Dr. Farber is currently the Director of an international consulting firm, which does food safety consulting with various organizations and countries. In addition, he is a senior advisor for Index Biosystems, a Canadian biotechnology company working in the area of food traceability and authenticity. Dr. Farber is also an Adjunct Professor and member of the … Read more
Mr. Bérubé holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a master’s degree in experimental medicine, specializing in cardiac electrophysiology. In 2006, Mr. Bérubé joined innoVactiv, a company founded in 2004 specializing in the development and commercialization of active nutraceutical and cosmeceutical ingredients. As Executive Vice President – Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Mr. Bérubé plays a … Read more
John Dvor is Executive Vice President for Pluri, a global cell technology company building solutions in the life sciences and sustainability sectors. As an investor, he was a Managing Director at Miraki Innovation, a $200M early-stage medtech VC fund which founded Auris Health, acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $5.75B. He was co-founder of Tufts … Read more
Dr. Sievenpiper is a Clinician Scientist who holds appointments as a Professor in the Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine and the Lifestyle Medicine Lead in the MD Program at the University of Toronto. He is also a Staff Physician in the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Lead of the Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and … Read more
Jonathan Rodrigue is the co-founder and CEO of Still Good, a company proudly committed to a carbon-negative circular economy, with a mission to valorize ingredients to reduce food waste. Jonathan has extensive experience in implementing innovative programs for sustainable food and responsible sourcing in partnership with major corporations, retailers, and social enterprises. Over the years, … Read more
Julie Daigle has spent more than two decades working in the food and biotech industries, both in Quebec and abroad. Prior to joining CFIN as a Regional Innovation Director, she held the Executive Director role at both the Créneau d’excellence Aliments Santé — a food and nutrition industrial cluster focused on innovation — and MYCÉLIUM, … Read more
Lamia L’Hocine has been a scientific researcher at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre (Quebec) since 2008. Her research activities focus on food proteins, with a particular interest in plant proteins. She explores their extraction, characterization, and evaluates the impact of processing on their molecular, nutritional, functional, and allergenic properties using in … Read more
Laurence Guillaumie is a professor at Université Laval’s Faculty of Nursing within the Public/Community Health Programs. She is also a researcher at both the CHU de Québec-Université Laval and the NUTRISS-INAF research centers. Her research initiatives are centered around advancing sustainable food systems on a territorial scale. Employing a collaborative research methodology involving territorial stakeholders, … Read more
