VWS Pathfinder

We are excited to announce the return of VWS Pathfinder, the world’s first and only women founder summit and pitch competition dedicated exclusively to animal-free innovation through the future of food, fashion, beauty, and biotechnology innovation. We invite you to join us virtually on Friday, October 29th, 2021 for this worldwide event.

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Bruce Friedrich

FOUNDER & CEO
Bruce will serve on the selection committee for this year’s VWS Pathfinder Competition.

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Foods of the Future: Science and Engineering Approaches (Gordon Research Conference)

The focus of this conference is to bring the multi-disciplinary future food community under one roof with a singular focus: collaboratively advancing the science and engineering of safe and scalable…

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Virtual Event

Unlocking Canada’s Food Innovation Potential through Regulatory Modernization

Event description Canada’s food and health-product regulatory systems are at a turning point. On February 4, GFI’s Mackenzie B. will join government, academic, and industry experts for a workshop hosted…

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Virtual Event

The Business of Alt Protein: Plant-Based Meat Consumer Health Perceptions

Join GFI’s Associate Director of Market Research, Jody Kirchner, as she unpacks GFI’s latest research into consumers’ health beliefs, priorities, and behaviors, and what this means for the future of…