Agenda

Creativity + Commerce

Day One: October 28, 2022

9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast

 

10:00 AM
Opening & Welcome Remarks

 

10:05 AM
Keynote Presentation
Justin Kolbeck, Wildtype
Time to evolve: cultivated meat in 2022 and beyond

 

10:35 AM
Decellularized plant scaffolds for adipose tissue engineering
Vicky Andriessen, Mosa Meat

 

11:00 AM
Panel
Media development for the future– How to feed cells on a large scale
Moderator: Shiraz Ziya, Sartorius
Panelists:
Susanne Wiegel, Nutreco
Andrea Camattari, Ginkgo Bioworks
Grace Lee, Eppendorf

 

12:00 PM
Fireside Chat
Creative approaches to making cell-cultured meat a success
Joshua Errett, CULT Food Science
Shannon Theobald, Alternative Protein Consultant

 

 

12:30 PM
Vegan lunch options to be served

 

1:30 PM
Owning Your Audience: A Scientist’s Journey to Demystify Cultivated Meat

Dr. Kasia Gora, SCiFi Foods

 

1:45 PM
Commerce Track Presentation
Björn Örvar Ph.D., ORF Genetics

 

2:00 PM
Fireside Chat
Nicky Quinn, Aleph Farms
Alex Shirazi, SVCMS

 

2:30 PM
Scalability in the cultured meat sector
Timothy R. Olsen, PhD, MilliporeSigma

 

3:00 PM
Regulatory updates for cell-cultured meat
Brian P. Sylvester, 
Covington & Burling LLP
Jessica O’Connell, Covington & Burling LLP

 

3:30 PM
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Nutreco

 

4:00 PM
Panel
From Bioreactor to Table: Commercializing the next generation of meat technology
Moderator: Eric Schulze, PhD, Upside Foods
Azamat Kokov, Ivy Farm
Dr. Kris Chatrathi, Black & Veatch
Nur Guven Kuzey, MSc, MEng, Orbillion Bio
Andrew Noyes, GOOD Meat

 

 

5:00 PM
Creativity + Commerce

 

 

5:15 PM
Closing Presentation
Erik Chew, Sartorius

 

5:30 PM
Happy Hour + Networking
Under the Dome

Day Two: October 29, 2022

9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast

 

10:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Alex Shirazi, SVCMS


10:05 AM
Cultured Meat Government Advocacy
Eric Jenkusky, Matrix Food Technology


10:20 AM
Fireside Chat
Cultured Meat and Future Food Podcast Feature
Alex Shirazi, SVCMS
Katie Kam, PhD, PE, BioBQ

 

11:00 AM
Panel
Let’s Get Creative: Using innovative engineering solutions to solve cultivated meat’s biggest challenges
Moderator: Vicky Andriessen, Mosa Meat

Dr. Natalie Rubio, Ark Biotech
Deniz Kent, PhD, Prolific Machines Inc.
Yoonchan Hwang, SeaWith
Jordan Jones, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

 

12:00 PM
Vegan lunch options to be served

 

1:00 PM
Texture Analysis Workshop
Marc Johnson, Texture Technologies
Chandrashekhar Sonar, Ph.D., BlueNalu
Zane Starkewolfe, Optimized Foods
 


1:30 PM
A Restaurant Chef Surfing on a Cellular Agriculture Infrastructure
Dr. Yuki Hanyu, IntegriCulture

 

2:00 PM

Rebecca Kreipke, PhD, Molecular Devices

 

2:30 PM
Live Podcast Plantbased Business Hour: The Stages of Cellular Agriculture
Host: Elysabeth Alfano, VegTech Invest
Dr. Anne-Sophie Mertgen, Micro Meat
Peter Nesaei, OceanTastes, Inc.

 

3:00 PM
Coffee Break

 

3:30 PM

Climate Tech Presentation
Nate Salpeter, Sweet Farm / Snøcap


3:45 PM

Microbiota-derived Postbiotics: Alternative to Fetal Bovine Serum for Cultured Meat
Dr. Can Akcali, Biftek

 

4:00 PM
Panel
Cellular Agriculture and Beyond: Exploring industries beyond meat and seafood
Moderator: Dr. 
Bianca Lê, Mission Barns
Rio Stamler, California Cultured
Alexia Krispin, VitroLabs, Inc.
Minami Ogawa, Optimized Food

 

5:00 PM
Closing

Venue Information

Cultured Meat Symposium

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Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 95656

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