The document summarizes an event hosted by MIT Startup Exchange called the Food Tech Innovation Workshop and Panel Discussion. It provides details on speakers, panelists, and topics discussed which included diet, cancer research, food technology, food waste, agriculture, and partnerships between startups and large corporations. Attendees included representatives from startups, MIT, and companies like PepsiCo and Monsanto. The workshop explored latest trends in food research, entrepreneurship, and how technology can address challenges in food and agriculture.

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CONTACT
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Contact:
Trond
Undheim
Email:
undheim@ilp.mit.edu
Phone:
617-­‐253-­‐8983

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4. MIT Startup Exchange Food Tech Innovation
Workshop and Panel Discussion
Food Tech Innovation (4/22/15) - MIT STEX cluster workshop
by MITILP 2 hours ago
On Wednesday, April 22nd, MIT Startup Exchange convened a workshop to explore the latest trends and
developments in research, technology, and entrepreneurship around food.
Speakers and panelists includedresearch and business leaders from the Koch Center for Integrative Cancer
Research, PepsiCo, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, Monsanto, Nestle, Ginko Bioworks,
Spoiler Alert, Dimagi, Sproot/Foodium, Campbell's Soup, Digital Nutrition, Grove Labs, Kitchology, and C2Sense.
Attendees included a cross section of representatives from ILP member companies, MIT-connected startups, and
other members of the MIT community.
Some of them were very excited...
Spoiler Alert
@MySpoilerAlert
9 DAYS AGO
Excited to be joining the @MITSTEX Food Tech Innovation discussion on 4/22 at @MIT! For
more info: bit.ly/1aqvVme #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
9 DAYS AGO
Gearing up for #STEXfood @medialab @MonsantoCo @PepsiCo @Nestle @laurenabda
@MIT @kitchology @GroveLabs @C2Sense twitter.com/MITSTEX/status…
Foodium
@FoodiumFD
9 DAYS AGO
@FoodiumFD is presenting WEDNESDAY April 22 for #STEXfood!
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5. @ABRIANCON @ABRIANCON · A DAY AGO
Getting ready for #STEXfood @MIT. @kitchenchick123 sure is ready pic.twitter.com/0cjJ0iYSFy
The program started early and even on time! No small feat with the number of speakers and the crowd we had.
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6. MIT STARTUP EXCHANGE @MITSTEX · A DAY AGO
Find a good seat. #STEXfood program will begin shortly with @mit_ilp startup initiative lead @trondau.
pic.twitter.com/IUuX54UoNP
kitchen chick
@kitchenchick123
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood is the happening place to be this morning @MIT It is all about #foodtech
#innovation #EarthDay2015 #entrepreneurship. Join In!
Branchfood
@branchfood
A DAY AGO
Participating in Food Tech Innovation #STEXFood @MITSTEX! Looking forward to learning
what #foodstartups and corporates are doing! #foodtech
The morning's speakers and panel discussion covered diet, cancer, gastro-biology, caloric restriction, the "gut
brain," social media, food as information, sensors, foodwaste, the future of agriculture, consumption and
consumerism, building trust, and partnership models for companies big and small.
Highlights below...
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7. MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Trying to push the intersection of @mit_ilp members and #MIT-connected startups. - Karl
Koster #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Discussing caloric restriction with @kochinstitute Omer Yilmaz. Learn more with the CR
Society crsociety.org #STEXfood
@abriancon
@abriancon
A DAY AGO
Presentation from Omer Yilmaz #STEXfood on links between cancer and high fat diet a
eye opener. need to lose weight. #diet
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Can now test direct effects of different diets ex vivo with “engineered mini intestines.”
@kochinstitute Omer Yilmaz #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood Prof Yilmaz MIT has exciting #diet #stemcell research
Larry Gilbertson
@shodida
A DAY AGO
PepsiCo "Director of Foresight" Manoj Fenelon speaking now #STEXfood. Love his job title
Sue Liang
@L_suesue
A DAY AGO
Food as info since ancient cultures #stexfood
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8. MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Understanding technology as "a reprogramming of our sensory experience" and #food as
information. @PepsiCo Manoj Fenelon #STEXfood
Rick Whitney
@rickwhitney
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood "Food is the original social media" -- Manoj Fenelon, PepsiCo
@abriancon
@abriancon
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood @MIT food was the original social media according to @PepsiCo head of
foresight. totally agree.
