As the main stage pauses, these fast-paced panels and interactive roundtables in breakout rooms will explore foodtech innovations enabling healthy longevity - from functional F&B for senior and women’s health to GLP-1s. Hear practical insights from CPGs, ingredient brands, retailers, start-ups, and investors, and join the conversation to surface new ideas, share challenges, and co-create solutions with local impact.

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13:55
  1. Breakout Room B
    10 mins
    • Editorial deep dive // Downstream foodtech innovation

    As science and consumer awareness evolve, familiar health priorities are being reframed. From gut health and sugar reduction to weight management, women’s health and longevity, this opening perspective explores how the industry is moving beyond these individual priorities towards a broader, more interconnected understanding of healthspan – and what this means for the future of nutrition, food and wellness.

14:05
  1. Breakout Room B
    40 mins
    • Editorial deep dive // Downstream foodtech innovation
    The “food as medicine” movement is reshaping consumer demands across demographics. Which functional ingredients, bioactives, and delivery formats can balance high‑value nutrition with taste, texture, and cost? How do we move from association‑led claims to truly science‑backed innovation?
14:45
  1. Breakout Room B
    20 mins
    • Editorial deep dive // Downstream foodtech innovation
    While GLP‑1 adoption in Asia is still in its early stages, market entry is only a matter of time as regional manufacturing scales and costs fall. How are appetite‑regulating drugs and natural alternatives reshaping how we think about hunger, satiety, and nutrition? And how should brands prepare pipelines now to stay competitive as demand shifts?
15:05
  1. Breakout Room B
    40 mins
    • Editorial deep dive // Downstream foodtech innovation

    From healthy ageing and women’s health to GLP-1s, weight management and clean labels, explore what it will take for today’s biggest opportunities to reach their full potential. Working in small, expert-led roundtable groups, delegates will tackle challenge questions, work backwards from the future and identify the critical barriers, partnerships, investment and actions needed to get there — before sharing their vision with the wider room.