Discussion Panels

  • Walt Duflock, Western Growers (moderator)

    Lars Dyrud, Earth Optics

    Will Feliz, Duncan Farms

    Jim Schultz, Open Prairie

  • Tom Adams, Pairwise (moderator)

    Paimun Amini, Bayer 

    Tom Greene, Corteva

Keynote Speech

How Does a Mature Industry (such as food) Accept, Shape, and Influence Disruptive Technologies for its Benefit

Jim Gray, Ingredion

Something On My Mind Sessions

Something On My Mind Sessions

Helping Early-Stage AgTech Startups Succeed

Danny Bernstein, Reservoir

Should Start-ups Pay More Attention to Traditional Asset Managers for Funding?

Steve Byrne, Bank of America

Steve Haggerty, Interior Lines Advisory

Where does CEA go from Here?

Eitan Marder-Epstein, Hippo Harvest

Introducing Ag Innovations: Are US and EU Secondary Markets? 

David Godfrey-Thomas, Afina International

Ron Meeusen, Cultivian

Building Scalable Digital Twin Models for Agriculture Using GenAI

Xiaoyi Lu, UC Merced

Unlocking the Microbiome: Use Cases & Value Creation Opportunities Across Human & Animal

Rachel Resek, Ki Tua Fund

How Ag Tech Can Secure California's Agricultural Future

Brad Rubin, Wells Fargo Bank

Why Robotics for Ag is Contrarian

Gabe Sibley, Verdant Robotics

Howard Chao, Doon Capital (interviewer)

The State of Biologicals: A Report Card

Chris Taylor, The Mixing Bowl

Why do CVCs Fail?

Mark Brooks, Formerly of FMC Ventures

Mike Wilbur, Wilbur Ellis

Turning Challenges into Opportunities: How Climate Change is Reshaping Agriculture

Joe Zhou, Bits x Bites