FFA2019 Agenda | Future Food Asia

DAY 1 –	Monday, June 3 \| Matrix Auditorium @ Biopolis
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Registration & Networking
2:00 – 2:05 pm	Introduction to Future Food Asia 2019
2:05 – 2:15 pm	The Journey of AgriFoodTech in APAC
	*Isabelle Decitre, Founder & CEO – ID Capital*
2:15 – 3:00 pm	Panel Discussion: Of Buds & Bytes: Is AI the future of food?


	Is Deep Tech the future of food?
	With the AgriFood industry often considered among the least innovative, can industry stakeholders leverage AI (as an example of deep tech) to tackle perpetual problems and catch up?
	How can the AgriFood industry leverage AI to help increase trust and predictability from farm to fork?
	Cost effective and scalable models are a pre-requisite for new technologies in the food industry, does AI make the cut?
	AI needs data. Collection of data comes with a cost. How much of that cost can be pushed on to the consumer?
	A 1st question for all will allow each panelist to introduce himself / herself: what has changed in the Food industry and how has Deep Tech affected your business?

	Nathan Anderson, Co-founder and CEO – ScanTrust
	Michael Dean, Founding Partner – AgFunder
	Kwan Chungmin, Partner – Yusarn Audrey
	Dr. Ian Roberts, Chief Technology Officer – Bühler
	Takashi Koyama, Partner – Open Meals
	Dr. Derek Wang, General Manager – Alibaba Cloud Singapore
	Moderator: Thomas Hayes, Analyst – Lux Research

3:00 – 3:20 pm	Key Note Address: Guest of Honor
	*Ambassador ONG Keng Yong, Ambassador-at-Large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs*
3:20 – 3:35 pm	Bühler Group’s perspective on innovation and disruption in AgriFood
	*Dr. Ian Roberts, Chief Technology Officer – Bühler*
3:35 – 3:40 pm	Intro AgriFood AI Challenge : Alibaba Cloud x Bühler
3:40 – 4:15 pm	Presentation by the Winners of the AI Challenge
4:15 – 4:45 pm	Networking Coffee Break
4:45 – 5:00 pm	Key Note Address: Guest of Honor
	*Dr. Erich ERBER, Founder & President – ERBER AG*
5:00 – 5:45 pm	Panel Discussion: Soilless crops, not soulless food

	The challenge of domestic food production is obvious in land-constrained Singapore, but it is no less critical in other Asian countries where urbanization is eating up the productive land, pushing food production further and further away.
	Urban agriculture and its high-tech variants have attracted much government support and VC funding over the last years. So have alternative proteins, whether insects, plant proteins emulating (or not) animal proteins or lab-grown meat.
	With a few years of hindsight on this trend fueling the VC space, how can we tell which new propositions make good business sense? Are consumers ready to accept them?

	Erich Erber, Founder & President – ERBER AG
	Ralph Graichen, Director, Food and Consumer – A*STAR Singapore
	Nicola Kerslake, Founder – Contain Inc
	Nitza Kardish, CEO – Trendlines Agrifood Pte. Ltd., Vice Chair – Agrifood Innovation Centre Pte. Ltd.
	Shen Ming Lee, Author and Fund Fellow – FoodFutureCo, Founder – Fresco Foods
	Moderator: Stefanie Beitien, Director of Partnerships – Eco-Business

5:45 – 6:00 pm	Award Distribution of Alibaba x Bühler Challenge Winners
6:00 – 6:15 pm	Closing Remarks
6:30 – 9:30 pm	Networking Cocktail Event at Bodacious Bar & Bistro

DAY 2 –	Tuesday, June 4 \| Matrix Auditorium @ Biopolis
8:00 – 8:50 am	Registration & Networking
8:50 – 9:00 am	Introduction to Day 2 of Future Food Asia 2019
9:00 – 9:20 am	Key Note Address
	*Pam Marrone, CEO and Founder – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc*
9:20 – 10:10 am	Startups Take The Stage : Future Food Asia Finalists
	*AgNet (China) – Steven Zhang*
	*Biotelliga (New Zealand) – Damien Fleetwood*
	*Inong Agriculture (Taiwan) – Lai Cheng Yu*
10:10 – 10:55 am	Panel Discussion: If you ate today, thank a smallholder farmer: The challenge of innovating for small holder farmers

	Incremental food production requirement is forecast to mainly come from small holders. How can innovators adjust their business models to make novel solutions relevant to smallholder farmers?
	Digital connectivity in Asia Pacific has said to have reached 50%, has the surge in ICT benefited the smallholder?
	Could digitization help smallholders with increasing production, market linkages and inclusive financing?

