Agenda

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 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Welcome (Recording here)

  • F3 Team Chair, F3 Judge, Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons, University of Arizona, Professor, World Aquaculture Society, Past President 

8:45 AM Problems with Wildcatch and Opportunities with Alternatives 

This session outlines the problems with the supply of fishmeal and krill. These animals not only support whole ecosystems, but present bottlenecks for aquaculture production.

9:20 AM BREAK

9:30 AM Waving Introductions – Investors

All Investors not participating in the Investors panel session will be asked to come to the front and wave when introduced.

Introducees
  • Newday Impact, Doug Heske, CEO
  • Crux Capital, Lev Mass, Partner
  • Meliorate Partners, Brock Mansfield, Managing Partner
  • For Good Ventures, Kim Kolt, Founder & President
  • Hemisphere Ventures, Lisa Rich, Founder
  • Big Idea Ventures, Bill Arnold, Director
  • Aiim Partners, Shally Shanker, Founder & Managing Partner, Ryan Penney, Research Analyst
  • Unovis Asset Management & New Crop Capital, Dan Altschuler Malek, Managing Partner
  • HSBC, Geoff Headington, Managing Director, Climate Tech
  • Temasek, Sebastien Pascual, Director, Agri-Food and Sustainability Investor
9:45 AM Panel: Why Strategics are Investing (Recording here)

Investors representing all levels of investment in new nutrition and feeds – from Seed, Series A, Series B to large company perspectives – will discuss opportunities for businesses to future-proof our food supply and build resilience into nutrition and aquaculture feed supply chains.

Panelists

MODERATOR: iAccelerate, Ron Shigeta, Principal

  • Hatch.blue, Carsten Krome, Managing Partner
  • Aqua-Spark, Tom Prins, Head of Dealflow
  • Woodside Energy, Jitendra Joshi, Head, Carbon to Products and Alternate Fuels
  • EntobelMarcel Smits, Director; Cargill Corporation, Ex CFO, Strategy Leader and APAC Chairman; Sara Lee, Ex CEO
  • Ocean 14 Capital, Max Holtzman, Principal / Portfolio Governance
10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 AM The Krill Problem & F3 Challenge (Recording here)

Several years ago, feed companies mentioned that replacement of fishmeal could be accelerated if an effective attractant were found. Currently, krill is added to aquaculture diets to increase feed consumption but krill is also a critical part of the marine food web. Dr. Rick Barrows, the Chief Scientific Officer, will describe the current challenge to find krill replacements.

  • Aquatic Feed Technologies, Dr. Rick Barrows, F3 CSO, Founder

11:00 AM F3 Krill Replacement Participants Part I

In this session, we will hear from current F3 Challenge contestants and alternates whose fishmeal, fish oil and krill-free products are competing in the on-going feed trial to determine which products perform the best in replacing krill in feeds.

11:50 AM Transforming the Largest Food Distribution System in the US towards better Health (Recording here)

  • Eat Real, Nora LaTorre, CEO & Co-founder

12:00 PM LUNCH

1:00 PM F3 Krill Replacement Participants Part II

In this session, we will hear from current F3 Challenge contestants and alternates whose fishmeal, fish oil and krill-free products are competing in the on-going feed trial to determine which products perform the best in replacing krill in feeds.

1:50 PM BREAK

2:00 PM Research – Replacing Krill Meal with a Sustainable, Natural Chemostimulant (Recording here)

  • The Center for Responsible Seafood, George Chamberlain, President

2:15 PM Waving Introductions – Ingredient Companies

All Ingredient Companies not participating in the Ingredient Companies panel session will be asked to come to the front and wave when introduced.

Introducees

Protein

  • Aquanzo, Stefanie Lobnig, Co-founder & CTO
  • Green Plains Technologies, Steve Craig, Senior Nutritionist – Aquaculture
  • KnipBio, Caitlin Wege, Senior Advisor
  • Montana Microbials, Bob Kearns, Managing Member
  • Unibio, Olivier Hartz, Chief Commercial Officer

Oils

  • Corbion, Janice Wee, VP, R&D, San Francisco

Insects

  • Chanzi, Andrew Wallace, Co-founder & CEO
  • Regen Organics, Ani Vallabhaneni, Co-founder

Attractants

  • Laboratoires Phodé, Amine Chaabane, Aquaculture Manager
  • Lucta, Helder Rodrigues Pinto, Feed Additives Director Americas
2:45 PM Panel: Scale Up through Partnership (Recording here)

In this session, companies will discuss how they are scaling up through partnerships: BASF offers different options through their biotechnology innovation center. The Dutch government “Food Valley” also assists as Deep Branch can attest. Nuseed with ADM; and Menon Renewables with Tyson.

