INNOFOOD FORUM

2023, Gelendzhik Arena, Gelendzhik, Russia

International forum of innovative technologies in food industry and agriculture

Project misson

Extending the borders of FoodTech and AgriTech in Russia and the world

INNOFOOD 2022 PHOTO GALLERY

Official visit to the exhibition by Denis Manturov

Main srategic session

Exhibition

Eco - INNOFOOD

INNOFOOD evening party

FoodTech for everyone

New trends in consumer behaviour

Personalized nutrition to improve the quality of life and health of the nation

Presentation of start-up projects to russian and international investors

Open meeting of the Foodnet roadmap working group

Future city logistics and supply chains

Alternative sources of raw materials for food industry

days

international
top speakers

participants

20 +

1500 +

Presentation

zone

Platform for B2G

communications

FoodTech for all

educational lectures and workshops for young people (Lecture-hall)

Structure and formats

participating companies

60 +

Project presentation

Invited speakers

Denis Manturov

Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Mikhail Ivanov

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Svetlana Knodneva

Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

Hans Hyun

Partner of the Emerging Asia Capital Partner

Dana Al Salem

Founder, Merit Capital

Dr. Visit Limlurcha

Chairman of Processed Food & Future Food Committee, The Thai Chamber of Commerce

Dmitry Konyaev

Director General Uralchem

Vladislav Romantsev

Executive Director, EFKO

Ruslan Ismailov

Board Member, Deputy General Director, Retail Network Director, Magnit

Artemy Lebedev

Designer

Irena Ponaroshku

TV host, journalist, blogger

Alexandra Novikova

Founder of the How To Eat project

Nikita Mazepin

Racing driver, Founder of the We Compete As One Foundation

Ivan Berezutsky

Founder Twins Garden

Sergey Berezutsky

Founder Twins Garden

Alexander Mazhuga

First Deputy Chairman, State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education

Evgeny Kuznetsov

СЕО, Orbita Capital Partners

Alexander Shulgin

Investor, Siberian Farm, Irkutsk Strawberry, IFarm, Shef.c

Petr Zhukov

Founder and Managing Partner, Indigo Capital Partners

Ilya Gamov

Director of Agro-industrial Enterprises, Magnit

Agnessa Osipova

President, BRPI

Andrey Sharonov

President of the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management

Barak Orenstein

Vice President of Marketing, SavorEat

Sergey Ivanov

Member of the Board of Directors, EFKO

Alina Osmakova

Deputy Director for Strategic Communications, The Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Vasily Tarasevich

Head of acceleration programs, Magnit

Anatoly Skalny

Director of the Center for Bioelementology and Human Ecology, PMSMU. I. M. Sechenova, Vice-President of the UNESCO Institute for Trace Elements

Yuri Klyushenkov

General Director, VPLab

Evgeny Nikolaev

Digital Marketing Director for e-commerce, Magnit

Yousef Hesuani

Founder, Bio Printing Solutions

Anna Davidova

Founder, 5YES!

Dmitry Krivosheev

Head of Educational Projects, Genotek

Anton Pushkarev

Director of Sustainable Business Development, Syngenta

Laurent Gentzbittel

Head of the Digital Agriculture Laboratory, The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

Olesya Volokh

Head of the Group of Scientific research and Nutrition Studies, PhD Biology Danone

Honglada Thoetkiattikul

Senior Consultant, Development and Promotion Department, Future Industry Technology Management Center, Kingdom of Thailand

Dmitry Alekseev

Scientific Director of the University of Educational Medicine

Svetlana Pavlichenko

Executive Director of National research center "Healthy Nutrition"

Ilya Strokin

Director of the Competence Center in the Agro-industrial Complex, KPMG

Natalia Krasheninnik

Development Director of the agro-biotech department, biological and medical technologies’ cluster, Skolkovo Foundation

