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Summit Program

San Francisco, March 15-17, 2016

Connecting business and technology to create scalable innovation

Gold Partners:

Platinum Partners: Networking Drinks Host:

Greenfence is the world’s only authenticated food industry community. Its free digital platform saves users time and money, provides transparency, reduces fraud, improves food safety, reduces the cost of compliance, and reduces wastage to help feed a growing world. Led by a dynamic team of industry experts, with a visionary and entrepreneurial spirit, Greenfence was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Rabobank is a cooperative banking organization, rooted in agriculture and dating back over 115 years. What began in the Netherlands in the 1890s as a collection of small rural banks serving local farmers has grown into a global financial services leader and one of the world’s largest banks, providing wholesale and retail banking, leasing, and real estate services in more than 40 countries worldwide. North America Wholesale (NAW) is headquartered in New York and includes client-facing businesses in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. In the Americas, Rabobank is a premier bank to the food, agribusiness and beverage industry, providing sector expertise, strategic counsel and tailored financial solutions to clients across the entire food value chain.

Greenfence

Rabobank

Bayer CropScience 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. Their 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, they believe fresh approaches and technologies will be critical to meeting the challenges of tomorrow.

Bayer CropScience

Platinum Partners:

Networking Drinks Host:

Welcome to the World Agri-Tech Investment

Summit in San Francisco

In the twelve months since we last met here in San Francisco, investor interest in agricultural technologies and solutions has continued to soar despite pressure on commodity prices. The need to rethink agricultural practices and harness innovation to meet global food demand is clearly becoming the most critical challenge – and opportunity – of this decade.

The presence here of more than 400 agribusiness leaders, growers, technology suppliers, R&D institutes and VC investors reflects both the importance of finding game-changing solutions and the scale of the impact if we can get it right. By coming together in this forum we can share and learn from each other’s experiences and define the priorities for the next phase of agri-tech innovation and investment.

We are honored to welcome such an outstanding speaking faculty to the summit, and I encourage everyone to make the most of the expertise we have on the stage by asking questions and engaging in debate with our panellists throughout the event. This year we are also asking all delegates to vote for the presenting technology companies which you think have the most disruptive solution and the best go-to-market strategy. Votes will be collated and the inaugural World Agri-Tech awards will be presented at the close of the summit.

I would particularly like to thank our sponsors and exhibitors for their support for this summit, and encourage you to visit them during our networking breaks. We also look forward to hearing from a total of 18 innovative technology showcase companies over the next two days: It’s exciting to feature such a diverse range of ideas and solutions this year and we anticipate that this will be a summit busy with new deals.

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 forge new alliances. The Rethink team will also be available throughout the summit to facilitate introductions, and please don’t hesitate to ask us if you have any questions.

As we look ahead to next year, and to our sister summit in London in November, please take the time to share with us your thoughts, feedback and suggestions on this important event. Your input is essential to ensure we continue to build exciting and informative forums that are of real value to your business.

I wish you a fruitful and enjoyable summit.

Jennie MossFounder & Managing Director

Gold Partners:

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. The company uses the skills and experience of their 500 engineers, scientists, mathematicians and designers to de-risk and commercialize novel technologies and to accelerate their clients’ product developments.

Cambridge Consultants

Conservis

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.

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. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and had annual global sales of $7.3 billion in 2014.

Dow AgroSciences

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. 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

For over 25 years, GEOSYS has asserted itself as a pioneer with innovative, decision-making assistance tools based on satellite imagery, geographic information systems and agronomic research. By supplying real-time, satellite- and weather-based insights to clients across the agriculture supply chain, GEOSYS provides actionable solutions to help clients around the globe make informed decisions and to take action. Their dual expertise — in agriculture and the high-tech world — is at the core of their identity and their commitment to their clients. It has given them a clear vision of the high stakes and rapidly changing landscape of the entire agriculture industry.

