[Postponed] Future Foods Journey to Wuxi

Dear Members and Friends of SwissCham,

It is estimated that the global population in 2050 will reach 10 billion. In order to meet the major challenge of the huge demand for protein, traditional protein such as meat will coexist with alternative protein, to complement each other in an inclusive, sustainable, healthy, and nutritious manner in the foreseeable future.

Alternative proteins are protein-rich components obtained from plants, insects, fungi, or through fermentation/tissue culture as an alternative to traditional animal protein sources. The alternative proteins empowered by science and technology aim to become a healthy and sustainable protein source, compared with the protein produced by traditional animal husbandry, to deal with potential crises such as food shortage and climate change.

We herewith invite you to join this full-day trip to Wuxi, to gain a better understanding of the future foods and the existing technical solutions, where we will have the opportunity to visit:

• the R&D Center of Bühler
• the Science Center for Future Foods and the State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology of the Jiangnan University

During the day, representatives from Bühler, Givaudan, Plug and Play, and the Jiangnan University will discuss the following topics:

• Bühler - Future Food and Industrial Innovation

This keynote speech will introduce the megatrends for future foods and how Buhler's Open Innovation boosts collaboration on the industrial value chain to provide solutions for end products.

• Givaudan - Protein Attitude

The presentation introduces the plant-based journey of Givaudan and how to create a product with plant-based experience by co-creating with universities, institutes, and scouting and incubation platforms.

• Plug and Play - A Bold Imagination: Disruptive Innovation in Sustainable Food & Agtech

This session will brief the importance of fundamental research and its relationship to disruptive innovation. It will also provide alternative thinking for China's agri-food tech trends and ecosystem collaboration.

• Jiangnan University - Biomanufacture of Artificial Meat

The so-called "artificial meat" can be generally divided into "plant protein meat" and "cell culture meat". At present, a large number of researches on artificial meat have been carried out all over the world. The key problems to be solved include the rational design and transformation of plant protein structure, flavor and nutrition, the large-scale acquisition of animal muscle cells and the large-scale low-cost culture of muscle tissue, as well as the foodization of plant protein meat and animal protein meat. Biotechnology can produce various food enzymes, protein scaffolds, nutrients, pigments, and flavor substances, which can realize the color, aroma, taste and shape of artificial meat, effectively improve the quality of artificial meat and reduce the production cost. In recent years, new resource proteins from more plants, the production of more proteins by microalgae and microorganisms, and the design and synthesis of functional proteins to improve food performance have provided more solutions to improve the quality of artificial meat and reduce production costs.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Your SwissCham Team

08:50 Arrival at Wuxi East Railway Station

09:00 - 09:30 Transportation (Wuxi East Railway Station to Bühler)

09:30 - 11:30 Meeting at Bühler

• Bühler:
• Welcome and Introduction
• Future Food and Industrial Innovation
• Givaudan Keynote speech
• Givaudan Protein Attitude
• Plug & Play Future Food Keynote Speech
• A Bold Imagination: Disruptive Innovation in Sustainable Food & Agtech

11:30 - 12:30 Bühler R&D Center Tour

12:30 - 13:00 Lunch Break (Plant-based food provided by LIVEKINDLY)

13:00 - 14:00 Transportation (Bühler to Jiangnan University)

14:00 - 16:00 Meeting and Tour at Jiangnan University

• Keynote speech
• Biomanufacture of Artificial Meat
• Tour in Jiangnan University
• Science Center for Future Foods
• State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology
• Museum of Food Science History

16:00 - 17:00 Transportation (Jiangnan University to Wuxi East Railway Station)

17:00 End of the Visit

Billions of people come into contact with Bühler technologies to cover their basic needs for food and mobility every day. Two billion people each day enjoy foods produced on Bühler equipment; and one billion people travel in vehicles manufactured with parts produced with our machinery. Countless people wear glasses, use smart phones and fitness trackers, and read newspapers and magazines, all of which depend highly on the Bühler process technologies and solutions. Having this global relevance, we are in a unique position to turn today's global challenges into sustainable and good business. We want every human being to have access to healthy food. We want to do our part to protect the climate with energy-efficient cars, buildings, and machinery. The mission of Bühler is "Innovations for a better world".

