9:00 am Morning Refreshments

9:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

• Kathleen Hefferon Chief Technology Officer, Forte Protein

Collaborating with Investors, Regulators & Molecular Farming Plant Developers to Navigate the Value Chain Dynamic

10:00 am Fireside Chat: Discussing Food Safety Considerations for Plant Molecular Farming-Derived Food Products to Streamline Approval

• Carrie McMahon Consumer Safety Officer, FDA
• Jason Dietz Biotechnology Coordinator, FDA

10:45 am Navigating Technical & Regulatory Complexity via Closed-Loop Systems to Risk-Proof your Business Model

• Adam Tarshis Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Mozza Foods

11:15 am Morning Coffee & Networking

Reinventing Protein Functionality & Downstream Processing To Maximize Product Valorization

12:00 pm Case Study: Streamlining Downstream Processing Purification Promote Product Quality & Later-Stage Success

• Amit Yaari Chief Executive Officer, BioBetter

12:30 pm Dissecting Protein Characteristics to Optimize the Value Proposition for Consumers and Ingredient Companies

• Xin Li Research Fellow, Impossible Foods

1:00 pm Networking Lunch

2:00 pm Deploying Cost-Effective Methods of Growth Factor Production Via Innovative Technologies to Solidify Economic Success

• Oded Shoseyov Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Miruku & BioBetter

Implementing Small-Scale Refinements & Decision-Making to Future-Proof Product Evolution

2:30 pm Case Study: Honing in on your Pre Scale-Up Efforts via a Synthetic Biology Approach in Controlled Greenhouse Environments to Perfect Your Protein Profiles

• Kathleen Hefferon Chief Technology Officer, Forte Protein

3:00 pm Roundtable Discussion: Engaging Early Decision-Making Ahead of Product Development to Streamline Commercialization & Relevant Partnerships

• Patrick Doyle Vice President, Product Development & Regulatory, Plant Health Care

3:45 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference Day Two

• Kathleen Hefferon Chief Technology Officer, Forte Protein