Wednesday, October 8, 2025

14:30 - 15:15

RAMÓN MARGALEF ROOM

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The session will provide an opportunity to showcase how biotechnology is making progress in ensuring alternative proteins are no longer alternative. While protein demand is expected to rise by around 53% by 2050, the current model of protein production is showing signs of exhaustion, incapable of responding to that increase without further compromising our planetary resources. Biotechnology provides a venue to diversify protein production with sustainable, safe, healthier foods that help us meet that growing demand. The new generation plant-based foods, cultivated meat or fermentation-made proteins and ingredients that biotechnology is making possible are also a way to address the growing concerns that consumers have about the transparency and sustainability of their food choices, helping raise their awareness. Thanks to the participation of researchers, industry players and investors, this session will shortly analyse the current state of the alternative protein sector, the technical and industrial challenges it faces and how to address them and will provide more certainty about what the economic interest in the sector is and could be in the near future. The moderation by long-time alternative protein nonprofit GFI Europe will help stress the relevance of biotechnology in this food sector.

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