Plenitude Final Conference

Circular Bio-economy for Sustainable Protein Production

Fokker Terminal, The Hague, NL

June 3rd, 2025

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Co-located with Bridge2Food Europe and FREE to attend for relevant stakeholders, professionals and academics who want to learn more and make an impact.

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Why Attend:

* 200 delegates

* 14 dedicated sessions

* Networking opportunities

* Cooking demos with mycoprotein products

* Evening Welcome Reception

Our Story

Since 2019, PLENITUDE has brought together 10 European partners from agri-food, biotechnology, academia, and beyond, powered by €16.9 million in funding from the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking. This consortium has pioneered cutting-edge solutions to advance a sustainable future through a unique circular, minimal-waste process for mycoprotein production and its applications in food and beyond.

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Join the Plenitude Final Conference and discover groundbreaking innovations shaping new bio-based value chains and discuss how these can be actualized in the European landscape! Here, you will learn how these solutions provide environmental, economic, and public health benefits while addressing the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges.

Meet our Speakers

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Craig Johnston

Co-founder & Technology Director at ENOUGH

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Luisa Mascia

Project Officer at Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking

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Sonia Pignatelli

Project Manager and Senior LCA Analyst at Life Cycle Engineering SPA

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Event Programme

Tuesday June 3rd, 2025.

All times in CEST.

Opening Remarks & Project Overview

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

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Craig Johnston

Co-founder & Technology Director at ENOUGH

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Luisa Mascia

Project Officer at Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking

Coffee Break

10:50 AM - 11:15 AM

Biorefinery Landscape in Europe

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM

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Dirk Carrez

Executive Director at BIC

Panel: Mycoprotein for Meat and Dairy Analogs: Navigating Functional and Formulation Hurdles

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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Sonia Huppert

Global Innovation Marketing Leader RE-IMAGINE WELLNESS™ Protein & Modulation at IFF

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Katarzyna Polanowska

R&D Manager at ENOUGH

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Jan Buher

Research Manager at Vivera

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Meat Analogs - LCA work in Plenitude

After a brief overview of the Plenitude CBE JU project in which LCE takes part, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study, focusing on mycoprotein and its environmental impacts, is presented. It aimed to identify key environmental hotspots within the production phase while also assessing the combined impacts of production, storage, and distribution. The study emphasized food-grade mycoprotein as an important protein source, enabling innovative recipes. Results showed that mycoprotein products performed comparably to plant-based proteins and better than animal-based proteins. Future assessments will further explore mycoprotein's environmental impact, emphasizing the role of LCA as an independent and “flexitarian” tool for all food alternatives.

12:35 PM - 12:55 PM

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Sonia Pignatelli

Senior LCA Analyst at Life Cycle Engineering SPA

Networking Lunch featuring a cooking demo with ABUNDA Mycoprotein

Over lunch, Chef Michael will be demonstrating the culinary versatility of ABUNDA by cooking a delicious dish, and discussing how consumers can benefit from cooking with, and eating our delicious, nutritious mycoprotein in application

12:55 PM - 1:50 PM

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Michael Kilkie

Head of Culinary at ENOUGH

Diverse Mycoprotein Applications: Meat Hybrids, Cultivated Meat & Bioplastics

Mosa Meat's will provide an overview of its technology and product development, followed by the preparation of blended systems with cultivated meat and mycoprotein. The data presented will be on the textural properties of these products, through rheological analysis of temperature ramps and prototype preparations in a shear cell. Blending these two components yields promising results, paving the way for innovative product development.

1:50 PM - 2:20 PM

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Vincent Brain

General Manager at Bridge2Food

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Francesco Zaccarian

Product Development Scientist at Mosa Meat

GIANT LEAPS: An integrated perspective on the future of alternative proteins and the dietary shift towards healthy and sustainable diets

Accelerating the protein transition is key to making our food system sustainable and healthier.​ This transition is complex: domains of availability, sustainability, safety, health, technical feasibility and consumer acceptance should all be addressed to understand the role of alternative proteins in future diets across Europe. GIANT LEAPS addresses these domains for alternative proteins including plant, single cell, insect and cultured meat protein sources. This presentation will provide an update on project progress, including defining scenarios for future European diets, and explore opportunities to leverage results and innovations from other projects, such as Plenitude, for maximal joint impact.

2:25 PM - 2:50 PM

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Paul Vos

Senior Researcher and Expertise Leader Nutrition Quality & Health at Wageningen University & Research

Looking Forward: Cutting Edge Research in Biomass & Precision Fermentation

2:55 PM - 3:20 PM

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Karen Polizzi

Karen Polizzi Professor of Biotechnology at Imperial College / Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein

Overview on Single-Cell Proteins

3:25 PM - 3:50 PM

Coffee Break

3:50 PM - 4:20 PM

Characterisation and Nutritional Quality Assessment of Mycoprotein Ingredients

4:20 PM - 4:45 PM

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Laurice Pouvreau

Expertise Leader Protein Technology at Wageningen University & Research

Panel: How EU Institutions Foster Entrepreneurship in the Bio-based Sector

4:50 PM - 5:35 PM

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Giulia Del Brenna

Head of Unit at DG GROW

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Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore

Executive Director at Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

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Mariana Fazenda

Senior Programme manager at EIT Food Education

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Katrijn Otten

Senior Director of Government Relations at Cargill

Closing Remarks

Protein transition remains a social, nutritional, and environmental priority; and as one of 16 Flagship projects under the CBE-JU, Plenitude demonstrates how increasing the circularity and sustainability of production systems meets the objectives of sustainability and the needs of consumers. Large scale first-of-a-kind projects are both challenging and rewarding, and are enabled by politicians, grants, money, and companies but most fundamentally and essentially by people, with passion, tenacity and patience. Plenitude’s path has never been linear. It’s journey is only partially complete and its impact and legacy will build on a multitude of connections, learnings and collaborations.

5:40 PM - 5:50 PM

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Jim Laird

CEO - ENOUGH

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Nicoló Giacomuzzi-Moore

Executive Director at Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

Presentation & Tasting: Low Food Lab: Researching Mycoprotein Beyond the Meat Analogue

In the Low Food Labs, we explore the potential of underutilized and undervalued ingredients through culinary experimentation and innovation. Collaborating with a select group of experts — including chefs, product developers, designers, and fermentation specialists — we conduct a wide range of experiments to unlock new possibilities in food. Our most recent lab, in partnership with ENOUGH and Cargill, focused on mycelium — specifically ABUNDA. We challenged our team to move beyond the meat analogue and explore a broader spectrum of applications. The result is a rich portfolio of concepts and recipes, now published and ready to inspire. In this session, we’ll share our lab philosophy and invite you to taste one of our creations

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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Tessa van der Geer

Head of Labs - Low Food