Bühler invests up to 5.2% of its turnover into research and development. In 2020, over 12,000 employees generated a turnover of CHF 2.7 billion. As a Swiss family-owned company, Bühler today operates in 140 countries worldwide with over 33 manufacturing sites and 100 service stations.

Givaudan is the global leading company in taste and wellbeing, fragrance and beauty. With its heritage stretching back over 250 years, the Company has a long history of innovating scents and tastes. From a favourite drink to your daily meal, from prestige perfumes to cosmetics and laundry care, its creations inspire emotions and delight millions of consumers the world over.

Powered by innovation and creativity, Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing aims to shape the future of food by becoming the co-creation partner of choice to its customers. Built on its global leadership position in flavours and taste, the Company goes beyond to create food experiences that do good and feel good, for body, mind and planet. With an expanded portfolio of products across flavours, taste, functional and nutritional solutions and a deep knowledge of the food ecosystem, Givaudan's passion is to collaborate with customers and partners to develop game changing innovations

Jiangnan University, situated in Wuxi by beautiful Taihu Lake, is a national key "211 Project" university and is selected into "First-Class Discipline Project", falling under the Ministry of Education.

Jiangnan University's roots stretch back to 1902 when its predecessor, San Jiang Normal School, began its first term. In 1958, Jiangnan University began its independent existence as Wuxi Institute of Light Industry, which later merged with two other colleges in 2001, and was renamed as Jiangnan University by the Ministry of Education.

In the fourth round of National Discipline Assessment by the Ministry of Education, our Food Science and Technology and Light Industry Technology and Engineering was assessed at an 'A+' level and Design at an 'A-' level.

Known as "the pearl of China 's higher education in light industry", Jiangnan University has launched a new journey toward the strategic objective of "building itself into a research-driven university with distinctive characteristics", abiding by the motto of "learning and practice to perfection".

The LIVEKINDLY Collective is a plant-based company established in 2019, headquarter in Zurich and New York City. We're collective of founders, entrepreneurs, global leaders and network of partners. Our mission is to make plant-based living the new norm by inspiring people to livekindly for humanity, our home and those who share it with us. Through M&A and other measures, we've established vertical integrated supply chain and unique platform model. Our vision is to become the pre-eminent global plant-based food company, transforming the global food system.

Plug and Play started its business at 165 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA in 1998. Since then, the company successfully invested and incubated many internet giants including PayPal, Google, Dropbox, etc.

Plug and Play was formally established in Silicon Valley in 2006 and has regional offices in over 30 countries and regions worldwide. It has invested in over 1,500 startups globally.

Founded in 2015, Plug and Play China currently has 3 regional innovation centers in Beijing (China HQ), Shanghai and Shenzhen. There are 4 main business fuctions across Plug and Play China's innovation platform including corporate innovation, city innovation, tech investment, and innovation space. Till now, the company has engaged with 100 industry-leading corporations, accelerated over 4000 startups, and has invested in over 150 startups including ApplyBoard, AutoX, Flexiv, ZiFiSense, etc.

Transportation:

Train tickets between Shanghai and Wuxi shall be purchased by the guest. Shuttle bus transportation in town will be arranged by the organizers.

Meeting Point 集合地点:

Platform of Wuxi East Railway Station (More details of the meeting point would be announced before the event)

无锡东站集合（更多集合点信息将于活动前公布）

Meeting Time 集合时间:

08:50 AM

Suggested High-speed Train Timetable will be announced before the event

高铁时刻建议将会在活动前公布

SwissCham Shanghai will reserve the right to make the final decision in regard to the participation list. Since there are limited seats available in the delegation, the final confirmation will be communicated by email to all applicants. 瑞士商会将筛选报名名单。座位有限，请以最终邮件确认为准。

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