GEOSYS

Iteris is a leader in providing weather information solutions. Their 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 and 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

Monsanto is committed to bringing a broad range of solutions to help nourish our growing world. They produce seeds for fruits, vegetables and key crops – such as corn, soybeans, and cotton – that help farmers have better harvests while using water and other important resources more efficiently. They work to find sustainable solutions for soil health, help farmers use data to improve farming practices and conserve natural resources, and provide crop protection products to minimize damage from pests and disease. Through programs and partnerships, they collaborate with farmers, researchers, non-profit organizations, universities and others to help tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Monsanto

NewLeaf Symbiotics is a venture-backed agricultural biologicals company based at BRDG Park/Danforth Center in St Louis. NewLeaf is focused on R&D, production, and commercialization of beneficial plant microbes, especially a ubiquitous family of bacteria called pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFM). The Company was formed In January 2013 when NewLeaf closed a $7MM Series A funding round from Rockport Capital, Pangaea Ventures, and Open Prairie Ventures.

NewLeaf Symbiotics

Pessl Instruments has for 30 years provided reliable and cost-effective solutions for remote monitoring and decision support systems. Pessl provides solutions for users from more than 80 countries to work more profitably and efficiently in many areas, and to save resources. The company develops and produces state-of-the-art technology based on its own FieldClimate.com platform, on which weather monitoring data, plant protection tools, irrigation management, insect monitoring, crop image monitoring, weather forecast and other solutions can be easily accessed.

Pessl Instruments

“Manage Data. Harvest Information.” This simple slogan is how SST Software serves the farming industry. Over the past 20 years, SST’s enterprise level decision support tools have grown to support over 90 million acres across 23 countries. As SST’s precision ag offerings matured, a geo-spatial platform was formed that would become known as “agX.” Today, the agX Platform provides the spatial infrastructure and APIs needed to support an ecosystem of diverse, third party agricultural applications.

SST Software

Silver Partners:

Country Partners:

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Plant Impact are leaders in R&D in crop enhancement technology to create products that growers can rely on to increase the yield and quality of their crops. Plant Impact find efficient, cost effective ways to offer their solutions to those growers across the world. Their foliar spray and seed treatment products use synthetic and naturally occurring biostimulants to manage a plant’s natural responses to heat, drought and salinity stress as well as stresses caused by the application of other chemicals.

Plant Impact

FOCIR operates Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds called FICA that promote investment and innovation for agribusiness development in Mexico. With over US$250 million in assets under management and two decades of experience, FOCIR is a strategic partner for entrepreneurs and investors looking for growth opportunities in one of the world’s most dynamic emerging economies.

FICA

The Yield Lab is an agriculture technology business accelerator that invests $100,000 into early stage AgTech companies that increase the world food supply or reduce the inputs from farm to fork.  Yield Lab companies go through a 9 month accelerator based in St. Louis, leveraging the rich regional agricultural infrastructure.  

The Yield Lab

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) 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. UKTI has professional advisors both within the UK and across more than 100 international markets.

UK Trade & Investment

VitalFields is the fastest growing Farm Management System in Europe. VitalFields is revolutionizing farm management by providing agronomic and farm management tools in a simple, affordable, global, on-line service. With the help of industry scientists VitalFields is helping farmers with farm management tasks like planning and managing farm operations to stock management and P&L reports. VitalFields will analyse customer data with machine learning methods, giving farmers advice on how to increase efficiency.

VitalFields

WinField Solutions, LLC (WinField), a Land O’Lakes company, offers top-performing seed and crop protection products. With unmatched agricultural expertise and performance as core company values, WinField brands match leading seed and crop protection products to help farmers, retailers and other industry partners achieve high levels of success. WinField brands include CROPLAN® seed, crop protection products, plant nutrients and other proprietary products.

WinField Solutions

Avrio Capital was established in 2006 to identify and invest in innovative food and agriculture companies that provide solutions to global challenges in the areas of health, wellness and sustainability. Since 2002 the team has invested in more than 40 companies with operations ranging from crop inputs and food production through to value added processes such as fermentation and synthetic biology. The team’s depth of experience in operational, transactional and sectorial issues allows them to maximize each portfolio company’s opportunity for success.

