Capital Infrastructure Development Focus Day
Monday, February 24

8:30 am Check-In & Light Breakfast

9:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

  • Ilan Samish Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Amai Proteins

Evaluating Funding Availability & Profitability of Developments

9:45 am Fireside Chat: Effectively Financing Scaled Up Manufacturing Sites

  • David Tze Chief Executive Officer, NovoNutrients
  • Adam Leman Principal Scientist, Fermentation, The Good Food Institute

Synopsis

  • Exploring ways to ensure global manufacturing capacity can be achieved with available capital
  • Assessing how private investors’ capex light prioritization may impact projects
  • Discussing how domestic government biomanufacturing funding can support alternative protein scale-up
  • Establishing where the burden of infrastructure development lies in strategic partnerships

10:30 am Conducting Techno-Economic Analyses & Life Cycle Assessments to Model Manufacturing Profitability

  • Adam Leman Principal Scientist, Fermentation, The Good Food Institute

Synopsis

  • Leveraging lab-scale data to pre-empt capex procurement decision making
  • Understanding key cost drivers and limitations to assess business cases in the lab, especially with nonlinear cost increases
  • Aligning with investor timelines to deliver on complex projects at scale

11:00 am Morning Networking Break

Balancing Profitability & Speed

12:00 pm Implementing Effective End-to-End Project Management for Retrofitting Facilities

Synopsis

  • Examining the tension between a novel designed process and an existing plant
  • Investigating procurement strategies to safeguard supply chains and cash flow
  • Ensuring iterative scalability through workflow design

12:30 pm Roundtable Discussion: Deciding Between Greenfield & Brownfield Manufacturing Sites

  • Bryan Tracy Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Superbrewed Food

Synopsis

  • Is retrofitting profitable and technically viable for novel alternative protein manufacturing?
  • Comparing lead times, capex, and opex in different site types
  • Analyzing the respective risk between greenfield and brownfield manufacturing sites

1:15 pm Networking Lunch

Building the Future: Balancing the Demand of New Technologies with Industry Sustainability

2:15 pm Co-Locating Factories with Partners to Improve Supply Chain Sustainability & Speed

  • Leon Zhou Head of R&D & Technology Partnership Manager, Roquette

Synopsis

  • Evaluating domestic versus international manufacturing strategies
  • Examining the benefit of co-locating with strategic partners and raw material providers
  • Ensuring placement supports subsequent ingredient and product distribution

2:45 pm Fireside Chat: Meeting the Expectations of Commoditized Alternative Protein Sustainability

Synopsis

  • Can we actually achieve a favorable carbon footprint at scale?
  • Sharing industry stakeholders’ perspective on the biggest environmental burdens
  • How can strategic partnerships support infrastructure development?

3:15 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks

  • Ilan Samish Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Amai Proteins