Re-opening panel // Inside the supply chain: How to improve sustainability and traceability

27 Oct 2026
Main Auditorium
Main Stage

As demand grows for more sustainable, transparent, and resilient food supply chains, businesses are under increasing pressure to demonstrate progress and verify outcomes. From farm to fork, which technologies and innovations are helping to improve sustainability outcomes, strengthen supply chain resilience, and support growing demands for transparency? And which new partnerships are needed between agribusinesses, food brands, technology providers, and regulators to align efforts, metrics, and standards?

Host
Chisa Ogura
Chisa Ogura, Managing Director - MEROS CONSULTING, Japan
Speakers
David Appleton
David Appleton, Chief Innovation and Research Officer - SD GUTHRIE, Malaysia
Unupom Kausik
Unupom Kausik, Managing Director - NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE EXPORTS LIMITED, India
Gareth Edgecombe
Gareth Edgecombe, CEO - T&G GLOBAL, New Zealand
Brendan Ahern
Brendan Ahern, Regulatory and Stewardship Leader, APAC - CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE, Singapore