Being home to over 85% of the world’s smallholder farmers, they are the backbone of food production in Asia. What solutions can APAC entrepreneurs build to assist them with information & connectivity?
With increasing urbanization and evolving eating habits, Asia will need to increase food production by 70%. Can innovation help feed the growing and more demanding middle class of Asia Pacific?
Eastern ingredients find their way in leading meat alternatives and Asian companies are an integral part of new tech such as AI and Blockchain. Which APAC startup will emerge as the unicorn in the FoodTech sector?

ADB Venture Prize Winners

Future Food Asia 2019 Start-up Finalist Cohort

THE.WAVE.TALK detects bacteria in liquids much faster than conventional technologies. We target to save millions of hours spent just waiting for the result by decreasing test time from days to hours (applications from water/beverage plants to water purifiers at home). Moreover, by applying AI, we are able not only to detect but also identify bacteria.

Startup SG Grant Winners

VakSea uses insect larvae to biomanufacture functional feed additives that protect farm-raised fish and shrimp from disease. Using its innovative insect larvae production platform, VakSea can produce large-scale quantities of affordable protein-based feed additives for a variety of purposes, starting with preventing viral disease outbreaks on shrimp aquaculture farms.

Future Food Asia 2019 Speakers & Jury Panel 

Victoria DE LA HUERGA
Victoria DE LA HUERGA
Vice President, Investor Relations and ADM Ventures
Archer Daniels Midland Company
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Victoria DE LA HUERGA

Vice President, ADM Ventures
Archer Daniels Midland Company

Isabelle DECITRE

Isabelle DECITRE

Founder & CEO
ID Capital
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Isabelle DECITRERGA

Founder & CEO
ID Capital Pte. Ltd.

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Director, Food and Nutrition, Biomedical Research Council
A*STAR Singapore
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Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Director, Food and Nutrition, Biomedical Research Council
A*STAR Singapore

Gerard JACQUIN

Gerard JACQUIN

Former Director of Partnerships, Transfer and Innovation
INRA
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Gerard JACQUIN

Former Director of Partnerships, Transfer and Innovation
INRA

Ambassador ONG Keng Yong

Ambassador ONG Keng Yong

Ambassador-at-Large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Dr. Pablo ERAT

Dr. Pablo ERAT

Co-Founding Partner
Pioneering Ventures 

Hemendra MATHUR

Hemendra MATHUR

Co-founder
ThinkAg 

Dr. Nitza KARDISH

Dr. Nitza KARDISH

CEOTrendlines 

Hian GOH

Hian GOH

Founder, Partner
Openspace Ventures Pte Ltd 

Dr. Ian ROBERTS

Dr. Ian ROBERTS

Chief Technology Officer
Bühler 

Peter KENNEDY

Peter KENNEDY

Managing Director of Clean Resources Asia Growth Fund
CLSA Capital Partners Singapore 

Dr. Erich ERBER

Dr. Erich ERBER

Founder & President
ERBER AG 

Victoria DE LA HUERGA

Victoria DE LA HUERGA

Vice President, Investor Relations and ADM Ventures 

Justin GONG

Justin GONG

Co-Founder & Vice President
XAG 

Nicola KERSLAKE

Nicola KERSLAKE

Founder
Contain Inc 

Shen Ming LEE

Shen Ming LEE

Author and Fund Fellow
FoodFutureCo 

Keejoon SHIN

Keejoon SHIN

CEO & Founder
E Green Global 

Ted TAN

Ted TAN

Deputy Chief Executive OfficerEnterprise Singapore 

Dr. Derek WANG

Dr. Derek WANG

General Manager
Alibaba Cloud Singapore 

Ahmed JAVED

Ahmed JAVED

Senior Market Engagement Manager
GSMA 

Tim HILL

Tim HILL

Managing Director
South East Asia Business Research 

Michael DEAN

Michael DEAN

Founding Partner; AgFunder

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Dr. Ralph GRAICHEN

Director, Food and Consumer
A*STAR, Singapore 

Jeffrey KHOO

Jeffrey KHOO

Head, Food and Agribusiness Sales, Asia
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions 

Dr. Pam MARRONE

Dr. Pam MARRONE

CEO and Founder
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc 

Lisa SWEET

Lisa SWEET

Head, Business Strategy, Centre for Global Public Goods
World Economic Forum 

Surachet TANWONGSVAL

Surachet TANWONGSVAL

Vice President and General Manager, Institutional, APAC
Ecolab 

Stefanie BEITIEN

Stefanie BEITIEN

Director, Partnerships
Eco-Business 

Thomas HAYES

Thomas HAYES

Analyst
Lux Research 

Isabelle DECITRE

Isabelle DECITRE

Founder & CEO 

Peter HUANG

Peter HUANG

President of Greater China
Corteva Agriscience 

Takashi KOYAMA

Takashi KOYAMA

Partner
OPEN MEALS / DENTSU 

Kwan Chung MIN

Kwan Chung MIN

Partner
Yusarn Audrey 

Nathan ANDERSON

Nathan ANDERSON

Co-founder and CEO
ScanTrust 

Stephan TITZE

Stephan TITZE

President
Incitec Pivot Fertlizers 

Ann KOH

Ann KOH

Reporter
Bloomberg News 

Gary SCATTERGOOD

Gary SCATTERGOOD

Regional Head- APAC
William Reed / FoodNavigator-Asia 

Future Food Asia 2019 Partners

IMPACT PARTNER

CORPORATE PARTNER

 

 

STRATEGIC PARTNER

Bühler Group

Bühler Group

Bühler Group is the leading global technology supplier to the food processing and advanced material manufacturing industry,
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STRATEGIC PARTNER

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud is the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group
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SILVER PARTNER

KEY PARTNER

StartupSG

StartupSG

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PRIZE SPONSOR

Enterprise Singapore

Enterprise Singapore

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HELD IN

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER

MEDIA PARTNER

36Kr

36Kr

36Kr is a comprehensive service provider aimed at serving innovative tech companies while being the largest ecosystem-based platform
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MEDIA PARTNER

MEDIA PARTNER

Techsauce

Techsauce

Techsauce is the leading source of all tech and business news in Thailand and Southeast Asia. Our on-the-ground reporters and home field advantage make it the home of unique insights, analysis, opinion pieces and data on one of the most mature digital ecosystems in Southeast Asia.
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MEDIA PARTNER