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1st Annual Conference - GFC25 (Dec 10-12, 2025)

Tawanda Muzhing, Executive Director GFPBAP, gives opening remarks.

First Annual Global Plant-Based & Alternative Proteins Conference Brings Leaders Together to Discuss the Connection Between Food Tech and Ag Innovation, Climate, Food Security, and Economic Growth

Durham, N.C., USA – The Global Forum for Plant-Based and Alternative Proteins held its inaugural annual conference on December 10–12, 2025 in the heart of Research Triangle Park.

“Investing in Tomorrow’s Food: The Global Plant-Based & Alternative Protein Marketplace” the conference was an international event that convened leaders from across the food, agriculture, climate, investment, and innovation ecosystems to discuss topics like plant-based, fermentation-enabled, cell-cultivated, and insect-based proteins from a variety of perspectives including smallholder farmers and crop science, food processors, product & technology innovation, investment strategies, and policy changes. With speakers and attendees from as far away as Singapore, UK, India, and Africa, we explored how inclusive innovation, collaboration, and knowledge exchange across sectors can enable global food security, climate resilience, and equitable economic growth.

Inaugural Conference By The Numbers

90

Registrations

6

Countries Represented

7

In-kind Sponsors

4

Cash Sponsors

8

Startups Represented

25

Orgs Represented

Agenda

Attendee Feedback

This event was immensely substantive, valuable, and insightful. The speakers were exceptional. It’s a place I saw and heard deals being made. I’m looking forward to the next one!

- Karen Brown

I have renewed optimism about the future of this industry!

- Kaitlin Grady

Thanks to strong industry connections, excellent organization, and deep subject-matter expertise, the inaugural Global Forum for Plant-Based and Alternative Proteins Conference was a remarkably enlightening, useful, and enjoyable event!

- Claudia O'Donnell

A top event for convening thought leaders in the alternative and plant-based protein space who actually want to solve intractable global problems.

- Megan Thomas

Press

Our conference is featured in a couple articles in Food Processing magazine!

Missed the Symposium? Watch the recordings here!

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