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 June 7-11, 2021

About Future Food Asia 2021

As the AgriFoodTech sector comes of age, its big promise of sustainability is about to move from a state of ‘theory’ to ‘assessment’. Talents from all walks of life start to come to agrifoodtech, generating new approaches to building the future of food. The sector just looks different – we aptly coined this phase  AgriFoodTech2.0 and made it the theme for the 2021 edition of the Future Food Asia conference.

The FFA 2021 conference was hosted from June 7-11, convening executives from leading corporations, emerging entrepreneurs, key investors, sector experts and many other agrifood industry stakeholders.

Over the course of 5 days we explored the catalysts that have helped propel the sector into its 2.0 version and what it holds in store for the entrepreneurs, investors and corporations in the ecosystem. FFA2021 also hosted an innovation showcase from 10 leading start-ups that are building solutions to increase the sustainability of Asia Pacific’s agrifood supply chain.

With a focus on disruptive solutions to overcome the hurdles on the path to a more sustainable food future in Asia Pacific, the jury named Allozymes and Senior Deli as co-winners of the 2021 Future Food Asia Award. This was the first instance of an announcement of co-winners at Future Food Asia, a testament to the quality of the start-up finalists and overall maturity of the agrifoodtech sector.

 

Future Food Asia 2021 Co-Winners!

Allozymes - Singapore

Allozymes - Singapore

Proprietary microfluidics technology to develop custom-designed enzymes for cleaner and sustainable manufacturing of natural products
Senior Deli - Hong Kong SAR, China

Senior Deli - Hong Kong SAR, China

Using food engineering technology to provide quality care and promote healthy lifestyles for the elderly and those who have dysphagia.

Cargill Health Through Nutrition Prize Winner

ProfilePrint - Singapore

ProfilePrint - Singapore

ProfilePrint synthesizes complex sensory data into a single digital fingerprint which predicts the quality profile of a food sample within seconds.

Thai Wah Circular Bio-Economy Prize Winner

REharvest - South Korea

REharvest - South Korea

A food-upcycling company that repurposes by-products from beer and shikhye into highly nutritional products such as flour, dough, pasta etc.
Mi Terro - USA/China

Mi Terro - USA/China

Mi Terro repurposes plant-based agricultural waste to manufacture single-use plastic-alternative packaging materials

Future Food Asia 2021 Start-up Finalist Cohort

Bondi Bio - Australia

Bondi Bio - Australia

A solar bioengineering company sustainably producing traditionally plant-derived natural products from light, water and CO2.
Fasal - India

Fasal - India

A patent pending IoT-powered, AI-SaaS platform providing farm-level and crop-specific actionable intelligence for horticulture.
REharvest - South Korea

REharvest - South Korea

A food-upcycling company that repurposes by-products from beer and shikhye into highly nutritional products such as flour, dough, pasta etc.
Bygen - Australia

Bygen - Australia

The world’s first producer of sustainable and high-quality activated carbon, via a carbon-negative production method using common agricultural by-products.
Iamus - Ireland

Iamus - Ireland

Developed an autonomous robot called ‘Gallus’ to improve poultry margins & welfare.
Sustainable Foods - New Zealand

Sustainable Foods - New Zealand

A leading innovator and provider of delicious, nutritious, plant-based protein that helps us better nourish ourselves and also nurture our planet.
Change Foods - Australia

Change Foods - Australia

An Australian food tech company (re)creating real, animal-free dairy foods, by leveraging precision fermentation technology.
IXON - Hong Kong SAR, China

IXON - Hong Kong SAR, China

Developed a revolutionary technology called advanced sous-vide aseptic packaging (ASAP) that enables the storage of fresh meat for two years.

