1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Pre-conference Workshop
Transformation Imperative: How Can We Truly Change the Food System?
1:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Pre-conference Workshop
Startup Marketing Bootcamp
1:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Pre-conference Workshop
Considerations for Intellectual Property Protection
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm
Pre-conference Workshop
Startup Hiring Bootcamp: Aligning Org and Team Strategy
2:30 pm - 3:50 pm
Pre-conference Workshop
GATA Town Hall
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking
Cumulus Kickoff Party
8:30 am - 8:35 am
Plenary
Welcome to Cumulus!
8:35 am - 9:00 am
Plenary
The Big Picture: Tech’s Role in Addressing Climate Change and Food Security
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Plenary
Policy’s New Path Toward Nutrition Innovation
9:20 am - 9:45 am
Plenary
Overcoming Challenges to Mainstream Ag and Food Product Adoption
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Plenary
Alt Protein: Ready? Or Not?
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Innovation Stage
Innovation & Product Showcase
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Track 1
Using Robotics to Solve the Labor Shortage
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Track 2
Retail & Food Service: Winning Solutions to Reducing Waste
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Track 3
Precision Fermentation: State of the Industry
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Track 1
CEA Infrastructure and Investment
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Track 2
Carbon Collaboration: Turning Carbon Platforms into a Market Reality
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Track 3
Navigating the Evolving Regulatory Environment for Novel Ingredients
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Networking
Lunch
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Track 1
How Tech is Enabling Efficient Resource Use on Farms
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Track 2
Consumer Adoption of New Foods—What Does It Take?
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Track 3
The Future of Upcycled Ingredients
2:35 pm - 3:05 pm
Track 1
The Holy Grail of CEA
2:35 pm - 3:05 pm
Track 2
Leveraging Digital Tools to Increase Food Safety and Minimize Waste
2:35 pm - 3:05 pm
Track 3
Challenges and Opportunities in the Demand for Clean Label Innovation
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Track 1
How Agtech Innovations are Derisking Price Volatility of Crop Inputs
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Track 2
Driving the Food-as-Medicine Pathway
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Track 3
The Future of Commodities: Future-Proofing Our Food System Through Synthetic Ingredients
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Networking
Expo Hall Reception
8:30 am - 8:35 am
Plenary
Welcome Back
8:35 am - 9:00 am
Plenary
Reporting Impact: Exploring Complexities and Value
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Plenary
Disrupting Food Retail: Innovation at Scale
9:20 am - 9:45 am
Plenary
Investor Panel: Exits and Future Unicorns
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Plenary
What Does a Future Food System Look Like?
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Innovation Stage
Innovation & Product Showcase
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Track 1
The Future of Controlled Environment Agriculture
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Track 2
Leveraging Farm Data for Downstream Visibility
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Track 3
How Tech is Transforming Our Notion of Hospitality
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Track 2
Navigating Growth, Budgets, Runway and Exits in a Volatile Economy
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Track 3
Retail’s Opportunity Driving Food-As-Medicine Innovation
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Track 3
The Promise of Epigenetics
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Networking
Lunch
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Track 2
Advances in CRISPR: What Can We Learn from Applications Across the Value Chain?
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Track 2
Commercializing Novel CPG
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Track 3
Breakthroughs in R&D: Decoding Flavor and Aroma
2:35 pm - 3:05 pm
Track 1
Beyond the Culture: What’s Next for Alt Protein’s Ancillary Components?
2:35 pm - 3:05 pm
Track 2
Re-Regionalization of Food Systems
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Track 1
The Novel Foods Capex Challenge: Building Infrastructure at Scale
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Track 2
The Final Frontier? Digitization of the Supply Chain
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm
Track 3
Accelerating Innovation Through Strategic Partnerships
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Networking
Expo Hall Reception
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Networking
Official After Party