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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 |
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
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
2019 Sponsors
• Aquaoso
• Farmer AC
• People Company
• Stovel Rives