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Summit Programme

Accelerating adoption of advanced ag biotech and data driven farming solutions

Gold Partners:

Platinum Partner: Access to Innovation Partner:

Innovate UK is the UK’s innovation agency. Innovate UK works with people, companies and partner organisations to find and drive the science and technology innovations that will grow the UK economy - delivering productivity, new jobs and exports. The aim at Innovate UK is to keep the UK globally competitive in the race for future prosperity, and it recognises the important role the Agri-Tech sector has to play in this quest.

Innovate UK

To improve the productivity and sustainability of the twenty-first-century farmer, Agrinos is helping shape the future of modern agriculture. Agrinos’ global research, development and agronomy team is putting its innovative products at the forefront of microbial and biological crop input innovation. Its proprietary products developed through its High Yield Technology (HYT®) platform have pioneered the quickly growing crop biologicals sector of its industry and have been proven to drive yield and quality improvements.

Agrinos

Bayer is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. Bayer offers an outstanding range of products including high value seeds, innovative crop protection solutions based on chemical and biological modes of action, as well as an extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture. In the area of non-agricultural applications, the company has a broad portfolio of products and services to control pests from home and garden to forestry applications. Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Its vision includes collaborating and investing with others to deliver new innovations to growers in order to enhance yields necessary to provide access to safe and affordable food for this growing population. As an innovation-led company, it believes fresh approaches and technologies will be critical to meeting the challenges of tomorrow.

Bayer CropScience

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Welcome to the fourth annual World Agri-Tech Investment Summit in London.

The goal of the World Agri-Tech Investment series is to accelerate the transition of technology from the laboratory to the field by connecting innovators with partners, investors, accelerators and growers.

This year’s summit takes place at a time of unprecedented change and consolidation in the industry, and we’re delighted to welcome our largest ever audience to London to share ideas on what this could mean for technology acquisition, research and development.

Over the next two days we look forward to disruptive thinking on the potential for gene editing, biological solutions and the internet of things to transform the efficiency and resiliency of our farming systems. With so much expertise here in the room, I encourage everyone to participate, to ask questions and share ideas.

Roundtable discussion groups, our networking drinks reception and the ability to arrange 1-1 meetings during the summit create extensive opportunities to connect with new partners and we encourage everyone to participate. The Rethink team will be available throughout the summit if you need assistance with meetings or to facilitate introductions.

I would particularly like to thank our sponsors and exhibitors for their support for this summit, and our fifteen exciting young technology companies who we look forward to hearing from in our showcase sessions. I hope everyone will take the opportunity to meet all these exciting companies in our exhibition and networking room.

As we look ahead to next year, and to our sister summit in San Francisco, please take the time to share with us your thoughts, feedback and suggestions. Your input is essential to ensure we continue to build engaging and informative events that are of real value to your business.

I hope you have a great summit.

Jennie MossFounder & Managing Director

Cambridge Consultants creates and delivers breakthrough products and services for clients worldwide – from the largest blue-chip companies to some of the smallest, innovative start-ups. Cambridge Consultants uses the skills and experience of its 500 engineers, scientists, mathematicians and designers to de-risk and commercialise novel technologies and to accelerate it's clients’ product developments.

Cambridge Consultants

Conservis is changing the business of farming. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Conservis responded to farmers needing a real-time view of activities, inventories and deliveries. Conservis connects this information with other systems so farmers have the data to make stronger decisions from planning to production to marketing.

Conservis

DuPont Pioneer is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. DuPont Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Science with Service Delivering Success®.

DuPont Pioneer

Iteris is a leader in providing weather information solutions. Its innovative precision ag decision-support system, ClearAg™, leverages a data delivery platform to enable agribusinesses to ingest specific, actionable, high-resolution weather, crop and soil information for data-driven farming. Iteris’ ClearAg™ API platform takes field-specific weather, combines it with the science of soil and agronomy to deliver the right information, for the right field, at the right time for the right decisions.

Iteris

Koppert Biological Systems ensures sustainability for the cultivation of food crops and ornamental plants. Together with growers and in partnership with nature, Koppert works to make agricultural and horticultural products healthy, safe, productive and resilient. It achieves this by using natural enemies to combat pest infestations; bumblebees for natural pollination; and natural products that support and strengthen the crops both above and underground.

Koppert

Bioenterprise Corporation is a national business accelerator offering commercialisation services to support the creation, growth and expansion of businesses in the agricultural technology sector. With six office locations across Canada, Bioenterprise provides agri-businesses with scientific and technical expertise, industry knowledge, business services, and global connections.

BioEnterprise

Dow AgroSciences discovers, develops, and brings to market crop protection and plant biotechnology solutions for the growing world. In 1989, The Dow Chemical Company entered a joint venture with the Elanco Plant Sciences business of Eli Lilly and Company to form DowElanco. In 1997, The Dow Chemical Company acquired 100 percent ownership of the business and renamed it Dow AgroSciences.

Dow AgroSciences

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is the government department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. It also helps overseas companies bring their high-quality investment to the UK’s dynamic economy, acknowledged as Europe’s best place from which to succeed in global business. DIT has professional advisors both within the UK and acrossmore than 100 international markets.

Department for International Trade

Silver Partners:

Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV) invests across all areas of technology that impact production agriculture. MGV invests in companies at any stage, and supports portfolio companies in Europe, South America, Canada, as well as in the USA. The investment team aims to invest in visionary teams with compelling opportunities to transform global food production.

Monsanto is a global leader in seeds, technologies and services to help farmers produce more, better and more affordable crops with less land, energy, water, waste and worry. It partners with farmers, researchers, nonprofit organisations, universities and others to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges and is committed to pursuing smarter ways to nourish our growing world.

Monsanto Growth Ventures/Monsanto Europe

Ministerial Welcome: Driving Forward Food & Farming

Mapping the New Landscape for Global Agribusiness

Disruptive Thinking: Opportunties at the Convergence of Ag & Life Sciences

World Agri-Tech Investment Summit 2016

SUMMIT PROGRAMME

9:00

9:15

10:00

Speaker:George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (DEFRA), UK

⊲ To what extent are digital agricultural capabilities playing a role in the current race to consolidation amongst the big agribusinesses?

⊲ How will the new landscape impact existing partnerships? What new business models will be needed and what collaboration will we see in the future?

⊲ How could Brexit impact the future of farming, GMOs and gene editing in Britain and Europe? ⊲ As the food sector rides the consumer trend towards fresh, organic and nutritious food, how are agribusinesses

responding?⊲ What impact will further consolidation have on R&D and agri-tech innovation? Where will the innovation come from in

the future?

Session Chair:Robert Berendes, Co-Owner & Partner, A-CONNECT, SWITZERLAND

Speakers:Leticia Gonçalves, CEO, MONSANTO EUROPE, SWITZERLANDAdrian Percy, Head of R&D, BAYER CROPSCIENCE, GERMANYJoel S. Marcus, Chairman, CEO & Founder, ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, USA

⊲ Emerging tools and technologies and the combination of cloud computing, big data analytics, genomics, synthetic biology and engineering biology are creating a brand new opportunity space. How has the technology and discovery model moved on and what will be the true technology differentiators?

⊲ How can these technologies be applied to take us to the next level, either from the perspective of public and regulatory acceptance or in the creation of new active products?