Sue Liang
@L_suesue
A DAY AGO
consider food as diplomacy, as close loops systems #stexfood #food
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Last "provocation" for this talk "#food as diplomacy." @PepsiCo Manoj Fenelon #STEXfood
Ricky Ashenfelter
@ashenfelter
A DAY AGO
Hearing from @PepsiCo's Director of Foresight, Manoj Fenelon via @MITSTEX: "Food is the
original social media" #STEXfood
Sue Liang
@L_suesue
A DAY AGO
platforms for making food at local levels decentralizes big food #stexfood #foodtech
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9. @abriancon
@abriancon
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood first tough question on #sugar ....
Charles Lee
@RealCharlesLee
A DAY AGO
"Food is the original social media"- great sticky thought from @PepsiCo director of
foresight Manoj Fenelon #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Taking 7 min. 30 sec. to refuel. A lot to think about so far. #food #startups #biology
#technology #media #diplomacy #STEXfood
Christopher Pirie
@CMPirie
A DAY AGO
@PepsiCo Director Manoj Fenelon rebukes a pointed question about sugar content in
products. #STEXfood getting heated!
Justin Fyles
@justifyles
A DAY AGO
"I think we can agree that Coke [and Pepsi] are not food." Oh boy. #canofworms
#STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Sensing for food and agriculture. Making #food part of #IoT. @MITDeshpandeCtr Tim
Swager #STEXfood
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10. Ricky Ashenfelter
@ashenfelter
A DAY AGO
The @MITDeshpandeCtr's Tim Swager speaking at @MITSTEX on using sensors for the
detection of spoilage in fruit and meat #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Exploring/developing "smart packaging." @MITDeshpandeCtr Tim Swager #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Now speaking @MonsantoCo Larry Gilbertson. Here to take us "all the way down to the
farm." linkedin.com/pub/larry-gilb… #STEXfood
Branchfood
@branchfood
A DAY AGO
Farming is a high tech industry and will continue to become more high tech.
@MonsantoCo #agtech #foodtech #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
Monsanto's Gilbertson: look to the farm - enormous challenges #stexfood
Sarah Nolet
@svnoles
A DAY AGO
Can #technology and #bigdata bring us #sustainability in agriculture? @MonsantoCo
Larry Gilbertson says yes! @MITSTEX #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
.@MonsantoCo Larry Gilbertson invites partnership in addressing challenges in
#agriculture and #food. #STEXfood
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11. @abriancon
@abriancon
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood @MIT interested to see how high tech farming can be. Tech is a key to
manage the need for increased performance #EarthDay2015
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Learn more about #agtech opportunities for #startups with @MonsantoCo
startupexchange.mit.edu/startupexchang… #STEXfood
@abriancon
@abriancon
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood timely article about the #foodtech bubble. techcrunch.com/2015/04/22/the…
something to watch for #foodstartups @kitchenchick123
JUSTIN FYLES @JUSTIFYLES · A DAY AGO
The amazing @laurenabda of @branchfood moderating a panel of #startups and industry giants
@MITSTEX #STEXfood pic.twitter.com/BTcVD9gXjA
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12. CHARLES LEE @REALCHARLESLEE · A DAY AGO
Exciting panel of leading food tech startup connected to the MIT ecosystem. #STEXfood
pic.twitter.com/0sLPQErspj
Foodium
@FoodiumFD
A DAY AGO
Heard at #STEXfood: Megatrend on the horizon - decentralization of food manufacturing.
Should #foodstartups partner with #bigfood?
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
#Food #tech #innovation panel inspires change #STEXfood @MIT
Foodium
@FoodiumFD
A DAY AGO
Are shifts in food industry a threat or opportunity for #bigfood #STEXfood? @PepsiCo and
@MonsantoCo eager to partner with #startups.