Avrio Capital

Planet Labs literally started in a garage to test a hypothesis to rethink how to build and operate satellites. If proven correct, Planet Labs Co-Founder Robbie Schingler and his team can achieve a new mission for our planet that was inconceivable before: Image the whole Earth, every day to make global change visible, accessible and actionable for those who need it most. Contained in each satellite are the latest sensors and apps, which enables for what Planet Labs refers to as agile aerospace. So far Planet Labs has launched over 100 tiny satellites, and in the next year they plan to send up well over 100 more.

Planet Labs

Agenda

Day One – March 16, 2015

Pre-Summit Tours and Networking - March 15, 2016

9.00

Welcome Remarks

Speaker:

Jennie Moss, Managing Director, RETHINK EVENTS, UK

9.15

Keynote Address

Bridging the knowledge gap between technology, data and agriculture. What is the value in Ag Data today? Is there a single, silver-bullet “app” for agriculture? How can farmers turn data into insight?

Speaker:

David Fischhoff, Chief Scientist, CLIMATE CORPORATION, USA

9.30

How will Global Alliances Shape the Future of Agriculture?

• What technology gaps could be on the horizon and where will the next wave of technology come?• What new collaboration models are industry leaders looking to use? Can multi-lateral, pre-competitive partnerships

benefit the agri-tech sector? How can everyone get what they need out of the relationship? • What pioneering services and solutions have not taken off? How does success or failure inform future decisions? • How can global development drive alliances and collaboration that tap into emerging markets/geographies?

Session Chair:

Robert Berendes, Co-Owner and Partner, A-CONNECT, SWITZERLAND

Speakers:

Robert Fraley, CTO, MONSANTO, USANeal Gutterson, Vice President, DUPONT PIONEER, USA James Blome, President & CEO, BAYER CROPSCIENCE, USASteve Webb, New Technology and Intellectual Property Portfolio Development Leader, DOW AGROSCIENCES, USA

17.30—

19.30

Pre-Summit Drinks Reception Hosted by:

Experience the excitement of a growing tech company at Planet Labs, located in downtown San Francisco, and see the latest innovations in satellite imaging for agriculture, whilst networking with speakers and delegates.

14.00—

17.30

Pre-Summit Tour: Innovation in Action in the Napa Valley

Maximize your time in San Francisco by joining fellow delegates for a tour to see agricultural innovation in action in the Napa Valley. The tour will visit sites featuring precision agriculture solutions developed at UC Davis, followed by a visit to the Chimney Rock Winery, with an exclusive opportunity to sample some of Napa’s finest wines.

In association with:

Platinum Partners:

10.15

11.30

12.15

The Connected Farm: Integrating Solutions for Value Generation

IoT and Transformational Change in the Agri-Food Industry

Networking Round Tables

• Which technologies are creating value to growers today? How are they being used?• Leading aggregators are developing new business strategies to take solutions to market. How are these business

models being structured? • How are innovative technologies being integrated into mainstream agriculture? Who will pay for the integration? • How can these technologies move into markets beyond the US/EU? Are they ready for globalization?

Session Chair:

Adam Anders, Managing Partner, ANTERRA CAPITAL, NETHERLANDS

Speakers:

Pat Christie, CEO, CONSERVIS, USA Martin Rand, CEO, VITALFIELDS, ESTONIAGottfried Pessl, CEO, PESSL INSTRUMENTS, AUSTRIA Jeff Keiser, Vice President, ITERIS, USA Matt Rushing, Vice President, Global Advanced Technology Solutions, AGCO, USA

• How is the IoT bringing the value chain together from growers through to consumers? • Does precision agri-tech always need to be high grade, high tech? In the future, will growers need any hardware for

precision agriculture or will satellites be enough? • Where is the next industry that will make its move into agriculture? How does it see its mission in this sector? • How are industry leaders looking to collaborate with smaller innovative technology companies? What does further

consolidation mean for SMEs?

