Speakers
This event brings together over 30 food innovation and technology speakers, eager to share their knowledge, experience and predictions. Our speakers are carefully handpicked based on their experience and contributions to the industry to date. Real life case studies from the biggest and most profitable companies will allow you to learn from their successes. You will leave the summit with a future proof strategy for growth that will see you ride through the turbulent times ahead!
Speakers include:
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 industry: Building bridges between food professionals. Gerard is frequent speak at international business and research meetings on a range of topics related to innovation strategies, healthy ageing, sport nutrition, the world of proteins, new developments in the areas of plant proteins etc. His experience lies in business-to-consumer markets as well as business-to-business industries. Gerard worked internationally in the food industry for over 20 years after graduating in food chemistry from Wageningen University & Research Centre. He also holds a MBA in Strategic Marketing and lived in the Asia Pacific Region
Speaker Schedule
In 2012, Gerard Klein Essink appeared in
- Workshop American Soybean Associates: - Thursday at 11:45am Stage 2
All 2012 Speakers
- David Duffy
- John Kelly
- Richard Ebenbeck
- Roger Leech
- Edward Burgers
- Ian Noble
- Helen Munday
- Simon Branch
- Patrick O'Flaherty
- Iain Moore.
- Jean-Baptiste Rubens
- Tom Mercer
- Wouter Noordman
- Rui Freire
- Andrew Macintosh
- Jennifer Irvine
- Tiago Brandão
- Iszaskun Bengoechea
- Jens Bliel
- Joe Healy
- Rony Van den Abbeele
- Catherine Bedford
- Fatima Faraj
- Lisbeth Knarreborg
- Carlo Colombo
- Peter Golbitz
- Gerard Klein Essink
- Franco Beer
- Camilla Barnard
- Sam Waterfall
- Peter Wennström
- Richard Tovee
