Explore the Agenda
Accelerating Innovation Through Aligned Regulatory Strategy
10:15 am Registration & Coffee
11:15 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
11:30 am Comparing European & Global Regulatory Frameworks to Support Future Progression of Fermentation-Derived Ingredients & Progression
- Highlighting key differences between the current European, UK, and rest of the world’s regulatory frameworks, including how government funding is creating opportunities for regulatory sandboxesÂ
- Exploring the expected divergence of the UK’s novel food regulatory policies from Europe and its expected impact on European alternative protein stakeholders
- Sharing how to build an informed regulatory and go-to-market strategy to overcome country-specific nuances and ensure your scientific processes are fit for purpose across different frameworks
12:15 pm Defining Your Approach for Market Access & Commercialisation to Reduce Delays
- Forging proactive relationships with regulatory decision-makers to understand the requirements for submission
- Discovering how to remain agile and overcome threats to competitiveness, including pivoting to more favourable markets or pathways
- Aligning industry to lobby for more process-driven and transparent regulatory approaches
1:00 pm Roundtable Discussion: Prioritising Innovation Strategically to Inform Research & Development & Accelerate Approval
- Exploring development pathways that bypass Novel Food evaluations
- Understanding how to prioritise research and development of ingredients that are more likely to achieve regulatory acceptance, especially where safety data already exists or functions are well-characterised
- Understanding where there will be a return on investment to warrant entering Novel Food evaluation
1:45 pm Networking Lunch Break
Using Regulation to Inform Innovation Prioritisation
2:45 pm Defining the Best & Most Commercially Viable Applications for Specific Ingredients to Maximise Acceptance
- Building market understanding to determine the best real-world applications for an ingredient
- Identifying the highest selling markets with an unmet need that can be addressed by your ingredient
- Marry an ingredient’s characteristics to specific categories and applications to mitigate launch failure
3:30 pm Roundtable Discussion: Articulating the Regulatory Ambiguity & Potential Safety Challenges of Hybrid Products to Inform Labelling
- Evaluating how hybrid products should be classified, informed by their composition that may fall under Novel Food classifications
- Clarifying requirements for allergen labelling for hybrid products and potential consumer trust implications
- From lab to supermarket: Where should hybrid products be categorised in the real world?
4:15 pm An Introduction to the European Innovation Council’s Portfolio & Industry Pathways
- Overviewing the portfolio
- Discussing the benefits of being a beneficiary or portfolio company to support commercialisation and market access
- Reviewing the sector trajectory and opportunities available