Session Chair:David Flanders, CEO, AGRIMETRICS, UK

Speakers:Peter Hamley, Global Head, External Innovation & Sourcing LGCR, SANOFI, GERMANY David Baulcombe, Head, Department of Plant Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UKSteve Webb, R&D Director, DOW AGROSCIENCES, USA

10.45 Networking Coffee Break Hosted by:

DAY ONE — NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Next Generation Plant Genetics: Editing & Beyond11:15

⊲ Non-GMO tools and technologies including gene editing promise huge potential in the future of agriculture. How can industry and regulatory authorities deliver a framework that keeps the technology frontiers open for exploration?

⊲ How can small and midsize players compete with the major agribusinesses in this sector? How are they using these technologies and leveraging new ideas? Who are they looking to partner with to accelerate their product to market?

⊲ How will the end consumer drive the tools and technologies that can be used in the future and how should the industry communicate the benefits and avoid mistakes from the past?

Session Chair:Jim Dunwell, Professor of Plant Biotechnology, UNIVERSITY OF READING/DEFRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, UK

Speakers:Neal Gutterson, Vice President, Research and Development, DUPONT PIONEER, USAGreg Gocal, Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President, CIBUS, USAFederico Tripodi, CEO, CALYXT, USA

Roundtable Networking Discussion Groups12:45

Delegates will break into roundtable discussion groups, each focused on a business-critical issue within agri-tech and hosted by an industry leader.

No Table Host Discussion Topic

1Johan Cardoen, VIB

Translating Science into Business: How are successful clusters de-risking early stage technologies to attract commercial partners and investors?

2Janet Bainbridge, DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Accessing UK Agri-Tech Opportunities: How can the new UK Centres for Agricultural Innovation support greater international collaboration and investment?

3John Dombrosky, AGTECH ACCELERATOR

Accelerators: What new innovation models are needed for start-ups to succeed?

4 Chid Apte, IBM RESEARCH Big Data: How can the industry collaborate around its data needs?

5 Ry Wagner, AGRINOS Scaling Biologicals: How to choose the right path for commercialisation?

6Steve Webb, DOW AGROSCIENCES

Ag & Life Sciences: What collaboration models are needed to leverage new opportunities?

7Peter Jens, KOPPERT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Go-To-Market Challenges: What are the biggest channel and go-to-market hurdles facing high-, low-, and and right-tech companies in the ag tech sector?

8Neal Gutterson, DUPONT PIONEER

Social License: Consumer acceptance will drive the adoption and wide-scale application of CRISPR-Cas advanced plant breeding technology. How should the industry be engaging with the public to earn its trust?

9Scott Horner, MIDDLELAND CAPITAL

Growth Capital: As we move from Seed and Series A rounds how are we going to attract more capital into the sector?

10Leticia Gonçalves, MONSANTO EUROPE

Technology Trends & Integrated Solutions: What technology trends will have the biggest impact on agriculture over the next 10 years?

11Rod Parker, KIRCHNER GROUP

Business Models: What innovative models and channels can technology companies use to accelerate adoption?

12Andy Ziolkowski, CULTIVIAN SANDBOX VENTURES

VC Strategy: How do investors identify investment opportunities in a crowded space?

13Greg Gocal, CIBUS

Next Gen Technologies: How can small and midsize players compete with the major agribusinesses in this sector?

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Showcase12:00

⊲ Early-Mid Stage Technology Innovators Present Seven-Minute Snapshots of their Solutions

Session Chair:Nitza Kardish, CEO, TRENDLINES AGTECH, ISRAEL

Presenting Companies:Willem-Jan Meulemeesters, CEO, CERADIS, NETHERLANDSNora Alonso, CEO, IDEN BIOTECHNOLOGY, SPAINPeter Blezard, CEO and Founder, AZOTIC, UKMarisé Borja, CTO, PLANT RESPONSE BIOTECH, SPAIN

Global Perspectives from Incubators on Delivering Innovation15:15

⊲ What can we learn from global hubs in bringing innovative solutions to the agri-tech sector?

⊲ What critical pillars are needed to translate ideas into commercial application?

Session Chair:Joel S. Marcus, Chairman, CEO & Founder, ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, USA

Speakers:Vipul Patel, Associate VP, Agri Investments, CENTRE FOR INNOVATION INCUBATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CIIE), INDIA Dave Smardon, President & CEO, BIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION, CANADAJohn W. Dombrosky, CEO, AGTECH ACCELERATOR, USA Nitza Kardish, CEO, TRENDLINES AGTECH, ISRAEL Jan Meiling, Managing Director, START-LIFE, NETHERLANDSAngela Karp, Associate Director for Science Innovation, ROTHAMSTED CENTRE FOR RESEARCH & ENTERPRISE, UK

Agri-Tech Investing: ABC and Beyond16:30

⊲ What opportunities does consolidation of the agri giants present to the industry? Can we predict how this sector will accelerate once the dust starts to settle? Who will emerge as the leader and how will this shape the industry?

⊲ As agri-tech investments transition from seed stage towards B & C rounds can we identify where growth is really happening? Are companies that have raised lots of capital living up to expectation?

⊲ Where is the capital going to come from to help accelerate future growth? Which large funds and institutional investors have the risk appetite for investing in this sector?

⊲ How can Europe elevate its status enough to start decentralising capital from the US? What hotspots are emerging and who are investors looking to partner with to invest their capital?

Session Chair:Gideon Soesman, Managing Director, GREENSOIL INVESTMENTS, ISRAEL

Speakers:Andy Ziolkowski, Managing Director, CULTIVIAN SANDBOX VENTURES, USAJohn Novak, Director, PAINE & PARTNERS, USAHans Mehn, Partner, GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, UKJean-Baptiste Cuisinier, President of the Board, CAPAGRO, FRANCE

16.00 Networking Coffee Break Hosted by:

What’s Next for Biologicals & the Plant Microbiome?14.30

⊲ There is huge potential for biopesticides, biostimulants and microbial products to build effective crop protection and soil health products. Where are the biggest opportunity gaps in this sector to add value to growers?

⊲ What techniques and advances in computational biology are needed in order to make the leap forward to breakthroughs that will lead to actionable systems and products?

⊲ How close to the field are these technologies? What approaches are being used to design integrated biologicals platforms that deliver consistent results over time and between crops?

⊲ How are technology providers communicating the effectiveness of their products to growers? How do you drive adoption and where is the biggest market pull coming from?

Session Chair:Kiersten Stead, Investment Director, MONSANTO GROWTH VENTURES, USA

Speakers:Ry Wagner, CEO, AGRINOS, USAPeter Jens, Director of Strategic Alliances, KOPPERT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, BELGIUMScott Uknes, Founder & Co-CEO, AGBIOME, USAIgnacio Martinez, Partner, FLAGSHIP VENTURES, USA

13.30 Networking Lunch Break Hosted by:

⊲ Five Early Stage UK Agri-Tech Innovators Present Seven-Minute Snapshots of their Solutions

Session Chair: Calum Murray, Programme Leader, Sustainable Agriculture & Food, INNOVATE UK, UK

Speakers: Simon Pearson, Professor of Agri-Food Technology, UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN, UKAlex Fisher, CEO, SATURN BIOPONICS, UKJim Wilson, Managing Director, SOILESSENTIALS, UKPhilip Charlton-Smith, Chief Executive, ECOSPRAY, UKHugh Crabtree, Director, FARMEX, UK

17.15Innovate UK Technology Showcase

18.15 Networking Drinks Reception

All delegates are invited to join us for a celebratory reception to wrap up the first day of the summit.

Keynote Address: Emerging Technologies for Global Food Security9:00

Speaker:Maurice Moloney, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR FOOD SECURITY, CANADA

Gearing Up for a Global Market: Successful Agricultural Innovation in Emerging Economies 9:15

⊲ What innovations are revolutionising small holder farming? What near to market agricultural innovations are set to deliver and accelerate productivity and bring about the biggest wins?

