13- 15 MAY 2025 | BILBAO - BEC
Meet all our speakers
Adrian Albiñana
Responsable de Ventas España
Elried
Aintzane Esturo
Technical Director
IFU - International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association
Aitor Cevidanes
Neiker
Akiko Okada
Insight Specialist
UnlocX & Co.
Alberto Anglarill
Gerente de Innovación y Desarrollo de Proyectos
AECOC
Alberto Martin
MSC
Alejandro Férnandez
Dpto. I+D
Grupo La Caña
Alejandro González
Innovation Director
Pascual
Alex Mayers
Managing Director
The Good Food Institute Europe
Alexander Herranz
Director I+D+i
S&M Services
Alvar Gràcia
Leitat
Amaia De Ariño
Elika
Amir Zaidman
Chief Business Officer
The Kichen FoodTech Hub
Ana Carrasco
Development of New Products
Paturpat
Andrés Ferrer
CEO
OMAWA
Andrés García
Director Gerente
Garlan
Andrew Ive
Founder & General Partner
Big Idea Ventures
Ángel Gabasa
Area Manager
Enplater
Anna Handschuh
Head of Global Public Affairs & Impact
Gourmey
Antonio López-Esparza
Independent Advisor & Board Member
Antonio López-Esparza
Arantza Madariaga
Directora
Elika
Aritz Zubeldia
Area Sales Manager
ATS-Tanner Sistemas de Enfajado SAU
Asunción Eguren
CEO
Bodegas Eguren Ugarte
Barry O’Neill
Partner
Value Create
Beatriz Romanos
VP Communication
FATE - Food&Agritech Europe
Begoña García
Secretaria de Estado de Agricultura y Alimentación
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
Begum Mutus
Yildiz Holding
Belen Moscoso
Corporate Venturing Manager
EIT FOOD
Borja Fernández
Head of Digital Transformation
Uvesco
Carlos Franco Alonso
Asesor Técnico Sector Agroalimentario
Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación CDTI
Carolina González
Responsable I+D+i Nuevos Ingredientes Alimentarios
CNTA
Carolina Najar
Food Market Director
AZTI
Carolina Peñalva
R&D
Aitiip Centro Tecnológico
Cesar Valencoso
Consumer Insights Director
Kantar World Panel
Chris Aurand
Open Innovation Leader
Foodtech SPACE-F / Thai Union
Christopher Smith
CEO
BrandSmith
Cristina Andrés
Head of marketing and innovation
Basque Country Technology Park
Daniel Palacio
CEO
Tutti Food Group
David Alfonso
Sales Manager
Trébol group
David García Yoldi
CEO
Lev2050
Davide Orlandi
EU Partnerships Manager
EU SME Centre
Dusan Ristic
Food Systems Sustainability Research Associate
German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL e.V.)
Eduardo Cotillas
RDI DIRECTOR
FIAB
Emilio de la Red
Chief of Innovation & Business Development
Inndeo (Inspectra)
Enrique Ortega
Director Comercial
Automha Ibérica
Esther Zamora
Food Strategic Market Manager
bioMérieux Iberia
Eusebio Gainza
Consejero I+D
BIOSASUN
Francisco Álvarez
Innovation Manager
Hijos de Rivera
Garbiñe Manterola
Knowledge Transfer Manager
BRTA
Gianni
CEO
Xlogic
Guido Ritter
Professor
FH Münster
Guillaume Dancoisne
EMEA Augmented Diagnostics Business Development Manager
Biomerieux
Hirotaka Tanaka
Founder & CEO
UnlocX & Co.