Panelists

MODERATOR: Thrive Algae Oils, Jonathan Wolfson, Co-founder and Chairman; Solazyme/TerraVia, Former Co-founder and CEO

  • BASF, Brian Siddons, License and IP Strategy Manager, Biotechnology Innovation Center
  • Deep Branch, John Hays, VP of Commercial
  • Nuseed Nutritional USA, Pablo Roberto Berner, Aquaculture Business Lead
  • Menon Renewables, Suresh Menon, President
3:30 PM Innovator Fair

The Innovator Fair is an opportunity for companies to showcase their alternative ingredients and other marine-ingredient free products.

4:45 PM Bus Loading for 5:00 PM Departure to Networking Dinner at Domenico Winery

Speakers

Remarks on ASA Restaurant, Andrew Welch, Proprietor

Passionate about quality and sustainability, Chef Andrew Welch sources local, organic ingredients for his restaurants. By building strong relationships with purveyors who share his values, he ensures the best possible dining experience.

Remarks on TwoXSea & McFarland Springs, Bill Foss, Co-owner

Bill Foss, an investor in McFarland Springs Trout, will make a few remarks about the only commercially available trout raised on a 100% vegetarian, non-GMO feed without using any fishmeal, fish oil or krill. Their trout is a favorite of top restaurants in the Bay Area, such as ASA, one of the caterers for tonight’s meal.

KEYNOTE: LanzaTech, Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO (Recording here)

LanzaTech is a trailblazer in sustainability, using biology to recycle carbon and convert CO2 into jet fuels and other products. Dr. Jennifer Holmgren led Lanzatech from its beginnings, to scale, and then to an IPO. She will talk about turning Garbage into Gold, and about how she ‘crossed the chasm’ to scale-up.

9:00 PM Departure to Hotel

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Panel: Shrimp Feed and Farms (Recording here)

We will hear from representatives from top companies in the industry, starting with breeders (SyAqua), ShrimpVet from Vietnam, and eFishery on strides made in reducing, if not eliminating the need for wild catch in their feeds.

Panelists

MODERATOR: Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons

  • SyAqua, Dr. Craig Browdy, CTO 
  • ShrimpVet Lab, Minh Phu AquaMekong, Dr. Loc Tran, Founder-CEO;  Nong Lam University at Ho Chih Minh City, Department of Aquaculture Pathology, College of Fisheries, ProfessorEcoSeafood Group (EGS), Founder-CEO
  • eFishery, Kristin Veriga, Senior Leader of Strategic Feed Initiatives
9:15 AM BREAK

9:30 AM Panel: Carnivorous Fish Feed/Farm Progress (Recording here)

This session will describe how feed companies and farms growing a variety of carnivorous species have made progress in fishmeal and krill reduction as well as how they coped during last year’s Peruvian anchoveta crisis.

Panelists

MODERATOR: Dr. Kevin Fitzsimmons

  • Dainichi Corporation, Boyd Way, Director, Foreign Trade Manager
  • Aller Aqua, Anders Bylling, Group CEO & Vice President
  • BioMar, Vidar Gundersen, Global Sustainability Director
10:15 AM BREAK

10:30 AM Waving Introductions – Feed/Farms

All Feed/Farms not participating in the Feed/Farms panel sessions will be asked to come to the front and wave when introduced.

Introducees
  • Optimal Aquafeed, Joe Rezek, VR&D Manager, Adam Bean, Lab Manager
  • Aqquua, Charles Siebenberg, CEO & Co-founder
  • Star Milling, Iva Gaglione, Aquaculture Feed Manager
  • BluGlacier, Chris Fream, Vice President Fresh & National Sales
  • Rangen, David Brock, Aquaculture Nutritionist
10:45 AM Panel: Chinese Feed/Farm Perspectives (Recording here)

China produces 60% of the world’s aquacultured production, and represents roughly one-third of global demand for fishmeal. A prominent journalist from China’s largest aquaculture media platform, Fish First’s Dan Luo, will moderate presentations and brief comments and introductions from some of China’s leading ingredient and feed companies as well as from China’s leading academics and exporters.

Panelists

MODERATOR: FishFirst (China’s largest aquaculture media platform), Dan LUO; Editor 

Ingredients

  • Bosar, Jipeng XUE, Technical Director
  • Jiangsu Fuhai Biotech Co., Zhijun HU, CEO
  • Guangdong Evergreen Feed Co., Yuchi CHEN, General Manager (prepared remarks)

Feed

  • Yuehai Feed Group, Xuezhi ZHU, Technical Director
  • Shenzhen Alpha Feed Co., Chaolin XIANG, Technical Director of Crustacean Feed Department (prepared remarks)

Analyses

  • China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Association, Dr. Cui HE, President
11:30 AM LUNCH

12:30 PM Waving Introductions – Retailers

Introducees
  • Whole Foods, Carrie Brownstein, Global Seafood Quality Standards Coordinator
12:35 PM Panel: Engaging the Value Chain from Ingredients to Retailers (Recording here)

Victoria Parr, from Veramaris, will lead a panel discussion with a range of retailers highlighting how consumer interest is growing in sustainable seafood and the importance of optionality and flexibility in the supply chain to meet consumer demand in the future.