⊲ What collaboration models and investment partnerships are needed to access a global market? How can we build a bridge to transfer innovation and adapt technology to meet the needs of a global market place?

⊲ Could the burgeoning agri-tech innovations and business solutions being developed in India better serve the needs of other small holder farmers globally?

Session Chair:Maurice Moloney, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR FOOD SECURITY, CANADA

Speakers:Purvi Mehta, Senior Advisor & Head-Agriculture, Asia, THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, INDIAGigi Gatti, Regional Director for Asia, GRAMEEN FOUNDATION, USAMarco Ferroni, Executive Director, SYNGENTA FOUNDATION, SWITZERLAND

DAY TWO — NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Showcase10:00

⊲ Early-Mid Stage Technology Innovators Present Seven-Minute Snapshots of their Solutions

Session Chair:Dave Ross, Interim CEO, Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI), SRUC, UK

Presenting Companies:Gary Wickham, CEO, AGRICULTURAL MAGNETICS (MAGROW), IRELANDEmilia Vila, Co-Founder & CEO, AGROPTIMA, SPAINRoelof Kramer, Head of Agriculture, REZATEC, UNITED KINGDOMThiago Terzi, Board Member & Global Strategic Advisor, SCANTASK, ISRAELRos Harvey, Founder & Managing Director, THE YIELD, AUSTRALIA Mercedes Iborra, CTO, VISUALNACERT, SPAIN

Identifying the Next Big Horizon for IOT and the Automated Farm12:15

⊲ How are farmers benefiting from next generation sensor technologies and advances in agricultural modelling and how can we calculate the ROI? Could agricultural models become sophisticated enough to replace the need for hardware entirely?

⊲ The application of low power wide area network, LP1 and mobile network operators NP IOT to agriculture is gaining momentum. Where and how is this enabling technology being applied and could it extend to use in farm vehicles, UAVs and robotic devices?

⊲ How can we collaborate around our data needs? What progress has been made to standardise data across different technologies and platforms?

Session Chair:Saverio Romeo, Principal Analyst, BEECHAM RESEARCH, UK

Speakers:Jeff Keiser, VP, Strategic Sales & Marketing, ITERIS, USAThomas Engel, Manager Technology Innovation Strategy, JOHN DEERE, GERMANYAdam Armer, IoT Business Development and Innovation Manager, VODAFONE IOT, UKDave Wright, CTO, I-CUBED, USA (an Airbus Defence and Space subsidiary)Niall Mottram, Head of Product Development, Industry & Energy, CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS, UK

Optimising the Global Food Supply Chain Using Big Data Analytics11:30

⊲ Data, transparency and traceability are at the centre of the global food supply chain which begins at the farm level. How is the era of big data impacting business models across food production, distribution and processing?

⊲ What technologies and solutions are being used to bring together attributes of food data from farm to fork that deliver a robust and transparent future for agriculture?

⊲ How are agricultural data and financing data being leveraged to deliver the tools and services to better manage risk across supply chains?

⊲ What partnerships are needed to take this sector forward and where are the key areas for future investment?

Session Chair:Adam Anders, Managing Partner, ANTERRA CAPITAL, NETHERLANDS

Speakers:Patrick Christie, President & CEO, CONSERVIS, USAMark Johnson, Co-founder & CEO, DESCARTES LABS, USA Chid Apte, Director of Mathematical Sciences, IBM RESEARCH, USAJoachim Stiegemann, Head of CES Product Management, CLAAS E-SYSTEMS, GERMANY

Roundtable Networking Discussion Groups13:00

Delegates will break into roundtable discussion groups, each focused on a business-critical issue within agri-tech and hosted by an industry leader.

No Table Host Discussion Topic

1Andrew Lazenby, FARMCARE

Consumer Demands: What impact will consumers have on agriculture and farming in the future?

2Mark Johnson, DESCARTES LABS

Big Data: What parts of the value chain are set to benefit the most from advanced forecasting solutions?

3Chid Apte, IBM RESEARCH

Partnerships: How are large technology companies looking to collaborate with small and midsize players in this sector?

4Benjamin Belldegrun, PONTIFAX AGTECH

Building Cooperation with Growers: How are investors and entrepreneurs working with growers to find scalable solutions in agriculture?

11:00 Networking Coffee Break Hosted by:

Closing the Adoption Gap: Building Cooperation Between Farmers and Entrepreneurs14:30

⊲ How are successful technology companies gaining traction amongst farmers? How are technology providers and tech-forward growers collaborating to bring solutions to market? How are technology companies bridging the gap between trial based soft adoption and wide-scale enterprise adoption and integration?

⊲ Is there still a fit for a technology at current commodity prices? Which technologies, services and information can deliver particular value at current commodity prices and increase the bottom line?

Session Chair:Simon Blackmore, Director, NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PRECISION FARMING, UK

Speakers:Andrew Lazenby, Director of Operations, FARMCARE, UK Dave Ross, Interim CEO, Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI), SRUC, UK Tom Green, CEO, SPEARHEAD INTERNATIONAL, UKMatthias Nachtmann, Head, agIT Project Team, BASF, GERMANY

New Investors Entering the Agri-Tech Sector15:15

⊲ How is the agri-tech sector viewed by new investors entering the sector? What areas of agri-tech are they looking at? How do they see their mission in this sector? How does investing in agri-tech compare with other tech sectors?

⊲ How are family offices different from VC investors and are they able to offer the networks that VCs can provide?⊲ When is the agri-tech sector going to be interesting for private equity and growth capital? Will the agri-tech industry

ever be mature/big enough? ⊲ Will entrepreneurial family offices eventually pave the way for institutional investors and at what stage should

institutional investors get involved?⊲ The development of the agri-tech industry has important implications for food security. How can investors work

together to deliver investment where it’s needed most?

Session Chair:Scott Horner, Managing Director, MIDDLELAND CAPITAL, USA

Speakers:Anna Boffetta, Associate, BALDERTON CAPITAL, UKBor Boer, Group CEO & Partner, JB EQUITY, UKRoberto Vitón, Global Food & Agriculture Investment Advisor, VALORAL ADVISORS, LUXEMBOURGNick Greenwood, Pension Fund Manager, THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD, UK

13.45 Networking Lunch Break

16.00 SUMMIT CLOSE

5Adam Armer, VODAFONE IOT

Partnerships: How are large technology companies looking to partner with small and midsize players in this sector?

6Dave Smardon, BIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION

Harnessing Global Agri-Tech Innovation: What are the global impacts of agri-tech innovation? How are successful hubs attracting investment and strategic partnerships for future growth?

7Purvi Mehta, THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION

Translating Science and Technology: How can technologies be adapted to create greater relevance to developing world agriculture?

8Rob Wylie, WHEB and CAMBRIDGE AGRITECH

Reducing Farm Input Costs Through Innovation: What role should large agri chemical businesses play?

9Matthias Nachtmann, BASF

Towards Open Data: What progress has been made in committing to a standardized data exchange and where does the industry need to get to in order to propel this sector forward?

10Adam Anders, ANTERRA CAPITAL

Growth Capital: As we move from Seed and Series A rounds how are we going to attract more capital into the sector?

11Pat Christie, CONSERVIS

Business Models: What collaboration models and channels can technology companies use to accelerate adoption?

12Thomas Engel, JOHN DEERE

Connected Farm: How do OEMs identify the right partners for future growth and success?

