This invitation-only, immersive event offers a day of tailored discussions and curated experiences, connecting forward-thinking investors with leaders from the UC Davis food and health ecosystem. Together, we will explore innovative projects, transformative technologies, and cutting-edge research, fostering collaboration and uncovering synergies to address pressing challenges in human and planetary health.
UC Davis and IIFH startup partners share their journeys in addressing critical challenges in the food system—such as sustainability, nutrition, and food equity. These innovators will share why their products are essential for tackling these issues. Learn about their groundbreaking solutions and how their purposeful approaches are shaping a healthier, more sustainable future for both people and the planet.
Moderator Jonathan Lewis, Head of Sustainable Investing and Chief Portfolio Strategist, Summit Trail Advisors will lead a discussion about Sustainable Investing. Summit Trail’s approach to Sustainable Investing provides a framework to help investors understand how investment managers use Environment, Social, and Government factors in their investment process. This framework can help us appreciate if individual companies building businesses centered around sustainable investment themes are acting authentically in the management of their own business. As we explore planetary health, through the prism of these new profit seeking ventures, we will seek to understand how an emphasis on sustainable products and sustainable business processes can contribute to success.
Bruna Paviani will highlight the delicious potential of upcycling, where sustainability meets sensory delight followed by an enlightening tasting led by Harold Schmitz of Vine to Bar premium dark chocolate with the natural sweetness and bright fruit notes of upcycled WellVine Coastal Chardonnay Marc; a real food prebiotic that your gut microbiome will love as much as your taste buds.
Moderator Justin Siegel, Faculty Director, IIFH will lead a discussion of their efforts to position UC Davis as the premier university for fostering industry-academic innovation pipelines. Over the past decade, through strategic and highly impactful partnerships with food industry leaders, investors, non-profits, researchers, and start-ups, IIFH has explored opportunities to build solutions together. This has led to highly impactful collaborations that are now being implemented around the world and are true enablers for their efforts to make the food we love healthier for all the people and planet.
