FutureChain Pre-Day 2026 | Kisaco Research

FutureChain Pre-Day 2026

Agenda Days: 
  • Pre-Event Workshop Day : Tuesday, 28 Apr, 2026
    Morning Workshops

    Global Product Sourcing Under Pressure

    • How sanctions, trade restrictions, or export bans impact access to critical ingredients.
    • Mapping vulnerabilities in agriculture, natural and synthetic ingredient supply chains.
    • Strategies for diversifying sourcing regions and suppliers.
    Time: 
    11.00AM - 12:15PM
    Agenda Track No.: 
    Track 3
    Session Type: 
    Workshop
    Force Inline Description: 
    0

    Scaling Resilience: From Pilots to Widescale Impact

    • Lessons from moving regenerative practices beyond demonstration projects.
    • Financing and policy levers that unlock widespread adoption, including the role of soil carbon credits as a funding mechanism.
    • How to accelerate uptake without losing integrity, ensuring outcomes remain high-quality and verifiable.
    Sponsor(s): 
    Agreena
    Speaker(s): 

    Author:

    Roberta McDonald

    Director of Programme
    Agreena

    Roberta McDonald is a Sustainable Agriculture Leader with over a decade of experience enhancing sustainability in agriculture. As Director of Program at Agreena in Copenhagen, she leads the science, standards and data quality teams in the development of certified carbon farming solutions. Her background includes roles at Devenish and Aurivo Dairy Co-op in Ireland, focusing on innovative solutions and farmer-led initiatives. With a Nuffield scholarship, PhD in Agricultural Sciences and a strong connection to her dairy farm upbringing, Roberta is dedicated to empowering farmers and advancing sustainable food systems.

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    Roberta McDonald

    Director of Programme
    Agreena

    Roberta McDonald is a Sustainable Agriculture Leader with over a decade of experience enhancing sustainability in agriculture. As Director of Program at Agreena in Copenhagen, she leads the science, standards and data quality teams in the development of certified carbon farming solutions. Her background includes roles at Devenish and Aurivo Dairy Co-op in Ireland, focusing on innovative solutions and farmer-led initiatives. With a Nuffield scholarship, PhD in Agricultural Sciences and a strong connection to her dairy farm upbringing, Roberta is dedicated to empowering farmers and advancing sustainable food systems.

    Time: 
    11:00AM – 12:15PM
    Agenda Track No.: 
    Track 4
    Session Type: 
    Workshop
    Force Inline Description: 
    0

    Redesigning ingredients and Innovation in Product Formulations Lab

    Replacing vulnerable ingredients with climate resilient alternatives, using upcycled ingredients or byproducts to reduce dependency on single-source crops, investing in lab grown alternatives. 

    *Lunch to be served in session

    Time: 
    12.30PM - 1:45PM
    Agenda Track No.: 
    Track 3
    Session Type: 
    General Session (Presentation)
    Force Inline Description: 
    0

    Stress Testing your Supply Chain

    • Hands-on scenario planning: droughts, port closures, ingredient shortages.
    • Participants map vulnerabilities in their own supply chains.
    • Tools for building contingency playbooks.

    *Lunch to be served in session

    Sponsor(s): 
    Regrow Ag
    Time: 
    12.30PM - 1:45PM
    Agenda Track No.: 
    Track 4
    Session Type: 
    General Session (Presentation)
    Force Inline Description: 
    0
    12.30PM -1:45PM
    Lunch & 121 Networking
    Afternoon Workshops

    Digital Visibility & Traceability Bootcamp

    • Demo of real-time visibility platforms (IoT, blockchain, AI dashboards).
    • Mapping product journeys from farm to shelf.
    • How traceability builds both resilience and consumer trust.
    Time: 
    2:00PM - 3:15PM
    Agenda Track No.: 
    Track 3
    Session Type: 
    Workshop
    Force Inline Description: 
    0