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Peter BlezardChief Executive & Founder AZOTIC, UK

Peter is responsible for Azotic’s commercial issues, business development and sales. His prime objective is to successfully

commercialise N-Fix®, a natural nitrogen fixing technology. Peter has extensive experience in pioneering new products into new markets and in working with major companies on a global basis at board level. He has a strategic focus on new technologies for sustainable agriculture. He is highly experienced in pioneering products into new markets.

Simon BlackmoreDirector HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY, UK

Simon is a key figure in the development of Precision Farming and agricultural robotics, with a world-wide reputation. He is currently

Professor and Head of Engineering at Harper Adams University, Director of the National Centre for Precision Farming and running the European FutureFarm project. Simon has extensive experience of multidisciplinary collaboration across universities, commercial partnerships and research projects, including design, building and running of laboratories

and workshops.

Adam ArmerIoT Business Development and Innovation Manager VODAFONE IOT, UK

For the past 12 months Adam has worked on developing Vodafone’s IoT strategy with a focus on Smart Cities & Narrow Band IoT. He is now

Head of Narrow Band IoT Ecosystem development for Vodafone IoT. Previously Adam was leading design and delivery manager for Google’s Play Store service launch in Europe and has worked with the likes of Apple, Samsung, Nokia and Lenovo on channel and service development.

Chid ApteDirector of Mathematical Sciences IBM RESEARCH, USA

Chid is Director of Mathematical Sciences in the IBM Research Division, at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New

York, USA. Chid has over three decades of technical experience as a research scientist and leader in the data science area. In his current role, he oversees the strategy and agenda for IBM's Mathematical Sciences research area, which includes Data Science, Scalable Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, and Data-driven Transformations for key IOT Industries.

Anna BoffettaAssociate BALDERTON CAPITAL, UK

Prior to joining Balderton Capital, Anna worked with a business angel investing and advising early-stage UK startups. Before moving to

London, Anna spent three years in New York, where she worked as data product analyst at YipitData, building operational skills while growing the data team, and as an associate in the investment team at Global Infrastructure Partners, investing in the energy sector. She started her career in telco M&A at Barclays, working on deals across Europe and the USA.

Bor BoerPartner & Group CEO JB EQUITY, UK

Bor joined JB Equity as a Partner and Group CEO in March 2016. Before joining JB Equity, Bor worked for Rabobank Group’s Corporate Banking,

Vendor Finance and Corporate Finance departments in Asia and Europe . His focus during this time was on sourcing and executing transactions for wholesale clients in the Food and Agri sector. He holds a Master in Economics, University of Amsterdam and also studied at Keio University, Tokyo and Universidad de la Empresa, Montevideo.

Robert BerendesCo-Owner & Partner A-CONNECT, SWITZERLAND

Robert is an Operating Director at Paine & Partners and serves on the Board of Directors of Verdesian Life Sciences. Robert has a strong

background in the agriculture industry. He co-owns and serves as a partner of a-connect, a global consulting firm specialising in strategy implementation, growth projects and change management. He also serves as a venture partner at Flagship Ventures and Chairman of the Board of Symbiota.

David BaulcombeHead of the Department of Plant Sciences UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, UK

David is the head of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. David's current research follows from the discovery in

his Norwich laboratory of a novel type of regulatory RNA - siRNA. Outside the laboratory, David promotes the use of plant biotechnology for crop improvement and is interested in technologies addressing problems in developing countries and participate in a consortium that addresses sweet potato virus disease.

Johan CardoenManaging Director VIB, BELGIUM

Johan is Managing Director of VIB, a life science research organisation in Belgium. He is board member of Agrosavfe, Meiogenix and GlobalYeast.

Johan is also chairman of the LP Board of V-Bio Ventures, a dedicated life sciences investment fund. Until May 31, 2012, he was CEO of CropDesign N.V., today part of BASF (Ghent, Belgium), a biotechnology spin-off from VIB.

Marisé BorjaCTO PLANT RESPONSE BIOTECH, SPAIN

Marisé, CTO at PRB, has over 30 years’ experience in R&D in the Ag-Biotech sector in both US and Europe and is an expert for the EU

Commission in committees related to biotechnology, agriculture and environment. She has been leading more than 30 international Industry-Academia collaborative projects; has wide experience in bringing results from basic research to the market; in IPR issues, for which she was the ISF representative at the UPOV, and a Fleuroselect Board member.

Philip Charlton-SmithChief Executive ECOSPRAY, UK

Philip is an experienced Chief Operating Officer having worked with small companies and alongside several large companies. Quick to learn,

he has enhanced his natural business skills by being involved in every aspect of company operation. He has advised Plc’s, restructuring back to profitability and consulted for specific projects with several SME’s. He is quick to spot the opportunity and to interact to find the growth opportunity.

Patrick ChristiePresident & CEO CONSERVIS, UK

Patrick has over 20 years of experience in technology development and consulting. Prior to Conservis, he was Executive Vice President of

WAM!NET and helped deliver over $1.6 billion of network services under contract with the U.S. Navy. He was also President of Cybernet Systems, a highly profitable technical systems integration firm that generated over $6 million in the U.S.

Nora AlonsoCo-Founder & CEO IDEN BIOTECHNOLOGY, SPAIN

Nora has been CEO since its inception when she co-founded Iden Biotechnology, bringing more than ten years of executive, management

and business development experience in the agribiotech sector. She holds a degree in Biology from the University of Navarra in 1999 and PhD in Biology, developed in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Adam AndersManaging Partner ANTERRA CAPITAL, NETHERLANDS

Adam is the Managing Partner of Anterra Capital, an independent growth capital fund that invests in fast growing companies that transforms the

way food is produced, moved and consumed. Adam has over 14 years private equity and venture capital experience. Earlier in his career Adam worked as a management consultant with Bain & Co.

Speakers

John DombroskyCEO AGTECH ACCELERATOR CORPORATION, SWITZERLAND

John is CEO of AgTech Accelerator; An accelerator that identifies, forms, develops, and manages high-impact, early stage agricultural technology

companies. Previously with Syngenta, John’s responsibilities spanned biotech trait licensing, litigation valuation, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and operational P&L management. His industry experience includes information platform development with Thomson Reuters.

Jean-Baptiste CuisinierPresident of the Board CAPAGRO, FRANCE

Jean-Baptiste is the founder and CEO of Capagro, a venture capital fund dedicated to AgTech, FoodTech and industrial biotechnology. Before

creating Capagro in 2014, he served as Managing Partner in Agro Invest, a growth capital fund investing in the food and feed industries. Earlier in his career he created two companies and he worked for Pernod Ricard as group VP development and then as CEO of the Flavors and Fragrances subsidiary.

David FlandersCEO AGRIMETRICS, UK

David is CEO of Agrimetrics, the new agri-tech centre on big data and sustainability metrics. David has 25+ years' international experience

across the life sciences. Previously, he was CEO/Co-Founder of an ag-tech start-up; CEO of Eagle Genomics; UK Site Head for a US stem cell company; COO of a proteomics and systems biology start-up; and at life-science software provider Lion Bioscience. He has US experience, including at Stanford University, and a PhD in Developmental Biology from the Australian National University.

Alexander FisherFounder and CEO SATURN BIOPONICS, UK

Alexander is the Founder and CEO of Saturn Bioponics. He has driven the vertical growing technology from initial experiments through to market

ready products over the last six years. Alexander has built an invaluable contact network in the UK, including some of the country's leading horticultural crop growers, processors and industry figures, as well as with commercial partners in Italy, Spain and China.

