Global Food Futures: Bioengineering Next-Gen Foods

05 Nov 2025
Breakout Room B
Food-Tech , Breakout Session
Hosted by:
agrifood futures

This breakout session spotlights cutting-edge food innovation powered by engineering biology from across Europe, featuring startups supported by EIT Food and Innovate UK. Through three rapid-fire panels, hear directly from innovators harnessing approaches from synthetic biology and precision fermentation to novel biomanufacturing. Agrifood Futures presents a front-row view into the ideas and entrepreneurs driving transformation across the global agri-food landscape and its impact in Asia-Pacific.

Chairperson
Joshua Soo
Joshua Soo, Co-Founder - AGRIFOOD FUTURES, Singapore
Shirly Kalush
Shirly Kalush, Global Partner - AGRIFOOD FUTURES, Singapore
Kelvin Ng
Kelvin Ng, Managing Partner - Asia - GREEN BRIDGE PARTNERS, Singapore
Joanne Barber
Joanne Barber, Program Director - AGRIFOOD FUTURES, Australia
Speakers
Jyrki Lee-Korhonen
Jyrki Lee-Korhonen, CEO - PERFAT TECHNOLOGIES, Finland
Ali Osman
Ali Osman, Founder and CEO - PFX BIOTECH, Denmark
Dan Jones
Dan Jones, Managing Director - APPLIED NUTRITIONAL RESEARCH, Wales
Yash Mishra
Yash Mishra, Co-founder and Director - CELLCRAFT, UK
Christopher Windows-Yule
Christopher Windows-Yule, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer - EVOPHASE, UK
Ausrine Latvyte
Ausrine Latvyte, COO - HERLAB, UK
Meir Wachs
Meir Wachs, CEO - KYOMEI, UK
Anna-Sophie Deetjen
Anna-Sophie Deetjen, Founder and CEO - MORROW, UK
Harry Ross
Harry Ross, Chief Technical Officer - VALOGEN BIOSCIENCES, UK