    Integrating Nature into Procurement

    • Provide an overview of what a good nature assessment in supply chains looks like - the problems you should be looking to solve, the outputs that get you there, and the approach that works best.
    • Learn how to integrate nature intelligence into procurement strategy.
    • Share practical frameworks for procurement teams to leverage nature intelligence in day-to-day decisions.
    Sponsor(s): 
    natcap
    Speaker(s): 

    Author:

    Charles Shingles

    Head of Sales & Partnerships
    Natcap

    Charles leads the commercial team at Natcap, helping organisations better understand how to embed nature intelligence into a range of business workflows. He was formerly Head of Partnerships at Cervest, where he enabled their clients and partners leverage best-in-class climate and biodiversity intelligence to support their sustainability ambitions. He is an alumni from the University of Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Leadership, where he studied Business and Climate Change.

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    Charles Shingles

    Head of Sales & Partnerships
    Natcap

    Charles leads the commercial team at Natcap, helping organisations better understand how to embed nature intelligence into a range of business workflows. He was formerly Head of Partnerships at Cervest, where he enabled their clients and partners leverage best-in-class climate and biodiversity intelligence to support their sustainability ambitions. He is an alumni from the University of Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Leadership, where he studied Business and Climate Change.

    Author:

    Emre Turhan

    Senior Account Executive
    Natcap

    Emre helps Natcap’s agri-food clients assess, monitor, and mitigate nature-related risks across their global supply chains. He holds a BSc in Food Science and previously led supply chain planning at o9 Solutions, supporting some of the world’s largest CPG companies to plan more effectively, respond faster, and make data-driven decisions across sustainability, finance, and procurement.

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    Emre Turhan

    Senior Account Executive
    Natcap

    Emre helps Natcap’s agri-food clients assess, monitor, and mitigate nature-related risks across their global supply chains. He holds a BSc in Food Science and previously led supply chain planning at o9 Solutions, supporting some of the world’s largest CPG companies to plan more effectively, respond faster, and make data-driven decisions across sustainability, finance, and procurement.

    Author:

    Beccy Wilebore

    Chief Science Officer
    Natcap

    Beccy sets the science vision, leads the science team, and overseeing model development. She is a quantitative ecologist with 10+ years of experience of natural capital modelling, including mapping of vegetation and landcover in both the tropics and temperate regions. Beccy holds a PhD in forest ecology and REDD+ from the University of Cambridge.

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    Beccy Wilebore

    Chief Science Officer
    Natcap

    Beccy sets the science vision, leads the science team, and overseeing model development. She is a quantitative ecologist with 10+ years of experience of natural capital modelling, including mapping of vegetation and landcover in both the tropics and temperate regions. Beccy holds a PhD in forest ecology and REDD+ from the University of Cambridge.

    Author:

    Michael Berliner

    Senior Account Executive
    Natcap

    Michael Berliner is a Senior Account Executive at Natcap, where he helps global organisations integrate high-fidelity nature intelligence into their strategic decision-making to reduce supply chain risk, enhance procurement processes, and build resilient, nature-positive supply chains. With over five years of experience scaling climate tech ventures—including a tenure as Head of Partnerships at Space Intelligence—he has a proven track record of structuring complex data partnerships for industry leaders such as Apple and ICE. Michael specialises in helping brands navigate the evolving regulatory landscape of TNFD and CSRD, translating rigorous environmental science into actionable business intelligence.

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    Michael Berliner

    Senior Account Executive
    Natcap

    Michael Berliner is a Senior Account Executive at Natcap, where he helps global organisations integrate high-fidelity nature intelligence into their strategic decision-making to reduce supply chain risk, enhance procurement processes, and build resilient, nature-positive supply chains. With over five years of experience scaling climate tech ventures—including a tenure as Head of Partnerships at Space Intelligence—he has a proven track record of structuring complex data partnerships for industry leaders such as Apple and ICE. Michael specialises in helping brands navigate the evolving regulatory landscape of TNFD and CSRD, translating rigorous environmental science into actionable business intelligence.

    Time: 
    2:00PM - 3:15PM
    Agenda Track No.: 
    Track 4
    Session Type: 
    Workshop
    Force Inline Description: 
    0
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