Thomas EngelManager Technology Innovation Strategy JOHN DEERE, GERMANY

Thomas is Manager Technology Innovation Strategy at the European Technology Innovation Center. After graduating in Agricultural Sciences,

Thomas introduced the first precision farming products as product manager precision farming for Claas. In 2000 he joined John Deere, where he started as Engineering Manager for Agricultural Management Solutions. After that, he led the European Intelligent Solutions Group.

Jim DunwellProfessor Plant Biotechnology UNIVERSITY OF READING/DEFRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT, UK

Jim worked for 16 years at the John Innes Institute in Norwich where he obtained a PhD in Plant Physiology. He then spent ten years at ICI Seeds, later Zeneca Plant Sciences, at the Jealott’s Hill Research Station. In 1996 Jim moved to the University of Reading where he became a Professor of Plant Biotechnology. Jim is also a member of the Defra Advisory Committee for Releases to the Environment.

Greg GocalChief Science Officer and Executive Vice President CIBUS, USA

Greg is the Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President of Cibus. With an extensive background in molecular biology, Greg joined Cibus

in 2000 and has been central in developing Cibus' patented technology. Greg received his Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from the Australian National University, and among other accomplishments, Greg has spearheaded internal programs for Cibus, authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and is a co-inventor of several patent applications.

Gigi GattiRegional Director for Asia GRAMEEN FOUNDATION, USA

Gigi is Grameen Foundation’s Regional Director, Asia and Country Director, Philippines. Gigi leads the Farmerlink program, a multi-sector,

mobile-based program for smallholder farmers of coconut and cacao. She has over 25 years work experience in the IT, banking, insurance and microfinance industries across Asia and Africa. She holds an MBA, a BS in Computer Science degree, a Certified Microfinance Expert certification and is a Certified Information Systems Auditor.

Marco FerroniExecutive Director SYNGENTA FOUNDATION, SWITZERLAND

Marco is Executive Director of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. The Foundation’s mission is to modernise agriculture and

small-scale farming by the route of sustainable intensification, diversification and links to markets. Scalable solutions for farmers is the motto in six work thrusts: R&D, market-led extension, seed systems incubation, risk management, policy development and outreach.

George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Agriculture Fisheries and Food

DEFRA, UK

George was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DEFRA and was promoted to Minister of State in May 2015. Previously, he was

Head of Press, Conservative Party between 2003-2005 General Election. George was also David Cameron's Press Secretary from June 2005-2007. He was then elected as MP for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle in May 2010 and was a member of the Environment and Rural Affairs Select Committee. In April 2013 George was appointed onto the Downing Street Policy Board.

Tom GreenCEO SPEARHEAD INTERNATIONAL, UK

Tom was appointed CEO of Spearhead International Ltd in 2002. Spearhead was acquired by Paine & Partners LLC in 2015. In October

2016 Tom was appointed as an Operating Director at Paine & Partners, stepping down from the CEO role at Spearhead. Tom continues to serve as a Non-Executive Director of Spearhead International Ltd and as Non-Executive Chairman of Greens of Soham Ltd.

Leticia GonçalvesCEO MONSANTO EUROPE, SWITZERLAND

Leticia is President of Europe and Middle East for the Row Crops division, Switzerland. Since joining Monsanto in 1997, Leticia has held

several U.S. and international management positions. In the United States, she was Vice President of Monsanto’s U.S. Commercial Operations. She also held positions as Technology Development and Agronomy Lead for the U.S. Seeds and Traits business; Regional Business Director for the Seeds & Traits and Crop Protection organisations.

Neal GuttersonVice President, R&D DUPONT PIONEER, USA

Neal is Vice President, Research and Development (R&D), DuPont Pioneer, responsible for leading all R&D and product development

functions to create innovative agricultural products, services and integrated solutions. Neal holds a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Yale University and a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. He currently sits on the CIMMYT Board of Trustees where he is program committee chair. Neal is named inventor on more than 30 patents and pending patent applications.

Nick GreenwoodPension Fund Manager ROYAL BOROUGH OF WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD, UK

Nick joined the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in 2007 and is the Pension Fund Manager for the Royal County of Berkshire Pension

Fund. He has been instrumental in conducting a thorough review of the Fund’s governance structure as well as instigating a major overhaul of the Fund’s investment strategy. During 2009 the Fund implemented its new investment strategy with a wholesale move away from equities into other return seeking assets.

Ros HarveyFounder & Managing Director THE YIELD, AUSTRALIA

Ros is an entrepreneur and experienced senior executive at both national and international levels. She is the Founder and Managing

Director of the AgTech business The Yield. Ros also founded the globally-recognised Sense-T and Better Work initiatives. Both use novel technology and business models to solve complex problems. Throughout her career, Ros has focused on using data and technology to create public good with private effort.

Peter HamleyGlobal Head, External Innovation & Sourcing LGCR SANOFI, GERMANY

Peter obtained his BSc in Chemistry at Imperial College followed by a PhD at Cambridge. After postdoctoral studies at the University of

Pennsylvania he joined industry, working at AstraZeneca in the UK followed by Aventis and Sanofi in Frankfurt since 2003. His teams have contributed many drug discovery projects into clinical development. In the last few years he has been responsible for external innovation in global drug discovery at Sanofi.

Angela KarpAssociate Director for Science InnovationROTHAMSTED CENTRE FOR RESEARCH & ENTERPRISE, UK

Angela has over 30 years’ experience in crop genetics and breeding for food and bio-products. She is Associate Director for Science Innovation at Rothamsted Research, where she leads initiatives driving internal culture change and a new accelerator vehicle (AgRIA) to co-develop innovative solutions with businesses to problems in agriculture.

Nitza KardishCEO TRENDLINES AGTECH, ISRAEL

Nitza leads a team that establishes innovation-based agricultural technological companies focused on improved production and increased

yields. Previously Nitza served as VP Business Development at TechnionSeed, CEO of Clal Life Sciences, CEO of UroGyn, VP Business Development at the Rafael Development Cooperation, and a research fellow in the Department of Plant Genetics at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Mercedes Iborra BrosetaCMO VISUALNACERT, SPAIN

Mercedes is the CMO and Co-Founder of VisualNACert working in the development of technological solutions for the food industry. She also

works on geolcation technology and analysis of agricultural data, as well as statistical models for determining crop forecasting. With more than 20 years in the big agribusiness market and indsutry, Mercedes is also a member of the Governing Board of the College of Agricultural Engineers.

Scott HornerManaging Director MIDDLELAND CAPITAL, USA

Scott is a Managing Director at Middleland Capital and is responsible for portfolio management and evaluating investment opportunities

in agriculture and biotechnology. Scott currently sits on the Board of Directors of Mycotechnology Inc., Plant Response Biotech, Benson Hill Biosystems, and Blue Prairie Brands, and is a Board observer on Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Vive Crop Protection, ZeaKal, and Virgin Plants Inc.

Roelof KramerHead of Agriculture REZATEC, UK

Roelof joined Rezatec in 2015 as Head of Agriculture with the responsibility to develop the agribusiness strategy and business plan.

From 2007 to 2015 he ran the consulting firm Rectory Farmhouse providing business consulting services for the Context Network and LMC International. From 1994 to 2007 he worked for Advanta Seeds, Novartis Agro and Syngenta AG in different strategic and commercial roles.

Jeff KeiserVP of Strategic Sales and Marketing ITERIS, USA

Jeff is VP of Strategic Sales and Marketing at Iteris, a leader in providing information solutions to the transportation and agriculture markets.

In this role, Jeff is responsible for the establishment of strategic partnerships, review of emerging technologies, competitive market analysis, growth and management of sales and marketing team, and the creation of long-term value for the Performance Analytics Division.

