Future Food-Tech San Francisco 2025
Event description
Future Food-Tech is where the world’s leading food brands, ingredient suppliers, technology providers, and investors come together to accelerate innovation. This year’s agenda covers critical topics, including ingredient breakthroughs for supply chain resilience, AI’s role in food, and the evolving landscape of biotechnology and nutrition.
GFI’s Maille O’Donnell, senior policy specialist, public investment and industry, will join the panel discussion “Navigating the Future of Food: How the New Administration Will Shape Health, Nutrition, and Policy” to discuss how forward-thinking policies can support a level playing field for alternative proteins and unlock public investment in food innovation.
Join us in San Francisco to connect with industry pioneers and shape the future of food.
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Maille O’Donnell
SENIOR POLICY SPECIALIST, PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND INDUSTRY, GFI
Maille O’Donnell is a senior policy specialist at GFI, specializing in public investment and industry. She works to advance policies that support a thriving alternative protein industry by educating stakeholders within the U.S.-based alternative protein ecosystem about government resources. She also works to ensure that agency funders have access to accurate information about the alternative protein industry and public resource landscape. Before joining GFI, Maille held various internships in the policy space, including with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She holds a B.S. in Environmental Science and Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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