Speakers

Our speaker lineup for F&A Next 2026

Stay tuned as we unravel our program. Dozens of speakers will be added in due time.

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Nicola Harrison

Managing Director StartLife

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Eva de Mol

Co-founder and Partner at Capital

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Scott Stern

Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management

Panellist

Anna El Tahchy

Founder Director and Chief Technical Officer at Nourish Ingredients

Judge

Victor de Leeuw

Principle Seed at Graduate Ventures, Venture Capital Investor

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Michiel Scheffer

President of the board at European commission

Judge

Maximillian Souvereyns

Investment Associate af Forbion

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Dr. Gali Artzi

VC Partner & CTO at PeakBridge

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Maha Tahiri

Co-founder and CEO of S2B group

Panellist

Gianpiero Menza

Senior Manager, Partnerships & Innovative finance at CGIAR

Panellist

Kim de Boer

Impact Investor & Partner at BVP Capital

Panellist

Nicoline van Gerrevink

Head of Food System Transition

Panellist

Nikita Sajeev

Manager Thematic Cluster Agri-Food Biotechnology

Panellist

Emanuele Pizzigalli

Group Chief Research and Innovation Officer

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Richard Harrison

Managing Director Plant Sciences Group WUR

Panellist

Roman Bosl Werner

Managing Director

Panellist

Cindy Gerhardt

Managing Director Planet-B.io at the Biotech Campus Delft

Panellist

Vijay Chauhan

GlobalSTL Lead at BioSTL

Panellist

Ryan Rapp

President & CEO of Terrana Biosciences | Origination Partner at Flagship

Panellist

Rik Pantjes

Teamlead Agrifood Business Development bij Invest-NL

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Sebastiaan Berendse

Director Value Creation & Impact | WUR

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Francisco Jardim

Founding Partner @ SP Ventures | Venture Capital, Start-ups

Moderator

Adam Anders

Managing Partner | Anterra Capital

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Alex Datema

Director of Food & Agri Netherlands | Rabobank

Host

Rens de Jong

Panellist

Nicolas Weber

Co-founder | Voltiris

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Sjoukje Heimovaara

President of the Executive Board |
Wageningen University & Research

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Feike Sijbesma

Former CEO | DSM, Chair | Philips, Co-Chair | Global Centre on Adaptation, Founder | Darwin International

Judge

Christian Brix Tillegreen

Director Planetary Health | BioInnovation Institute

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Daan Wilms van Kersbergen

Investor | The Yield Lab Europe

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Martijn Bekker

Expertise Leader Microbial Cell Factories | Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

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Willem Ruster

Sustainability Management in Agri & Food | WUR

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