Lauren Abda, Founder, Branchfood, Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group

Arthur Ackles, Vice President of Merchandising and Buying at Roche Bros

Elliot Begoun, Founder & Brand Champion at Tig Brands

Eric Braun, Sr. Director of Innovation at Retail Business Services

Loren Brill, Founder & CEO at Sweet Loren’s

Bob Burke, Principal at Natural Products Consulting

Nicole Burke, Technology Scout, Kalsec

Elizabeth Candelario, Principal at Studio Airstream

Brandon Casteel, VP of Channel Sales at SPINS

Patricia Courville, National Director of UpNext at UNFI

Bill Deacon, Co-Founder/CEO at Eastern Standard Provisions

Elizabeth Dembia, Customer Success and Partnerships Lead at Forager

Meera Dhingra, VP / Co-Lead Transaction Advisory at Propeller Industries

Cable Dill, Ahold Delhaize US Strategy Team Manager, Peapod Digital Labs

Michele Fite, Chief Commercial Officer and Strategic Planning at Motif FoodWorks

Jaime Frye, Chief Sales Officer at C.A. Fortune

Stephen Gaither, Chief Marketing Officer at C.A. Fortune

Jeff Grossman, Vice President, Sales and Brand Development at YumEarth

Will Grubb, Manager of Business Development & Investor Relationships at Nutrition Capital Network

Jeremy Halpern, Partner at Nutter

Hugh Holman, CEO & Co-Founder at Observa

Marcia Hooper, Co-Founder & Partner at Branch Venture Group

Gil Horsky, Director of Innovation Snack Futures at Mondelez International

Laura Howell, Chief Client Officer at C.A. Fortune

Christopher Hunter, Co-Founder & CEO at Koia

David Kaplan, Distinguished Prof. & Director of Tissue Engineering and Research Center at Tufts University

Paul Kollesoff, Co-Founder & General Manager at The Urgent Company, maker of Brave Robot

Kate Krueger, Founder at Helikon Consulting

Lily Leedom, Founder & CEO at Duxbury Saltworks

Will Lisman, Chief Commercial Officer at HumanCo

Scott Lively, President and Board Member at Raise American

Luke MacQueen, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Boston Meats

Nicolas McCoy, Managing Director & Co-Founder at Whipstitch Capital

Laura Merritt, VP Marketing, New Ventures & Innovation at KIND

Michael Miille, CEO at Joyn Bio

Matias Muchnick, CEO & Founder at NotCo

Sharyn Murray, Senior Investor Engagement Specialist at The Good Food Institute

Chuck Muth, Chief Growth Officer at Beyond Meat

Rachel Moore, Vice President Marketing at Clio Snacks

Janelle Nanos, Business Reporter at Boston Globe Media

Danielle Nierenberg, President at Food Tank

Carol Ortenberg, Editor at NOSH

Marc Oshima, Co-Founder & CMO at AeroFarms

John Pattison, Co-Founder and CEO at Cultured Decadence

Peter Pappas, Chief Sales Officer at Vital Farms

Carl Pennington, Co-Founder & President at Proud Source Water

Matt Riley, SVP Global Sales at Eat Just

Jessica Schmidt, VP Business Intelligence at C.A. Fortune

Mary Ellen Shoup, Senior Correspondent at FoodNavigator USA & NutraIngredients USA

Carole Sioufi, Market Research Analyst at Branchfood

Devon Snider, Director of E-Commerce at C.A. Fortune

Chloe Sorvino, Staff Writer at Forbes Magazine

Joy Tucci, SVP E-Commerce at C.A. Fortune

Gretchen VanEsselstyn, Director of Education at Specialty Food Association

Briana Warner, CEO at Atlantic Sea Farms

Josh Wiesman, Head of HUB Strategic Innovation at Ocean Spray Cranberries

Ahmad Yehya, President, Nabati Foods Inc

Douglas Yu, Business Manager at Springdale Ventures & Contributor at Forbes

Harjeet Bajaj, President & CEO at Savormetrics

Adam Behrens, Co-founder & CEO at Mori (formerly Cambridge Crops)

