PROGRAM
1.15 Optional light lunch
1.30 Registration and visit of the startup exhibition
2.00-3.15 Plenary
- Welcome by Suzanne Hraba-Renevey President & Co-Founder of BusinessIn
- The canton of Zurich: an innovation hub in the agrifood sector
Fabian Streiff, Director of the Economic Promotion, Canton Zurich - Innovating in a traditional food producing SME: challenges and opportunities
Catherine Cunin, CEO, Blattmann Schweiz AG - Plant-based meat with improved taste and texture thanks to technologies
Susanne Miescher Schwenninger, Professor & Head Research Group Food Biotechnology, ZHAW
Patrick Rühs, Head of Science, Planted
3.15-4.15 Round table moderated by Roland Wyss-Aerni, Editor-in-Chief foodaktuell.ch
- Linda Grieder-Kern, CEO & Founder, RethinkResource GmbH
- Martijn Sonnevelt, Executive Director, ETH Zurich World Food System Center
- Jérôme Meyer, Country Managing Director, Aldi Suisse AG
- Bartosz Jesse, Partner, McKinsey & Company
- Bianca Campos, Deputy CEO & Program Manager, swissnex in Brazil
4.15-5:00 Coffee Break, 1:1 Meetings and visit of the startup exhibition
5.00-6.00 Breakouts
- Achievements and challenges of tech transfer:
Case study by YASAI, fenaco, Agroscope and ZHAW
Mark Zahran, co-Founder and CEO, YASAI
Daniel Schwab, National level Manager, fenaco - International Perspectives
Kathrin Rüegg, Innovation & Technology Advisor, Innosuisse
Florian Berner, Company Advisor Zürich Region Euresearch
Mélusine Perrier, Project Manager Switzerland Global Enterprise - Open Exploration on Resource Efficiency at the Innovation Booster “Swiss Food Ecosystems”
Marina Helm-Romaneschi, Marketing and Strategy Manager, Swiss Food Research
Joël Reinhard, Innovation Manager, Cluster Food & Nutrition
6.00-6.30 Plenary:
- Optimizing Resources: Walking the Talk
Christoph Mayr, Co-Founder and CEO at MIRAI FOODS, Switzerland
6.30-7.00 Cocktail, networking and visit of the startup exhibition
The goal of the event series is to help actors along the value chain to initiate technology-based innovation projects thanks to connections with R&D centers. Thus optimizing their processes, products and business models, contributing to their development while positively impacting the sustainability of the agri-food ecosystem.