Venue
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA

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Event Date Tue Nov 12 CST - Wed Nov 13 CST (about 5 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue Nov 12 9:00am - Wed Nov 13 3:10pm
Location Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel
1 W Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
Region Americas
Details

The Fourth Annual Forum will bring together top institutional investors, family offices, fund and asset managers, regulators, advisors and producers for an editorially rich discussion of agriculture as an investment opportunity.

Attendees will network with agribusiness leaders and connect with key decision makers at the only US event exclusively focused on fundraising and investment in global agriculture.

Discussion Topics Included:
• Limited partner roundtable: investing in agriculture From the LP perspective
• Emerging opportunities in global markets
• Investing in US farmland
• Fund performance in 2017
• Managing agri risk
• Finding the best investment opportunities
• Agtech: innovations & advancements

Speakers

2019 Speakers

Tom Amis
Senior Principal and Management Committee, Controlled Environment Foods, Equilibrium

Greg Bohlen
Managing Partner, Union Grove Venture Partners

Barry Bogseth
Managing Director – Agricultural Strategies Group, MetLife Investment Management

Christopher Chapman
Managing Director, Debt, Amerra Capital

Cameron Dunn
Managing Partner, Tillridge

Rich Gammill
Managing Partner, Proterra Investment Partners

Corey Getz
Chief Executive Officer, DIGS Associates

Alec Gorynski
Vice President, Community Development and Corporate Philanthropy, First National Bank

Michael Gruber
Managing Partner, Salveo Capital

Robert Hagler
Associate Director, Investor Relations, New Forests

Joshua Humphreys, PhD.
President and Senior Fellow, Croatan Institute

Eric Jackson
Founder & Chairman, Pipeline Foods

Kellee James
CEO, Mercaris

Aaron Knewtson
Vice President - Food and Agribusiness, Compeer Financial

Stavros Koutsantonis
Managing Director, Conservation Resources

Daniel Kowalski
Vice President – Knowledge Exchange, CoBank

Pamela G. Marrone, PhD.
Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Marrone Bio Innovations

Dr. David Muth
Senior Vice President, Peoples Company

David Nicola
Founder & CEO, Blackdirt Farms

Eric O’Brien
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Fall Line Capital

Viki Radden
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Honor Harvest

Anna Rath, PhD.
President, Chief Executive Officer, Vestaron

Greg Richards
Managing Director, Arable Capital Partners

Chad Rosen
Founder & CEO, Victory Hemp

Noah Sabich
Director, Founding Member, Cimbria Capital Management

Ivan Saval
Managing Director – Agribusiness & Food Investment Banking, National Securities Corp.

Mark D. Schindel
Chief Financial and Investment Officer, Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT

Jim Schultz
Founder, Chairman, Open Prairie

Quint Shambaugh
Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, DIGS Associates

Jamie Shen
Chief Investment Officer, PGIM Agricultural Investments

Ray Smith
Vice President, Investment and Business Strategy, AgLaunch

Perry Vieth
Founder & CEO, Ceres Partners

Shonda K. Warner
Managing Partner, Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners LLC

Craig Wichner
Managing Partner, Farmland LP

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors

• Aquaoso
• Farmer AC
• People Company
• Stovel Rives