Cultured Meat Symposium 2021

Join us for the 4th edition of the Cultured Meat Symposium. This Hybrid event will take place in Downtown San Francisco on Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd, 2021. In-person seating is limited.

Sustainability + Scalability: The symposium will focus on sustainability factors and the scalability of this new and thriving industry.

All scheduled speakers will be presenting Live from San Francisco.

Friday, October 22

Tentative schedule, subject to change.

9:00 AM – Registration and Breakfast

10:00 AM – Keynote Presentation

Amy Chen, UPSIDE Foods

10:45 AM – The Path to Scaling Cultured Meat Production

Moderated by Kim Lovan, Black & Veatch

Tim Olsen, PhD, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Jed Johnson, PhD, Matrix Meats

Keri Szejda, PhD, North Mountain Consulting Group

11:45 AM – Fireside Chat: How Can Synthetic Bio Startups Be More Transparent With Consumers?

Moderated by Larissa Zimberoff, Author

Patricia Bubner, PhD, Orbillion Bio, Inc.

12:30 PM – Lunch + Expo

Vegan lunch options will be served.

1:30 PM – Regulatory Updates of Cell-cultured Meat in the United States

Brian Sylvester, Covington & Burling LLP

Jessica O’Connell, Covington & Burling LLP

2:00 PM – Scalability Track Presentation

Dr. Benjamin Larson, Wild Type

2:30 PM – Scalability Track Presentation

George Peppou, Vow

3:00 PM – Orchestration and Harmonization toward a Scalable Cell-Ag Ecosystem

Yuki Hanyu Ph.D, IntegriCulture Inc.

3:30 PM – Coffee Break + Expo

4:30 PM – Investment Opportunities in Cell-cultured Meat

James Stewart, Level One Fund

Nate Salpeter, Sweet Farm

5:15 PM – Live Podcast Recording: Business For Good Podcast

Paul Shapiro, Better Meat Co

Josh Tetrick, Eat Just, Inc.

6:00 PM – Cocktail Hour: Under The Dome

Saturday, October 23

9:00 AM – Registration and Breakfast

10:00 AM – Opening & Welcoming Remarks

10:05 AM – Keynote: Medicine to Meat

Rachael Floreani, University of Vermont in Burlington

10:30 AM – Panel: Cell-cultured meats in the light of sustainability from an economic, social, and environmental perspective

Moderated by Kara Nielsen, WGSN

Dr Russ Tucker, Ivy Farm

Noreen Hobayan, BlueNalu

Kate Kruger, PhD, Helikon Consulting

11:30 AM – Fireside Chat: XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion

Caroline Kolta, XPRIZE

Nieves Martínez-Marshall, PhD, Novel Farms

12:30 PM – Lunch

Vegan lunch options will be served.

1:30 PM – Sustainability Track Presentation

2:00 PM – Food Safety Considerations and Research Priorities for the Cultured Meat and Seafood Industry

Dr. Kimberly Ong, Vireo Advisors

2:30 PM – Beyond environmental sustainability: Making cultured meat good for people

Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Breakthrough Institute

3:00 PM – Coffee Break + Expo

4:00 PM – Challenges facing the cultured meat industry

Ron Shigeta, iAccelerate.tech

Meera Zassenhaus, New Harvest

4:30 PM – Closing Presentation

Neta Lavon, Aleph Farms

See the full list of speakers at https://cms21.io/speakers

General Admission (In-person) Tickets

In-person seating is limited. Join us for an exclusive event in the heart of Downtown San Francisco as we prepare a studio experience. CMS21 is optimized for an in-person experience.

Limited Online Access Tickets

Can't make it in person? Get online access to recorded CMS21 sessions, programming, and community networking channel. A limited number of sessions will be live-streamed.

Hybrid Event

Join the conversation in-person or from afar as we discuss the role of next generation meat, poultry, and seafood technology.

Learn more about the event at the official event website: www.cms21.io

Student tickets (in-person) are available. Please email [email protected] for details.

All in-person tickets are refundable until September 30, 2021, excluding Eventbrite fees.

Past attendees of the Cultured Meat Symposium include (and many more):

If you are interested in sponsoring the event, please email contact us at [email protected].

Questions? Contact us at [email protected].

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bespoke Events, 845 Market Street, San Francisco, United States