THEME: RECOVERY, REGENERATION, REIMAGINING
This year, the Showcase seeks to identify the concerns uncovered during the world’s year of crisis, in order to describe the contours of recovery. We will double down on the continued evolution of regeneration as an organizing principle for agriculture and food production. We will describe the arc of reimagining the changed and rapidly evolving landscape of agriculture and food.
Our speakers are world thought leaders, entrepreneurs, industry professionals, investors, and policymakers in food and agriculture.
Complete agenda
September 13, 2021
DAY ONE - RECOVERY & REGENERATION
(All times are ET.)
10:45 AM
EVENT APP GOES LIVE!, DAY ONE
11:00 - 11:18 AM
WELCOME & THEME EXPLORATION, HIGHLIGHTS
Paul Ulanch (Executive Director, Crop Commercialization Program, NCBiotech)
Rohit Shukla (CEO, Larta Institute)
Looking Back to Move Forward
Bob Morris, President, AndMore Associates, LLC
11:18 - 11:40 AM
THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN THE FOOD SYSTEM
Introduced by Jack Bobo (CEO, Futurity)
Chavonda Jacobs-Young (Administrator, USDA)
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM
THE ROLE OF INNOVATION IN THE FOOD SYSTEM, CONVERSATION WITH Jack Bobo (CEO, Futurity)
[Access Jack Bobo’s Report: The Role of Innovation in Transforming The Global Food System]
Krysta Harden (President & CEO, US Dairy Export Council)
Eric Schulze (VP of Product and Regulation, Upside Foods)
12:20 - 12:30 PM
LEADERSHIP IN A TIME OF CRISIS AND RECOVERY
Introduction by Ryan Combs (Executive Director at Research Triangle Regional Partnership, Honorary Consul of Canada)
Jewel Bronaugh (Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, USDA)
12:30 - 1:00 PM
SPONSOR HIGHLIGHTS & LUNCH BREAK
1:00 - 2:00 PM
MITIGATING THREATS: FARMING FOOTPRINT, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES
Hosted by Adrian Percy (Chief Technology Officer, UPL)
The Suffering Soil
Neal Gutterson (Partner & CTO, Radicle Growth)
The Plant Pandemic: Assessing the threats and the plans to protect the crop agriculture
Amy Grunden (William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, NC State University)
Animal Agriculture: Protein PACT and the future of animal protein
Eric Mittenthal (Chief Strategy Officer, Sustainability, North American Meat Institute)
Supply Chain: A postmortem of COVID, a preview of the challenges to come
Sanjeev Krishnan (Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director, S2G Ventures)
Indoor Ag: What can be contained, can be sustained!
Nicola Kerslake (Founder, Contain, Inc.)
2:00 - 3:00 PM
RECOVERY & REGENERATION: START-UPS AND SCALE-UPS ADDRESS OPPORTUNITIES
Hosted by Rohit Shukla (CEO, Larta Institute), Carlos Gutierrez (Chief Strategy Officer, Larta), and Paul Ulanch (Executive Director, Crop Commercialization Program, NCBiotech)
INNOVATION HIGHLIGHT: Phospholutions
Mitchell Hora (Founder/CEO, Continuum Ag)
Naveen Sikka (Founder & CEO, Terviva)
Han Chen (Co-Founder & CEO, Zeakal)
Joy Parr Drach (President & CEO, Advanced Animal Diagnostics)
3:00 - 3:30 PM
INNOVATION VIDEOS
Introduction by Rohit Shukla (CEO, Larta Institute)
3:30 PM
END OF DAY ONE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
DAY TWO - REIMAGINING
(All times are ET.)
10:45 AM
EVENT APP GOES LIVE!, DAY TWO
11:00 - 11:10 AM
WELCOME, DAY ONE RECAP, AND FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA
Rohit Shukla (CEO, Larta Institute)
Paul Ulanch (Executive Director, Crop Commercialization Program, NCBiotech)
Jack Bobo (CEO, Futurity)
11:10 - 11:30 AM
VISION OF THE FUTURE OF AG, HEALTH AND THE EMERGING FRAMEWORK OF ESG
Mission (Im)possible transforming agriculture to a sustainable production?
