Innovation Forum - The Future of Food

This two-day business conference will identify the main areas of opportunity and innovation within the food and beverage industry. We’ll assess how business can react to consumer trends and expectations, whilst building sustainable, resilient agricultural supply chains.

Climate

This track will focus on how food and beverage companies can reduce emissions, help build climate resilience and tackle deforestation across value chains.

Farmers

This track will look at how business can work with farmers to build resilience down the supply chain and ensure a business model that attracts the farmers of the future.

Land

This track will highlight the leading practices in sustainable agriculture and explore initiatives which increase production whilst protecting the local environment.

Finance & Investment

This track will assess the role of finance in supply chain innovation and discuss how investors can drive the action required to create a sustainable food system.

200+ attendees | 60+ speakers | 28+ practical sessions

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The speakers

Kevin O'Donnell

General Mills

Sustainability Director, Worldwide Sourcing

Tina Owens

Danone

Senior Director of Agriculture

Mikel Hancock

Walmart

Senior Director, Sustainable Food & Agriculture

Marilyn Ceci

J.P. Morgan

Managing Director, Head of Green Bonds

Jon Hixson

Yum! Brands

Vice President of Government Relations and Global Citizenship

Sarah Ludmer

Kellogg Company

Senior Director Wellbeing and Regulatory

Mauro Pennella

McCain Foods

Chief Growth, Innovation and Sustainability Officer

Karen Christensen

Tyson Foods

Senior Director, Animal Welfare

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Agenda highlights

Key trends and market transformation: C-suite insights into sourcing trends, industry shifts and potential business model disruption
The decade of action on climate: How leading food brands can align targets and practices with consumer sentiment and 1.5 degrees
Provenance, nutrition and sustainability: The consumer trends and demands shaping the future of food
Sustainable agriculture practices: Leading examples of regenerative agriculture, responsible water management, biodiversity conservation and chemical use
Soil health: Best practice to tackle soil degradation and ensure the quality and health of your soil
The farmer perspective: How do farmer views, experiences and priorities differ from stated corporate policies and pledges

Investors driving climate action: How investors expect food companies to adapt to the growing urgency and gravity of climate change
Farmer resilience: What can business do to support and enable a sustainable business model for the farmers of the future?
Sustainable packaging: A look at the latest developments in product design to reduce your plastic footprint
Financing the future of food: How to create the right funding models and the role of VCs and start-ups in industry disruption and innovation
Zero-deforestation targets: What’s still standing in the way of food brands achieving 2020 targets?
A new era for transparency: How to build consumer trust and satisfy demand for information

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Why attend?

Discover best practices from industry leaders and get in-depth guidance on how to effectively implement policies

Meet & network with an influential audience of key stakeholders, including NGOs, business, government and supply chain actors

Benchmark company performance amongst a room of your peers and discover where you should be focusing efforts

What’s different about this forum?

Innovation Forum is:

Candid: Entirely off-the-record discussion that enables open and honest disclosure from speakers and genuine participation from the audience.
Practical: A clear focus on the practical and actionable guidance that can drive change throughout industries and supply chains.
Focused: We provide enough time, resources and expertise to the issues that really matter. We don’t skate the surface, but get to the crux of the issues to provide in-depth, constructive discussion.

Innovation Forum is NOT:

A PR platform: Enthusiastic speakers are NOT given free rein to fill a session presenting their companies, allowing no time to actually get to the crux of the issues.
A talking shop: This is NOT an opportunity for a group people in a room to simply agree with everything said, regardless of outcomes.
All promise, no delivery: We will NOT promise what we can’t deliver. The issues covered are complex. They won’t be solved at a two-day conference. But we will help deliver progress through in-depth, constructive and practical advice around specific issues.