The Business of Alt Protein: The importance of food within the defense industrial base
Event description
Novel production technologies in food have an important role to play in defense readiness, economic security, and global technological competitiveness — all of which are key elements of national security strategy. Presenter Dr. Liz Specht will be discussing the ways in which food biomanufacturing, in particular, can address key supply chain challenges within a defense and national security context, as well as highlight opportunities to elevate the profile of this field and establish deeper relationships with the defense industrial base community.
Meet the speaker
Dr. Liz Specht
Dr. Liz Specht has a B.S. in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in biological sciences from the University of California San Diego. She is an emerging technology fellow through the Horizon Institute for Public Service, currently placed at the Emerging Technologies Institute, a think tank affiliate of the National Defense Industrial Association. Prior to that, Liz served as the Senior Vice President of Science & Technology at the Good Food Institute. She has given hundreds of presentations to a wide range of audiences, from scientific conferences to venture capitalists, and from C-suite multinational food and agriculture professionals to institutional investors. Liz has also served as an advisor to newly launched research consortia and centers in alternative proteins and to government agencies seeking strategic guidance on areas of technological need to advance the field.
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