Sept. 11-13, 2017 | St. Louis, MO
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:30-12:30 PM | Special Content Session: Meet the Canadian Delegation (By Special Invitation Only) |
| 01:00-01:50 PM | Registration & Networking |
| 01:50-02:30 PM | Welcome & Retrospective |
| 02:30-02:45 PM | Spotlight #1: View from the Farm with Garret Riekhof, GR Farms, Higginsville, Mo. |
| 02:45-03:00 PM | Spotlight #2: Insights on Food Labeling Strategies with Patrick Moorehead, Label Insight |
| 03:00-03:30 PM | Company Showcase Session #1: Farm & Food : Ingredients and Markets with New Sources with Aspire, Bonumose, & Bugeater Foods |
| 03:30-04:00 PM | Networking Break |
| 03:30-04:00 PM | Company Showcase Session #2: Farm & Food: Decontamination and Disease Detection with NanoGuard, SnapDNA, & SomaDetect |
| 04:00-04:30 PM | Exhibits & Networking Break |
| 04:30-05:00 PM | Spotlight #3: Entrepeneur Alumnus John Sorenson, Vestaron |
| 05:00-05:45 PM | Company Showcase Session #3: Farm & Food: Input Markets, Beneficials & Biologics with 3Bar Biologics, Amebagone, Bee Vectoring Technology, Beeflow, & NovoBind |
| 05:45-07:30 PM | Opening Reception at the Missouri History Museum |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 07:30-08:45 AM | Registration & Networking Breakfast |
| 08:45-09:00 AM | Welcome Remarks |
| 09:00-09:40 AM | Opening Keynote: Adrian Percy, Head of Research and Development, Bayer AG, Crop Science |
| 09:40-10:40 AM | Exhibits & Networking Break |
| 10:40-11:40 AM | Disruptive Dialogue: Soil Health and Input Management with Moderator, Pete Nelson, AgLaunch, Ryan Bond, Koch Agronomic Services, Nicholas Goeser, National Corn Growers Association, Poornima Parameswaran, Trace Genomics & Steve Swaffar, No-till on the Plains |
| 11:25-11:45 AM | Networking Break |
| 11:40-12:10 PM | Company Showcase Session #4: Feast of Data: Input Market - Genetics with Agribody Technologies, New West Genetics, & Powerpollen |
| 12:10-12:20 PM | Regulatory Update with Deepti Kulkarni, Sidley Austin LLP |
| 12:20-01:30 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 01:30-02:00 PM | Spotlight 4 & 5: Feast of Data: Data and Machine Learning in the Great Outdoors with Bill Danker, Syngenta & Data and Machine Learning Inside the Bubble with Nicola Kerslake, New Bean Capital |
| 02:00-03:00 PM | Company Showcase Session #5: Feast of Data: Forecast & Visualization with Climate Forecast Applications Network, Farmin, iVache, Sencrop, Visual Farms, & Wisran |
| 03:00-03:20 PM | Company Showcase Session #6: Farm and Food: Recovery of Inputs with Compact Membrane Systems & Renix |
| 03:20-05:10 PM | Special Content Session: Presented by Sidley Austin LLP |
| 03:20-05:10 PM | Special Content Session: Presented by Argentina Investment & Trade Promotional Agency |
| 03:20-05:10 PM | Special Content Session: Presented by ARPA-E |
| 05:15-06:30 PM | Networking Reception & Tours of Danforth Plant Science Center |
| 07:00-08:00 PM | VIP Dinner (by Special Invitation Only) |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 07:30-09:00 AM | Networking Breakfast & VIP Investor Breakfast (Library: by Special Invitation Only) |
| 08:30-11:00 AM | Exhibits, Networking, & Special Content Sessions: 8:30am-10:00am FFAR, 10:30am-11:30am Bryan Cave & Evogene, 9:00am-11:00am University Showcase |
| 08:30-10:00 AM | Special Content Session: Presented by Foundation for Food & Agriculture |
| 09:00-11:00 AM | Special Content Session: University Showcase Presented by TechAccel |
| 10:30-11:30 AM | Special Content Session: Presented by Bryan Cave |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Exhibitions & Networking Break |
| 11:30-11:45 AM | Spotlight #6: View from the Farm with Jen Wagner-Lahr, AURI |
| 11:45-12:45 PM | Disruptive Dialogue: Showcase Highlights & Trends to Watch with Han Chen, ZeaKal Inc., Matt Crisp, Benson Hill, Jacqueline Heard, Anterra Capital, Ron Meeusen, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, LLC, Mat Müller, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, & Vonnie Estes, Independent Consultant |
| 12:45-02:00 PM | Networking Lunch & Closing Remarks |
| 02:00-04:00 PM | Exhibitions & Networking |