Session Chair:

Niall Mottram, Head of Product Development, Industrial & Energy, CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS, UK

Speakers:

Matt Waits, CEO, SST SOFTWARE, USA Damien Lepoutre, President, GEOSYS, USA Robin Lougee, IBM Research Industry Lead, Consumer Products/Agriculture, IBM, USAMitchell Chait, Founder & CEO, GREENFENCE, USA

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

11.00 Networking Coffee Break Hosted by:

No. Title Discussion Leader

1 Start-Up Strategies: How can start-ups survive in an era of low commodity prices?

Andy Ziolkowski, CULTIVIAN

VENTURES

2 Venturing Models: What are the benefits and challenges of creating venture partnerships outside the US?

Nicholas Parker, GLOBAL

ACCELERATION PARTNERS

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

Brook Porter, KPCB

4 Partnerships: How do agribusinesses and entrepreneurs identify the right partners for future growth and success?

Kiersten Stead, MONSANTO GROWTH

VENTURES

5 Horizontal Collaboration: How could the synergies between pharma and agri-tech lead to greater collaboration?

Ignacio Martinez, FLAGSHIP VENTURES

6 Agri-Tech Channel Challenges: What are the best channels for selling in Agri-Tech today, tomorrow and in the future? What are the biggest channel and go-to-market hurdles facing tech companies in the ag sector?

Jocelyn Boudreau, HORTAU

7 Open Innovation: What are the best ways to structure and implement an open innovation strategy for CRISPR-Cas genome editing technology in agriculture?”

Neal Gutterson, DUPONT PIONEER

8 Next Generation Business Models: With the convergence of data, advanced data analytics and the IoE, what could be the next generation of business models and services in ag?

Robin Lougee, IBM

14.00Innovators Showcase: Growth Stage

Early-Mid Stage Technology Innovators Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions to a Panel of ‘Shark’ Investors

Presenting Companies:

Miguel Enrique Alvarado Licón, Founding Partner & CEO, QAM, MEXICOPhilip Goelet, CEO, AGRIMETIS, USAAdwitiya Mal, Executive Director, EM3 AGRISERVICES, INDIAOlivier Jerphagnon, CEO, POWWOW ENERGY, USA

No. Title Discussion Leader

9 Growing Your Business: What are the most successful strategies for growing distribution networks in ag?

Dan Hodgson, LINN GROVE VENTURES

10 Exit Strategy: With few meaningful exits in agri-tech, who will be the biggest buyers?

Robert Berendes, A-CONNECT

11 Scaling Up in Agriculture: What can be done to accelerate the uptake of supporting services and improved technologies at scale in farm sectors in emerging markets?

Marco Ferroni, SYNGENTA

FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE

AGRICULTURE FOUNDATION

12 Go to Market Strategy: How can your go-to-market strategy impact commercial success and exit options?

Armand Lavoie, KIRCHNER GROUP

13 PPP Models: What models exist to bring agricultural technology innovations to scale through PPPs? What are the limitations to PPPs and how can these be overcome?

Vipula Shukla, THE BILL & MELINDA

GATES FOUNDATION

14 Precision Ag for Animal Production: What parallels can we draw from crop farming and what’s different? Will we see the next wave of precision ag investments go into animal production technology?

Maarten Goossens, ANTERRA CAPITAL

15 Partnership Models: What are big agri-food companies looking for when partnering with small companies?

David Fischoff, CLIMATE

CORPORATION

16 Venture Strategy: Is the agri-tech market overheated? How do investors identify investment opportunities in a crowded space?

Vishal Vasishth, OBVIOUS VENTURES

17 Scaling Biologicals: Success paths and pitfalls for commercial deployment

Lila Preston, GENERATION

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

18 Technology Adoption: How are farmers adopting innovation into their operations? What are the barriers today?

Teddy Bekele, LAND O’LAKES

19 Future Direction for OEMs: What new innovative solutions are OEM’s looking to develop or acquire for their customers?

Chris Rhodes, AGCO

20 Future Irrigation: How will advances in precision solutions impact the development of irrigation technologies in the future?

