Animal Health, Nutrition & Technology Innovation 2024 - USA | Kisaco Research | TBA, Boston, MA

A must-attend networking event in North America for innovators with new solutions to support the detection, prevention or treatment of diseases in animals. Our mission is to showcase the most exciting investment opportunities in the sector and connect those businesses with financial investors and strategic corporate partners. Alongside our investment pitches, we include keynote presentations and host CEO-level panel discussions that address the most pressing trends and market dynamics of the animal health, nutrition, and technology industries, across all species.

2024 Speakers

Stephen Lesser
Principal, Novaquest Capital Management

Mareese Keane
Co-Founder, Opengate Partners

Susan Groeneveld
Founder, sylvester.ai

Cherylyn Harley LeBon
Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson

Rob Hunter
CEO/CSRO/CSO, One Medicine Consulting/ VHRC / Sorensis

Richard Kestenbaum
Partner, Triangle Capital, LLC

Bruce Truman
President and Founder, BLT Technology & Innovation Group

Neal Fishman
Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Data-Based Pathology, IBM

Aaron Schacht
CEO, BIomEdit

Theo Weening
Partner, The Sustainable Meats Group

Candise Goodwin
Founder, Outlier Advisors

Paula Bamford
VP, Veterinary Services, Petco

Emily Aston, DVM, PhD
Senior Program Manager, Animal Health & Nutrition. TechAccel LLC

Brett Wong
Principle, Anterra Capital

Lashonda Geffrard
Founder, Black Pet Business Network

Eric Buda
Sr Corporate Partnership Manager, Plug and Play Tech Center

Christopher Oliviero
General Manager, Niman Ranch

Linda Rhodes
VMD, PhD, Independent and ex-CSO, Independent Animal Health

Mike Charles
Owner, LaBelle Patrimoine Heritage Chickens

Victoria Mo
Co-Founder, Ten Lives

Julia Loew
Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, MWI Animal Health

Sanjeev Anand
Vice President, TechAccel

Grant Barnekow
Founder, Sphinx

Judy Schnurr
Director, Nutrition Innovation, Hills Pet Nutrition

Tom Overbay
Partner, Expedite Animal Health

Natalie Marks
Executive Committee, VANE

Luis Lopez
Sr. Leader Healthcare, Amazon Business

Audrey Wystrach DVM
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Petfolk

Miriam Martin
Director of Animal Health and Welfare, North American Meat Institute

Ira Gordon
Co-Founder, VANE

Dr. Haley Larson
Assistant Professor of Animal Health, Kansas State University

Andrea Nance
Global Head of Corporate Sustainability, Zoetis

Heather Fowler
Director, Producer and Public Health, National Pork Board

David Haworth
President, Vidium Animal Health

Bob Lester
Chief Medical Officer, WellHaven Pet Health

Ginny Siller
Director Government Affairs, Animal Health Institute

Alejandro Bernal
President & CEO, PetDx

Mark Krivis
Senior Director, Business Development Lead, Zoetis

Deborah Dullen
President and CEO, BioTraceIT

Richard Nilsson
CEO and Founder, MyPetGo

Brendan Lynch
SVP, Urgent Care Hospitals and Innovation, VCA Animal Hospitals

Megan Grether
Head of Global Business Development and Licensing Animal Health, Boehringer Ingelheim

Joe Kennedy
Managing Director, Skills Alliance

Lucas Huntimer
Senior Advisor External Innovation, Elanco

Scott Brown
Senior Executive Director, Cherry Tree & Associates

Chuck Latham
CEO, H&C Animal Health

Cindy Trice
Founder and CEO, Relief Rover

Sheri Gilmartin
Vice President, Data Services, Vetsource

Brian Kanke
President, Zoo Pharma Dynamics

2024 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM ASSOCIATE PARTNER:
• Zoetis

ASSOCIATE PARTNER:
• Tech Accel

SENIOR EVENT PARTNERS:
• Clinglobal
• Zoo Pharma Dynamics
• Boehringer Ingelheim

EVENT PARTNERS:
• Domes Pharma
• Biom Dit
• Lawless Strategic Communications
• Zomedica
• Diversigen
• Kansas State University
• Transpharmation
• Prelude
• PetMedix
• SkillsAlliance
• Novus
• Shell