Panelists

MODERATOR: Veramaris, Victoria Parr, Business Development Director, North America

  • FultonFishMarket.com, Mike Tonetti, CEO
  • Bon Appetit Management Company, Maisie Ganzler, Strategic Advisor, Leadership Team & Author
  • Seatopia, Clark Kissiah, COO
  • Common Table Creative, Oliver English, CEO & Co-founder
1:15 PM BREAK

1:30 PM Strategy Session: Roadmapping Milestones for Accelerated Pathways to Success

Participants will be organized into mixed-group teams to participate in a fast paced hands-on strategy session to identify the interim milestones that must be achieved in order to ensure scaled success.

MODERATOR: Global Change Labs, Banny Banerjee, Founder and Director; Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Adjunct Professor

3:00 PM Innovator Fair

The Innovator Fair is an opportunity for companies to showcase their alternative ingredients and other marine-ingredient free products.

4:15 PM Bus Loading for 4:30 PM Departure to Farewell Dinner at Mersea Restaurant (Treasure Island venue with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay Area)

Speakers

Remarks on Waterbar, EPIC Steak, and Mersea, Parke Ulrich, Executive Chef

Chef Parke Ulrich is a vocal advocate of sustainability sourced seafood and fresh, local, organically-grown produce. His passion for locally sourced high quality ingredients brings greater awareness of sustainability to the respective restaurants staff and guests alike.

KEYNOTE: The Future of Feed in a Synbio World
Singularity University, Dr. Tiffany Vora, Vice Chair of Digital Biology and Medicine; EY Tech University,Faculty at Disruptive Tech Program, GeoTech Center – Atlantic Council,
Nonresident Senior Fellow(Recording here)

9:00 PM Departure to Hotel

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast

8:30 AM Sustainability: How do we measure and implement it to create greater roads to adoption? (Recording here)

In this session Dr. Peter Tyedmers will break down the components of the Life Cycle Assessment. Jennifer Diamonto Kemmerley of Monterey Bay Aquarium will describe its Seafood Watch rating system, how the use of wildcatch affects ratings, and how everyone can provide feedback for their next revision.

Speakers
  • University of Massachusetts Boston, Dr. Michael Tlusty, F3 Judge, Associate Professor of Sustainability and Food Solutions
  • Dalhousie University School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dr. Peter Tyedmers, Professor
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium, Jennifer Dianto Kemmerly, VP of Global Ocean Conservation
9:15 AM BREAK

9:30 AM  Moving the Needle on F3: The Latest Advances in Feed and Nutrition (Recording here)

Speakers

Moderator: Aquatic Feed Technologies, Dr. Rick Barrows, Founder, F3 CSO (Recording here)

  • Zhejiang University, Dr. Yan WANG, Professor (Recording here)
  • Charles Darwin University, Dr. Sunil Kadri, Professor of Tropical Aquaculture (Recording here)
  • Texas A&M University, Dr. Delbert M. Gatlin, Regents Professor & AgriLife Research Senior Faculty Fellow, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology (Recording here)
  • Cognoscenti LLC, Dr. Ewen McLean, Principal (Recording here)
10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 AM Brainstorming Workshop: Conceptualizing How to Achieve Milestones towards Accelerated Success

As a follow up to the targeted shifts identified in Day 2, this workshop will engage small groups to brainstorm a shortlist of leveraged enablers and accelerators that will bring about integrated and accelerated transformations in the aquaculture industry, while taking care to avoid unintended negative consequences.

MODERATOR: Global Change Labs, Banny Banerjee, Founder and Director; Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Adjunct Professor

12:15 PM Waving Introductions – Academics, NGOs, Consultants, and Others

All Academics, NGOs, Consultants, and Others who have not spoken will be asked to come to the front and wave when introduced.

Introducees
  • Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Dr. Roz Naylor, William Wrigley Professor in Earth System Science, Senior Fellow at Stanford Woods Institute and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, founding Director at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, and Professor of Economics
  • University of California, Davis, Dr. Jackson Gross, Professor of Cooperative Extension in Aquaculture
  • Stanford University, Rieko Yajima, Director Drug Discovery Innovation
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business, Jessica Lu, MBA Student, Anli Chen, MBA Student
  • University of Connecticut, Keegan Jalbert, Undergraduate Research, NSF Innovation Corps
  • The Nature Conservancy, Taryn Stamper, Aquaculture Fellow
  • Anthropocene Institute, Carl Page, Co-founder
  • Finless Foods, Michael Selden, CEO & Co-founder
  • JM & Associates, Jeffrey Millard, Founder
  • Popular Biology Inc., Andy Bass, Co-founder & CEO
  • Novalis Advisors LLC, Thomas Huot, Managing Partner
  • Reefgen Inc, Christopher Oakes, CEO
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium, Tyler Isaac, Seafood Watch Aquaculture Program Manager
  • Ko Nishimura, Former CEO, Solectron and son Greg Nishimura, Bariatric Surgeon
12:45 PM BOXED LUNCH