Felix Ahlers

CEO at FRoSTA AG

Director of International Sales at Cherry Central

Managing Director at Cabosse Naturals

After 20 years in both food an specialty ingredient business, I have developed a strong passion for people management and a desire to build strong product and customer portfolios whilst being on the lookout for innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities.

Hubertus Bessau

Co-Founder of mymuesli.com

I'm a cereal founder. For more than 14 years now my heart beats for mymuesli.com. My goal is to build a purpose-driven company that scales goodness. On this way I love working with extraordinarily motivated and skilled people who with I learn every day.

Warren Cohen

Vice President of Sales - Global Ingredient Division at Blue Diamond Growers

Vice President of Sales with a demonstrated history of working in the International and domestic food ingredient industry. Skilled in Sales & Marketing Management, Consumer Products, Strategic Planning and international trade. Strong sales professional with a Masters focused in International Relations and Affairs from California State University-Sacramento.

Marta Delgado del Río

Account and Customer Success Manager at Innova Market Insights

Prof Dr Carsten Demming

Professor for BWL Food Management, DHBW Heilbronn

Jennifer Färber

Founder & CEO of RHO KOMBUCHA GmbH

Andrea Fields

Inside Sales Manager at Wilco-Hazelnut, LLC dba Hazelnut Growers of Oregon

Katy Galle

SVP R&D and Sustainability at Ocean Spray Cranberries

Bill Glaser

Co-Founder & CEO
at Outstanding Foods

Bill Glaser, CEO and Co-Founder of Outstanding Foods, is an entrepreneur, financier and investor who has raised over $250 Million, taken several companies public, and has been involved with 2 companies that had 9 figure exits. With his current venture and a desire to make plant-based eating tasty as hell, Outstanding Foods creates snacks that everyone - from meat lovers to herbivores - can enjoy mindfully without sacrificing taste or texture.

Joeri Hollink

Head of Product Development at Ojah b.v.

Prof. Dr. Carolyn Hutter

Professor at DHBW Heilbronn

Sustainability Expert
and Food Enthusiast

Kevin Kilpatrick

Director of International Sales at Sunsweet Growers Inc.

Nicole Laliberte

Business Development Manager-EMEA & Asia Pacific at Ocean Spray Cranberries

Established professional with the proven ability to lead and interact productively and effectively with team members of varying size organizations. Able to build consensus and acquire support for change initiatives.

Lucio Macedo Regis

International Sales & General Manager at Niagro at Niagro - Nichirei do Brasil Agrícola Ltda.

Chloé Merz

Creating her ideology of beverage consumption, Chloé focuses on ‘simplexity’ – simple taste with a complex depth. She’s a huge advocate of diversifying the bar space and spirit industry.

Joerg Meyer

Business Owner at Trinkabenteuer
& CEO at Highballer Network

Jörg Meyer is one of the few bartenders who has succeeded in inventing a cocktail that is drunk all over the world: the Gin Basil Smash. His bar Le Lion near Hamburg’s City Hall was voted the best new opening in the world in 2008 and remains a top address to this day.

Knud Meyer

Sales Executive at Kuehne + Nagel

Moritz Möller

CMO and CPO at Veganz Group AG

Concepter and team lead for strategic marketing and PR with focus on storytelling and content for integrated campaigns.
Award winning photographer and writer on photography.

Tomo Naito

Vice President Sales at Sun-Maid Growers of California at Sun-Maid Growers of California

Isabel Paz

Food Science Project Manager at Peace of Meat/MeaTech

T.K. Pillan

Executive Chairman at Veggie Grill
& Partner at Powerplant Ventures

With the launch of Veggie Grill in 2006, T.K. Pillan developed a restaurant concept with dishes that are 100% plant-based. Nowadays it is the largest vegan and vegetarian restaurant company in the U.S. In 2015, he launched PowerPlant Ventures, a growth equity fund that invests in emerging food, beverage and foodservice companies.

Hanni Rützler

Founder & CEO at futurefoodstudio

As a pioneer in nutritional science, as a consultant and researcher with her multidisciplinary approach to questions of eating and drinking behaviour, Hanni Rützler has made a name for herself far beyond the German-speaking world, not only since her legendary tasting of the first in-vitro burger in London.

Jacob (Jaap) C Seidell

Professor for nutrition and health at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Dr. Daniel Sonke

Director of Sustainability at Blue Diamond Growers

With more than 20 years of professional sustainable agriculture experience, he has developed sustainable agriculture programs for fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts, including a key role in starting the California Almond Sustainability Program.

Marcin Sosnicki

Managing Director at Zarecki Foods

Dr. Philipp Stradtmann

General Manager at Bösch Boden Spies

As General manager in the management board of Bösch Boden Spies Philipp is responsible for Sales, Supply, Development and Logistics. He’s an entrepreneurial senior executive with experience in various industries (Food, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, e-Business) in combination with global players and hidden champions.

Ana Maria Vallejo

Marketing & Design for Anabana (Lazos)

Will Van den Tweel

Project Director at Those Vegan Cowboys

Ynzo van Zanten

Chief Evangelist at Tony's Chocolonely

Volker Weinlein

As a highly motivated Food Brand Builder Volker is considered as one of the most influential German CMOs. He successfully reactivated & launched popular brands like Giotto, Treets & Schoko Bons. With Katjesgreenfood he established the first food impact investor in Europe.
Currently Volker is preparing the launch of his own clean & sustainable food brands as well as an VC to invest in the Food Revolution.

Hauke Will

Head of agricultural production at Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG

Caroline Zimmer

Managing Director at E.V.A. GmbH

Caroline Zimmer loves challenges and is always curious about new things - perfect prerequisites for developing new products and leading them to success. With Simply V, the graduate dairy engineer and industrial engineer has impressively demonstrated just that.

More speakers

Please have a look from time to time: more speakers to be announced soon