What will we eat in the future?
On May 31st, SACC-NE will host a second part of it's successful trendspotting event about food. The Future of Food – Part II will look into the growing industry of food, and highlight the latest innovation and upcoming trends. As Sweden is at the forefront of foodtech, we want to explore what U.S consumers will look for in the near future when it comes to their daily meals and nutrition and what potential market opportunities might open up. We wish to give our audience an outlook of what we can expect consumers to look out for in the future as well as what Swedish businesses who want to expand to the U.S. market might expect in terms of the development within this field.
PANELISTS AND MODERATOR
Katie Stebbins, Executive Director Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute at Tufts University
Josh Trautwein, CEO and co-founder of About Fresh
Anton Johansson, CFO at Mycorena
Pia Qvarnström, CEO and founder of Bärta
The conversation will be moderated by Melina Viking, Event Director at Diversified Communications UK.
The event will be an online event that will take place on May 31, at 10 AM ET | 4 PM CET.
ABOUT KATIE STEBBINS
Katie Stebbins is the Executive Director of the Tufts Food & Nutrition Innovation Institute and was previously Secretary for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts, where she led state investment efforts in cybersecurity, health-tech, robotics, and advanced manufacturing. She is formally trained as an environmental/urban planner and worked in post-industrial cities for nearly twenty years addressing the challenges of economic disinvestment and the opportunities for systems change.
ABOUT JOSH TRAUTWEIN
Josh is co-founder and CEO of About Fresh, a Boston-based company that uses food retail, technology, data, and community-driven activism to empower people to access and afford healthy food and reshape systems that govern our food access. Josh was inspired to start About Fresh while serving as a community health worker and encountering food insecurity among his patients after the only grocery store in the neighborhood closed. Outside of work, Josh plays soccer and coaches his hometown Special Olympics soccer team, grills, skis, and hikes. Josh grew up with his mom, grandmother, and a small extended family in Milford, MA. He graduated from Northeastern University in 2010 with a degree in Sociology.
ABOUT ANTON JOHANSSON
Anton Johansson is the Chief Financial Officer of Mycorena, a Gothenburg-based FoodTech startup working to radically improve the way protein is produced and consumed. The company has developed Promyc, a unique mycoprotein that allows food manufacturers to bring their product portfolios into the 21st century while maximizing climate performance. Since he joined the firm in 2018, Mycorena has raised more than $35 million from international investors and is currently building a commercial-scale production plant that will be the first of its kind in Europe. With a background in both Finance and Intellectual Property Management, Anton is particularly excited about the massive business potential and innovation possibilities of fungi biotechnology.
ABOUT PIA QVARNSTRÖM
Pia Qvarnström is the CEO and founder at Bärta that produces plant based organic products from sprouted and fermented peas. Pia has a master degree in music education from Malmö Academy of Music and before starting Bärta she was working as a producer, performer and teacher in dance and music. A culinary epiphany in 2014 and longing to create something with a substantially positive impact on the planet were the stepping stones into food tech. Today Bärta has eight different products on Swedish retail market and are looking to expand abroad.
ABOUT MELINA VIKING
Melina is the Event Director for the successful trade events Nordic Organic Food Fair & Eco Life Scandinavia. She has 5+ years’ experience with B2B sales and marketing within the organic & sustainable food industry and has built an extensive network within this sector across Europe.
