World Agri - Tech Innovation Summit 2023 | ReThink Events | 14 March 2023 | San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit is the annual meeting place for the global agtech ecosystem, where agri-food businesses, investors and tech pioneers gather to exchange insights, be inspired, and identify future partners.

The summit is an unrivalled opportunity to meet up with industry colleagues from across the US and around the world, check in with partners, kickstart new connections, and secure face to face time with new prospects during side-meetings, dinners, drinks receptions, and dedicated networking experiences.

With two full days of action in San Francisco complemented by an interactive virtual platform for networking and content, the hybrid format supports connections with agri-food leaders and their teams around the world.

Join the World Agri-Tech community to:
• Create New Business Connections Via 1-1 Meetings
• Benchmark with Your Peers in Breakout Discussions
• Gain Critical Intelligence on the Future of AgTech Innovation
• Expand Your Network Across the Food Value-Chain

2023 Speakers

Rod Snyder
Senior Agriculture Advisor to the Administrator, US EPA

Jason Clay
SVP Market Transformation, WWF

Erin Fitzgerald
CEO, US Farmers & Ranchers In Action

Chuck Magro
CEO, Corteva Agriscience

Chavonda Jacobs-Young
Chief Scientist, USDA

Brad Arnold
SVP, General Manager Precision, Agco Corporation

Sam Kass
Partner, Acre Venture Partners

Bob Reiter
Head of R&D, Bayer Crop Science

Peter Eckes
President of R&D and Regulatory, BASF

Jorge Heraud
Vice President Technology/ CEO, John Deer/Blue River Technology

Allison Thompson
AgMission Program Director, FFAR

George Bilicic
Vice Chairman, Global Head, Power Energy & Infrastructure, Lazard

Larkin Martin
Former Chairman & Seventh Generation Farmer, Farm Foundation

Ron Baruchi
President & CEO, Agmatix

Gloverson Moro
CTO, Agrithority

Jim O’Brien
CEO, Agrograph

Tim Bucher
CEO & Co-Founder, Agtonomy

Phil Erlanger
Founder & Managing Partner, Aliment Capital

Elizabeth Fastiggi
Head of Worldwide Agriculture, Amazon Web Services

John Teeple
Global Partner Leader, Agriculture, Amazon Web Services

Jamie MacKinnon
SVP, Agri-carbon, Anew Climate

Adam Anders
Managing Partner, Anterra Capital

Lynn White
CEO, Anuvia Plant Nutrients

Stephen Davis
Managing Partner, Banneker Partners

Matt Crisp
CEO, Benson Hill

Seana Day
Venture Partner, Better Food Ventures

Steve Brody
President & CEO, BIOCONNECT IOWA

Adrian Ferrero
Co-Founder & CEO, Biome Makers

Patrice Sellès
CEO, Biotalys

Ben Alfi
CEO & Co-Founder, BLUEWHITE

Jake Joraanstad
Co-Founder & CEO, BUSHEL

Niall Mottram
Head of Industrial & Energy, Cambridge Consultants

Scott Porter
Managing Director, Cascadia Capital

Ramsey Masri
CEO, Ceres Imaging

Ben Van Straten
Director of Iinnovation and Sustainability, CHS

Sona Raziabeegum
Senior Director of Global Strategy, Precision Technology, CNH Industrial

Kenneth Zuckerberg
Lead Industry Analyst, CoBank

Cheri Ackerman
Cofounder & CEO, Concerto Biosciences

Chris Abbott
Co-Head, Conti Ventures

Laurie Bauer
Partner, Cooley

Matt Coutts
Chief Investment Officer, Coutts Agro

Caitlin Walsh
Managing Director, Growth Equity, CPPIB

Dirk Vandenhirtz
CEO, CROP.ZONE

Duey Yliniemi
General Manager, Greenstone Systems, Cultura Technologies

John Hamer
Managing Partner, DCVC Bio

Barbara Guerpillon
Senior Director Transformation & Sustainability, Dole Sunshine Company

Anthony Finbow
CEO, Eagle Genomics

Nicolas Otamendi
CEO, EIWA

Mark Dann
Agriculture Accounts Executive, Natural Resources Team, ESRI

Giulia Stellari
Director, Fall Line Captal

Boaz Bachar
CEO, Fieldin

Diane Allemang
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, FMC

Mark Brooks
Managing Director, FMC Ventures

Trevor Sieck
Startup Engagement Manager, Foodbytes By Rabobank

Lila Preston
Co-Head, Growth Equity, Generation Investment Management

Magalie Guilhabert
Vice President, Head of AgBiologicals, Ginkgo Bioworks

Katrin Burt
Managing Partner, Grosvenor Food & Agtech

Yossi Kofman
Co-Founder & CEO, Groundwork Bioag

Heather Thompson
Director of Innovation, GrowMark

Francis Leier
Chief Development Manager, Hello Nature

Hadar Sutovsky
VP External Innovation of ICL Group & GM, ICL Planet

Ponsi Trivisvavet
CEO, INARI

Shely Aronov
Founder & CEO, Innerplant

Kevin Krieg
Director of Business Development, Intelinair

David Farquhar
CEO, Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS)

Randy Barker
Co-founder & CEO, Intent

Mohan Tavorath
Partner, Investments & Data Sciences, International Farming Corp.