Inna Golfand

Partner, Strategy Partners

Konstantin Ivanov

Head of Government Relations Department, Uralchem

Artur Boyarov

Director of Analytics and Research, Biotech 2030 Association

Polina Semenova

Executive Director, Union of Food Ingredients Producers

Tatiana Savenkova

President of the Union of Producers of Food Ingredients, Director of the Research Institute for Quality, Safety and Technology of Specialized Food Products of the PRUE. G.V. Plekhanov

Anton Atrashkin

Program Director INNOFOOD

Business Program

18 September, 19:00 — 21:00
Primula Hall

WELCOME COCKTAIL

Pullman Hotel

For invited participants

19 September, 10:30 — 11:30

OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE EXHIBITION BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER — MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

19 September, 11:30 — 13:00
Platane Hall

Strategic session
FOODTECH – THE BASIS OF GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

The main session of INNOFOOD will present FoodTech big strategies and expert assessments of the role of technology in ensuring global food security by government officials and business leaders of the highest level. Is the world divided and everyone defends their own interests? Which technologies and products shall we invest in today? Venture investments versus state support: is there a choice?

Invited speakers:

Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Svetlana Khodneva, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
Dr. Visit Limlurcha, Chairman of Processed Food & Future Food Committee, The Thai Chamber of Commerce
Dana Al Salem, Founder, Merit Capital
Dmitry Konyaev, General Director, Uralchem
Vladislav Romantsev, Executive Director, EFKO
Ruslan Ismailov, Board Member, Deputy General Director, Retail Network Director, Magnit

Moderator: Anton Atrashkin, Program Director of INNOFOOD

19 September, 13:00 — 14:30
Camelia Hall

Specialized session
NUTRIENTS AND HEALTHY DIET: WHICH IS BETTER?

The dietary supplements market is growing rapidly from year to year at double-digit rates, despite the falling purchasing power of the population and the crisis in the economy. The modern food industry also offers a wide range of food products that the body requires, regardless of taking of nutrients and dietary supplements.

Invited speakers:

Kirill Kaem, Senior Vice President for Innovation, Skolkovo Foundation
Elena Smirnova, Head of the Laboratory of Demography and Nutrition Epidemiology, FGBUN FRC of Nutrition and Biotechnology
Alexander Zhestkov, Executive Director, Union of Producers of Dietary Supplements for Food
Natalia Ivanova, Head of the Institute of Public Catering, Federal Scientific Center for Food Systems. V.M. Gorbatov RAS, General Director, Association of Catering Network Enterprises
Yuri Klyushenkov, General Director, VPLab
Kirill Rodin, Director for Government Relations, Russia Public Opinion Research Center
Natalia Nefedova, Leader of the healthy lifestyle direction, VkusVill

Moderator: Anastasia Manuylova, Correspondent, Kommersant, Editor of the «Zdravookhraneniye» application

Partner: Kommersant Publishing House

19 September, 13:00 — 14:00
Magnolia Hall

MEETING OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES WITH DENIS MANTUROV, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER — MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

At the meeting in the off the records format, the top officials of the INNOFOOD participating companies will have an opportunity to discuss new challenges and problems of the sector related to introduction of new technologies, investments of foreign companies in Russia.

(Invitees only)

19 September, 15:00−16:30
Magnolia Hall

Roundtable
OVERCOMING LEGAL BARRIERS FOR EFFECTIVE INTEGRATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Legislators, experts and company executives discuss improvement of the legal framework for FoodTech and AgriTech introduction in a practical session

Invited speakers:

Mikhail Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Alexandr Mazhuga, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education
Vladislav Romantsev, Executive Director, EFKO
Igor Demin, Deputy General Director, Moscow Innovation Cluster Foundation
Konstantin Ivanov, Head of the Government Relations Department, Uralchem
Anna Dupan, Director of the Institute of Legal Regulation of the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics
Artem Ponomarev, CEO, Greenwise
Polina Semenova, Executive Director, SPPI
Andrey Zyuzin, Head of the Personalized Nutrition Segment, FoodNet

Moderator: Alina Osmakova, Deputy Director for Strategic Communications, The Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences

19 September, 15:00 — 16:30
Camelia Hall

Specialized session
INVESTING IN FOODTECH: A SKYROCKETING SECTOR

The "new black" for investment bankers around the world, FoodTech in Russia still seems exotic. However, not only ventures, but also large corporations, and even the state are paying much attention to it. What is Russian FoodTech missing to make a breakthrough, success stories and epic fails, lack of money or weakness of projects: these and other issues are subject for discussion at the session.

