Vegalab CEO David Selakovic Leads High-Level Dialogues at Food Security SummitX Dubai 2025

WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.

• 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," said Selakovic. "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."

About David Selakovic

David Selakovic is the Founder and CEO of Vegalab, a Swiss biotechnology company advancing organic and natural solutions for global food systems. Under his leadership, Vegalab develops high-performance biologicals and specialty inputs that help growers boost yield and quality while shrinking chemical footprints and protecting pollinators. He regularly speaks on scaling biologicals, translating lab breakthroughs to farm outcomes, and building resilient, zero-residue value chains that avoid conventional synthetic chemistries.

About Vegalab

Vegalab delivers organic and natural alternatives to conventional agrochemicals through proprietary nano-encapsulation, micronization, and in vivo cultivation of beneficial microorganisms. Its nano-encapsulation platform provides condition-responsive precision, used to create products that are designed for cost, efficacy, and ease-of-use parity with synthetics while remaining fully organic and natural—enabling zero pre-harvest interval and zero re-entry interval. Beyond agriculture, Vegalab applies its core science to water purification and health technologies, extending biological know-how to broader public-health needs.

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