Mark JohnsonCo-Founder & CEO DESCARTES LABS, USA

Mark is currently Co-Founder and CEO of Descartes Labs, a company applying machine learning to satellite imagery, currently focused on

agriculture and forecasting crop production in the U.S. Prior to Descartes, Mark served as CEO of Zite, which he sold to CNN five months after launch and eventually sold again, out of CNN to Flipboard in 2014. Before Zite, Mark was a product manager at SAP, then plunged into three successful search startups: SideStep, Kosmix, and Powerset.

Peter JensDirector of Strategic Alliances KOPPERT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, NETHERLANDS

Peter is Director Strategic Alliances at Koppert Biological Systems. He previously trained as an architect. Managing large industrial

construction projects has led him into strategy consulting. In 2005 Peter decided to play a role in the sustainability industry as director of a publishing house, later as CEO of Biologica, representing the Dutch Organic sector. In 2011, he led PuraNatura Foundation in its quest towards sustainable organic greenhouse practices.

Joel S. MarcusChairman, CEO & Founder ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, USA

Joel co-founded Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. as a garage startup and has led its growth into a publicly traded REIT focused on

collaborative science, technology, and agriculture campuses in AAA innovation clusters. He also founded and leads Alexandria’s strategic venture capital arm, which focuses on breakthrough discoveries in biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, agtech, digital health, and technology. Joel serves on the boards of several industry organizations, including AgTech Accelerator.

Andrew LazenbyDirector of Operations FARMCARE, UK

Appointed as Farmcare’s Operations Director in 2015, Andrew has extensive experience within the food and farming sector, thanks to an

impressive 20-year career, spanning four continents. As well as a degree in agriculture, food and marketing from Harper Adams University, Andrew also holds a post graduate degree in strategic marketing from the University of Hull. Andrew’s role at Farmcare, includes leading and managing operations and ensuring that information is shared across the business.

Hans MehnPartner GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, UK

Hans joined Generation Investment Management in 2008 to help launch the Firm’s Climate Solutions strategy. Prior to this, Hans worked at Swiss

Re and affiliates for 13 years managing private and listed investments, and was responsible for Swiss Re’s CHF2 billion Direct Investments portfolio from 2003-2007. Hans began his career working in the Corporate Finance Department of Smith Barney, Inc. in New York.

Ignacio MartinezPartner FLAGSHIP VENTURES, USA

Ignacio joined Flagship Ventures in 2013 and focuses on sustainability and life sciences investments with a special interest in the agricultural

sector. Ignacio holds a BS in Economics and Business Administration from Deusto University in Spain, and an International MBA from Instituto de Empresa in Spain and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany. Prior to joining Flagship, Ignacio was the Managing Director of Syngenta Ventures.

Dave SmardonPresident & CEO BIOENTERPRISE CORPORATION, CANADA

Dave became immersed in the agricultural sector in 2003 and in 2005, he assumed the role of President and CEO of Bioenterprise Corporation.

Since then, he has built Bioenterprise into North America's leading business accelerator in the agricultural industry. Dave often compares the heady days of the hi-tech bubble with the agricultural sector today and he refers to agricultural-technology as the “New Wave” for investors.

Jan MeilingManaging Director START-LIFE, NETHERLANDS

Jan is the Managing Director at StartLife, the Business Innovation Centre located at Wageningen campus. StartLife is responsible for stimulating

entrepreneurship, transforming research results into business propositions and business opportunities into economic activity contributing to their initiation, strategy and growth. StartLife is co-founder of F&A Next, a new and most promising European match and deal making platform for advanced startups in food & ag-tech and the investor community.

Purvi MehtaSenior Advisor & Head-Agriculture - ASIA BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, INDIA

Purvi works with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as Senior Advisor and heads the foundation’s agriculture programs in South

Asia. She has worked with the CGIAR (International Agriculture), as head of Asia of the International Livestock Research Institute, with IFPRI and USAID. Trained as an agriculture biotechnologist, Purvi is well known for her work in translating scientific research into large scale development programs, scaling and policy interventions in over 17 countries.

John NovakDirector PAINE & PARTNERS, USA

John is a Director with Paine & Partners. He serves on the boards of directors of Eurodrip S.A. and Meadow Foods (Holdings) Ltd., and was

previously a member of the board of directors of Icicle Seafoods, Inc. and Sunrise Holdings, Inc. From 2004 to 2010, John was a member of Swander Pace Capital, a middle-market private equity firm in San Francisco where he focused on investing in manufacturers, marketers and distributors of consumer products.

Matthias NachtmannHead, agIT Project Team BASF, GERMANY

Matthias holds a degree in agriculture and a doctoral degree in economics. He is responsible for the agIT/digital farming activities in

BASF Crop Protection globally. His experiences includes business consulting, ag machinery, breeding and crop protection, mainly in the area of business development. He is motivated by gaining sustainably better yields achieved via innovative agriculture.

Maurice MoloneyExecutive Director and CEO GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR FOOD SECURITY, CANADA

Maurice was appointed as the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) effective October

1, 2014. Prior to joining GIFS, Maurice was the Group Executive for Food, Health and Life Sciences at the Commonwealth Science Industries Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia. CSIRO is Australia’s National Science Agency covering a range of disciplines in natural sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and engineering.

Willem-Jan MeulemeestersCEO CERADIS, NETHERLANDS

Willem-Jan is CEO of Ceradis. He has been at Ceradis for over three years. Prior to that he was Co-Founder of two companies. Willem-Jan’s

passion lies at the intersection of sustainability and entrepreneurship. He worked as a McKinsey consultant for seven years in the Amsterdam office, and at Mitsubishi in Tokyo. He holds an MSc in Physics, an MA in Philosophy and an MBA from INSEAD. Willem-Jan’s roots lie in agriculture, having worked for six years at his uncle’s farm.

Simon PearsonProfessor of Agri-Food Technology UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN, UK

Simon is Professor of Agri-Food Technology and Director of the Lincoln Institute of Agri Food Technology (LIAT) at the University of Lincoln.

LIAT is engaged in a range of cross disciplinary agri food technology projects including the development of robotic systems to aid both farmers and food processors. One recently completed Agri Tech Catalyst project includes the development of underpinning 3D imaging technology to control robotic crop harvesting systems.

Vipul PatelAssociate VP, Agri Investments CENTRE FOR INNOVATION INCUBATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CIIE), INDIA

Vipul is the Associate Vice President (Agri Investments) of CIIE, a leading Indian business incubator based in the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He currently leads CIIE’s agri-business vertical, managing all scouting, acceleration and investment activities. Vipul has managed large scale ecosystem development initiatives like The Power of Ideas and conceptualized India’s first accelerator for food and agri-business startups.

Calum MurrayProgramme Leader, Sustainable Agriculture & Food INNOVATE UK, UK

Calum is Programme Leader with Innovate UK with responsibility for Agriculture and Food. He represents Innovate UK within the Global Food

Security initiative, the LEAF advisory board and the Agri-Tech East Stakeholder Group. He was a member of the X-Whitehall and studied agriculture at Aberdeen University and started his career with ADAS in England in 1982.

Niall MottramHead of Product Development, Indsutrial & Energy CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS, UK

Niall leads Cambridge Consultants' activities in the Agri-Tech sector. A chemical engineer by training, Niall has led breakthrough innovation

projects in the consumer, utilities and medical device sectors. He is particularly interested in the potential for technologies in adjacent sectors to make the leap into Agri-Tech, delivering the next round of yield increases while reducing environmental impact.

