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SPEAKERS
Meet our incredible speaker lineup
The following bioeconomy pioneers have already confirmed they will be speaking at World Bio Markets 2024.
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Sasha Calder
Head of Impact
Geno
Margherita Guaschino
Product Innovation Manager
PVH/Tommy Hilfiger
Gavin McIntyre
Co-Founder & Chief Commercialization Officer
Ecovative
Fabien Deswarte
Strategic Partnerships for Sustainability Group Leader
L’Oreal
Yap Chie Cheung
Managing Director Renewable Chemistries
Avantium
Billy Hagstrom
CEO & Co-Founder
Bluestem Biosciences
Willem Rensink
Category Group Director – R&D Hygiene Home & Innovation Partnerships
Reckitt
Timothy Bauer
Vice President
Green Plains
Oliver Dorn
Material Specialist Textile Innovation
On
Sarah Jelken
Vice President Industrial Segment – Starches, Sweeteners & Texturizers
Cargill
Dirk den Ouden
VP Circular Chemicals
Stora Enso
Lucy Nattrass
Market Research Consultant
Afry
Sylvie Fonteneau
Director of External Relationships for Sustainability
Dow
Robert Nolles
Chief Commercial Officer (ex ChainCraft)
Kirsten Herben-Steinbusch
Program Director
Biobased Circular
Karin Molenveld
Program Manager Renewable Plastics
Wageningen University and Research
Kathryn Sheridan
CEO & Founder
Sustainability Consult
Virginia Puzzolo
Head of CBE JU Programme Unit
Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU)
Carolin Przibylla
Raw Material Innovation Analyst
Fashion For Good
Professor Paul Freemont
Head of Structural & Synthetic Biology
Imperial College London
Isabelle Malcuit
CSO
Algentech
Dr Colleen Walker
Director of UMaine’s Process Development Center
University of Maine
Nicolas Sordet
CEO
AFYREN
Fredric Petit
Partner
Emerald Technology Ventures
Rebecca Kelley
European Product Marketing Manager
Woolmark
Jan Weernink
Global Category Director
ADM Industrial BioSolutions
Mark Weustink
Head of Sustainable Investments/Managing Director
ING
Rob van der Meij
Partner
Capricorn Partners
K.C. Belitz
Director
Nebraska Department of Economic Development
Lara Dammer
Head of Department Economy & Policy
nova-Institute
Emma Baxter
Business Development Manager
Circa / Will & CO
Rusty Pittman
Vice President Business Development
DMC
Michael Carus
Founder & CEO
nova-Institute
Damien Perriman
Chief Business Development Officer
Gevo
Chloé Marteel
Marketing & Communication Manager
Leaf by Lesaffre
Jason Robinson
CEO
Evoco
Karin Fosberg
President BU Energy Separation, VP Energy Division
Alfa Laval Technologies
Peter Steen Mortensen
Director – Head of Public Affairs
Novonesis
Douwina Bosscher
CTO – Director of Innovation
oleon
Michael Nettersheim
Managing Partner
European Circular Bioeconomy Fund