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13. Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
Heard at #STEXfood: border between Startups and corporates to blur @PepsiCo's Manoj
Fenelon
Rick Whitney
@rickwhitney
A DAY AGO
Food startups sometimes come to us with solutions we didn't know we needed
@MonsantoCo #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
Prof Yilmaz @MIT: diet, stem cells, boosting molecules will have impact on patients/elderly
@MITSTEX #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
#Startup/industry collaboration gives new ideas the chance to be tested at scale.
@MonsantoCo Larry Gilberson #STEXfood
Sarah Nolet
@svnoles
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood cultivating #foodtech partnerships btwn industry, #startups, academia
@branchfood @GroveLabs @PepsiCo @Monsanto @MIT @MITSTEX
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
Gabe Blanchet, Grove Kabs: #Startups should be isolated from corporations with agendas
#STEXfood
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14. Foodium
@FoodiumFD
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood @GroveLabs: Keep food and ag #startups and industry separate!
Foodium
@FoodiumFD
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood @PepsiCo Manoj Fenelon: Social mission behind #foodtech startups provides
opportunities to rebuild trust in the industry.
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Why might #startups engage large companies? "Growth is a resource hog." Digital
Nutrition Frederic Abramson #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
@kitchology's CEO: talk to the big guys at the right moment #STEXfood @MIT @MITSTEX
Sue Liang
@L_suesue
A DAY AGO
we waste about $168 billion in #food each year #STEXfood #startups @MITSTEX
#EarthDay #EarthDay2015
Spoiler Alert
@MySpoilerAlert
A DAY AGO
When and how should #food #startups and corporations partner? Collaboration =
humanization and trust - @PepsiCo Dir. Of Foresight #STEXfood
Foodium
@FoodiumFD
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood @kitchology "It's not food that matters but the food experience."
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15. kitchen chick
@kitchenchick123
A DAY AGO
Great perspectives #STEXfood it's not the food but the food experience People make
different food choices according to @kitchology
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
manoj @PepsiCo I hate the word disruption but I like the word tinkering #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Talking opportunities in #foodwaste and #precisionag and "personalized diets."
#STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
Mobile, digital nutrition is like @googlemaps @digitalnutrition CEO #STEXfood
Sarah Nolet
@svnoles
A DAY AGO
"Can we leverage underutilized resources in the existing #foodsystem?" -Manoj @PepsiCo
on tinkering, #foodwaste #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
Keep everybody honest says @GroveLabs CEO #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
Need to empower/educate consumers to keep #food industry honest. @GroveLabs Gabe
Blanchett #STEXfood
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16. Emily Malina
@theminimalina
A DAY AGO
#1 disrupter for food system according to @PepsiCo Dir. of Foresight? #foodwaste. Time
to tinker with underutilized resources. Via #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
@MonsantoCo is part of the food industry not just agriculture #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
.@PepsiCo Manoj Fenelon quotes Tom Waits on consumer trust "The large print giveth and
the small print taketh away" #STEXfood
Trond A Undheim, PhD
@trondau
A DAY AGO
Fenelon: foresight is an imagination thing not a data driven thing @PepsiCo #STEXfood
Sarah Nolet
@svnoles
A DAY AGO
At the center of food: people Thanks! @MITSTEX @PepsiCo @MonsantoCo @branchfood
@MySpoilerAlert @FoodiumFD @GroveLabs @kitchology #STEXfood
MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
#STEXfood panel summary: #food business headed towards consumer #transparency
and greater information sharing. @laurenabda
Larry Gilbertson
@shodida
A DAY AGO
Thanks for letting me be part of #STEXfood, great meeting @MITSTEX @MonsantoCo
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17. MIT Startup Exchange
@MITSTEX
A DAY AGO
@shodida Thank you for joining us today to provide the @MonsantoCo perspective. It was
a very interesting morning! #STEXfood
@abriancon
@abriancon
A DAY AGO
Thanks for opportunity to talk at #stexfood. Some good contacts already. Great job @MIT
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