Saverio RomeoPrincipal Analyst BEECHAM RESEARCH, UK

Saverio runs research in the areas of M2M, Internet of Things, wearable technologies and smart solutions for vertical sectors. During last six

years, Saverio has focused his technology and market research on the evolution of the M2M market and the Internet of Things vision. He has done extensive research and published in areas such as mobile healthcare, smart cities, smart utility, data analytics in the mobile industry, wearable technologies, smart farming and M2M/IoT in technical and market terms.

Adrian PercyHead of R&D BAYER CROPSCIENCE, GERMANY

Adrian joined the Executive Committee of the division CropScience in August 2014 as Head of Research & Development. Since starting his

career in 1991, he has held positions in the Research and Development departments of the CropScience division of Bayer and its legacy companies in France, Germany and the USA. He is also a member of the Research and Development Executive Committee of Bayer and a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Bayer Science & Education Foundation.

Dave RossInterim CEO, Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI) SRUC, UK

Dave is incoming Chief Executive Officer of Agri-EPI Centre Ltd, one of the new UK Centres of Agricultural Innovation, with a specific focus on precision technologies and engineered solutions. He has held the interim role for a number of months and is now co-ordinating the development of the centre in its emerging role, both nationally and internationally. More recently, Dave has focused on livestock-related technologies.

Kiersten SteadInvestment Director MONSANTO GROWTH VENTURES, USA

Kiersten is an Investment Director at MGV and has worked for over 15 years in the AgBiotechnology space before moving into Venture

Capital. Previously, Kiersten was on the Burrill & Company Venture Team which invested in Life Sciences, and was a Management Consultant specialised in early stage company development in nanotechnology. She was a Scientist at the University of Alberta/ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology & Genetics.

Gideon SoesmanManaging Director GREENSOIL INVESTMENTS, ISRAEL

Gideon co-founded GreenSoil Investment with offices in Tel Aviv, Toronto and Amsterdam. GreenSoil's Agro & Food technologies fund is the

largest active fund in Israel. Before co-founding GreenSoil, Gideon founded and managed GMS Capital, a boutique investment bank. At GMS Capital, Gideon worked with companies on their global business development strategy, helped companies raise funds and managed several mergers and acquisitions for European, American and Israeli companies.

Roberto VitónGlobal food & agriculture investment advisor, South American farmer VALORAL ADVISORS, LUXEMBOURG

Roberto is Managing Director of Valoral Advisors, an investment advisory Firm specialized in food and agricultural assets with focus on Latin America. Since he founded the Firm in 2010, Roberto has advised a wide array of institutional investors and Family Offices to deploy capital in the region across the whole asset spectrum and capital structure - including farmland, row and permanent crops, private equity opportunities across the food and ag value chain, VC and structured finance.

Thiago TerziBoard Member and Global Strategic Advisor SCANTASK, ISRAEL

Thiago is a Board Member and Global Strategic Advisor for ScanTask. Based in the US. he is a consultant helping companies capitalize with

data. Prior to this, Thiago served as the Executive VP of a Brazilian Agriculture consultancy firm. For 11 years he served as the Global Head of Agriculture at Bloomberg. Thiago worked as a Coffee Trader at Cargill and earned a B.Sc. in Agriculture Engineering (Brazil) and a M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from Rutgers.

Joachim StiegemannHead of CES Product ManagementCLAAS E-SYSTEMS, GERMANY

Joachim is Head of Product Management at CLAAS E-Systems. In 1986 he graduated as agronomist. Joachim then received a postgraduate

scholarship at the Institute of Soil Science/Division Soil Physics and achieved his PhD in Soil Science and assignment as academic councillor of the University of Goettingen. In 1991 he changed occupations and joined TMI Training and Consulting in Stuttgart and Munich. Since 1997, he has engaged with CLAAS E-Systems in various positions at the headquarters in Harsewinkel/Germany and Omaha, NE.

Steve WebbR&D Director DOW AGROSCIENCES, USA

Steve was named New Technology and Intellectual Property Portfolio Development Leader at Dow AgroSciences in 2013. He joined Dow

AgroSciences Canada, Inc. as a Research Scientist in Field Research and Development in 1996, the following year. Steve accepted the role of Product Development Manager in the Nexera™ canola breeding program in Saskatchewan, Canada, where he was responsible for the registration of the first Omega-p canola varieties.

Scott UknesFounder & Co-CEO AGBIOME, USA

Scott is Founder and Co-CEO of AgBiome, a company focused on traits and biologicals for agriculture. Previously, Scott served as the

Global Lead in the In and Out Licensing function for Bayer Cropscience Bioscience based in Monheim Germany and Ghent Belgium. Prior to the acquisition by Bayer, Scott was the Vice President of Business Development for Athenix.

Jim WilsonManaging Director SOILESSENTIALS, UK

Soilessentials was established in 2000 and challenge themselves as agricultural innovators continuing to develop and deliver high quality,

fit-for-purpose products and services in the field of precision farming. A leading figure In Precision Agriculture, Jim is both a farmer and the Managing Director of Soilessentials Ltd. He has been running the family farm at Hilton of Fern in Angus, Scotland since the early eighties.

Andy ZiolkowskiManaging Director CULTIVIAN SANDBOX VENTURES, USA

Andy is a Managing Director of Cultivian Sandbox and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cultivian Ventures. He has over 30 years of

experience in venture capital investing and merchant banking across a broad range of industries. His investment track record includes DexCom, Biomimetic Pharmaceuticals, FutureHealth, Tessera, i-STAT, and The Liposome Company. Prior to founding Cultivian, Andy was a Managing Director of SAE Ventures and Forest Street Capital LLC.

Emilia VilaCo-Founder & CEO AGROPTIMA, SPAIN

Emilia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Agroptima, a startup building the easiest to use farm management app. While working with farmers, Emilia

realised farm software is mostly desktop based whereas farmers need to work on-the-go, so she decided to create Agroptima and fully focused on mobile. After obtaining a Masters’s Degree from ESADE, she gained experience in the digital world by leading the launch of three Berlin Rocket Internet success stories and a fintech startup.

Ry WagnerCEO AGRINOS, USA

Ry is CEO of Agrinos AS. Previously he was Global New Ventures and Technology Leader for Dow AgroSciences. His career before Dow

is divided between 16 years in academic research, and ten years managing agricultural biotechnology start-up companies. He spent three years as a researcher in the Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, in Australia before joining the University of Oregon, where he became Professor of Biology.

Federico TripodiCEO CALYXT, USA

Federico was appointed CEO of Calyxt in May 2016. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University’s Olin

Business School, as well as an agronomic engineering degree from Buenos Aires University, and has gathered extensive experience in agricultural R&D and product development during his nearly two-decade career in the ag biotech and seeds industry. Prior to joining Calyxt, he worked as General Manager for Monsanto Company’s Sugarcane Division in Brazil for three years.

Gary WickhamCEO MAGGROW, IRELAND

Gary, founding member & CEO of MagGrow, is an accomplished and highly experienced entrepreneur and businessman. A Chemical Engineer

by trade, Gary began his career in Henkel Loctite Ireland as a plant manager. Following his MBA, Gary joined Reheis Pharma Ireland as Managing Director with a turnover of €40million and a total of 80 employees. In 2003 Gary founded and became Operations Director of StayCity apartment hotels. In 2013 Gary left StayCity to become CEO of MagGrow.

Dave WrightCTO I-CUBED, USA

David is currently CTO at i-cubed (an Airbus DS Geospatial Center of Excellence) in Fort Collins, CO where he drives technological innovations

that integrate cloud-based geospatial technologies for natural resources, energy, and defense applications. Previously, David directed the National Geographic Maps professional products team defining product roadmaps and go to market strategy. Additionally at Red Hen Systems David managed cutting edge precision farming software and hardware products.

