SKS Advisory Council
The SKS Advisory Council is an invitation-only steering committee for evaluating the key themes, speakers and overall focus of SKS 2024.
CEO, Combustion
Chris Young
Chris Young is the CEO and founder of Combustion. Before that, he founded Chefsteps and cowrote Modernist Cuisine with Nathan Myhrvold.
President,Food & Beverage, Circana
Susan Schwallie
Susan Schwallie is a nationally recognized expert on food and beverage trends. Prior to Circana she was President of Food & Beverage at NPD.
Cofounder, Samsung Food
Nick Holzherr
Nick is the cofounder of Samsung Food, Samsung's AI-powered personalized recipe service. Before Samsung Food, Nick founded Whisk (acquired by Samsung.
President, Big Green Egg
Dan Gertsacov
Dan is the President of Big Green Egg. Prior to Big Green Egg, he was Chief Commercial Officer at Focus Brands and Chief Digital Officer at McDonald's Latin America master franchiser, Arcos Dorados.
Founder, Future Food
Institute
Sara Roversi
Sara is an author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and activist. Sara leads conference panels, serves on advisory boards & taskforce groups, and provides commentary on related policy and initiatives.
Director, Kitchen Appliances Lab at Good Housekeeping Institute
Nicole Papantoniou
Nicole is the director of the Good Housekeeping Institute's Kitchen Appliances and Innovation Lab, where she oversees content and testing related to kitchen and cooking appliances.
Head of Digital Innovation, Basque Culinary Center
Jose Pelaez
Jose currently leads the Innovation area at LABe Digital Gastronomy Lab. He is has a Graduate in Gastronomy from the Basque Culinary Center, with a focus on Innovation, Business &Entrepreneurship.
Head Chef, Modernist Cuisine
Francisco Migoya
Francisco Migoya is the co-author of Modernist Bread and leads the Modernist Cuisine culinary team as head chef.
Inventor & Culinary Technologist
Scott Heimendinger
Scott Heimendinger works at the intersection of food and technology, applying insights from culinary science and engineering to create kitchen tools that delight and empower everyday cooks.
Managing Partner, Vita Vera Ventures
Brita Rosenheim
Brita is a Managing Partner at Vita Vera Ventures, and Lead Investor at Portfolia’s Food & Agtech Fund, with 20 years of experience as a food & tech investor, an M&A advisor, and corporate development professional.
Founder & CEO / SKS JAPAN Founder, UnlocX
Hiro Tanaka
Hirotaka is well known as a Foodtech expert & business creator. After working Panasonic & McKinsey, he joined SIGMAXYZ in 2017 and founded SKS JAPAN –Global Foodtech summit and is known with his deep knowledge and extensive network around food innovation across industries and nations.
Insight Specialist @ UnlocX, Cofounder, SKS Japan
Akiko Okada
Akiko leads the insight & knowledge development around Food Innovation and Food Tech for UnlocX. Exploring the relationship between technology and human, human and food, and food and technology in order to make food innovations more meaningful, grateful, and regenerative ag.
CEO, Fresco
Ben Harris
Ben Harris is the CEO and co-founder of Fresco, a company that’s building the operating system for the kitchen — one unified solution that connects the whole cooking journey. Ben co-founded Fresco to empower people to make better food at home
CEO, Suvie
Robin Liss
Robin Liss is Founder, President & CEO of Suvie - a gourmet cool-to-cook Kitchen Robot now shipping. Previously founder and CEO of Reviewed.com acquired by Gannett in 2011.
VP, Data and Insight Products, ReFED
Asch Harwood
Asch Harwood serves as ReFED’s Vice President of Data & Insights, where he leads research and product development to advance data-driven food waste solutions.