	Jeffrey Khoo, Head, Food and Agribusiness Sales, Asia – Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
	Hemendra Mathur, Co-founder – ThinkAg
	Uma Surana, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist (Agribusiness) – Sustainable Development and Climate Change- Asian Development Bank
	Keejoon Shin, Founder & CEO – E Green Global Co., Ltd
	Peter Huang – President of Greater China – Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDupont
	Moderator: Ahmed Javed,* Senior Market Engagement Manager – mAgri GSMA*

10:55 – 11:25 am	Networking Coffee Break
11:25 – 12:15 pm	Startups Take The Stage : Future Food Asia Finalists
	*Jai Kisan (India) – Adriel Maniego*
	*MPT AgTech (Australia) – David Finlay*
	*Rapid Aim (Australia) – Nancy Schellhorn*
12:15 – 1:00 pm	Panel Discussion: There is CORN in UNICORN: Can agrifoodtech attract deeptech and domain-agnostic VCs?

	Sometimes considered impact investing and sometimes the next big thing, how do investors perceive AgriFoodTech start-ups?
	What additional caveat emptor conditions do investors need to know before investing in AgriFoodTech start-ups?
	How can AgriFoodTech start-ups in Asia Pacific better position themselves to raise capital from various different types of investors?
	Pam Marrone, CEO and Founder – Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
	Victoria de la Huerga, Vice President, Investor Relations and ADM Ventures – Archer Daniels Midland Company
	Hemendra Mathur, Co-founder – ThinkAg
	Justin Gong, Co-Founder & Vice President – XAG
	Hian Goh, Founder and Partner – Openspace Ventures Pte Ltd
	Moderator: Ann Koh, Reporter – Bloomberg News

1:00 – 2:15 pm	Lunch Break

2:15 – 3:20 pm	Startups Take The Stage : Future Food Asia Finalists
	*SaliCrop (Israel) – Dotan Borenstein*
	SatSure (India) – Prateep Basu
	*THE.WAVE.TALK (South Korea) – Vladimir Mun*
	*uLikeKorea (South Korea) – Steve Sae Kim*
3:20 – 4:05 pm	Panel Discussion: 5.5 Billion by 2050: What is Asia’s Role

	This conversation takes place in the context of a changing balance of power. Niall Ferguson, one of the world’s most influential and controversial historians, wrote in 2011 “The West and the Rest”, considering Western civilization’s rise to global dominance as the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. Parag Khanna, specialist of international relations, publishes in 2019 “Is the Future Asian?”
	With the backdrop of growing intra-Asian trade, accelerated by the Belt and Road Initiative, with 5.5 bn people living in the region by 2050, the significance of Asia in the Future of Food cannot be ignored. Will we soon talk about “The East and the Rest”?
	Lisa Sweet, Head, Business Strategy, Centre for Global Public Goods – World Economic Forum
	Pablo Erat, Co-Founding Partner – Pioneering Ventures
	Peter Kennedy, Managing Director of Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund – CLSA Capital Partners (Singapore) Pte Ltd
	Stephan Titze, President – Incitec Pivot Fertilizers
	Surachet Tanwongsval, Vice-President and General Manager, Institutional, Asia Pacific – Ecolab
	Moderator: Gary Scattergood, Regional Head- APAC – William Reed / FoodNavigator-Asia
4:05 – 4:30 pm	Networking Coffee Break
4:30 – 5:00 pm	Startups Take The Stage : StartupSG Winners
	*Intello Labs (India) – Tanmay Bhargava*
	*Phyto Corporation (South Korea) – Deuk-Hoi (Duke) Kim*
	*Shiok Meats (Singapore) – Sandhya Sriram*
	*VakSea (USA) – Mihir Pershad*
5:00 – 5:10 pm	Key Note Address & Distribution of StartupSG Prizes
	Ted Tan, Deputy CEO – Enterprise Singapore
5:10 – 5:20 pm	Announcing & Distribution of the ADB Ventures Grant Winners
5:20 – 5:35 pm	Announcing & Distribution of the Future Food Asia 2019 Winner
	Future Food Asia Jury Panel
5:35 – 5:45 pm	Closing Remarks
5:45 – 6:30 pm	Networking & Media Interviews