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Agenda Highlights Future Food Asia 2021

Future Food Asia 2021 Speakers & Jury Panel 

Isabelle Decitre

Isabelle Decitre

Founder & CEO
ID Capital

Dr. Ralph Graichen

Dr. Ralph Graichen

Senior Director Food and Consumer
A*STAR, Singapore

Xiuling Guo

Xiuling Guo

Managing Director Global Edible Oil Solutions, Asia
Cargill Asia Pacific

Francesca Kleemans

Francesca Kleemans

Managing Director, Cocoa & Chocolate Asia Pacific
Cargill Asia Pacific

Kamel Chida

Kamel Chida

Deputy Director Private Sector Partnership Development for Nutrition 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Eddie Grieve

Eddie Grieve

General Manager, Listings
ASX

 

Ho Ren Hua

Ho Ren Hua

CEO
Thai Wah PLC

Kelvin Chiu

Kelvin Chiu

Founder and CIO
Silverstrand Capital

Barbara Guerpillon

Barbara Guerpillon

Head of Ventures 
Dole Sunshine Company

Dr. Hsu Tin Chen

Dr. Hsu Tin Chen

Vice Chairman – ILSI Taiwan  
Director – Chien Yuan Food Technology 

Yuni Choi

Yuni Choi

Director of Investments
RS Group

Nick Hazell

Nick Hazell

CEO and Founder 
v2food

Kate Jarvis

Kate Jarvis

Agribusiness Finance Specialist
ADB

Amol Deshpande

Amol Deshpande

CEO
Farmers’ Business Network

 

Jeyakumar Henry

Jeyakumar Henry

Senior Advisor
Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, A*STAR

Johannes le Coutre

Johannes le Coutre

Professor 
University of New South Wales, Sydney

David Lee

David Lee

President
AppHarvest

Frank Mitloehner

Frank Mitloehner

Director, Professor and Air Quality Specialist
CLEAR Center at UC Davis

Sebastien Pascual

Sebastien Pascual

Director, Food & Agribusiness
Temasek

Mark Rottmann

Mark Rottmann

CEO
iCell Sustainable

Henry Soesanto

Henry Soesanto

Executive Vice-President and CEO
Monde Nissin Corporation

Meera Vasudevan

Meera Vasudevan

Co-founder
C-SAW

John Wood

John Wood

Founder
Purpose, Inc

Vi Nguyen

Vi Nguyen

Director of Research and Lead in Sustainable Protein
Asia Research and Engagement

Stefanie Beitien

Stefanie Beitien

Head of Market Transformation
WWF-Singapore

 

David Yeung

David Yeung

Founder & CEO
Green Monday

Doris Lee

Doris Lee

General Manager
GFI Consultnacy

Phil Morle

Phil Morle

Partner
Main Sequence Ventures

Dan Pathomvanich

Dan Pathomvanich

CEO
NRF Public Company Limited

Steve Saunders

Steve Saunders

Founder & CEO
Robotics Plus Limited

Anand Sundaresan

Anand Sundaresan

Regional Vice President, APAC
DSM Nutritional Products

Ritu Verma

Ritu Verma

Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Ankur Capital

Joel Woodward

Joel Woodward

Regional Representative – Southeast Asia 
USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council and U.S. Dry Bean Council

Rhishi Pethe

Rhishi Pethe

Product Manager
Mineral (X, the moonshot factory)

