Business programme

FoodTech: Quick ROI or Risky Business?

18 Jun , 12:00–13:15
International Youth Economic Forum
Pavilion G, conference hall G7

The global FoodTech market is showing vigorous growth. According to analysts, in 2018 it was estimated at USD 191 billion, and by 2025 is expected to reach USD 390 billion. New food packaging technologies, delivery services, artificial meat are an integral part of our lives already. How quickly will these technologies be introduced elsewhere? How are questions about safety of these new products being raised and dealt with? Are artificial meats and meal kits good for you? Resource depletion and health, what will the new generation choose?

Moderator
Olga Tarasova, Chairperson, Youth Council, All-Russian Society of Inventors and Rationalizers

Panellists
Mona Youssef Mahmoud Haseeb Abdelaty, Representative, Real Fresh Agriculture
Victoria Dolgikh, Founder, General Director, Healthy Bread (Zdorovy Khleb)
Xola Keswa, African Bildung Network Member, The Global Bildung Network
Yulia Mihaleva, Deputy Director, Russian Quality System (Roskachestvo)
Anton Urusov, Vice President, Russian Direct Investment Fund

Front row participants
Egor Dostavalov, Farmer, Chairman of the Organization, Agricultural Consumer Supply and Marketing Cooperative "Goose Capital"
Yury Kostyukevich, Senior Lecturer, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (SkolTech)

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