Yoav Zeif, NETAFIM

13.00 Networking Lunch Hosted by

14.45

Farm Operator and Cooperative-Led Innovation Platforms

• With the decline in grain prices and US farm incomes impacting investment in agri-tech, which technologies can make the most impact and are attractive to growers? (How great is the appetite for growers to invest in agri-tech?)

• How do growers see the value in agri data? How are they using it, and what value is it generating for them?• How are organic growers embracing precision ag technologies and new breeding technologies? What does their

tool box of solutions look like now and what advances do they see as having an impact in the future?

Session Chair:

Pete Nelson, President & CEO, AG INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT GROUP, USA

Speakers:

Federico Trucco, CEO, BIOCERES, ARGENTINA Inna Meteleva, Deputy Chairman of the Board, SVAROG WEST GROUP CORPORATION, UKRAINEGarrott McClintock, Technical Director, OXBOW AGRICULTURE, USAHarold Birch, Executive VP, FAMILY FARMS GROUP, USARichard Waycott, CEO, ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA, USA

Platinum Partners:

15.30

Breaking into the Ag Market: A Start Up vs Retailer Perspective

Speakers:

Mike Wilbur, VP Technology, WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY, USA Ryan Schacht, Business Development, PLANET LABS, USA

16.15Innovators Showcase: Series A

Early-Mid Stage Technology Innovators Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions to a Panel of ‘Shark’ Investors

Presenting Companies:

Barrett Mooney, Co-Founder & CEO, HYDROBIO, USAJohn Killmer, CEO, APSE, USADrew Zabrocki, Managing Director, CENTRICITY GLOBAL, USAGiora Gilada, General Manager & Business Development, AQUA4D, SWITZERLAND

17.45

Consumer Driven Demand: Scaling a Sustainable Food Supply Chain

Fireside Chat with Kimbal Musk, Founder, THE KITCHEN, USA

Conducted by:

Louisa Burwood-Taylor, Editor, AGFUNDER NEWS, USA

17.00

Investment Strategies for Disrupting the Status Quo at Scale

How can investors harness the real opportunity in agri-tech innovation for solving big world challenges?

Session Chair:

Ken Zuckerberg, Executive Director, RABOBANK, USA

Speakers:

Vishal Vasishth, Co-Founder, OBVIOUS VENTURES, USA Vipula Shukla, Senior Programme Officer, THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, USABrook Porter, Partner, KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD BYERS, USAAndy Ziolkowski, Managing Partner, CULTIVIAN VENTURES, USAAndy Wheeler, Managing Partner, GOOGLE VENTURES, USA

15.45 Networking Coffee Break

18.00

Networking Drinks Reception

Welcome Remarks:

Manuel Gonzalez, Head of Corporate Clients, RABOBANK, USA

All delegates are invited to join our Champagne Networking Reception

Hosted by:

9.00

Policy Address

Speaker:

Karen Ross, Secretary, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, USA

9.15

Keynote

Speaker:

Ladislau Martin Neto, Executive Director, Research & Development, EMBRAPA, BRAZIL

9.30

Climate Variability: Scaling Strategies for Sustainable Intensification

• Where should today’s growers be looking to invest to future proof against climatic variability?• Is it time to change where and what we grow according to climatic regions? What are the pros and cons of the

locavore movement? Is regional agriculture appropriate in a global world? • How are consumer preferences and new regulations driving forward change in this sector? Can we develop new

food options for consumers and deliver this at scale?

Session Chair:Josette Lewis, Associate Director, WORLD FOOD CENTRE, UC DAVIS, USA

Speakers:Teddy Bekele, Vice President, IT, LAND O’LAKES, USAHaven Baker, VP & General Manager, Simplot Plant Sciences, SIMPLOT COMPANY, USA Marco Ferroni, Executive Director, SYNGENTA FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SWITZERLANDYoav Zeif, President, Americas, NETAFIM, ISRAEL

10.15

Accelerating Breakthroughs in Biologicals and Genomics

• Which non-GM tools and technologies, such as synthetic biology, gene editing, RNAi and microbial communities, will deliver the biggest breakthrough in crop improvement and managing pest resistance?

