brueser, Corporate Venture Manager at EIT Food.
Panellists:
Dragana Vukasinovic
Founder and CEO at Fauna Smart Technologies
Simon Maechling
Innovation Manager at Bayer Crop Science
In the second half of the session, we will present the first ever EIT Food Corporate Venturing Award to recognize the outstanding commitment and achievements of selected corporate partners.
12h00 – 12h25
Seed Investing in Tumultuous Times
Raising seed capital during the current rapidly changing market conditions is critical. At the same time, the climate and food system urgency to scale new technologies and business models has never been greater. This panel will discuss why raising the right investment from the right investors is critical, and how to go about this challenge.
Panel hosted by FoodSparks® by PeakBridge and moderated by Thomas Van Den Boezem, Principal Associate.
Panellists:
Eugen Kaprov
Associate at European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
Sebastian Jeschko
Co-founder at Kern Tec GmbH
Ninna Granucci
CEO and co-founder at Green Spot Technologies
12h25 – 13h25
Lunch break
13h25 – 13h50
Impact investing in the Agri-Food tech
What is behind the rise of impact investing in the agri-food sector? How do impact investors differ from “traditional VCs”? Are impact investors willing to sacrifice returns? How do you think like an impact investor to raise money? How do you measure impact performance and why is it important for start-ups raising funds?
Panel moderated by Martijn Blom, Manager for Benelux & Impact Funds Initiative Coordinator (EVPA – European Venture Philanthropy Association)
Panellists:
Eric Buckens
Director ABN AMRO Social Impact Fund
Guillaume Boury
Investment associate at Telos Impact
13h50 – 14h10
Start-up success story – Phytolon: Disruptive Solutions to Ancient Problems, Offered by Modern Biotechnology
Phytolon provides an ultimate solution to natural food coloring, soon to be adopted by leaders in the global food industry. Halim Jubran will speak about the path that Phytolon took to promote and scale its offering of natural food ingredients from fermentation.
Halim Jubran, Co-Founder CEO Phytolon
14h10 – 14h20
Introduction to the EIT Food mission framework
Andrew Carlin
Director of Strategic Programmes at EIT Food
14h20 – 14h35
Introduction to Impact Start-up Competition
Sharon Cittone
Co-founder Edible Planet Ventures
14h35 – 15h15
Mission: Healthier Lives through Food
How to increase health adjusted life years (HALYS) through food and what role technology plays? How to increase the availability of food products with improved nutritional profile to consumers, with reduced levels of salt, sugar, or trans and saturated fats?
15h15 – 15h45
Coffee break
15h45 – 16h25
Mission: A Net-Zero Food System
How to reduce CO2 and other significant environmental impacts in the food system?
How to increase the number of products on the market that use food waste, side-streams, alternative or new ingredients and improve environmental impact outcomes?
16h25 – 17h05
Mission: A Fully Transparent, Resilient and Fair Food System
How to reduce the cost burden attached to food insecurity and food safety issues?
How to increase Societal Return on Investment due to the adoption of technology improving transparency, traceability, or security across the food system?
17h05 – 17h15
Closing words
Benoit Buntinx
Director of Business Creation EIT Food
17h15 – 18h30
Cocktail
9h00 – 18h00
Discover a selection of +40 start-ups across our 6 focus areas (sustainable aquaculture, sustainable agriculture, protein diversification, circular food systems, targeted nutrition and digital food traceability), try their prototype, test their product, discuss a possible pilot project or evaluate an investment opportunity
Move to the Start-up Village place
9h00 – 18h00
Prepare for meetings in advance with the EIT Food portfolio booklet that will be shared with all registered participants and reserve a time slot for a quick or slow 1-on-1 meeting using our dedicated app. EIT Food team can help you to identify your targets! Take advantage of an adjacent room for quiet discussions and initiate promising collaborations.