The Future of Food and Beverage Forum
12th - 13th May 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Day 1
Tuesday 12th May 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:20am
From insight to impact: How are leading brands aligning on resilience, sustainability and business value?
Unilever
Plenary
9:20am - 10:05am
The consumer is king: How consumer demand is connecting strategy around health, nutrition, and sustainability
Nomad Foods | Asahi Group Holdings | Ahold Delhaize | Mondelēz International
Plenary
10:05am - 10:25am
Balancing production, food security, and sustainability: How to place farmers at the heart of agricultural policy
ING Wholesale Banking | De Biesterhof
Plenary
10:25am - 11:10am
Break and Speed Networking
11:10am - 12:00pm
Beyond science-based targets: What will it take to turn corporate ambition into credible action?
Heineken | Danone | Symrise | Altruistiq
Plenary
12:00pm - 12:45pm
From farm to boardroom: Reframing regeneration around risk, resilience, and competitive advantage
JDE Peet's | Risilience | Mars | Nespresso
Plenary
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Lunch
1:45pm - 2:30pm
Breakout Round 1
1:45pm - 2:30pm
Healthy, sustainable and affordable: Can consumers have all three?
Nomad Foods | Access to Nutrition initiative | Grupo Bimbo
Breakout
1:45pm - 2:30pm
ROI for regen: How is business demonstrating the value and impact of regenerative agriculture?
Heineken | ING Wholesale Banking | Cargill
Breakout
1:45pm - 2:30pm
The economics of farming: What needs to change to incentivise the next generation of farmers?
Sodiaal | Kraft Heinz | Syngenta Biologicals and Seedcare
Breakout
1:45pm - 2:30pm
SBTs in action: How leading companies are implementing FLAG
Nestlé | South Pole | Science Based Targets initiative
Breakout
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Breakout Round 2
2:30pm - 3:15pm
The climate-nutrition trade off: Can the lowest-carbon diets be the healthiest?
Carbery Group | Nomad Foods | Princes Group
Breakout
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Credibility and transparency: How brands can back up claims with data and storytelling
Regrow | Unilever | Kraft Heinz | Heineken
Breakout
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Soil carbon claims: What do we really know about the science and the long-term effect of soil carbon stores?
Biome Makers | Asahi Europe & International
Breakout
2:30pm - 3:15pm
Communicating regeneration: Is nutrition the key to winning consumer trust?
Koperwiek | Griffith Foods
Breakout
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Networking Break
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Breakout Round 3
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Cultivating platforms for change: How are digital platforms transforming on-farm knowledge, data, and communication?
Bunge | Mars | xFarm Technologies
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:30pm
From targets to delivery: Building an agriculture enterprise approach to Scope 3 emissions
3Degrees | Heineken | RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:30pm
The tools and techniques for measuring biodiversity: What’s working, what’s next, and how can we quantify impact?
Arla Foods | BAYER | WWF-NL
Breakout
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Breakout Round 4
4:30pm - 5:00pm
A deep dive into water risk: How should business respond in an ‘era of hydrological disarray’?
Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages
Breakout
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Scaling on-farm adoption: How can business, finance, and policy align to support farmers?
Rabobank | Farm Frites
Breakout
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Collaborating to future-proof fruit production: Lessons from regenerative apple supply chains
innocent drinks | DöhlerGroup
Breakout
5:15pm - 6:15pm
Networking Drinks
Day 2
Wednesday 13th May 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:30am
From innovation to resilience: How can we transform our food system at scale?
Aldi South | Mars
Plenary
9:30am - 10:10am
Reimagine, redesign, regenerate: How R&D is transforming business models amongst shifting regulatory, climate and consumer landscapes
Oatly | Strategy& / PwC Netherlands | ETG
Plenary
10:10pm - 10:50pm
Climate adaptation in practice: How are companies building resilient supply chains in an era of volatility?
ING | SSP Group | Kraft Heinz
Plenary
10:50pm - 11:20pm
Networking Break
11:20am - 12:00pm
Trust, transparency, and traceability: How can business navigate the challenges around evolving reporting standards and expectations?
11:20am - 11:50am
This house believes food waste is primarily the responsibility of retailers, not consumers
The Global FoodBanking Network
This house believes
12:00pm - 12:40pm
Financing climate-smart food systems: How do we bridge the funding gap in food system transformation?
12:00pm - 12:40pm
This house believes regen ag is the next great greenwash
This house believes
12:40pm - 1:40pm
Lunch
1:40pm - 3:10pm
Roundtable Sessions
1:30pm - 3:00pm
a) Farmer first: How can we strike a realistic balance between sustainability and productivity at farm level?
De Groene Griffioen
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
b) Engaging and incentivising suppliers: Do existing approaches go far enough?
Weinrich Schokolade
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
c) Science-based targets and FLAG: What’s working, what’s not, and what’s next?
Sbti
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
d) From regenerative sourcing to carbon-crafted ingredients: How do we team up across the supply chain to deliver scope 3 reductions at scale?
Savor | Louis Dreyfus Company
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
e) From compliance to impact: How can AI accelerate decarbonisation at scale?
Ferrero
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
f) Challenging the status quo: What can legacy brands learn from challenger brands?
Oatly
Roundtable
1:30pm - 3:00pm
g) Speak up: What are the opportunities for sustainability communications in the age of the ECGT Directive?
The Carbon Trust
Roundtable
3:10pm - 3:40pm
Closing Remarks