• What techniques and advances in data analytics are needed to accelerate development within this sector and lead to actionable systems and products? At what stage will software tools be capable of cutting across different fields?

Session Chair:

Ignacio Martinez, Partner, FLAGSHIP VENTURES, USA

Speakers:

Mostafa Ronaghi, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, ILLUMINA, USAKiersten Stead, Venture Principal, MONSANTO GROWTH VENTURES, USA Rachel Haurwitz, CEO, CARIBOU BIOSCIENCES, USA John Brubaker, CEO, PLANT IMPACT, UKJudson Ward, Principal Scientist, Molecular Biology, DRISCOLLS, USA

11.20

Developing a Biologicals Platform

• What are the challenges to developing a viable product pipeline for biologicals? What approach and strategies are being used by large agribusinesses and small technology companies to overcome the complexities?

Session Chair:

Sara Olson, Research Analyst, LUX RESEARCH, USA

Speaker:

Tom Laurita, CEO, NEWLEAF SYMBIOTICS, USA Michael Miille, Vice President Business Operations, Biologics, BAYER CROPSCIENCE, USA

11.00 Networking Coffee Break

Day Two – March 17, 2015

11.50Innovators Showcase: Early Stage

Early Stage Technology Innovators Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions to a Panel of ‘Shark’ Investors

Presenting Companies:

Warren Bebb, CEO, BIOLUMIC, NEW ZEALANDDan Swiger, CEO, KULTEVAT, USALayne Woodfin, Co-Founder & CEO, STEM SHOCK, USAAdam Smith, Co-Founder & Director, KAKAXI, USA

Platinum Partners:

15.40

World Agri-Tech Award Presentation

Rethink Events will present awards to the technology company voted by delegates as having the most innovative, disruptive technology and the company considered to have the strongest go-to-market strategy. Royse Law will present an award to the winner of the Pitch Battle, selected by our Shark Investor Panel.

Shark Investor Panel:

Gideon Soesman, Managing Partner, GREENSOIL INVESTMENTS, ISRAEL Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, ADVANCE VENTURES, USAAki Georgacacos, Managing Director and Founder, AVRIO CAPITAL CANADA

12.35

Keynote: Transparency of the Global Supply Chain

Speaker:

Mitchell Chait, Founder & CEO, GREENFENCE, USA

13.25

Investing in a Sustainable Strategy for Growth

• How can VCs, private equity and family offices work together to grow companies and impact investments across the supply chain?

Session Chair:

Nicholas Parker, Founder, GLOBAL ACCELERATION PARTNERS, CANADA

Speakers:

Sanjeev Krishnan, Managing Director, S2G VENTURES, USAZachary Bogue, Co-Managing Partner, DATA COLLECTIVE, USAAndrew Freeman, Partner, PAINE & PARTNERS, USA Hillel Milo, Managing Partner, AQUAGRO FUND, ISRAEL

14.55

Pitch Battle Hosted by Royse Law

Pre-funded Technology Innovators Present 5 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions to a Panel of ‘Shark’ Investors

Session Chair:

Roger Royse, Founder, ROYSE LAW, USA

Presenting Companies:

Salah Sukkarie, Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR FIELD ROBOTICS,

AUSTRALIAJohn Erickson, President & CEO, RAPID BIO SYSTEMS, USAMegan Nunes, Founder and CEO, VINSIGHT, USAManu Pillai, Founder & CEO, WATERBIT, USAKun Liang, CEO, AMERICAN WANDA, USACristina E. Davis, Co-Founder, XTB LABORATORIES, USA

14.10

Translating Innovation from Laboratory to the Field

• How important are incubators and accelerators in bringing innovative solutions to the agri-tech sector? What lessons can be learned from successful innovation hubs in translating ideas into applications?

