Dr. Marie Brueser is the Corporate Venture Manager at EIT Food, the world's largest food innovation community. Co-funded by the EU, EIT Food invests in startups, projects, organisations and individuals that share its goals for a healthy and sustainable food system. In her role, Marie connects the most innovative startups with corporates to enable tangible next steps to occur, such as pilot projects, proof of concepts, investments or scale-ups, thereby working at the forefront of agri-food-tech innovation.

Marie holds a PhD in plant genetics and has worked on various multinational sustainable development projects funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She is at home in the world of agrifood, having also led a global agrifood community and ran a global accelerator with Thought For Food. She has spoken at and moderated numerous discussions and panels, is passionate about biotech, using tech for good and innovating for a sustainable food system.

Anna-Teresa Geß is a Senior Innovation Architect at NEDGEX. NEDGEX is the digital incubator unit of the NETZSCH Group. In her role, she is building up the ecosystem for the NEDGEX Hub in Munich, driving innovative ideas and leveraging knowledge from new technologies.

Anna-Teresa studied mechanical engineering at the Technische Universität München. She combines the technical knowledge with experience in developing and managing new digital products and businessmodels in various industries. She is passionate about start-up culture and new rising markets such as the alternative proteins.