Ibrahim Sani Ozdemir
Chief Senior Researcher
TUBITAK MRC-TUGIP
Ignacio Malcorra
Director General
Aguas Insalus
Ignasi Papell
Singular Projects unit - Food
EURECAT
Ionan Marigomez
Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology - PiE UPV/EHU
Irene González
Project Manager
CNTA
Isabel Sanchez
CEO
Delaviuda
Itxaso Ibarra
Responsable IA en Departamento I+D
Gashor - Equipos de panificación
Izaro Martinez
Directora de Marketing
Cafés Fortaleza
Jaime Martin
CEO
Lantern
Javier Campión
Head of Health and Gastronomy Area
GOe Tech Center
Javier Dueñas
CEO
Campofrio
Javier Gonzalez
Senior Business Support Manager
EIT FOOD
Javier López-Nogués
Director Comercial
ProLeiT by Schneider Electric
Javier Roza
CEO
Mantequerias Arias
Javier Zaratiegui
Cocuus
Jean François Berthoumieu
Director
ACMG - Association Climatologique de la Moyenne-Garonne et du Sud-Ouest
Jess Padilla
Responsable de Proyectos Hub
Eatex Food Innovation Hub by CNTA
Joan Mir
Director General
ANECOOP
Joan Roig
International Area Manager
Leitat
John Amin
CEO
INTECH3D
Jon Ander Egaña
Director
BasqueFoodCluster
Jon García
Head of Food-Retail, Industry & Energy
Xabet
Jon García de Salazar
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Xabet
Jon Gorostiaga
Presidente Ejecutivo
Embajadores
Jon Kepa Gerrikgoitia
Science and Technology Manager
BRTA
Jorge Escudero
CEO
NUEVA PESCANOVA
Jose Manuel López Vilariño
R&D Manager
Hijos de Rivera
Karen Verstraete
Communication Manager
Food Pilot, ILVO
Kontxi Claver
Concejala de Desarrollo Económico, Comercio, Empleo y Turismo
Ayuntamiento de Bilbao
Leyre Urtasun
Responsable I+D+i Desarrollo de Producto
CNTA
Lluis Puig
CEO & Founder
Freshis
Lorena Savani
Mission Lead - Healthier Lives Through Nutrition
EIT FOOD
Lou Cooperhouse
BlueNalu
Lucio Grether
Business Developer
EURECAT
Luis Manuel Martinez
f&b Market Specialist
BECKHOFF
Luis Ozcariz
CMO
Cocuus
Manuel Moracho
Director General
Huercasa
Maria Miranda
Project manager
Anecoop
María Alcántara
Responsable de Calidad
Garlan S.Coop
María Belén García
Directora
Packnet
Maria José Sanz
Scientific Director
BC3 - Basque Center for Climate Change
María Naranjo
Directora de la Industria Alimentaria 
ICEX
Marleen Onwezen
Special Professor
Wageningen University & Research
Marta Puyuelo
Responsable Sostenibilidad
Pepsico
Martí Roca
Managing Director
Postpack
Merce Boix
Business Development Manager
BioSystems
Miguel Ángel Sanz
Director General Adjunto
Grupo UVESA
Mikel Irujo
Consejero de Industria y de Transición Ecológica y Digital Empresarial
Gobierno de Navarra
Montse Jorba
Area manager
Leitat
Noelia Dosil
Coordinator of the Innovation, Digital Transformation, and Entrepreneurship Area
Asociación Clúster Alimentario de Galicia (Clusaga)
Oihana Azpeitia
General Manager
ATS-Tanner Sistemas de Enfajado SAU
Oihana Mendizabal
General Manager
Xabet
Óscar Palacin
Robotics Researcher
Eurecat
Oscar Vicente
CEO
Angulas Aguinaga
Pablo Sierra
Director de Desarrollo de Producto
Pfsgrupo
Paul Gately
Professor of Exercise and Obesity
Leeds Beckett University
Pere A. Pérez
Sales Manager
Postpack
Pol Torres
Head of AI Energy&Food Research Line
Eurecat
Rikardo Bueno
General Director
BRTA
Robert Marsol
IA and Logistics Consultant
IFR
Roberta Re
Food & Drink Investment Specialist
Department for Business & Trade (UK) / Cambridge Food Science
Roberto del Barrio
Director de Away From Home & New Business Models
Danone
Rocío Martín
Country Manager & Solution Advisor
AuraQuantic
Rogelio Pozo
General Manager - CEO
AZTI
Romina Zace
Master of Ceremonies
Food 4 Future World Summit
Rosa Carabel
CEO
Eroski
Rusbert Drake
KAM - Zona Norte España y Suroeste de Francia
Ribawood
Ruth Martínez
CEO
IPARLAT
Santiago Miguel
Consejero Delegado
Grupo HERMI
Serena Borgese
Product Specialist
BioSystems
Sergio Fabregat
Event Director
Food 4 Future Expo FoodTech
Silvia Canals
Directora de Sostenibilidad
Danone
Siu Lie Tan
Circular Economy Expert
Delf University of Technology
Sofía Ros
Project Manager
Cluster FOOD+i
Sònia Hurtado
CEO and Cofounder
Poseidona
Suelen Souza
Directora de Salud y Nutrición y Responsable de General Secretary Specialized Nutrition Spain
Danone
Suguru Kitagaki
CEO
Cuon Crop
Thomas Dietrich
Project Manager & Researcher
Tecnalia, Basque Research and Technology Alliance
Tobias Leipfinger
Global Head of Sales
Elried GmbH
Tomas Carrion
CEO
Automha Iberica
Urko Esnaola
Head of the Flexible Robotics Platform
Tecnalia
Virginia Matesanz
Responsable de Innovación
Basque Food Cluster
Yago Sierras
CEO
Mediterranean Algae
Yolanda Molares
Clúster Manager
Acuiplus