Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day 2025

A crowd mingles during the networking event at the end of Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day in 2024.

This year, Cellular Agriculture Innovation Day will focus on addressing the challenges facing cellular agriculture, industry evolution in the context of the current political environment, and approaches to accelerate translation of research.

Location: Joyce Cummings Center
Tufts University
177 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155

Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Time: 10am-5pm, networking reception to follow

On Friday, January 10, 2025, Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture will host a half-day research symposium featuring talks from faculty, students, and postdocs across the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture’s research portfolio.

The event typically features 100-200 influential individuals (invite-only), including representatives from:

Leading start-ups (Tender Food, UPSIDE, Perfect Day, Vow, Tomorrow Farms, Ark Biotech)
Established companies (Thermo Fisher, Milipore Sigma, Corning)
Investors (The Engine, Flagship Ventures, Meach Cove Capital, Synthesis Capital)
Government (USDA, FDA, State of Massachusetts)
Academia (Tufts, UC Davis, Texas A&M, UVM, Harvard, UMass)

2024 event was featured in the New York Times.

"The event has become something that leaders in the space look forward to, and with new research, developments, and implications to discuss, the huddle of experts at this year's event will be crucial to the continued advancement of the industry." - Professor David Kaplan, Director, Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture

E-mail us at innovation@tufts.edu to discuss sponsorship options.

While the event is invite only, you can submit a request to attend. Our team will reach out to you if a ticket becomes available.