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January 28th and 29th, 2023
Spieker Forum, Haas School of Business
2023 Speakers
Marion Nestle
Professor; Award Winning Author
NYU
Solaire Denaud
Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature
UC Santa Barbara
Irina Gerry
Chief Marketing Officer
Change Foods
George Powlick
Partner
Astanor Ventures
Shannon Cosentino-Roush
Chief Strategy Officer
Finless Foods
Danielle Crespo
Chef & Entrepreneur
Vegan Chula
Nivi Jaswal
Founder and President
The Virsa Foundation Inc.
Don Moore
Professor
UC Berkeley
Ayesha Sherzai
Neurologist and co-director
Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University
Max Bazerman
Professor
Harvard University
Eric Schulze
Vice President of Product and Regulation
UPSIDE Foods
Luiza Villela
Founder
unClassic Foods
Priera Panescu
Senior Scientist; Plant-Based Specialist
Good Food Institute
Kelsey Kamanani Conklin
MPH Nutrition Candidate
UC Berkeley
Dean Sherzai
Behavioral neurologist and Neuroscientist
Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University
Sonya Brooks
Ph.D. Student
University of California, Los Angeles
Yaqi Grover
Partner
Lever VC
Nina Gheihman
Director of Partnerships
Plant Futures
AJ Albrecht
Managing Director
Mercy for Animals
Michel Nischan
Chef, Author and Food Equity Advocate
Wholesome Wave
Monica Chen
Executive Director
Factory Farming Awareness Coilition
Tracy Chen
Impact investor
Lisa Offringa
Ethnobotanist, Research Scientist, & Author
Brightseed
Thank you to our food donors!
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'”
Mr. Rogers
Paving Plant-Based Pathways:
Empowering the Next Generation
of Food System Leaders
This January, the Plant Futures Symposium will encourage you to look for the helpers undertaking this critical work.
We invite you to join us for two days of communal learning as we glean inspiration and knowledge from a curated mix of experts and industry leaders from across the globe, connect with an international, cross-disciplinary network of Plant Futurists, and chart a new path forward together.
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