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!
Cargill Health Through Nutrition Prize Winner
Thai Wah Circular Bio-Economy Prize Winner
Future Food Asia 2021 Start-up Finalist Cohort
Future Food Asia 2021 Speakers & Jury Panel
Isabelle Decitre
Founder & CEO
ID Capital
Kelvin Chiu
Founder and CIO
Silverstrand Capital
Kamel Chida
Deputy Director Private Sector Partnership Development for Nutrition
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr. Ralph Graichen
Senior Director Food and Consumer
A*STAR, Singapore
Jeyakumar Henry
Senior Advisor
Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, A*STAR
Dr. Hsu Tin Chen
Vice Chairman – ILSI Taiwan
Director – Chien Yuan Food Technology
Xiuling Guo
Managing Director Global Edible Oil Solutions, Asia
Cargill Asia Pacific
Ho Ren Hua
CEO
Thai Wah PLC
Sebastien Pascual
Director, Food & Agribusiness
Temasek
Francesca Kleemans
Managing Director, Cocoa & Chocolate Asia Pacific
Cargill Asia Pacific
Sarah Nolet
General Partner
Tenacious Ventures
Rhishi Pethe
Product Manager
Mineral (X, the moonshot factory)
David Lee
President
AppHarvest
Frank Mitloehner
Director, Professor and Air Quality Specialist
CLEAR Center at UC Davis
Mark Rottmann
CEO
iCell Sustainable
Johannes le Coutre
Professor
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Henry Soesanto
Executive Vice-President and CEO
Monde Nissin Corporation
Meera Vasudevan
Co-founder
C-SAW
John Wood
Founder
Purpose, Inc
Vi Nguyen
Director of Research and Lead in Sustainable Protein
Asia Research and Engagement
Nick Hazell
CEO and Founder
v2food
Stefanie Beitien
Head of Market Transformation
WWF-Singapore
David Yeung
Founder & CEO
Green Monday
Doris Lee
General Manager
GFI Consultnacy
Phil Morle
Partner
Main Sequence Ventures
Dan Pathomvanich
CEO
NRF Public Company Limited
Amol Deshpande
CEO
Farmers’ Business Network
Steve Saunders
Founder & CEO
Robotics Plus Limited
Anand Sundaresan
Regional Vice President, APAC
DSM Nutritional Products
Ritu Verma
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Ankur Capital
Joel Woodward
Regional Representative – Southeast Asia
USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council and U.S. Dry Bean Council
Sonalie Figueiras
Founder & CEO
Green Queen Media / SourceGreenPackaging.com
Barbara Guerpillon
Head of Ventures
Dole Sunshine Company
Ying LI
China Agriculture Director
The Nature Conservancy in China
Mohamed Nasser Ismail
Global Head of Equity Capital Markets
SGX
Nolan Paul
Partner
Yamaha Motor Ventures
Pier Luigi Sigismondi
SVP & President, Worldwide Packaged Foods Division
Dole Sunshine Company
Yuni Choi
Director of Investments
RS Group
Alpana Titus
Vice President Foods, Thailand and SEAT
Unilever Thailand
Anastasia Volkova
CEO and co-founder
Regrow
Ryan Yang
CEO
Taiwan Startup Institute
Gary Scattergood
Editor-in-Chief
FoodNavigator Asia
Bianca Le
Executive Director
Cellular Agriculture Australia
Alexandra Londoño
Head of Business Segment Pulses
Bühler
Claire Pribula
Managing Director
The Yield Lab Asia Pacific
Kate Jarvis
Agribusiness Finance Specialist
ADB
Marcel Smits
Chairman
Cargill Asia Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd
Duncan Turner
General Partner – SOSV
Managing Director – HAX
Eugene Wang
CEO
Sophie’s Bionutrients
Junhu Yao
Professor
Northwest A&F University
Erin Sweeney
Lead, Sustainable Investment & Inclusion
Grow Asia
Teymoor Nabili
CEO
Tech For Impact Asia
Eddie Grieve
General Manager, Listings
ASX