World Agri-tech Inovation Summit 2022 | ReThink Events | 22 March 2022 | San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

Now in its 10th year, the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit has become the annual meeting place for the global agtech ecosystem. Growers, agribusiness leaders, technology pioneers and investors come together to exchange insights, be inspired, and identify future partners.
Whether in-person or online, all delegates will be able to meet and collaborate on the same platform, opening up the summit to a bigger global network than ever before.

2022 Speakers

Karen Ross
Secretary, California Department of Food & Agriculture

Sam Eathington
SVP & CTO, Corteva

Mike Heinz
CEO, North America, Basf

Ranveer Chandra
Managing Director, Research for Industry & Cto, Agri-food, Microsoft

Geeta Sethi
Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems, World Bank

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

Sanjeev Krishnan
CIO & Managing Director, S2G Ventures

Florian Schattenmann
Cto and Vice President of R&D, Cargill

Amol Deshpande
Co-founder & CEO, FBN

Travis Bayer
Co-founder & CTO, Sound Agriculture

Jacqueline Heard
CEO & Founder, Enko Chem

Jennifer Mclaughlin
Managing Director & 5g Practice Lead, Accenture

Tracy Raines
Chief Innovation Officer, Agbiome

Ron Baruchi
President & CEO, Agmatix

Gloverson Moro
CTO, Agrithority

Ry Wagner
President, International Agribusiness, Algaenergy

Elizabeth Fastiggi
Head of Worldwide Agriculture, Amazon Web Services

Adam Anders
Managing Partner, Anterra Capital

David Lee
President & Board Member, Appharvest

David Babson
Program Director, Arpa-e

Roel Van Poppel
CEO, At Source, Olam

Scott Kay
Vice President, Us Crop Protection, Basf

Bob Reiter
Head of R&D, Bayer Crop Science

Matias Viel
Founder & CEO, Beeflow

Don Maszle
Technical Solutions Consultant, Benchling

Seana Day
Partner, Better Food Ventures

Adrian Ferrero
Co-founder & CEO, Biome Makers

Jamie Bacher
Co-founder & CEO, Boost Biomes

Brett Brohl
Managing Director, Bread & Butter Ventures

Aaron Buettner
President, Food Solutions, Bunge

Jake Joraanstad
Co-founder & CEO, Bushel

Niall Mottram
Head of Industrial & Energy, Cambridge Consultants

Scott Porter
Managing Director, Cascadia Capital

Brett Morris
Managing Director, Cavallo Ventures

Jenette Ashtekar
VP of Product Management, CIBO

Chris Abbott
Co-head, Conti Ventures

Laurie Bauer
Partner, Cooley

Kunal Prasad
Co-founder & COO, Cropin

Amanda Donohue-hansen
Managing Director, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures

Rich Reynertson
COO, Cultura Technologies

Kiersten Stead
Managing Partner, DCVC Bio

Anthony Finbow
CEO, Eagle Genomics

Debbie Reed
Executive Director, Ecosystem Services Market

Eric O’brien
Co-founder & Managing Director, Fall Line Capital

Anne Jorun Aas
CEO, Farmforce

Luis Macias
CEO, Grainchain

Sara Menker
CEO & Co-founder, Gro Intelligence

Yossi Kofman
Co-founder & CEO, Groundwork Bioag

Lance Ruppert
Executive Director, Agronomy Marketing & Technology, Growmark

Luca Bonini
CEO, Hellonature

Hadar Sutovsky
VP External Innovation, ICL Group

Randy Barker
Co-founder & CEO
In10t

Ponsi Trivisvavet
CEO, Inari

Ron Hovsepian
President, Ceo & Board Member, Indigo

Sam Smith-eppsteiner
Partner, Innovation Endeavors

Brad Ringeisen
Executive Director, Innovative Genomics Institute

Tim Hassinger
CEO, Intelinair

Vonnie Estes
Vice President Technology, International Fresh Produce Association

Bram Govaerts
Director General, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Cimmyt)

Michael Miille
CEO, Joyn Bio

Derek Norman
VP Venture Investments, Leaps by Bayer

Kristal Allen
Partner, MLT Aikins

Jason Garbell
Senior Director of Bioag Marketing and Strategy, Novozymes

Dhruv Sawhney
COO, Nurture.farm

Ryan Bond
Sr. Director, Global Business Development & Innovation, Nutrien

Cameron Holbrook
VP, Digital, Nutrien

John Dombrosky
CEO, Oerth Bio

Steven Bierschenk
Managing Director, Paine Schwartz Partners

Xin Yi Lim
Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact, Pinduoduo

Karsten Temme
Co-founder and CEO, Pivot Bio

Jim Thomason
VP of Imagery Products, Planet

Phil Erlanger
Founder & Managing Partner, Pontifax Agtech

Dan Mccann
Founder & CEO, Precision Ai

Mark Cupta
Managing Director, Prelude Ventures

Ryan Risdal
Vice President, Product & Strategy, AG Solutions, Proagrica

Pedro Coelho
Co-founder & CEO, Provivi

Nicole Atchison
CEO, Puris Holdings

Michael Gilbert
CEO & Founder, Semios

Eric Taipale
CTO, Sentera

Daniel Padrão
COO, Solinftec

Marion Verles
CEO, Sustaincert

Jeff Rowe
President, Syngenta Seeds

Nish Majarian
Global Managing Director, Agribusiness, Telus Agriculture

Anuj Maheshwari
Managing Director, Agribusiness, Temasek

Sarah Nolet
General Partner, Tenacious Ventures

Richard Choularton
Director of Agriculture & Economic Growth, Tetra Tech

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

Kim Nicholson
VP AG Technology & Innovation, The Mosaic Company

Michael Doane
Global Managing Director, Food & Freshwater Systems, The Nature Conservancy

Howard-yana Shapiro
Senior Fellow, Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis

Giuseppe Natale
Co-founder & CEO, Valagro

Anna Rath
CEO, Vestaron

Mike Wilbur
Board Member, Wilbur-ellis

Ertharin Cousin
Former Executive Director, World Food Program

Nolan Paul
Partner, Global Agtech Lead, Yamaha Motor Ventures

2022 Partners

PLATINUM PARTNERS:
• Accenture
• Basf
• Corteva
• Leaps
• Nutrien
• Syngenta
• Valagro

GOLD PARTNERS:
• Agmatix
• Agrithority
• AlgaEnergy
• Beeflow
• Benchling
• Biome Makers
• Boost Biomers
• Bunge
• Bushel
• Cambride Consultants
• Cargill
• Cascadia
• Cavallo Ventures
• CIBO
• Cooley
• Cropin
• Cultura
• Eagle Genomics
• Elaisian
• Enko
• FarmForce
• Fieldin
• GainChain
• GroundWork
• HelloNature
• Inari
• Intelinair
• Fresh Produce
• JoynBio
• MLT Aikins
• Mosaic
• Novozymes
• Nature.farm
• OCP
• Oerthbio
• PDD
• Pivot bio
• Planet
• Precision AI
• Proagrica
• Provivi
• Publicis Sapient
• Semios
• Santera
• SolinFtec
• Sound Agriculture
• Tech Mahindra
• TelusAgricilture
• TetraTech
• Yamaha