2021 THEME: RECOVERY, REGENERATION, REIMAGINING

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