Discussion Panels

  • Walt Duflock, Western Growers (moderator)

    Alfonso Bustamante, CFI Holdings

    Eric Morgan, Braga Fresh

  • Michael Bommarito, Krucible AI (moderator)

    Elliott Grant, Mineral 

    Dan Maycock, Agerpoint

    Ilias Tagkopoulos, AI Institute for Food Systems, UC Davis

Something On My Mind Sessions

Something On My Mind Sessions

Prospects for Dairy in the Global South

Paola de Almeida, Pegasus Capital Advisors

Standardizing the New Product Development Process in Ag

Paimun Amini, Bayer

How Digitalization Can Unlock Financial and Supply Chain Upside for the Ag Ecosystem

Mark Brooks, FMC

The Importance of Insect-Based Ingredients

Keith Driver, Tyson Foods

Application of AI and Gene Editing to Breeding Crops of the Future

Mat Muller, Corteva

Constructing the Ideal Cap Table

Josh Hofheimer, Sidley Austin LLP

Financing the Next Wave of Innovation in Ag/Food

John Huber, Wells Fargo

Business models for livestock GHG reduction

Winnie Leung, Ajinomoto CVC

Controlled Environment Agriculture: Why and When?

Melanie Yelton, Grow Big Consultants

Next Steps in Antibiotic Free Production & Food Borne Illness 

Al Zimmerman, Axitan