Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.
Each roundtable session lasts for 40 minutes and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables.
Roundtable 1 – Consumer Education on GLP-1 Science and Perceptions Around Food Options
Explore the Ozempic trend and its impact on the functional Food & Beverage market. Discover how to innovate with functional ingredients in the GLP-1 space and stand out from the competition.
- Explain differences: GLP-1 mimics (Ozempic-like drugs) vs GLP-1 boosters (functional ingredients found in F&B and supplements)
- Discuss innovative ingredients to ride the GLP-1 trend focusing on scientific evidence
- Discuss consumer perception/education level in terms of science and overall understanding of GLP-1 food options
- Highlight potential of Nextida GC as a GLP-1 booster (and its science)
Florencia Moreno Torres – McLaverty, Global Marketing Manager, Rousselot
Roundtable 2: Staying ahead of the curve – Meeting consumer and regulators expectations on health and sustainability
- With both consumers and retailers increasingly influenced by changes in the sustainable land use and dietary policy and regulatory spaces, what are the important considerations for food businesses brining products to market in the near future.
- Whether ultra-processed, precision-bred, regenerative, deforestation-free, food businesses have an increasingly number of topics to navigate to ensure that products meet both consumers and regulators future expectations.
- In this roundtable, we’ll introduce some of these topics, explore the challenges and opportunities changes could bring and provide examples of best practice from respected actors who are already driving change.
Lee Holdstock, Head of Regulatory & Trade Affairs, Soil Association
Roundtable 3: Trends & Innovation- Working With AI in the Food & Beverage Sector
- Beyond social media, what view of the world do we need
- Understanding what data is telling us, and not telling us
- Viewing the world beyond ingredients by understanding themes and contexts
Todd Davis, Director of Innovation Intelligence, Ai Palette