Connecting business and technology to create scalable innovation

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Exhibitors:

Marketing and Media Partners:

Zasso Group is an innovative Swiss company that uses advanced power electronics to reshape weed control for a healthier future, knowing that a safer world demands less chemicals. Its flagship product, the Electroherb, is a proprietary technology developed over the last ten years to manage weed in an effective and efficient manner. Its breakthrough approach has been commercially proven through renewed contracts in the urban weed control market in South America.

Zasso Group

VIB’s technology transfer activities translate research results into new economic ventures which, in time, lead to new products that can be used in medicine, agriculture and other applications. VIB also engages actively in the public debate on biotechnology by developing and disseminating a wide range of science-based information about all aspects of biotechnology. They are pushing the boundaries of what people know about molecular mechanisms and how they rule living organisms.

VIB

Live AG is a five-year-old project that spun off from one of Ukraine's major agri holdings and is specialised at developing and implementing software and hardware solutions for managing a medium to large AG enterprise in real-time mode. Its solutions include field management, ERP-systems, monitoring vehicles and machinery, inventory registration and control. It also provides solutions for aerial and satellite imagery, yield map implementation and processing.

Live AG

The Satellite Applications Catapult is an independent innovation and technology company, created to foster growth across the economy through the exploitation of space. It helps organisations make use of and benefit from satellite technologies, and brings together multi-disciplinary teams to generate ideas and solutions in an open innovation environment. The Satellite Applications Catapult is one of a network of centres established by the Technology Strategy Board to accelerate the take up of emerging technologies and drive economic growth.

Satellite Applications Catapult

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Agroptima is a simple and mobile farm management tool targeted to farmers. It lets them easily record daily farm activities and analyse crop profitability season after season. With Agroptima, farmers can save hours of paperwork every day and they can be more profitable as they can identify top performing crops and make better decisions season after season. Agroptima has more than 20,000 registered users worldwide.

Agroptima

Azotic’s natural nitrogen fixing technology which is based on a food grade bacteria provides a sustainable solution to fertiliser overuse and nitrogen pollution. It is environmentally friendly and provides a cost benefit to the grower through reduced fertiliser costs and improved yields. N-Fix is applied to plants via the seed enabling it to substitute the nitrogen it normally takes up from the soil with atmospheric nitrogen. It provides every cell in the plant with the ability to fix up to 50% of the plant’s nitrogen needs.

Azotic Technologies

Ceradis, a spin-off from Wageningen University, develops low-risk pesticides. Its proprietary formulation platform – 15 patents (pending) – has proven to reduce active ingredient levels by 25-50% while retaining efficacy and handling characteristics for the farmer. It also allows Ceradis to bring active ingredients from other fields to agro, e.g. a biofungicide under development which is safe for humans, with very low resistance risk and proven efficacy, matching the best chemical products on a wide range of crops.

Ceradis

Technology Showcase Presenters:

Iden Biotechnology is an agricultural biotechnology company that provides the agricultural sector with advanced and sustainable yield enhancing products for the broad sectors of seeds and crop protection. Its agrobiological products portfolio includes biostimulants and biopesticides, obtained as extracts from novel sources through disruptive product development innovation. Iden Biotechnology holds proprietary technologies and products for which POC is obtained in the field in commercially relevant crops.

Iden Biotechnology

Farmex has been in business since 1980 and is a leading supplier of process control systems for agriculture. The company’s main market is pig production in the UK and USA. The company specialises in remote data capture and has recently set up a Data Services division to provide pro-active customer support to its system subscribers. Based in Reading the company employs eight people and distributes through a network of 15 UK dealers.

Farmex

Set up in 1996, Ecospray is a young natural biocides company focused on delivering innovative, effective and yet benign crop protection solutions to both conventional and organic cropping systems. Although the products used are deadly to crop pests and pathogenic fungi, they carry no risk to the operator, to the crops they protect or to the end user as they are totally residue free. The management team are currently engaged in commercialising the company’s products after years of research and development.

Ecospray

MagGrow

Agricultural Magnetics Limited, trading as MagGrow since 2013, is a pioneering magnetic spraying technology company focused on the arable and horticulture sectors. The young Irish company was awarded high potential start up status by Enterprise Ireland. MagGrow reduces chemical drift by over 80% and delivers superior coverage, a key challenge for conventional spraying technology.

Plant Response Biotech is an SME plant biotech company specialised in plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress. The main goals are the discovery, development and commercialisation of natural products and traits to reach a sustainable crop management meeting the market needs. Its products are developed through the intensive collaboration between fundamental and applied research and between researchers and growers. This allows the translation of the state of the art research.

Plant Response Biotech

VisualNACert has successfully developed Smart-Agro solutions which are being sold in Spain, Latin America and the United States. One of the fruitful business lines of the company is Visual 3.0, a management system software created by and for farmers in addition to tracking solutions in the agrifood industry. The platform incorporates a differentiating innovation through the use of interactive maps and data analysis, allowing users, regardless of their profile or qualification, to understand the information that directly affects profitability.

VisualNACert

Rezatec was formed in 2012 to help businesses better manage their land-based assets by making use of the increasingly sophisticated but complex array of Earth Observation (EO) imagery and data available. It does this through its unique landscape intelligence platform aggregating large amounts of diverse data from satellites, airborne and ground instruments, applying relevant modelling and using its mapping, measuring and monitoring techniques with best-in-class technology to provide critical decision support for its customers.

Rezatec

SoilEssentials, the leading Scottish precision agriculture specialists, is based near the foot of the Angus Glens and makes it its business to make a farmer’s life easier and more profitable by farming smarter. The two directors, Jim Wilson and Robert Ramsay, each have a working farm in Angus and a firm passion for all that is precision. With a heritage in farming practices, SoilEssentials has the ability to use and test its innovative products in-situ. With an extensive product and service portfolio, SoilEssentials complement this with their status as authorised Trimble dealer for Northern UK.

SoilEssentials

Saturn Bioponics provides crop production technology which substantially improves profitability and efficiency by increasing yields whilst, simultaneously, reducing resource and labour costs. It combines hydroponic methods with vertical engineering to increase yields by between three and four times per unit of land. The award-winning Saturn Grower technology is the first commercially viable vertical growing system, proven by some of the UK's leading commercial crop growers. Saturn Bioponics seeks to position itself as the global leader in commercial hydroponics.

Saturn Bioponics

The Yield Technology Solutions helps improve customers’ yields by providing on-farm sensors and a customised information service to make faster decisions. Its award-winning solution in the oyster industry reduces unnecessary food-safety closures by 30%. The Yield Technology Solutions is due to release its agriculture solution later this year underpinned by its microclimate sensing system. The Yield Technology Solutions aims to be a world-leader in intelligent solutions in agriculture partnering with Bosch, Microsoft and Intel.

The Yield

Based at the University of Lincoln, the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology’s mission is to develop new technological solutions for the business of producing food through agriculture. The University is currently working in partnership with R Fountain & Son to develop an automatic robotic harvesting system for broccoli using 3D camera technology.

University of Lincoln

ScanTask

AgriTask has developed a uniquely flexible and integrative agronomic platform, which answers the complex needs of global agriculture, mitigates risks, improves profitability and enables food conglomerates and ag-institutions to supervise and benchmark remote growers. Powered by proprietary technologies, AgriTask enables an unprecedented breadth of field informatization, yet is an easy to implement, simple to use and affordable system, winning worldwide from the first demonstration: from small associated farmers to some of the largest global ag-corporates.

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