Our 2024 Expert Speaker Faculty Adam Croissant Vice President of R&D Chobani Adams Berzins Senior Manager, PureCircle Global Stevia Application & Technical Service Ingredion Alex Woo CEO W2O Food Innovation Amy Ellis Product Scientist Unilever Andrew Ohmes Chief Executive Officer Avansya, a Joint Venture of Cargill & dsmfirmenich Caroline Schwarzman Head of Business Development MycoTechnology Gali Yarom Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder Better Juice Grant Dubois Chief Scientific Officer Almendra Hank Wang Director Howtian Ilan Samish Founder & Chief Executive Officer Amai Proteins John Cavallo Board Member, Chief Strategic Officer EPC Natural Products Company Jordi Ferré General Manager North America and Global Food Division Head HTBA (Healthtech Bioactives) Katiuscia Pierre Principal Scientist The Kraft Heinz Company Lauren Senne Manager of Taste Modulation, Flavorist Imbibe Loyd Wix Technical Project Leader Unilever Melissa Kaczmarczyk Principal Scientist Tate & Lyle Neil Mukherjee Associate Principal Scientist, Ingredient Research Mondelez International Padhma Ranganathan Senior Manager Ingredion Paolo Costa Head of Business Development BioLumen Ranjan Patnaik Chief Executive Officer (interim) & Chief Technology Officer MycoTechnology Robert Lustig Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer BioLumen Sophia Pai Vice President of Global Applications and NOAM Technical Service Tate & Lyle PARTNERSHIPS REGISTER DAY ONE