Global Megatrends from Fermentation to Function: The Winning Portfolios Of 2026 and Beyond
26 Jan 2026
North Pavilion
Gulfood World Economy Summit
Global megatrends shaping the food industry to 2035: This panel focuses on food innovations and trends leading the industry and the critical steps for thriving in an evolving ecosystem. A power packed session with focus on demographic shifts, sovereign food strategies, and the rise of wellness awareness and nutrition-tech.
Key Topics:
• Redefining food towards health, nutrition and sustainability
• Staying ahead as F&B leaders – Adapting to emerging consumer trends and lifestyles, evolving science, ESG regulations and circular food systems as the way forward
• Leading your F&B business in a VUCA world
• Fuelling health and wellness: The explosive industry surge of functional foods
• Best practices for food innovation companies navigating to build trust through transparency and accountability
• Integrating nutritional advancements and wellness-focused ingredients into product innovation for enhanced consumer well-being
• Precision fermentation and cultivated meats: Is this the next big bet for protein consumers and investors?
• Raising the stakes: Protein’s shift back to meat
• Progress and potential of innovative food packaging and processing for nutrition, taste and end function
• Governing food innovation: Building trust in the era of functional and future foods
Key Topics:
• Redefining food towards health, nutrition and sustainability
• Staying ahead as F&B leaders – Adapting to emerging consumer trends and lifestyles, evolving science, ESG regulations and circular food systems as the way forward
• Leading your F&B business in a VUCA world
• Fuelling health and wellness: The explosive industry surge of functional foods
• Best practices for food innovation companies navigating to build trust through transparency and accountability
• Integrating nutritional advancements and wellness-focused ingredients into product innovation for enhanced consumer well-being
• Precision fermentation and cultivated meats: Is this the next big bet for protein consumers and investors?
• Raising the stakes: Protein’s shift back to meat
• Progress and potential of innovative food packaging and processing for nutrition, taste and end function
• Governing food innovation: Building trust in the era of functional and future foods
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