8:30 am Check-In & Light Breakfast
9:30 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Evaluating Funding Availability & Profitability of Developments
9:45 am Fireside Chat: Effectively Financing Scaled Up Manufacturing Sites
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
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
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
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?