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Main Venue - McNamara Alumni Center
Minneapolis - Explore The City
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October 13-15, 2026 Minneapolis, MN
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REGISTER INTEREST 2026
Agenda
Sponsors
Sponsors
Sponsor Interviews
Speakers
Who's Attending
Location
Main Venue - McNamara Alumni Center
Minneapolis - Explore The City
Photos
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REGISTER INTEREST 2026
Agenda
Sponsors
Sponsors
Sponsor Interviews
Speakers
Who's Attending
Location
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Minneapolis - Explore The City
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Adam Tarshis
CEO,
Mozza Foods
Alex Danelich
Global Vice President of Sales - Specialty Segment,
CPM Crown
Alyssa Williams
Category Insights Manager, F&B,
SPATE
Annie Ryu
CEO & Founder,
jack & annie's
Antonio Sullo
Head of Research & Development,
Amano Enzyme Europe, Ltd.
Auroni Majumdar
Vice President, R&D Global Open Innovation,
CJ CheilJedang
Bill Aimutis
Co-Director/Chief Operating Officer ,
Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein at North Carolina State University
Billy Whalen
National Sales & Marketing Director,
TiNDLE
Brett Casavant
Founder & CEO,
C-Merak
Brian Klopf
Protein Scientist,
MARS
Brian Ronholm
Director, Food Policy,
Consumer Reports
Brittany Moore
Program Manager, Product Intelligence,
SPINS
Bryan Clark
Senior VP of R&D, Food Safety & Quality,
SunOpta
Cara Harbstreet
Director of Nutrition,
Oatly
Caroline Keeley
Consultant & Ex-Rabobank,
Rabobank
Colin Cureton
Director of Commercialization, Adoption, and Scaling, University of MN Forever Green Initiative Co-Founder of Overstory Ventures, Midwest Hazelnuts, Manto Foods
Courtney Benson
Director, R&D,
BlueNalu
Craig Hanna
Founding Partner,
Power Sustainable Lios
Dale Bertrand
North American Technical Manager,
Avebe
David Benzaquen
CEO,
Mission: Plant
David VandenEinde
Vice President Food Ingredients Americas R&D Leader,
Cargill
Debbie Yaver
CSO Emeritus,
Nature's Fynd
Divek Nair
Applications Manager for Antimicrobial Innovation,
Kalsec
Ewa Pietrysiak
Director of Marketing & Innovation,
USA Pulses
Frédéric Baudouin
Lab Manager,
IMPROVE
Giovanna Hernandez
Sr R&D Director Frozen Foods,
Kellanova
Gordon Gregory
Founder,
NuBean Nutrition
Heather Courtney
Founding General Partner,
Alwyn Capital
Heidi Teoh
VP of R&D,
SunOpta
Hemani Batra
Technical Services Scientist ,
Novonesis
Indumathi Kangampalayam Palaniswamy
Applications Senior Scientist,
Novonesis
Jacob Boy
Product Manager, Bioprocess,
IKA
Jeff Gendelman
CEO,
Daring
Jim Richards
Founder & CEO,
Milkadamia
JoAnne Berkenkamp
Managing Director ,
MBOLD
John Baumgartner
Managing Director,
Mizuho Group
John Miles
President & Founder,
Microthermics
John Miller
Food Scientist,
Cargill
Julie Emsing Mann
Director ,
North Carolina Food Innovation Lab (NCFIL)
Kara Leong
Executive Director ,
iCAMP (Integrative Center for Alternative Meat & Protein) University of California, Davis
Kashif Khan
Global Strategy & Business Development Leader – Alternative Proteins,
Cargill
Kathryn Cook
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder,
NuCicer
Kathy Risch
Senior Vice President, Shopper Insights & Thought Leadership,
Acosta Group
Laura Yee
Sr Director Processing Engineering,
Upside Foods
Lisa Kushner
Regenerative Food Systems Manager,
The Nature Conservancy
Lissy Frantzen
Sales Engineer – Project Development,
endeco
Margie Best
Global Business Development Manager,
Ashland
Maria Chapellin
Director of Product Development,
Target
Maria Rossi Koller
Insights Manager ,
Bridge2Food
Mary Bonsall
Culinary Program Manager,
Forward Food Collaborative
Mary Rochelle
Marketing, Communications and Engagement Manager,
ISS Guckenheimer at Google
Megan Babb
Director of Business Management, Private Label,
SunOpta
Mehmet Caglar Tulbek
President,
Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre
Meir Wachs
CEO,
Kyomei
Michael Fox
CEO & Co-Founder,
Fable Foods
Michele Paz
R&D Director,
Califia Farms
Nathan Ahlgrim
Senior Academic Community Manager,
The Good Food Institute
Nicole Atchison
CEO,
Puris
Niveditha Ravishankar
Manager - R&D,
McCain Foods
Ofek Ron
Co-founder CEO,
Oshi
Pam Ismail
Director/Professor,
Plant-Protein Innovation Center/University of Minnesota
Prateek Jain
Global Product Manager,
ICL
Rajiv Dave
VP R&D,
Bettani Farms
Rajlaxmi Adwant
Chief of Staff,
Oobli
Sanah Baig
Executive Director,
Plant-based Food Institute
Sandeep Patel
Chairman & CEO,
Bettani Farms
Sara Balawjder
Director, Investments ,
Builders Vision
Sara Rosene
Associate Principal Scientist,
General Mills
Sarah Bolmer
Vice President - Product,
Triplebar
Sarah Franz
Executive Director,
The Healing Soil Foundation
Sarah Miller
Marketing Insights Director, NA Insights Lead,
Kerry
Stacey Fowler
Executive VP R&D,
Schwan's
Ted Barber
Chief Commercial Officer,
SCO2, Inc.
Tiffany Stephenson
CMO,
Protein Industries Canada
Tim York
CEO,
v2food
Tom Ferguson
CFO,
Onego Bio
Vincent Brain
General Manager,
Bridge2Food
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