Highlights from the Summit
Why Attend
Hyperconnected and health-focused consumers are switching their purchasing habits from a one-size-fits-all approach to personalized solutions, digital interfaces and on-demand manufacturing. The nutrition space is no exception. With increasing populations of ‘biohackers’ there is a demand to self quantify, pre-diagnose and consume only foods designed to fit your daily macros. But how does the nutrition industry provide for n=1?
The Personalized Nutrition Innovation Summit showcases disruptive start ups in four main categories; biological data capture, data analysis, meal planning and supplement providers.
From personalized vitamins to AI-driven meal planning, we will be discussing how to develop scalable, trackable and attainable personalized nutrition solutions.
The summit brings together CEOs, CTOs, investors and founders across the nutrition industry. Attend the summit to learn how to assess the current science behind personalized nutrition, the tools to strengthen recommendations and the steps to foster partnerships in this multidisciplinary ecosystem.
Who Will Be There
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Emerging Companies50%
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Industry Professionals50%
INNOVATION SHOWCASE
The Innovation Showcase aims to give start-ups with unique and interesting technologies, services, and products within the agriculture and textiles space the chance to present in front of our audience of investors and industry leaders.
Our esteemed Selection Committee will judge and select their top 5 emerging companies to take to the stage to present their vision of the future of the regenerative agriculture and textiles space. Our Finalists will have 5 minutes to pitch their innovation to our entire audience on the main stage. This will be followed by a live Q&A session from our Selection Committee and questions from the audience. Audience members will have their say in a live voting session at the end of the pitching session to select the first ever Regenerative Agriculture & Textiles Summit ‘Audience Choice Winner’.
Confirmed Speakers
David Del Pozo
Marco Iotti
Greg McParland
James Bauly
Alessandra Breschi
Sherry Zhang
Sherry is a mother, a scientist and an entrepreneur. Her passion and love for life and science has taken her far from Northern Asia to America, from studying bacteria, plants to populations of humans, and from researching obesity genetics as a medical college professor to founding GenoPalate, a company that provides a direct-to-consumer solution for eating uniquely based on genetics and biology for a healthier life.
Marie Molde
David Burton
Chris Mason
Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi
Ahmed El-Sohemy
Jim Kaput
Talk to me about... my research:
Maintaining health and delaying disease onset result from complex interactions between genetic makeup, behavior, socioeconomic, and environmental factors. Our multidisciplinary, international teams have been developing a more holistic approach to research summarized as systems nutrition. We use standard and emerging computational methods to integrate and analyze physiological data with measures of diet intake and physical activity while accounting for the built environment and genetic makeup.
Talk to me about… something people may not know about me:
I might qualify for the Tour de France but I would likely stop too often to take photos of scenery, competitors, and onlookers.
Nick Holzherr
Ted Mills
Ashley Desrosiers, MS, RD
Ashley is a registered dietitian and vice president at FoodMinds, a division of Padilla. FoodMinds provides consulting and communications services specializing in harnessing science, public affairs, food values and communications to meet business and public health objectives. Ashley leads the agency’s Personalized Wellness team. She completed her master’s degree in nutrition communication at Tufts University.
Victor Chapela
Brooke Scheller
Noah Voreadas
Wouter Claerhout
Momo Vuyisich
Momo Vuyisich, Ph.D. is the Founding CSO & Head of Clinical Research at Viome. Momo is an entrepreneur-scientist with over 25 years of R&D experience in biology, chemistry, and bioinformatics. He has led large programs, from ideas to successful commercial products.
Thomas Aarts
Thomas Aarts is Managing Director of Nutrition Business Advisors (NBA), a company which provides advanced consulting, strategic advising, capital raising, and full-service business development focused on the Global Nutrition Industry. Mr. Aarts sits on several boards, including Vitamin Angels, a non-profit whose mission is to provide vital nutrients to children and women in need. Tom is a graduate of Colgate University and completed his MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Aarts is a high-level management consultant with 22 years of experience working with C-suite executives across the nutrition industry. His experience lies in management consulting, M&A transactions, capital raising and strategic market research. Mr. Aarts co-founded the Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ) in 1996, the business journal of record for the nutrition industry. Through this, he was an integral part of creating many industry-leading reports that helped shape the nutrition industry. Mr. Aarts now serves as Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board for NBJ. He is also the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the annual NBJ Summit, a premier CEO/executive retreat for the nutrition and natural products industry, now in its twenty-first year.
Richard Sprague
Dr. John Creek
Dr. John Creek – Disruptive Innovation Director - Health
Since 2018 John has led the Health Disruptive Innovation team; responsible to lead health project creation, activation, and acceleration for existing Power Brands across all RB Health categories as well as for new strategic growth initiatives. The highly cross-functional Disruptive Innovation team is RBs internal start-up powerhouse, leading the R&D, marketing, and commercial teams to achieve RBs ambition of ensuring that people worldwide are empowered towards a healthy start, healthy life, and healthy aging.
With a proven rapid route to global markets through RBs substantial scale-up resources the Health Innovation team is leading the advance into Personalization for RB and is establishing partnerships to drive that forward.
John earned a Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University in 2007, joining RB in the same year. Following a series of product development roles in the Germ Protection R&D team John took leadership roles in the Outside Innovation & Disruptive Innovation teams from 2012 through 2017.