Vonnie Estes
VP of Innovation, International Fresh Produce Association

Cam Turner
VP of Data Science, Kin + Carta

Aidan Connolly
Managing Director, Kincannon & Reed

Guillaume Ortiz
Director, Agribusiness and Nutrition, Lazard

Patrick Mellor
Co-Founder & CTO, Living Carbon

Clea Kolster
Partner and Head of Science, Lowercarbon Capital

Thomas Laurent
Founder & CEO, Micropep Technologies

Ranveer Chandra
Managing Director, Research for Industry & CTO, Agri-Food, Microsoft

David Babson
Executive Director, Climate Grand Challenges, MIT

Kristal Allen
Partner, MLT Aikins

Susan Mac Cormac
Partner, Morrison Foerster

Kim Nicholson
VP Ag Technology & Innovation, Mosaic

Clark T. Bell
Founder & CEO, Nano-Yield

Inbal Becker-Reshef
Program Director, Nasa Harvest

Jason Garbell
Senior Director of BioAg Marketing and Strategy, Novozymes

Kathryn Cook
Co-Founder & CEO, Nucicer

Matt Marshall
VP - Sustainable Ag, Nutrien AG Solutions

Kevin Kimm
CEO, OCP North America

Tom Adams
Co-Founder & CEO, PairWise

Rebecca White
CEO, Pebble Labs

Rob Meyers
VP, Global Agri Operations, Pepsico

Jack Roswell
Co-Founder & COO, Perennial

XinYi Lim
Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact, PinDuoDuo

Andrew Zolli
Chief Impact Officer, Planet

Ariel Zajdband
Senior Product Manager, Agriculture, Planet

Dror Shalitin
Founder & CEO, Plantarcbio

Ryan Risdal
President, Product & Strategy, Proagrica

Sidhartha Bhandari
Agriculture & Food Digital Transformation Practice Lead, Publicis Sapient

Ryan Combs
Executive Director, Research Triangle

Sanjeev Krishnan
CIO & Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Taryn Goodman
Partner, Sandbox Sustainability Ventures

Harikrishna Kulaveerasingam
Chief Research & Development Officer, Sime Darby Plantation Research, Sime Darby Plantation

Steve Gladstone
Enterprise Solutions Leader, Softserve

Ernie Shea
President, Solutions From The Land

Travis Bayer
Co-Founder & CTO, Sound Agriculture

Sebastián Calvo
CEO, SURCOS

Tim Schnabel
Founder & CEO, SWITCH BIOWORKS

Patrick Sheridan
Global Head Digital Sustainability, SYNGENTA

Anuj Maheshwari
Managing Director and Head of Agri-Food, TEMASEK

Sarah Nolet
General Partner, Tenacious Ventures

Ren Hua Ho
CEO, THAI WAH

Vipula Shukla
Senior Program Officer, Agriculture R&D, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Renée Vassilos
Director of Agriculture Innovation, The Nature Conservancy

David Friedberg
Chairman & CEO, The Production Board

Eric Adamson
Co-Founder & CEO, Tortuga Agtech

Beth Kearns
Venture Partner, Touchdown Ventures

Adam Stager
Founder, Tric Robotics

Danny Royer
Farm Coordinator & Former VP Technology, UC Merced

Gabe Sibley
Co-Founder & CEO, Verdant Robotics

Darren Anderson
CEO, Vive Crop Protection

Stuart Woolf
President & Managing Partner, Woolf Farming And Processing

Howard-Yana Shapiro
Senior Advisor, World Agroforestry

Nolan Paul
Partner, Global AgTech Lead, Yamaha Motor Ventures

Debbie Watts
VP of Innovation, North America, Yara

2023 Partners

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• AWS
• BASF
• Bayer
• Corteva Argiscience
• FMC
• Lazard
• Nutrien Ag Solutions
• Planet
• Syngenta

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Agmatix
• Agrithority
• Agrograph
• Agtonomy
• Aliment Capital
• Anew
• Anuvia
• Biome Makers
• Biotalys
• Bluewhite
• Bushel
• Cambridge Consultants
• Cascadia Capital
• Ceres
• CHS
• CIBO
• CNH Industrial
• Cooley
• Crop Zone
• Cultura
• Dole
• Eagle Genomics
• Eiwa
• ESRI
• Fieldin
• Foodbytes
• FFAR
• Ginkgo Bioworks
• Ground Work BioAg
• GrowMark
• Head Storm
• Hello Nature
• IGS
• INARI
• Inelinair
• Intent
• International Fresh Produce Association
• Kin+Carta
• Kincannon and Reed
• Micropep
• Microsoft
• MLT Aikins
• Morrison Foerster
• Mosaic
• Nano-Yield
• Nomura Greentech
• Novozymes
• OCP
• Pairwise
• Pebble Labs
• Perennial
• Pinduoduo
• Plant Arc Bio
• Proagrica
• Publicis Sapient
• S2G Ventures
• Semios
• Sime Darby Plantation
• SoftServe
• Sound Agriculture
• Surcos
• Temasek
• Thai Wah
• Tortuga
• The Vine
• Verdant Robotics
• Vive
• Yamaha
• Yara

INNOVATION PARTNERS:
• AgroStart by BASF
• Apex Brasil
• Elemental Excelerator
• Canada
• Greater Sacramento Economic Council
• Grow-NY
• ICL Planet
• Innocation Saskatchewan
• Plug and Play
• Smart Agro
• SP Ventures
• The Combine
• Thrive
• Yara Growth Ventures

REGIONAL PARTNERS:
• Iowa Economic Development
• Research Triangle Agtech Cluster