Our speakers are world thought leaders, entrepreneurs, industry professionals, investors, and policymakers in food and agriculture. They embody the innovations taking place across the ag and ag tech sectors.
EXPLORE OUR SPEAKERS
(in alphabetical order)
COMPLETE LIST OF CONFIRMED 2021 SHOWCASE SPEAKERS
Tom Adams, CEO, Pairwise
Joerg Bauer, Head of Scouting and Collaboration Management, BASF
Alan Bjerga, Senior Vice President of Communications, National Milk Producers Federation
Jack Bobo, CEO, Futurity
Kelly Bryan, Village Capital
Katie Buckman, Project Manager, Flad Architects
Han Chen, CEO, Zeakal
Sarah Davidson Evanega, Director, Alliance for Science, Cornell University, and Borlaug Scholar 2021
Michelle Egger, Co-Founder and CEO, BIOMILQ
Claus Felby, Senior VP, Biotech, Novo Nordisk Foundation
Jenny Filbey, CEO, Mazen Animal Health
Matthew Fitzmaurice, Managing Partner, Hennepin Partners
Carlos Guiterrez, Chief Strategy Officer, Larta Institute
Neal Gutterson, Partner & CTO, Radicle
Krysta Harden, President & CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council
Mitchell Hora, Partner/CEO, Continuum Ag
Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Acting Undersecretary of Research, USDA
Jennifer Kahn, Contributing Wrier, NY Times & Head of the Narrative Program, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
Mark Kahn, Managing Partner, Omnivore Ventures
Nicola Kerslake, Founder, Contain, Inc.
Liz Koutsos, President, Enviroflight
Sanjeev Krishnan, CIO & Managing Partner, S2G Ventures
Christie Lagally, Founder and CEO, Rebellyous Foods
Mark Lyons, CEO, Alltech
Karn Manhas, CEO, Terramera
Tom Mastrobuoni, Chief Investment Officer, Big Idea Ventures
Eric Mittenthal, Chief Strategy Officer, North American Meat Institute
Bob Morris, President, AndMore Associates, LLC
Joy Parr Drach, CEO, Advanced Animal Diagnostics
Adrian Percy, CTO, UPL Limited
Patti Phillips, CEO, ROI Institute, Inc.
Anna Rath, CEO, Vestaron Corp.
Andy Renz, VP Business Development, Vestaron Corp.
Chad Rosen, CEO, Victory Hemp Foods
Kent Schescke, Executive Vice President at Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
Eric Schulze, VP of Product & Regulation, Upside Foods
Rohit Shukla, CEO, Larta Institute
Naveen Sikka, CEO, Terviva
Mohan Tavorath, Partner, International Farming Corporation
Paul Ulanch, Executive Director, Crop Commercialization Program, Agriculture Sector Development, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Michelle VonCannon, Agriculture Program and Event Manager, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Sylvia Wulf, President & CEO, and Board Member, AquaBounty