Session Chair:

Peter Nelson, President and CEO, AG INNOVATION GROUP, USA

Speakers:

Michael Dean, Co-Founder, AGFUNDER, USA Samantha Wai, Farm 2050 Lead, INNOVATION ENDEAVOURS, USALuis Ibarra, Director General, FOCIR, MEXICOJeff Peterson, Partner, THE YIELD LAB, USA

12.45 Networking Lunch Hosted by

16.00 Summit Concludes

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NEW: World Agri-Tech Awards 2016

This year we are excited to announce the first World Agri-Tech Awards, to be presented at the close of the summit. Three awards will be presented to technology companies showcased during the event:· Disruptive Innovation Award 2016

· Market Strategy Award 2016

· Best Newcomer Award 2016

Vote for your winners in the first two categories after hearing all 12 companies present in the Innovators Showcase sessions.

Complete your voting card and place it in the box on the registration desk. The Best Newcomer Award will be selected by our panel of Shark Investors.

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Adam Anders

Partner,

ANTERRA CAPITAL, USA

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

transform 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.

Haven Baker

General Manager & Vice President of Plant Sciences,

J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, USA

Haven is the General Manager and Vice President of Plant Sciences at the J.R. Simplot Company, one of the largest privately held food

and agribusiness companies in the country, with annual sales of approximately $6 billion. In his capacity, Haven is responsible for identifying and commercializing new agricultural technologies. Haven has significant experience at the intersection of technology and business.

Warren Bebb

CEO,

BIOLUMIC, NEW ZEALAND

Warren is the CEO of BioLumic, a New Zealand based start-up that develops UV technology that increase yields in agriculture. Warren was

heavily involved in founding the company and evolving the science behind BioLumic from Massey University to the technology it is today. His background is in business development, market validation and sales and marketing, with over 10 years’ experience working in and with start-ups.

Robert Berendes

Co-Owner & Partner,

A-CONNECT, USA

Robert co-owns and serves as a partner of a-connect, a global consulting firm specializing in strategy implementation, growth

projects and change management. Robert has a strong background in the agriculture industry. He also serves as a venture partner at Flagship Ventures and Chairman of the Board of Symbiota and is an Operating Director at Paine & Partners and serves on the Board of Directors of Verdesian Life Sciences.

John Brubaker

Chief Executive,

PLANT IMPACT, UK

John began his career working with venture-financed technology businesses in the San Francisco Bay in 1990s. He has since been

fortunate to join the agricultural technology industry and lead business growth in both multinational and early-stage companies. John joined Plant Impact in 2011 and been working on building a culture which combines the entrepreneurial agility of smaller companies in industries such as software or biotechnology, with the management discipline of global enterprises in their own agricultural sector.

Marco Ferroni

Executive Director,

SYNGENTA FOUNDATION, USA

Marco is Executive Director of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. Before joining the Foundation in 2008, Marco held

executive and advisory positions at the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank in Washington DC. Earlier in his career he worked as a finance and trade diplomat in his native Switzerland. Marco holds a doctoral degree in agricultural economics from Cornell University.

Pat Christie

CEO,

CONSERVIS, USA

Pat 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 USA.

James Blome

President,

BAYER CROPSCIENCE, USA

James is the President & CEO for Bayer CropScience LP and the Head of Crop Protection for the North American region. He brings more

than 25 years of leadership experience in agriculture. Prior to his current position he held executive positions at Valent (Sumitomo Chemical), Agriliance LLC, Agtrol International and Griffin LLC. Jim currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors for CropLife America, the Sponsors Board of Directors for Future Farmers of America.

Zachary Bogue

Co-Managing Partner,

DATA COLLECTIVE, USA

Zachary is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Data Collective, a venture fund investing in innovative entrepreneurs building big data

and IT infrastructure companies, which has invested in companies like Planet Labs (where he is on the Board), Blue River Technology, MemSQL and DroneDeploy. Zack has over a decade of experience in Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur, lawyer, angel investor and advisor for big data startups.

