AGTECH SUMMIT | Forbes | 28 June 2017 | Salinas, CA, United States

The smartest minds at the intersection of Silicon Valley and global agriculture converge at the Forbes AgTech Summit to tackle critical challenges and showcase the latest innovations for farmers, investors and stakeholders of global food systems.

ROBERT T. FRALEY, PH.D.
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Monsanto

STEVE FORBES
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief
Forbes Media

JANET NAPOLITANO
President
University of California & Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

NEAL GUTTERSON, PH. D.
Vice President, Research & Development
DuPont Pioneer

NANCY PFUND
Founder & Managing Partner
DBL Partners

BRUCE TAYLOR
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Taylor Farms

SALLIE CALHOUN
Owner & Manager
Paicines Ranch

AMOL DESHPANDE
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Farmers' Business Network

MIKE FEDERLE
President & Chief Operating Officer
Forbes Media

XUEMEI GERMAINE
Chief Executive Officer
Microgen Biotech

JOHN HARTNETT
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
SVG Partners

GLENDA HUMISTON
Vice President
University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources

DAN HODGSON
Founding Partner, Linn Grove Ventures; Chief Executive Officer & President
Linn Grove Ventures & FarmQA, Inc.

MIKU JHA
Chief Executive Officer
AgShift

JUSTIN KAMINE
Partner
Kamine Development Corporation

DR. MATHIAS KREMER
Head of Strategy & Portfolio Management
Crop Science, a division of Bayer

MIKE MACRIE
SVP/ Chief Information Officer
Land O'Lakes, Inc.

KRYSTINE MCINNES
Chief Executive Officer
Athena Organic Farms & Grown Here Farms

DAN MORASH
Founder
California Safe Soil, LLC

PAUL NOGLOWS
Executive Producer, Forbes AgTech Summit
ForbesLive

TOM NUNES V
Vice President of Operations
The Nunes Company

TRISTAN POLLOCK
Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Venture Partner
500 Startups

MATT SEELEY
Co-Founder & Chief Exectuive Officer
Organic Produce Network (OPN)

DAN STEERE
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Abundant Robotics

MIKE TEEL
Owner & Chief Executive Officer
Raley's

KIP TOM
Chief Executive Officer
Tom Farms

MARIANA VASCONCELOS
Chief Executive Officer
Agrosmart

JESSICA VAUGHAN
Greenhouse Manager
Jacobs Farm Del Cabo

KEVIN WATT
Integrated Land & Livestock Manager
TomKat Ranch

MARK YOUNG
Chief Technology Officer
The Climate Corporation

JAVIER ZAMORA
Owner
JSM Organics

Host Partner:
Salinas

Presented By:
Pioneer

Partners:
Bayer
Hyllion
Land o' Lakes Inc.
Monsanto

Supporting Sponsors:
Intel
Wells Fargo
Western Growers
Taylor Farms
Driscolls
GrupoFlor
Hartnell College
Yamaha
Scheid Family Wines Monterey
Monterey
The Mixing Bowl
Organic Product Network