Panos Bethanis, Founder & CEO at Survey.com

Lillianna Byington, Reporter at Food Dive

Nico Enriquez, CEO at Willie's Superbrew

Michele Fite, CCO & Strategic Planning at Motif FoodWorks

Ted Fleming, Founder & CEO at Partake Brewing

Seth Goldman, Founder of Eat the Change

Richa Gupta, President of Good Food for Good

Jeremy Halpern, Partner at Nutter

Annette Herz, Partner at Compass Marketing

Eric Hudson, Founder & CEO at Preserve

Renske Lynde, Partner at 1st Course Capital

Jorge Macedo, Co-founder of Loteria Ice Cream

Kevin Mannering, Partner & COO at Rodeo CPG

James McCann, Chairman & CEO at Food Retail Ventures

Nick McCoy, Co-Founder of Whipstitch Capital

Michael McQueeny, Counsel at Foley Hoag LLP

Christopher Mirabile, Sr. Managing Director at Launchpad Venture Group

Ryan Naboshek, Co-founder & CEO at Crafted Energy

Janelle Nanos, Business Reporter at Boston Globe Media

Tyler Noyes, Founder of Kalahari Snacks

Ayo Oshinaike, CEO at Foodspace Technology

Jeffrey Schmoyer, VP Global Head of Human Insights at Firmenich

Lisa Sebesta, Founder of Sitari Capital

Andrew Smith, Senior Policy Advisor at Foley Hoag LLP

Jackie Suggitt, Director of Stakeholder Engagement at ReFED

Monica Watrous, Managing Editor at Food Business News

Erica Liu Williams, Founder of gr8nola

Jillian Wishman, Strategic Marketing Associate at Bay State Milling

Lauren Abda, Founder, Branchfood, Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group

Sarah Alter, President & CEO at NEW

Nate Barry, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Food Trust

Adam Behrens, Co-founder and CEO, Cambridge Crops

Tracy Bell, Co-Founder and CEO, Millennia TEA

Mark Berinato, Vice President, Experience Strategy + Design, Panera Bread

Andress Blackwell, President and CEO, Swerve Sweetener

Dr. David Edwards, Harvard Professor and Founder, Incredible Foods™

Brent Feldman, CMO, B.GOOD

Jim Foltz, Vice-President, Business Ventures, Albertsons

Ellen Siebenborn Forsyth, Vice President US Sales, General Mills

Megan Grocki, Principal, Research and Strategy, Fork In the Road, LLC

Sean Grundy, Co-Founder, Bevi

Jeremy Halpern, Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Group; Co-Lead, Food and Beverage Group, Nutter

Luke Higgins, VP, Growth, Hill Holliday

August Horvath, Partner and Co-Chair, Advertising & Marketing Practice, Foley Hoag

Paul-Thomas Lacroix, Director, Natural Products Canada

Kellem Mattie, CMO, Venturing & Emerging Brands, VP Marketing & Innovation, The Coca-Cola Company

Nick McCoy, Co-Founder, Whipstitch Capital

Jonathan McIntyre, CEO, Motif Ingredients

Mike Messersmith, GM, Oatly

Fran Middleton, CDO, America's Test Kitchen

Janelle Nanos, Reporter, Boston Globe

Scott Nelson, VP, Marketing, Panera Bread

Zak Normandin, Founder & CEO, Iris Nova (DIRTY LEMON, The Drug Store)

Carol Ortenberg, Editor, NOSH

Lisa Tirino, Director, New Platforms, Ocean Spray

Lauren Abda, Founder, Branchfood, Co-Founder, Branch Venture Group

Christina Agapakis, Creative Director, Ginkgo Bioworks

Craig Boyan, President, H-E-B

Summer Butler, Director of Shopper Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company

Harriet Cross, British Consul General in Boston, Consulate General of Canada to the US, in Boston

Dr Ahmed El-Sohemy, Founder, Nutrigenomix

Steve Fredette, Co-Founder, Toast

Dr. Bibiana Garcia-Bailo, Director of Research & Development, Nutrigenomix

Rachel Greenberger, Founder Babson Food Sol

Jeremy Halpern, Co-Chair, Emerging Companies Group; Co-Lead, Food and Beverage Group, Nutter

Thomas Hayes, Research Associate, Lux Research

Marcia Hooper, Partner, Branch Venture Group

Jud Horner, CMO, Incredible Foods™

Marty Kolewe, Director of R&D, Incredible Foods™

Mike Lakusta, CEO, EthniFacts

Nick McCoy, Co-Founder, Whipstitch Capital

Adam Melonas, Founder, Chew Innovation

Heather Mills, Founder, VBites

Scott Mitchell, SVP, Fresh, H-E-B

Janelle Nanos, Reporter, Boston Globe

Poorvi Patodia, Founder, Biena Snacks

Raja Ramachandran, Founder, Ripe.io

John Rand, Principal & Founder, Life at Retail, LLC

Raymond Reddy. Founder, Ritual

Jamie Scheu, SVP Director, Experience Design, Hill Holliday

Dan Schorr, Founder, Vice Cream

Chris Snoyer, Co-Founder, Spiffy

Bob Tyler, Professor, University of Saskatchewan

Justin Unger, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Dunkin' Donuts

Jim Ward, Owner, Ward's Berry Farm