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Speakers Included:
Roger Leech
Roger Leech
Open Innovation Portfolio & Scouting Director
Unilever
UK

Many companies are now building and using open innovation processes to access new technologies and innovations. However, there continue to be challenges in how best to make this happen so that bi... [ view bio ]

Edward Burgers
Edward Burgers
R&D Director SLIF
Sara Lee
The Netherlands

Ian Noble
Ian Noble
Senior R&D Director - Breakthrough Foods Innovation Europe
PepsiCo
UK

Helen Munday
Helen Munday
Senior Director Scientific and Regulatory Affairs
Coca-Cola North West Europe and Nordics
UK

Richard Ebenbeck
Richard Ebenbeck
Director - Consumer and Market Insights
Wrigley
Germany

Simon Branch
Simon Branch
Head of R&D
McCormick
UK

In an increasingly fragmented and rapidly changing marketplace it is both more difficult and more important to create differentiated products that appeal to a large cross-section of consumers. ... [ view bio ]

Patrick O'flaherty
Patrick O'flaherty
Co-Founder at RDA Organic
RDA Organic
United Kingdom

Iain Moore.
Iain Moore.
Open Innovation Specialist
Arla Foods
Denmark

Jean-Baptiste Rubens
Jean-Baptiste Rubens
Procurement Director Innovation
Kraft Foods
Belgium

Tom Mercer
Tom Mercer
Managing Director and Founder
Moma Foods Ltd
UK

Frustrated by the lack of quality grab and go breakfast on the market, Tom Mercer, launched MOMA in February 2006. Tom’s aim was to give customers something they really wanted – a bre... [ view bio ]

John Kelly
John Kelly
Head of Marketing Innovation
Kraft Foods
Switzerland

Wouter Noordman
Wouter Noordman
VP R&D
Friesland Campina
The Netherlands

Rui Freire
Rui Freire
Chief Innovation Officer
Unicer Bebidas, SA
Portugal

Andrew Macintosh
Andrew Macintosh
Head of Communications
Suma Wholefoods
UK

Jennifer Irvine
Jennifer Irvine
Founder
The Pure Pakage
UK

Tiago Brandão
Tiago Brandão
VP Innovation and Development
Unicer Bebidas, SA
Portugal

David Duffy
David Duffy
Senior Director of R&D and Innovations
Malto-O-Meal
USA

Innovation has become increasingly important in today's markets. Likewise, the need for speed in innovation has become more critical today than at any other time. The consumer has more choices ... [ view bio ]

Izaskun Bengoechea
Izaskun Bengoechea
Research Director
Euromonitor International
UK

Jens Bleiel
Jens Bleiel
CEO
Food for Health
Ireland

As our most important indigenous industry, the food and beverage industry is of critical strategic importance to Ireland. The country has a large cohort of global food and beverage companies dev... [ view bio ]

Joe Healy
Joe Healy
Department Manager Dairy, Functional Foods/Ingredients, Beverages and Food Technology
Enterprise Ireland
Ireland

Rony Van den Abbeele
Rony Van den Abbeele
Product Manager High Intensity Sweeteners
Tate & Lyle

Rony has a 10 year experience in food ingredients for the beverage market, particularly with sweeteners and fibres, and also flavours. The function Product Manager for High Intensity Sweeteners ... [ view bio ]

Catherine Bedford
Catherine Bedford
Director
Stylus
UK

Fatima Faraj
Fatima Faraj
Marketing Director EMEA Food
CP Kelco

What if you could attract new consumers by developing new textures? What if you had access to a tool that predicts mouthfeel and helps optimize formulation cost? What if you could design products... [ view bio ]

Lisbeth Knarreborg
Lisbeth Knarreborg
Principal Scientist
CP Kelco

What if you could attract new consumers by developing new textures? What if you had access to a tool that predicts mouthfeel and helps optimize formulation cost? What if you could design products... [ view bio ]

Carlo Colombo
Carlo Colombo
CEO
Selerant

As the economy struggle to emerge from recovery, process manufacturers must find a way to develop great products, lunch them ahead of competitors, increase customer loyalty, collaborate with part... [ view bio ]

Peter Golbitz
Peter Golbitz
Director of International Business Development
SunOpta Grains & Food Group
USA

Peter Golbitz is the Director of International Business Development for the SunOpta Grains and Foods Group, North America’s largest organic and specialty soybean and grain processor. Prior... [ view bio ]

Gerard Klein Essink
Gerard Klein Essink
Managing Director
Bridge2Food
The Netherlands

Gerard Klein Essink
Gerard Klein Essink
Managing Director
Bridge2Food
The Netherlands

Gerard set up the Bridge2Food company in 2002. Bridge2Food is a knowledge and platform agency based in The Netherlands. Its key strength is the development of specific platforms for the food indu... [ view bio ]

Justine Lord
Justine Lord
NAT Taste™ Business Manager
Naturex

Franco Beer
Franco Beer
Founder
Ador Foods

Camilla Barnard
Camilla Barnard
Co-Founder and Marketing Director
Rude Health
UK

Sam Waterfall
Sam Waterfall
Senior Consultant
Healthy Marketing Team
UK

Peter Wennstrom
Peter Wennstrom
Co-founder of the Healthy Marketing Team,
In collaboration with DSM Nutritional Products Ltd.

Health Claims have increasingly become one of the most debated topics in the Food Industry and we have been seeing many marketeers increasingly worry about getting Health Claims approved even be... [ view bio ]