Program

Sunday, November 17th

17:00 – 18:00 | Registration (registration desk will be open during all conference days)

18:00 – 18:30 | Keynote lecture
Mark Post –
Opening Anniversary 

18:30 – 20:00 | Welcome reception sponsored by Fetherstonhaugh Foundation @ MECC (included in registration)

Monday, November 18th

09:00 – 10:30 | Session 1: Optimizing Cell Processes in Cellular Agriculture
Chair: Sissel Beate Rønning

09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote lecture:
Nanette Boyle – Rational Design of Cell Culture Media Using Metabolic Models 

09:30 – 10:30 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:

09:30 – 09:45
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Maria Olenic – Unraveling molecular mechanisms of reduced differentiation capacity in expanded bovine myoblasts by transcriptome analysis

09:45 – 10:00
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Ellen Parker- Process mode comparison to develop continuous production of quail muscle cells in serum free media 

10:00 – 10:15
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Alessandro Bertero-A CRISPR screening platform to optimize stem cell forward programing into meat components 

10:15 – 11:15 | Coffee Break sponsored by SEED Biosciences

11:15 – 12:45 | Session 2: Advanced Bioprocessing Technologies
Chair: Nynke van den Akker

11:15 – 11:45 | Keynote lecture:
Jonas Gerson – Sacred Cows and Cellular Agriculture

11:45 – 12:45 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:

11:45 – 12:00
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Sissel Beate Rønning – NMR and vibrational spectroscopy as tools for spent media analysis of metabolites during cultured meat production

12:00 – 12:15
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Barak Zohar – From Cell to Tissue Processing—Enabling Cultivated Meat Production at-Scale

12:15 – 12:30
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Ning Xiang – Sodium Zirconium Phosphate as Adsorbent Material for Ammonium Removal in Animal Cell Culture

12:30 – 12:45
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Pomaikaimaikalani Yamaguchi – Metabolic modeling and metabolomics guided chicken cell media optimization

12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch

13:45 – 15:00 | Session 3: Materials & Media for Tissue Generation
Chair: Mark Post

13:45 – 14:15 | Keynote lecture:
Rachael Floreani – The Whey Forward: Nutrient-Rich Substrates for Meat Production

14:15 – 15:00 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:

14:15 – 14:30
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Anirvan Guha – Development of Serum-Free Growth Media Using Automation and Bayesian Optimization

14:30 – 14:45
* Christine Ling Li Trautmann – Optimized Bovine Myogenesis In Vitro Through Modulation of Signaling Pathways for Cultivated Meat Applications

14:45 – 15:00
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Michael Saad – Surf for Turf: Goldfish FGF Improves Bovine Cell Proliferation in Serum-Free Media

15:00 – 15:45 | Poster Session I (even poster numbers) @ Exhibition Area

15:45 – 16:15 | Company Pitches 1
Chair: Meera Zassenhaus 

16:15 – 17:00 | Panel discussion: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Cultured Meat Research
Chair: Mark Post
Panel: Joe Taylor & Christoph Seiler

17:00 – 17:30 | Coffee Break sponsored by Profuse Technology Ltd.

17:30 – 18:30 | Session 4: What’s new?
Chair: Frea Mehta

Oral presentations selected from abstracts:

17:30 – 17:45
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Amit Zirman – Enhancing Proliferation of Bovine Mesenchymal Stem Cells through Pooled CRISPR Screens

17:45 – 18:00
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Sophie Letcher – Bug Appétit: Establishment & Characterization of a Non-Adherent Insect Cell Line for Cultivated Meat

18:00 – 18:15
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Stephan Alfaro  – Genome-wide CRISPR screening platforms for cultivated meat cell lines

18:15 – 18:30
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Sveva Bottini – A genetic switch for growth factor-free stem cell expansion and subsequent differentiation into skeletal muscle

18:30 – 18:45 | Closing

18:45 – 19:30 | Time for freshing up and transfer time

19:30 – 22:30 | Conference Dinner @ Muziekgieterij, entrance is included in registration; transportation is not included

Tuesday, November 19th

09:00 – 10:30 | Session 5: Biomaterials for 3D Tissue formation
Chair: Nynke van den Akker

09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote lecture:
Iftach Nachmann – An embryonic organoid approach to cultivated meat

09:30 – 10:30 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:

09:30 – 09:45
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Jannis Wollschlaeger – Bioprinted hybrid Cultured Meat products using plant proteins and bovine fat gellan gum bioinks

09:45 – 10:00
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Diana M. C. Marques – Combining electrospun plant-based nanofibers with muscle and fat bioinks: a novel approach to produce cultured fish fillets

10:00 – 10:15
*Ratima Suntornnond – Plant-Based Decellularized Scaffolds Enable Porcine Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering for Cultivated Meat Production

10:15 – 10:30
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Cesare Gargioli-3D printing for structured cultured meat

10:30 – 11:15 | Break

11:15 – 12:45 | Session 6: “Did you taste it yet?”
Chair: Sissel Beate Rønning

11:15 – 11:45 | Keynote lecture:
Ilse Fraeye – Color and flavor of cultured meat: what do we know so far?

11:45 – 12:45 | Oral presentations selected from abstracts:

11:45 – 12:00
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Ira van Eelen – The importance of taste(ing)

12:00 – 12:15
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Gemma Lyons – Unravelling Molecular Markers of Gourmet Meat Aromas (Sensory attributes)

12:15 – 12:30
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Revital Zarka – The analytical roadmap for developing a cultivated whole-cut bluefin tuna (Sensory attributes)

12:30 – 12:45
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Anna Leikeim – Differentiation of Fat Cells Across Species: Beef, Chicken and Fish Adipocytes for Cultured Meat (Sensory attributes)

12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch

13:45 – 14:15 | Session 7: Environmental impacts of Cultured Meat
Chair: Alex Shirazi

Keynote lecture:
Hanna Tuomisto – Environmental impacts of cultivated meat: knowns, unknowns and unknown unknowns

14:15 – 14:45 | Company Pitches 2
Chair: Meera Zassenhaus 

14:45 – 15:30 | Poster Session II (odd poster numbers) @ Exhibition Area

15:30 – 16:15 | Session 8: Measuring Impact in Cellular Agriculture
Chair: Frea Mehta

Oral presentations selected from abstracts:

15:30 – 15:45
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Neil Stephens – Cultured meat futures: an interdisciplinary analysis

15:45 – 16:00
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Toni Ryynänen – What Environmental Impact Categories Consumers Prefer? A Choice Experiment Study on Products of Cellular Agriculture

16:00 – 16:15
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Miroslav Zilka – Optimizing Meat Cultivation Process Environmental Impact Through Iterative LCA

16:15 – 16:45 | Coffee Break

16:45 – 17:15 | Harvesting
Chair: Mark Post

17:15 – 17:45 | Session 9: Updating our Protein Portfolio
Chair: Mark Post

Keynote lecture:
Lenore Newman – Updating our protein portfolio: social and policy implications of cultivated meat

17:45 – 18:30 | Panel discussion: Cultured meat in the court of public opinion
Chair: Mark Post
Panel: Elena Walden & Robert Jones

18:30 – 18:45 | Closing by Mark Post