Driving Food Innovation: Consumer-Centric, Strategic, & Scalable
Event description
In a rapidly changing world, the food industry is at a crossroads where innovation must align with shifting consumer preferences and global challenges. As the demand for sustainable, nutritious, and accessible food grows, businesses must adapt to stay competitive and relevant.
Key Topics We’ll Explore:
- Consumer-Centric Innovations: Explore how global trends and emerging technologies are shaping food innovation to meet consumer demands for taste, nutrition, and affordability.
- Strategic Partnerships: Highlight the opportunities for collaboration between commodity producers and CPGs on streamlining operations, reducing waste, and developing products that meet evolving consumer demands.
- Scaling for Impact: Discuss methods for effectively scaling these innovations, achieving broader access to nutritious and sustainable food options, while maintaining product integrity and adaptability.
This is your chance to hear from leading voices in the food and agriculture industry and gain valuable insights into the future of food innovation. Join us as we explore key trends, challenges, and opportunities.
GFI speaker
Emma Ignaszewski
DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT, GFI
Emma Ignaszewski oversees the corporate engagement team’s direct outreach group. Emma has previously overseen GFI’s market and consumer insights zone and CE’s project management team, helping to build and grow the alternative protein research agenda and State of the Industry series. Before GFI, she worked in strategy, marketing, and communications in the design industry as well as in the health education and access sector. She has a background in the TED community, founding and curating regional TEDx events and helping thinkers hone their ideas worth spreading. She holds a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Cornell University.
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