Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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This panel brings perspectives across technological innovation, commercialization, and investment to explore how biomaterials are moving from promising innovations to scalable alternatives to plastic—and what is accelerating that transition.

Panel:
Amir Afshar, CoFounder and CMO, Shellworks
Elizabeth Bridges, Chief Commercialization Officer, Verde Nanomaterials
Victoria Piunova, Chief Technology Officer, LOLIWARE

Moderated by: Matt Saunders, Managing Partner, A New Earth Ventures