Tony Hunter
Global Food Futurist and Food Scientist Reshaping the Future of Food, Beverage, and Agriculture
- Food futurist, food scientist and strategic foresight consultant with over three decades of food industry experience, including senior management as General Manager of two food companies
- Founder of Future of Food Consulting, advising global brands from PepsiCo to KFC and top-tier consulting firms like Accenture on the future of food technology and consumer trends
- Contributing author to multiple futurist publications exploring sustainability and innovation across the food, beverage and agriculture industries
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About Tony Hunter
Download ProfileTony is a Food Futurist Speaker, Food Scientist, Author and Strategic Foresight consultant specialising in the future of the Food, Beverage and Agriculture industries. He uses his combination of deep technical knowledge and story weaver skills to inform, inspire and entertain his audiences.
He has over 35 years’ experience in the Food Industry, including over a decade in senior management, having been General Manager of two food companies. He now operates his own company, Future of Food Consulting, providing global speaking and consulting services.
He has spoken on four continents and regularly presents on podcasts, webinars, TV, radio and in print as an expert on the Future of Food. He consults to global food companies from PepsiCo to KFC as well as VC investors and top four global consulting companies like Accenture on the impact of food technology and consumer trends.
He is a contributing author to the futurist books “Global Voices Shaping the Future”, “Aftershocks and Opportunities 2” and the Baking and Biscuit International book “Sustainability and innovations supporting it”.
Using his distinctive combination of scientific qualifications, business experience and detailed insight into food technologies he delivers a unique perspective on the future of the food, beverage and agriculture industries.
From farm to fork, audiences and clients are amazed at his stories of the Future of Food.
Speech Topics
Download TopicsWith 2 billion members Generation Alpha is the largest generation the planet has ever, or will ever, see. A globe spanning generation, their views already drive food consumption and will determine the future of food for decades to come. Add Generative AI to Generation Alpha and the world will never be the same again.
In this fascinating, research rich keynote audiences leave knowing:
- The key attitudes, opinions, values and the composition of this generation.
- Why the future consumer’s personal AI will define their preferences and behaviours.
- The key role of AI in accelerating the consumer technologies affecting their food choices.
- What companies can do to meet the AI driven consumer expectations of this generation.
In today’s world it’s about healthspan, not just lifespan. What’s the point of living longer if that means decades of debilitating disease and declining cognitive quality of life? Among the biggest drivers of how well we age are the food and supplements we eat and drink. AI powered cutting-edge research and hardware are redefining our understanding of nutrition’s impact on aging and wellness.
In this fascinating, research rich keynote audiences leave knowing:
- The root causes of aging and whether it really is a disease.
- How food and supplements contribute to healthy aging and wellness.
- How new hardware technologies are driving hyper-personalised healthy aging plans.
- How AI is accelerating the convergence of food, supplements and aging.
Feeding 9.7 bn people in 2050 means that the Food, Beverage and Ag industries are at the forefront of meeting this challenge. The problem is that our current food system can’t equitably and sustainably feed the increasing population; especially with rising global uncertainties. New technologies, doing more with less, are rising to the challenge, enabling us to reimagine a more sustainable and equitable global food system.
In this keynote audiences discover:
- How cutting edge food technologies are changing the future of the Food, Beverage and Ag Industries.
- Why we need to decouple food from the twin tyrannies of arable land and available fresh water.
- Technologies countries can use to attain increased levels of food security and food sovereignty.
- How we can embrace exponential food technologies to reimagine a sustainable global food system
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