The Future of Food @ SXSW Day 2

The Future of Food @ SXSW, Day 2 (March 18th)

Location: SXSW Center @ 8AM- 7PM CST (1400 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701)

Confirmed speakers include (alphabetical):

Jack Acree, Executive Vice President, Saffron Road Foods

Vishaal Bhuyan, CEO, Aanika Biosciences

Ezekiel Brooks, Chief Technology Officer, US Hunger

Caroline Bushnell, VP Corporate Engagement, Good Food Institute

Carissa Campeotto, Co-Founder & CMO, Trendi

Chris Carr, Co-Founder, Black Land Ownership

Andrew Carter, Founder & CEO, Smallhold

Alexina Cather, Policy & Advocacy Director, James Beard Foundation

Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, President, We Don’t Have Time US

Snehee Chaplot, Founder & CEO, The Food Shop

Dr. Muhammad Munir Chaudry, President and CEO, IFANCA (Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America)

Joi Chevalier, Founder, The Cook’s Nook

Winston Chiu, Founder, Feed Forward

Wesley Cooper, Founder, Neo Bites

Jenét DeCosta, Chief of Staff, Driscoll’s of the Americas

Joshua Diskin, Co-founder, Maxene’s Microgreens

Christina Dorr Drake, CEO & Founder, Willa’s Oat Milk

Claire England, Partner, Portfolia Food & AgTech Fund

Dr. Simon Fleming, Clinical Advisor to Methuselah Foundation supporting NASA Deep Space Challenge

Katy Franklin, Operations Director, ReFED

Vanessa Fuentes, City Council Member District 2, City of Austin

Lejjy Gafour, President, CULT Food Sciences

Dane Gobel, Program Director, Methuselah Foundation, supporting NASA Deep Space Food Challenge

Florina Gobel, Communications Director, Methuselah Foundations, supporting NASA Deep Space Food Challenge

Seth Grae, President and CEO, Lightbridge

Natasha Harper-Madison, City Council Member District 1, City of Austin

Shayna Harris, Co-Founder, Supply Change Capital

Jim Hightower, Author, Commentator and Activist

JJ Kass, VP Business Development & Strategy, Next Gen Foods

Scott Kelly, former Astronaut, Innovation Judge for Methuselah Foundation, NASA Deep Space Food Challenge

Carrie Kuball, VP Sales and Marketing, Enviroflight

Julie Kunen, Director of Sustainability North America, Oatly

Emily Ma, Head, Food for Good at Google

Shakara Maggitt, Entomologist, Texas State University

Yoni Medhin, Co-Founder and CEO, Grain4Grain

Mackenze McAleer, FreshProduce.Supply

Hannah Milman, Phase 1 Judge, NASA Deep Space Food Challenge

Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank

Lory Nunez, Senior Data Scientist for Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase

Denise Osterhues, Senior Director & President, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation

Sunny Reelhorn Parr, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation

Emily Payne, Food Tank

Jacob Pechenik, Co-Founder, Lettuce Grow and The Farm Project

Dr. Mian Nadeem Riaz, Professor of Food Diversity, Nutrition and Food Science Department, Texas A&M

Amanda Rohlich, Food Policy Advisor, City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability

Monsi Roman, former Program Director, NASA Deep Space Food Challenge

Dr. Natalie Rubio, Cellular Agriculture Scientist, Tufts University

Haley Russell, Founder and CEO, Chippin

Vijay Sekhara, Director of Partnerships, Mass Challenge

Jillian Semaan, VP of Sustainability, Ketchum

Elisa Sepulveda, Entrepreneur In Residence, MATH Venture Partners

Niyeti Shah, Social Impact Program Manager, WW

Saloni Shah, Food and Agriculture Analyst, The Breakthrough Institute

Shelby Smith, Founder, Gym-N-Eat Cricket

Niyanta Spelman, CEO, Rainforest Partnership

Chloe Sorvino, Journalist, Forbes

Brigette Wolf, Global Head of SnackFutures, Mondelēz International

Rick Whitted, President & CEO, US Hunger

Chef Joseph Yoon, Culinary Advisor to Methuselah Foundation supporting NASA Deep Space Food Challenge

Chef Andrew Zimmern, Founder & CEO, Intuitive Content