Claus Felby (Senior Vice President, Biotech, Novo Nordisk Foundation)
11:30 AM - 12:50PM
TAKING ON THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: POPULATION, FOOD, AND REIMAGINING THE FUTURE
Hosted by Jack Bobo (CEO, Futurity)
KEYNOTE: Mark Lyons (CEO, Alltech)
THE ALTERNATIVES: PROTEINS, HEALTH, AND FOOD PRODUCTION with Jack Bobo
Mark Lyons (CEO, Alltech)
Michelle Egger (Co-Founder and CEO, BIOMILQ)
Tom Mastrobuoni (Chief Investment Officer, Big Idea Ventures)
Karn Manhas (CEO & Founder, Terramera)
12:50 - 2:00 PM
INNOVATION VIDEOS & LUNCH BREAK
Paul Ulanch (Executive Director, Crop Commercialization Program, NCBiotech)
2:00 - 2:45 PM
REIMAGINING FOOD: BEHIND THE SLOGANS - A FAST-PACED DISCUSSION
Hosted by Alan Bjerga (Senior VP of Communications, NMPF)
Learning to Love GMOs
Jennifer Kahn (Contributing Writer, NY Times, Head of the Narrative Program, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley)
Creating a Healthier World Through Fruit and Vegetables
Tom Adams (CEO, Pairwise)
Carbon to Nutrition
Han Chen (Co-Founder & CEO, Zeakal)
No Harm No Foul
Christie Lagally (CEO and Founder, Rebellyous Foods)
Planting Million of Trees to Feed Billions
Naveen Sikka (CEO, Terviva)
2:45 - 3:45 PM
REIMAGINING THE NEAR FUTURE AND BEYOND: START-UPS & SCALE-UPS ADDRESS THE OPPORTUNITIES
Introduction and hosted by Andy Renz (VP Business Development, Vestaron)
Special Remarks: Anna Rath (CEO, Vestaron)
Jenny Filbey (CEO, Mazen Animal Health)
Sylvia Wulf (President & CEO, AquaBounty)
Liz Koutsos (President, Enviroflight)
Chad Rosen (Founder & CEO, Victory Hemp Foods)
3:45 - 4:45 PM
REIMAGINING FINANCING & FUNDING - INNOVATIONS, SOLUTIONS, & ADOPTION
Doing Good by Doing Well: Making Innovation Work
Patti Phillips (CEO, ROI Institute)
Panel Introduced and hosted by Mohan Tavorath (Partner, Investments & Data Sciences at IFC)
Sanjeev Krishnan (Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director, S2G Ventures)
Kelly Bryan (Manager, Sustainability Practice, Village Capital)
Mark Kahn (Managing Partner, Omnivore Ventures)
Matthew Fitzmaurice (Managing Director, Hennepin Partners)
4:45 - 5:15 PM
AG INNOVATION SHOWCASE CLOSING THOUGHTS
Introduced by Kent Schescke (Executive Vice President, CAST)
Sarah Davidson Evanega (Professor, Boyce Thompson Institute; Director, Alliance for Science; Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences)
5:15 - 5:30 PM
PREVIEW OF 2022: THE SETTING & THE VENUE
Introduced and hosted by Michelle VonCannon (Agriculture Program & Event Manager, NCBiotech)
WELCOME TO RALEIGH
Adrian Percy (Chief Technology Officer, UPL)
PLANT SCIENCE INITIATIVE AT NC STATE OVERVIEW
Steve Lommel (Associate Dean for Research CALS; Director NCARS)
Katie Buckman (Project Manager, Flad Architects)
SEE YOU IN 2022
Joerg Bauer (Head of Scouting & Collaboration Management, BASF)
5:30 - 5:35 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
Rohit Shukla (CEO, Larta Institute)
5:45 PM
END OF PROGRAM AND LIVE STREAM
