September 12, 2023
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM
Welcome and Introduction
John Coates
Director, Energy Biosciences Institute
Mike Cheng
Advisor to the Dean & Executive-In-Residence, Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
Glenda Humiston
Vice President, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
9:20 AM - 10:05 AM
Keynote
Christine Birdsong
Undersecretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
10:05 AM - 10:20 AM
Break
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
Topic 1: The Challenge of Existing Food Systems
Moderator:
David Ackerly
Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley
Panelists:
David Zilberman
Professor, Robinson Chair, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
William Rosenzweig
Faculty Director, Sustainable Food Initiative, BerkeleyHaas
Kristine Madsen
Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Mark Linder
Co-Founder/President, Culinary Sciences
11:20 PM - 12:00 PM
Berkeley Spotlight: Pioneering Excellence in Agriculture and Food Tech
Brad Ringeisen
Executive Director, Innovative Genomics Institute
Sheng Luan
Chancellor's Professor and Chair, Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch (open forum)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Bakar BioEnginuity Hub and Labs Tours
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Topic 2: Production, Scaling, and Adoption of New Foods and Food Solutions
Moderator:
Brian Maiorella
Adjunct Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley
Panelists:
Koraljka Rade Kukic
Food & Beverage Application Director, Louis Dreyfus Company
Jason Ryder
CTO and Co-Founder, Oobli
Shannon Hall
CEO and Co-Founder, Pow.bio
Pat Brown
Founder, Impossible Foods
Yixiang Xu
Research Leader and Supervisory Research Food Technologist, USDA
Beth Zotter
CEO & Co-Founder, Umaro Foods
2:45 PM - 2:50 PM
Break
2:50 PM - 3:50 PM
Topic 3: Predictable Environmental, Social, Economics, and Health Impacts: The Good and the Bad
Moderator:
Corinne Scown
Vice President and Founder, Life-cycle, Economics, and Agronomy Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute
Panelists:
Kevin Klatt
Research Scientist and Instructor, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, UC Berkeley
Priera Panescu
Lead Scientist, Good Food Institute
Erin Hestir
Associate Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, UC Merced
Patricia Bubner
CEO and Founder, Orbillion Bio
3:50 PM - 4:05 PM
Break
4:05 PM - 4:50 PM
Venture Capitalists' Perspectives on New Food Investment Opportunities
Moderator:
Richard Lyons
Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Haas School of Business
Speakers:
Mark Gudiksen
Managing Partner, Piva Capital
Kulika Weizman
Principal, Creative Ventures
Kira Noodleman
Partner, Bee Partners
Alex Teng
Partner, Fifty Years
4:50 PM - 5:20 PM
Success Stories: Company Flash Talks
Moderator:
Sarah Klass
Postdoctoral Fellow, Keasling Lab, UC Berkeley
Speakers:
Joshua Nixon
Co-Founder and CTOPrime Roots
Kate Sullivan
Founder, Uncracked
Jessica Schwabach
CEO and Co-founder, Sundial Foods
Charles Denby
CEO & Co-founder, Berkeley Yeast
Kelly Pan
CEO and Co-founder, Impact Food
5:20 PM - 7:00 PM
Flavors of Innovation: Culinary Delights
Indulge in timeless reception favorites while discovering next-level culinary innovations from local trailblazers.