Invited speakers:

Evgeny Kuznetsov, CEO,Orbita Capital Partners (Management Company of the Digital Evolution Ventures Fund)
Sergey Ivanov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Fuel For Growth Venture Fund, Member of the EFCO Board of Directors
Alexander Shulgin, Investor, Siberian Farm, Irkutsk Strawberry, IFarm, Shef.c
Dr. Visit Limlurcha, Chairman of Processed Food & Future Food Committee, The Thai Chamber of Commerce
Konstantin Ivanov, Head of the Government Relations Department, Uralchem
Vasily Tarasevich, Head of acceleration programs, Magnit

Moderator: Petr Zhukov, Founder and Managing Partner, Indigo Capital Partners

19 September, 15:00 — 16:30
Platane Hall

Strategic session
NEW TRENDS IN CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR

They are listened to, read, imitated. The experts of the session have been forming public opinion for years, sometimes ultimately telling their fans what’s good or bad. What do Russian celebrities think about vegetable meat steak or cricket casserole? We asked them to talk and discuss radical changes in nutrition, using particular cases to assess the prospects for unexpected surprises offered by the food developers of the future.

Invited speakers:

Artemy Lebedev, Designer, Blogger
Irena Ponaroshku, TV host, journalist, blogger
Nikita Mazepin, Racing driver, Founder of the We Compete As One Foundation
Alexandra Novikova, Founder of the How To Eat project
Dmitry Krivosheev, Head of Educational Projects, Genotek

Moderator: Andrey Zakharin, Editor-in-chief, Gastronom

19 September, 17:00 — 18:30
Camelia hall

Specialized session
HOW TO MAKE AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE

Last year in our country passed under the "banner" of ESG transformation. Regulators, consumers, financial institutions were actively writing their strategies and roadmaps, including preparing for the ESG reversal in food. During the session, we will discuss: What challenges do food producers face today? How relevant is the "sustainable development" agenda for them? What is responsibility in food production, both on the side of producers and processors?

Invited speakers:

Sergey Ivanov, Member of the Board of Directors, EFKO
Dr. Visit Limlurcha, Chairman of Processed Food & Future Food Committee, The Thai Chamber of Commerce
Laurent Genzbittel, Director of the Digital Agriculture Laboratory, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Ilya Gamov, Director of Agro-industrial Enterprises, Magnit
Ilya Strokin, Director of the Competence Center in the Agro-industrial Complex, KPMG
Anton Pushkarev, Director of Sustainable Business Development, Syngenta

Moderator: Andrey Sharonov, President of the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management

19 September, 17:00 — 18:30
Magnolia Hall

Round table
BARRIER OF UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND UNRELIABLE DATA ON THE WAY OF DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS OF AGRO INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

During the round table leading industry experts, leaders in the implementation of new technological solutions for agriculture will discuss the existing barriers that prevent the widespread implementation of innovative solutions to the agro-industrial complex.

