Speakers
Keynote session
The meat industry faces a fundamental tension: consumers have never been more disconnected from how their food is produced, yet they've never demanded more connection to its origins. When people can't see you, they fill the void with assumptions — and right now, others are writing your story.
In this keynote, futurist Anders Sörman-Nilsson explores four forces reshaping protein: the rise of AI-driven precision across supply chains, the shift toward personalised nutrition, the reality of meat as cultural battleground, and the wildcard nobody's talking about — how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are creating a new consumer who eats less but demands more from every bite.
This isn't a doom-and-gloom session. It's a clear-eyed look at where the opportunities lie for those willing to tell a story that makes people feel something.
You'll leave with one question worth sitting with: What's the story only you can tell?
Anders Sörman-Nilsson (Global EMBA / LLB) is a futurist and the founder of the think tank and trend analysis firm - Thinque, which provides data-based research, foresight and thought leadership assets for global brands across 4 continents. The company's vision is to disseminate and decode ‘avant-garde ideas which expand minds and inspire a change of heart’, and clients like Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Adobe, MINI, Brisbane Broncos, Rugby New Zealand and Lego trust his future guidance along agriculture innovators like Nutrien, Mosaic, Microbeef Technology, and Certified Angus Beef. He is an awarded keynote speaker who helps leaders decode trends, decipher what’s next and turn provocative questions into proactive answers. He has published 3 books on digital transformation and innovation including ‘Aftershock’ (2020), ‘Seamless’ (2017) and ‘Digilogue’ (2013), is a member of TEDGlobal, Entrepreneurs Organization where he is the Sydney Chapter's Leadership Impact Chair, and was nominated to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders in 2019. He is the author of the Microsoft & Thinque whitepaper "How Artificial Intelligence is powering Australian Retail", the co-creator of the B2B marketing award-winning Adobe Creative (CQ) Intelligence test, and is the host of the 2nd Renaissance Podcast. His futurist thinking has been shared by the Wall Street Journal, Financial Review, Monocle, BBC, South China Morning Post, Esquire and ABC TV.