2019 Agenda
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Sponsors
Genomic Partner
Thermo Fisher
Website: https://www.thermofisher.com/uk/en/home.html
Please visit our website for more information.Thought Leadership Partners
dsm-firmenich
Website: dsm-firmenich.com
DSM is a pioneer in the use of vitamins in cosmetics, leaders in UV protection, and the creators of award-winning cosmetic peptide & bioactive technology. We partner with the many of the world’s leading beauty companies in their creation of products that deliver consumer-perceivable benefits for skin, sun and hair care.
Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do at DSM.
We believe that everything that we do daily has an effect, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. A strong focus on sustainability means that we are actively creating and maintaining the conditions under which people and nature can exist in harmony to support present and future generations. Ingredient suppliers have an obligation to address the full scope of sustainability and take tangible action in building sustainable practices. And we must do so while also addressing the health and wellbeing of consumers. DSM invites brands and manufacturers to partner with us to create a better future for all.
We are proud to have received a Platinum rating from EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.
GenoPalate
Website: https://www.genopalate.com/
Across the globe, we are lacking personalized nutritional guidelines to support improving the incidence of chronic disease and escalating health care costs. GenoPalate originated in November, 2016 when Dr Sherry Zhang (Founder/CEO) identified a gap in people’s access to personal nutrition that impacts on sustainable eating habits and metabolic health outcomes.
GenoPalate provides personalized nutrition recommendations and food choices based upon an individual’s DNA. Continuous resources empower customers to make dietary and behavioral changes. Our four-step process includes:
- DNA Data Collection – we process DNA through an FDA approved saliva collection kit or utilize DNA results from 23andMe or Ancestry.
- Data Analysis - genes are analyzed to review >100 genetic markers that determine specific needs for carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals, sensitivity to lactose and gluten, and metabolism of caffeine and alcohol.
- GenoPalate Report – personalized recommendations are provided for 25 macro/micro nutrients based upon the individual’s genetic profile. The macro/micro nutrient recommendations drive a personalized food map containing 85+ foods in 14 categories.
- GenoPalate Activate – includes food preparation tips, meal planning, recipes, motivation to overcome healthy eating barriers, weekly challenges, access to the GenoPalate User community and mobile app tools to eat for your genes.
Partners
FoodMinds
Website: https://foodminds.com/
At FoodMinds, a division of Padilla, we put passion into practice by harnessing science, public affairs, food values and communications to meet our clients’ business and public health objectives — a capability we created and define as food and nutrition affairs. FoodMinds is the only agency with more than 20 registered dietitians, and a Global ExpertBench™ of nutrition science, policy and communications professionals around the world. Capabilities include: food and nutrition affairs; sustainable and nutritious food systems engagement; personalized wellness strategy and science; food values insights; strategic planning; thought leadership; partnerships and coalitions; health professional and influencer communications; influencer mapping; strategic insights; consumer engagement and media relations. We are not just another PR agency. We help our clients tell a better story.
FoodMinds works with more than 30 leading commodity boards, food companies, brands and associations in the U.S. and around the world, including several Fortune 500 companies. Contact us to learn more.
Media Partners
Just Food
Website: just-food.com
To lead the food industry you need to know the food industry.
Here at just-food, we have made it our mission to help packaged food professionals, more than 95,000, make the right decisions and formulate successful business strategies.
just-food gives you the tools you need to influence change in the food industry.
By signing up to just-food’s FREE daily newsletter you’ll get the day’s stop stories and a taste of just-foods exclusive analysis and comment, free to your inbox every day.
Sign-up today and formulate successful business strategies for the future; be the first to know what’s going on, know more than your competitors and make smarter decisions quicker.
Nutraceuticals World
Website: www.nutraceuticalsworld.com
Nutraceuticals World is an industry leading international publication and media brand providing dietary supplement, functional food and nutritional beverage manufacturers, formulators, and marketers with the latest information on market trends, technology developments, new product releases, regulatory issues; plus, resources for ingredient, packaging and equipment sourcing.
FoodBev Media
Website: foodbev.com
FoodBev Media is dedicated to the dissemination of news and information from all corners of the food & beverage industry.
Our flagship magazine, FoodBev offers readers an insight into the latest news, trends, innovations and analysis within the industry. Every edition includes exclusive features consisting of expert opinion, research and original editorial content.
FoodBev.com, and our dedicated newsletters, provide readers with the latest breaking news in the food & beverage industry. From product launches to company and sector-wide announcements, join fellow food & beverage industry professionals from around the world who already use FoodBev.com as their source of F&B news.
PARTNER WITH US
Based on your objectives, we can create bespoke packages designed specifically for you. Opportunities predominantly lie in 3 main categories: Thought Leadership, Branding, and Networking.
Interested in a media partnership?
We'd love to hear from you and how we can support one another to connect with the industry. Contact [email protected]
Venue
1625 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
The 3rd Annual Personalized Nutrition Innovation Summit will be taking place at the Kabuki Hotel, San Francisco.
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Alternatively we also have accommodation available with the Kimpton Buchanan Hotel which is just a 3 minute walk from the Kabuki Hotel.
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Guest are also welcomed to call the hotel directly (415-921-4000) and mention Kisaco Research to reserve rooms in the block.
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