Invited speakers:

Ilya Voronkov, General Director, GeomirAgro
Anna Kudinova, CEO, Precision Farming
Tatyana Surdina, Marketing Director, Uralchem
Sergey Duk, Sberbank
Igor Popkov, Deputy General Director of the Science Park of Moscow State University
Inna Golfand, Partner, Strategy Partners

Moderator: Dmitry Akishkin, Serial entrepreneur, restaurateur, founder of LavkaLavka, FamilyFarmBurger

Partner: Uralchem

19 September, 17:00 — 18:30
Platane Hall

Pitch session
PRESENTATION OF START-UP PROJECTS TO THE RUSSIAN AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS

FoodTech is not an oil rig, here one needs to think outside the standard and work a lot. Thousands of medium and small businesses work in this sector. Many of them dream of becoming big businesses someday. The INNOFOOD startup competition and members of the international expert council will help young entrepreneurs in promoting their technologies and fundraising.

Expert Council

Sergey Ivanov, Member of the Board of Directors, EFKO
Anna Nenakhova, Director, Uralchem Innovations
Dana Al Salem, Founder, Merit Capital
Petr Zhukov, Founder and Managing Partner, Indigo Capital Partners
Alexandr Shulgin, Investor, Siberian Farm, Irkutsk Strawberry, IFarm, Shef.c
Honglada Thoetkiattikul, Senior Consultant, Development and Promotion Department, Future Industry Technology Management Center, Kingdom of Thailand
Vasily Tarasevich, Head of acceleration programs, Magnit
Alena Kalabanova, Accelerator of Moscow State University of Food Production

Moderators:

Michail Zakharevich, Director, URALCHEM-GROWTH ELEMENT Accelerator

19 September, Arrival of guests at 19:00

INNOFOOD EVENING PARTY
«SMART FOOD ON A PLATE»

The solemn evening reception of INNOFOOD will be held in the very heart of Sochi - the restaurant "Morskoy", located in the area of the Sochi Seaport. Guests of the reception will have a view of the central city marina and the southern sunset, a buffet table and a concert of a guest star.

Dress-code: white smart casual

For VIP participants

Registration on link

Partner: Magnit

20 September,
10:00−11:30
Camelia Hall

Specialized session
PERSONALIZED NUTRITION TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH OF THE NATION

Each homo sapiens is unique. It's astonishing that a personalized approach to nutrition has become a basic trend only in the recent years. Technologies developed on the basis of the human genome are reality. We will learn about the latest R&D achievements in this area from the session experts.

Invited speakers:

Anatoly Skalny, Director of the Center for Bioelementology and Human Ecology, PMSMU. I. M. Sechenova, Vice-President of the UNESCO Institute for Trace Elements
Enver Tokayev, Founder and Head of the ACADEMY-T
Olesya Volokh, Head of the Group of Scientific research and Nutrition Studies, PhD Biology Danone Russi
Dmitry Alekseev, Scientific Director of the University of Educational Medicine
Agnessa Osipova, Ph.D. in Medicine, President, BRPI
Svetlana Pavlichenko, Executive Director, National research center "Healthy Nutrition"
Petr Kruglyakov, Founder, Arctic Food
Sergey Maizel, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Pobeda Group of Companies

Moderator: Dmitry Krivosheev, Head of Educational Projects, Genotek

20 September, 10:00−11:30
Magnolia Hall

OPEN MEETING OF THE FOODNET ROADMAP WORKING GROUP

During the open meeting, members of the working group and FoodNet market experts will present an assessment of the current situation and forecasts for the development of innovative sectors of the food industry and agricultural technologies in Russia, as well as answer questions from participants.

Invited participants:

Mikhail Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Elena Belous, Deputy Director of the Department of Food and Processing Industry, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Alexandr Mazhuga, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education
Andrey Zyuzin, Head of the Personalized Nutrition Segment, FoodNet
Alina Osmakova, Deputy Director for Strategic Communications, The Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vasily Tarasevich, Head of acceleration programs, Magnit
Rustam Khafizov, Head of Innovation Analytical Center, Cherkizovo Group
Polina Semenova, Executive Director, SPPI
Artem Ponomarev, CEO, Greenwise Founder, Greenwise, Head at Association of alternative food products producers

Moderators:

Konstantin Ivanov, Head of the Foodnet 2035 working group, National technological initiative, secretary of the OPORA RUSSIA Committee for Agriculture, Head of the Government Relations Department, Uralchem

20 September, 12:00−13:30
Camelia Hall

Specialized session
FUTURE CITY LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS: HOW FOODTECH IS CHANGING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

The COVID years have become an unthinkable driver for development of urban digital services. In this area, there are no more classic providers with billions of turnover and new hungry startupers: they all actively compete with each other and try to win consumer loyalty.

