Vegalab CEO David Selakovic Leads High-Level Dialogues at Food Security SummitX Dubai 2025
David Selakovic, Founder and CEO of Vegalab, took center stage at Food Security SummitX Dubai 2025, moderating a marquee conversation on the future of agricultural biotechnology and contributing expert perspectives across multiple sessions focused on building resilient, zero-residue food systems.
Biotech Frontiers Panel (Moderator)
As moderator of “Biotech Frontiers: Navigating Innovations, Investments, and Policies in Agriculture,” Selakovic steered a cross-sector discussion featuring senior government, investment, and industry leaders. The session explored how new tools — from CRISPR and AI-driven crop modeling to regulatory readiness and investment pathways — are accelerating sustainable production at scale. Panelists included:
- Dr. Mohammed Albreiki — Director of Applied Research & Capability, Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority
- Dr. Anmol Kapoor — Chairman & Founder, Kapoor Wealth Partners
- José Francisco Fernández Serna — CEO, E-motion Foods; Partner, Miracle Ingredients & Desert Tech Ventures
- Dr. Haythem Riahi — Founder, Circa Biotech
- Amit Grover — Managing Partner & General Partner, Grover & Company / Grover Impact Ventures
Ensuring Food Safety and Integrity From Farm to Table (Panelist)
In addition to moderating, Selakovic served as a featured panelist on “Ensuring Food Safety and Integrity From Farm to Table,” outlining practical routes to zero-residue supply chains that maintain yield and quality parity while reducing off-target exposure and protecting pollinators. The panel highlighted regulatory frameworks and global standards for safety across the supply chain.
Innovation Dialogue (Panelist)
Selakovic also joined a mid-morning innovation dialogue alongside Appachu Kodira (Kcell & JSBio), Deepak Pareek (HnyB Tech-Incubations), Lamis (FoodSwap), and Marwan Mohamed (Clusters), discussing commercialization pathways and collaboration models that translate lab breakthroughs to field-level outcomes.
“With advances in biotechnology, biologicals have crossed the threshold from promising to proven. Including the targeted-delivery work we’re doing at Vegalab, the goal is for actives to engage only where and when needed, so growers achieve cost, efficacy, and ease-of-use parity with synthetics — without the residues. That’s how we broaden access to quality food while protecting ecosystems.”
— David Selakovic, Founder & CEO, Vegalab
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About Vegalab
Vegalab SA is a Swiss biotech company headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, developing nature-derived products across Crop Science, Beauty Science, Life Sciences and Biosecurity, built on a proprietary nano-encapsulation platform. Claims and product availability vary by jurisdiction.