Sonalie Figueiras

Sonalie Figueiras

Founder & CEO
Green Queen Media / SourceGreenPackaging.com

Ying LI

Ying LI

China Agriculture Director
The Nature Conservancy in China

Mohamed Nasser Ismail

Mohamed Nasser Ismail

Global Head of Equity Capital Markets
SGX

Nolan Paul

Nolan Paul

Partner
Yamaha Motor Ventures

Pier Luigi Sigismondi

Pier Luigi Sigismondi

SVP & President, Worldwide Packaged Foods Division 
Dole Sunshine Company

Alpana Titus

Alpana Titus

Vice President Foods, Thailand and SEAT
Unilever Thailand

Anastasia Volkova

Anastasia Volkova

CEO and co-founder
Regrow

Ryan Yang

Ryan Yang

CEO
Taiwan Startup Institute

Gary Scattergood

Gary Scattergood

Editor-in-Chief
FoodNavigator Asia

Bianca Le

Bianca Le

Executive Director
Cellular Agriculture Australia

Alexandra Londoño

Alexandra Londoño

Head of Business Segment Pulses
Bühler

Sarah Nolet

Sarah Nolet

General Partner
Tenacious Ventures

Claire Pribula

Claire Pribula

Managing Director
The Yield Lab Asia Pacific

Marcel Smits

Marcel Smits

Chairman
Cargill Asia Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd

Duncan Turner

Duncan Turner

General Partner – SOSV 
Managing Director – HAX

Eugene Wang

Eugene Wang

CEO 
Sophie’s Bionutrients

Junhu Yao

Junhu Yao

Professor
Northwest A&F University

Erin Sweeney

Erin Sweeney

Lead, Sustainable Investment & Inclusion
Grow Asia

Teymoor Nabili

Teymoor Nabili

CEO
Tech For Impact Asia

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Future Food Asia 2021 Partners 

TITLE PARTNER

Cargill

Cargill

Cargill’s 155,000 employees across 70 countries work relentlessly to achieve our purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. Every day, we connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive. We combine 155 years of experience with new technologies and insights to serve as a trusted partner for food, agriculture, financial and industrial customers in more than 125 countries. Side-by-side, we are building a stronger, sustainable future for agriculture.

EXPERT PARTNER

A*STAR

A*STAR

A*STAR is Singapore's lead public sector agency that drives mission-oriented research to advance science and develop innovative technology to further economic growth and improve lives.

GOLD PARTNER

Dole Sunshine Company

Dole Sunshine Company

One of the world’s largest producers and marketers of high-quality fresh and packaged fruit-based products, with operations covering more than 70 countries around the world. Dole is on mission to make Nutrition & Wellness accessible to as many people around the world, as possible, reducing the gaps between people and healthy nutrition.

SILVER PARTNER

Bühler

Bühler

Billions of people come into contact with Bühler technologies to cover their basic needs for food and mobility every day. Two billion people each day enjoy foods produced on Bühler equipment; and one billion people travel in vehicles manufactured with parts produced with our machinery. Countless people wear eye glasses, use smart phones, and read newspapers and magazines, all of which depend on Bühler process technologies and solutions. Having this global relevance, we are in a unique position to turn today’s global challenges into sustainable business. We want every human being to have access to healthy food. We want to do our part to protect the climate with energy-efficient cars, buildings, and machinery. Our motto is creating “innovations for a better world.”

SILVER PARTNER

USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council

USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council

The USA DPLC was established in 1965 as a non-profit organization to promote and protect the interests of growers, processors, warehousemen and sellers of dry peas, lentils and chickpeas in the United States. The 5,000 growers, processors, exporters and associates represented by the USA DPLC take pride in their ability to produce the highest quality dry peas, lentils and chickpeas for national and international markets. U.S. dry peas, lentils and chickpeas - earning the Standard of Quality seal every day.

STRATEGIC PRATNER

Thai Wah

Thai Wah

Driven by our core purpose to build better lives for the global consumers, we relentlessly seek to create innovation and sustainability from Farm to Shelf better every day. With a global reach to over 25 countries around the world, building a positive impact for stakeholder communities across all aspects of our value chain from farm, sourcing, manufacturing, supply chain and delivery is our priority.

GOLD PARTNER

HaoShi Foundation

HaoShi Foundation

HaoShi Foundation, a non-profit organization, which focus on fostering agrifood startups growth through innovative approaches with international perspective. The major donor of the Foundation is Ting-Hsin Ho-Te Fund. The Foundation launches its HaoShi Accelerator Seed Program as the pioneer accelerator focusing on agrifood sector in Taiwan. For the purpose to boost startups and encourage entrepreneurship, the Program provides curriculums, mentor services, business connections, and investments to develop innovative solutions that address the needs of industries. The major donor of the Foundation is Ting-Hsin Ho-Te Fund.

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER

Singapore Economic Development Board

Singapore Economic Development Board

SILVER PARTNER

The U.S. Dry Beans Council

The U.S. Dry Beans Council

The USDBC gives a voice to the bean industry and provides information to consumers, health professionals, buyers, suppliers and the media about the good taste, nutritional value and versatility of beans.
The USDBC is a private trade association comprised of leaders in the bean industry with the common goal of promoting the U.S. edible bean trade, both in the United States and abroad, and educating U.S. consumers about the benefits of beans.

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