Invited speakers:

Barak Orenstein, Vice President of Marketing at SavorEat
Alexandr Shulgin, Investor, Siberian Farm, Irkutsk Strawberry, IFarm, Shef.c
Evgeny Nikolaev, Digital Marketing Director for e-commerce, Magnit
Albert Latipov, Co-founder, Dark-kitchen service Mandarin
Artem Simonyants, General Director, Qummy
Natalia Krasheninnik, Development Director of the agro-biotech department, biological and medical technologies’ cluster, Skolkovo Foundation

Moderator: Nadezhda Plotnikova, Chief Editor, Federal Press

20 September,
12:00−13:30
Magnolia Hall

Roundtable
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF RAW MATERIALS FOR FOOD INDUSTRY - A NICHE PRODUCT OR GLOBAL DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY

For the panelists, “alternative food” is neither a myth nor an experiment. The unique technologies they use offer the consumer alternative, tasty and healthy sources of proteins and fats. The sector demonstrates rapid pace, but has not yet become massive. Is it necessary? "Quo vadis?" - the leaders of FoodTech will answer.

Invited speakers:

Anna Nenakhova, CEO, Uralchem Innovations
Honglada Thoetkiattikul, Senior Consultant, Development and Promotion Department, Future Industry Technology Management Center, Kingdom of Thailand
Anna Davydova, Founder 5YES!
Yuri Klyushenkov, General Director of VPLab
Yousef Hesuani, Founder, Bio Printing Solutions

Moderator: Sergei Ivanov, Member of the Board of Directors, EFKO

20 September,
13:00−15:00
Platane Hall

AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE BEST EXPORTERS OF THE SOUTHERN FEDERAL DISTRICT

20 September,
14:00−15:30
Camelia Hall

Specialized session
SOYA IS THE CULTURE OF THE FUTURE. HOW TO HELP REALIZE THE GENETIC YIELD POTENTIAL

In recent years, interest in the cultivation of soybeans has been caused by the high price of the crop, and the shortfall in obtaining each centner of the crop significantly reduces the profitability of its production. So why are we losing precious centners of the harvest? And what protection scheme to choose to help soybeans realize their potential, using modern digital technologies in agriculture?

Invited speakers:

Evgenia Khasanova, Head of Fungicides and Insecticides, Syngenta
Alexandr Blinov, Head of the group for the implementation of digital services of the company, Syngenta
Zhanna Shalimova, Head of online marketing and e-commerce, PhosAgro

20 September,
16:00−17:30
Camelia Hall

Specialized session
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION - EXPORT OF PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Young, but active FoodTech industry does not want and should not develop only within the Russian borders. Leading companies enter export markets and interact with foreign partners. The experts of the session discuss prospects and problems of international cooperation.

Invited speakers:

Arman Khojoyan, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
Dr. Visit Limlurcha, Chairman of Processed Food & Future Food Committee, The Thai Chamber of Commerce
Nguyen Van Tuan, Director of International Relations Department, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Rustam Khafizov. Head of Innovation Analytical Center, Cherkizovo Group
Sergey Ivanov, Member of the Board of Directors, EFKO
Inna Golfand, Partner, Strategy Partners

Moderator: Alina Osmakova, Deputy Director for Strategic Communications, The Federal Research Centre “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences

20 September,
16:00 — 17:30
Magnolia Hall

WORKING GROUP ON DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR FOOD INGREDIENTS INDUSTRY

PULLMAN & MERCURE SOCHI CENTRE 5*