Food’s Future Summit 2019
Event Information
Description
Our award-winning Food’s Future Summit is back for its third year. Over two days of talks, panels, discussions, showcases and meals, the Food’s Future Summit 2019 will gather change-makers, experts and conscious consumers to delve into key innovations, trends, and issues in the culinary and food technology ecosystems.
What will we be eating in the future?
How will our dining experience change?
How do we create a sustainable food cycle?
These are the key questions we seek to ask and address at the Food’s Future Summit.
The Summit has also included an international feature component since 2018, to learn from and be inspired by global efforts in this space. In 2019, we’re shining the spotlight on the San Francisco Bay Area, home to some of the world’s most innovative and influential companies and not to mention a dynamic and delicious culinary scene.
Meet our 2019 co-host GlobalSF - a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to paving the way for international companies to grow in the City of San Francisco while helping locally-based companies expand into global markets. GlobalSF is lining up a host of exciting speakers, chefs and participants from the Bay Area - expect valuable insights and inspiration from some of the pioneers leading the way into a sustainable food's future.
The goal of the Summit remains the same—we want to inspire and initiate change within the world of food: to recognise future-forward businesses; champion individuals behind critical causes; and empower consumers to make better-informed decisions about what they eat.
Watch last year's Summit video (https://www.foods-future.com/2018-highlights).
Come join us at this highly acclaimed and exciting event! For a taste of what’s to come, see our agenda below (subject to updates and changes. For the latest, please refer to www.foodsfuture.com):
Note: Coffee, breakfast, lunch and future-friendly snacks are included in each day's ticket price
Friday, 11 October 2019
8:30am
Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:00am
Opening Remarks
Headliner and experts sharing thoughts on our Food’s Future
Panel 1: The Next Gamble
Find out what the investors and Venture Capitalists are placing their bets and funding on, and why these will be next big food-related innovations.
Panel 2: Dining Trends - From SF to HK
Our signature panel of top restauranteurs sharing their thoughts and experiences on succeeding in the dining space, and the culinary intersections, influences and ingenuity shaping our food's future.
Panelists:
Tanya Holland, Executive Chef/Owner, Brown Sugar Kitchen (San Francisco)
Brandon Jew, Executive Chef/Owner, Mister Jiu’s (San Francisco)
Shane Osborn, Executive Chef/Owner, Arcane & Cornerstone (Hong Kong)
David Lai, Culinary Director, Fish School (Hong Kong)
Moderated by Alicia Walker, Editor in Chief, Foodie
Panel 3: Spotlight on San Francisco - Unicorn Thinking
Meet some of the leading firms and personalities from the SF Bay Area, learn about the latest technologies and trends coming out of Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, and how they can impact the global food space.
1:00pm
- Innovation Showcase Opens -
Asia’s newest groundbreaking companies display their latest innovations.
- Lunch Break -
Lunch supplied by Saladstop
We are planning a special “world’s first” demonstration during lunch break. Stay tuned for more information.
2:00pm
Afternoon Focus 1 - Futureproofing Food
Are science laboratories the new farms? We'll bring you up to scratch on the global state of alternative protein and take you on a 360-degree examination of the impact and issues surrounding protein alternatives beyond the IPO-hype and headlines. We will also explore how technology is improving what we eat and adding new dimensions to our dishes.
Primer: 2019 State of Play
Presentation by The Good Food Institute
Panel: The New Protein Pioneers
Panel: Enlightened Edibles - Putting the “Super” in Food
- Afternoon Break -
Future Friday: The Next Alternative Meats Beyond Burgers
Introduction of brand new future-forward products and tasting during afternoon break. Stay tuned for more information.
4:15pm
Afternoon Focus 2 - Dining Disruptions
Join us on a journey through the burgeoning space of new food technologies and innovations that are shaping the way we dine one byte at a time. Find out how data, AI, robotics and other newfangled technologies can change your menus, business and environmental impact.
Exclusive Launch Announcement
Panel: The Next Byte
Saturday, 12 October 2019
After each panel discussion, we will plan a 30 minute break.
10:00am
Registration and Networking Breakfast
- Innovation Showcase Opens -
10:45am
How To Be The Next Big Food Disruption
What does it take to be the next big thing in the food space? Find out how accelerators and incubators are nurturing the next generation of food disruptors and innovations.
11:45am
Blockchain In Our Food Chain
Move beyond the crypto frenzy and find out why and how blockchain applications in food supply and custody can address important food safety and security challenges.
12:30pm
- Lunch Break -
Lunch supplied by Beef & Liberty
1:30pm
Reducing our Carbon Food-print Post-Plastic Straws
Ways restaurants and F&B businesses to reduce impact on the environment - latest efforts on the sustainable front in restaurants and the food industry.
Artificially Intelligent Foods: Data Driven Diets
Food's future is getting personal. Does data know us better than we know ourselves? Find out how data and AI are helping to predict and pre-empt personalised dietary needs, and all the leading technologies making an impact on our dietary destinies.
Who are the flexitarians? Heard of sober-curiousity? How our increasing pursuit of wellness is reshaping the food and dining landscape.