Program

Optional: Wageningen Campus Tour

UPDATE: At 9.30 am, all participants who have signed up for the Wageningen Campus Tour will gather at the Orion Building – the venue of F&A Next – to check-in and getting ready for the tour.

Trigger your imagination before going into conference, discover the Wageningen Campus ecosystem. Book your ticket for an inspiring two-hour guided tour (by Campus Touring Cars) in which some of the latest research developments and innovations within the Wageningen Campus ecosystem will be brought to light. Participants get the opportunity to have a look ‘backstage’ and to ‘feel & smell’ the groundbreaking techniques or products developed at the Wageningen University & Research. The tour also includes live demonstrations of products with business potential. The following four major locations will be visited at which two or more presentations will be given, while standing around the samples or machines.

1. It’s all about soil and soil life that our food requires (at the World Soil Museum),
2. It’s all about food innovation and the next generation vegan meat (at the Foodhall),
3. It’s all about state-of-the art research on more efficient, resilient and sustainable farming and horticulture (at NPEC – Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre)
4. It’s all about value creation: results of WUR-research with impact for society (at Plus Ultra II)

Limited seats! You can purchase a tour ticket when purchasing a ticket for F&A Next.

Onsite registration open

Opening F&A Next 2022

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  Rens de Jong

  Moderator

Panel - Food & Ag innovation on Wageningen Campus

Agrifoodtech innovation is thriving on Wageningen Campus. Students and researchers are developing data-driven and high-tech solutions to make food production, farming and horticulture more efficient, resilient and sustainable. Support is omni-present and growing, from accelerator programs to knowledge transfer & IP Services and sharing research facilities.

Four panelists will share their own views on how Wageningen is contributing to solving global challenges and how they are contributing personally.

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  Marcel van Poecke

  AtlasInvest Entrepreneurship Award
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  Feike Sijbesma

  Former CEO DSM | Supervisory Board Philips & Unilever
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  Birgit Dekkers

  CEO and Co-founder of Rival Foods
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  Sebastiaan Berendse

  Corporate Value Creation WUR

Progress on Transforming Global Food Systems

As President & CEO of World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Peter Bakker engages on a daily basis with CEOs of over 200 leading companies. He communicates a clear message: “the need to transform global food systems is more urgent than ever before, it is now or never. If you feel tomorrow will be the same as today, you are missing the sense of urgency for a radical change”.

In his opening key-note, Peter will share his views on what is needed, supported by tangible actions. Don’t expect a “doom and gloom” approach on climate emergency, the loss of nature and growing inequality but a story of opportunities for sustainable food production around the globe providing healthy diets. Business, well-established corporates and disruptive early-stage startups, unprecedented leadership and a shift in mindset are a pre-requisite for 9+ billion people to live well.

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  Peter Bakker

  President & CEO of World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

From creating the iPod, the iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat to investing in food and agtech… what can we learn from an entrepreneur and venture legend about investing in the technology transformation of food and agriculture?

At F&A Next in 2019, Tony shared his motivation: “The future of agriculture is going to be driven by the innovative small and midsize farmers. There are millions of family farms around the world and in countries with varying economic circumstances, which is why it is paramount for startups to think regional from the onset and to build products accordingly- designing differently for different areas around the world. By investing in these up-and-coming businesses, we can empower farmers with the tools to democratize the sector and drive real disruption and change.”

Tony is keen to revisit Wageningen and Adam Anders of Anterra Capital will question him on his latest investments in food & ag as well as his book Build, full of personal stories, advice and insights, to be released around F&A Next.

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  Tony Fadell

  Father of iPod, iPhone, Nest, Investor & Author
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  Adam Anders

  Managing Partner of Anterra Capital

Next Heroes in Food & Agtech

Showcasing promising emerging growth companies transforming food & ag, including a short Q&A with an investor panel.

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  Cameron Frayling

  Co-founder, Pivotal Earth
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  Katelijne Bekers

  Founder & CEO, MicroHarvest GmbH
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  Stefan Strohmer

  Co-founder & CEO, Orderlion
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  Olaf van der Veen

  Co-founder & CEO, Orbisk
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  Jewell Sparks (Judge)

  CEO BiTHOUSE Venture Group
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  Lars Langhout

  Co-founder & CEO, NoPalm Ingredients
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  Prateek Srivastava

  Co-founder & CEO, Terraview
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  Mark Kahn (Judge)

  Managing Partner Omnivore
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  Elisabeth Storm de Grave (Judge)

  Investment Principal, Invest-NL

Break

The True Value of Food

As of its beginning in 2016, Berry Marttin has been a strong supporter of F&A Next by contributing on stage multiple times. This time Berry will discuss the value of food. Current food prices don’t cover all benefits and costs related to food production and consumption. Simultaneously, trade-offs between various (environmental) effects complicate consumer food choices. How could these externalities be internalized while assuring healthy, nutritious and sustainable food is affordable for consumers and profitable for producers?

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  Berry Marttin

  Member of the Managing Board Rabobank

Panel - Alternative Proteins: Boom or Bust?

Health and environmental concerns have ignited demand for alternative proteins. And the industry is responding. The number of alternatives in meat, seafood, cheese and dairy is growing rapidly. So too is the number of investors looking for promising alternative proteins opportunities. As such, alternative proteins may easily be regarded as the holy grail to a more sustainable and carbon-neutral food system. Rightly so, or are we amidst a new hype that is bound to collapse? Are we becoming (too) blind-sided?

Three industry insiders will share their observations on the future of alternative proteins, including its challenges up to the alternatives for today’s alternative proteins.

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  Frank Giezen

  Managing Director & Founder Ojah
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  Erik Jan Ransdorp

  International Director R&D Better Meals, The Kraft Heinz Company
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  Kristen Rocca

  Principal, Unovis
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  Roland Snel

  Global Lead New Proteins & Technology, ADM
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  Alon Chen (Moderator)

  CEO & Co-Founder Tastewise

Panel - Consumer Behavior: Changing for Sustainability?

The COVID pandemic impacted consumption patterns in multiple ways. It led to the shutdown of the out-of-home market, boosting home grocery spend and meal-kit delivery. It pushed and transformed businesses to drive digitalization, likely to stay post-pandemic. Climate change and sustainability have become important to consumers when making food choices, but are they willing to pay for it with food prices on the rise?

Dick Boer (Nestlé), Maartje Frederiks (Plus Retail), Koen Boone (The Sustainability Consortium) and David Welch (Synthesis Capital) will share their insights and debate consumers’ appetite to contribute to a sustainable future of food in this panel discussion, moderated by Yoni Glickman (PeakBridge).

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  Dick Boer

  Non-Executive Board Member Nestle, former CEO Ahold Delhaize
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  Koen Boone

  Managing Director Europe The Sustainability Consortium
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  Maartje Frederiks

  Advisor online food & food retail, investor & Supervisory Board Member Plus Retail
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  Yoni Glickman (Moderator)

  Managing Director FoodSparks by PeakBridge
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  David Welch

  Co-founder & CSO, Synthesis Capital

Drinks & Conference Dinner