Michael Dean

Co-Founder,

AGFUNDER, USA

Michael is Co-Founder and COO of AgFunder, an online marketplace matching investors with Agriculture and AgTech opportunities from

around the globe. AgFunder allows investors to easily search and identify investment opportunities; communicate with other potential investors to research and vet opportunities; and to invest online in companies, while providing companies efficient access to investors from around the world.

Harold Birch

Executive VP,

FAMILY FARMS GROUP, USA

Harold, one of the founding members of FamilyFarms Group, was named Executive Vice President in 2010, after having served as COO since 2006.

In his role as Executive Vice President, Harold is a valuable organizational resource and is responsible for both international endeavors and strategic resource and development. Harold’s prior experience uniquely prepared him for his role in FamilyFarms. With extensive experience in accounting and audit, Harold was an integral part of developing widely accepted auditing procedures for financial institutions and small businesses.

Teddy Bekele

Vice President, IT,

LAND O’LAKES, USA

In his role as Vice President, IT, Teddy serves as the Business CIO and provides full IT management and leadership responsibilities, including

strategy development, innovation, project execution, system support, and financial planning. Prior to joining Land O’Lakes and WinField, Teddy spent 13 years at Ingersoll-Rand in numerous IT, engineering, and supply chain roles, including Director of Program Management, Director of Innovation & Engineering Technology, and Custom Software Development Manager.

Mitchell Chait

Founder & CEO,

GREENFENCE, USA

Michell, a founder and CEO of Greenfence, Inc., comes from over 35 years of experience in perishable food distribution. He leads

greenfence with his extensive hands-on knowledge of fresh and processed produce, live, fresh and frozen seafood and fresh shell egg production, grading and packing operations. Chait’s leadership also comes from being a successful inventor of numerous patents and applications in software.

Louisa Burwood-Taylor

Editor,

AGFUNDER NEWS, USA

Editor of AgFunderNews, Louisa has been a financial journalist for nearly 10 years covering a variety of markets across Asia, Europe and

the US for the Financial Times, Euromoney and Private Equity International. She turned her attention to agriculture two years ago as the sector started to gather pace as an investment asset class. Get in touch with her on louisa@agfunder.com

Andrew Freeman

Partner,

PAINE & PARTNERS, USA

Andrew has been with Paine & Partners since inception and previously with the predecessor firm. Prior to this Andrew worked for the private

equity firm Fremont Partners, where he assisted with the investment of approximately $1.7 billion of funds under management. At Fremont, Andrew evaluated, structured, negotiated, monitored and harvested investments in the food and consumer products, building products, and business services industries. Andrew began his career at Westbrook Partners.

Sanjeev Krishnan

Managing Director,

S2G FUND, USA

Sanjeev has over 15 years of experience sourcing, executing, managing and governing venture and private equity investments,

with a focus in the agriculture and food sectors. As Managing Director of S2G, Sanjeev is active in developing investments and managing portfolio companies. Sanjeev serves on the boards of several S2G portfolio companies including Midwestern BioAg, Shenandoah Growers, MycoTechnology, Mercaris, Terramera and ShopWell.

Olivier Jerphagnon

CEO,

POWWOW ENERGY, USA

Olivier is an expert in applying data analytics techniques to solve infrastructure problems. He founded PowWow Energy to address the

energy-water nexus in the agriculture and food sector. Prior to that, Olivier was CEO of Monitoring Division Inc., which sold professional services to telecom carriers worldwide using patented machine learning technologies from Melbourne University.

Aki Georgeacacos

Managing Director,

AVRIO CAPITAL, USA

Aki is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Avrio Capital. Prior to co-founding Avrio Capital, Aki was a Managing Director of FCC Ventures

where he led the majority of the fund’s investments with a focus on various segments of industrial life science, food and agricultural technology sectors. He has over 13 years of experience and is a member of the board of over 20 portfolio companies.

Philip Goelet

CEO,

AGRIMETIS, USA

Philip has extensive experience as a scientist, entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded and invested in a number of biotechnology

companies including Molecular Tool (GeneScreen/Orchid acquisition), RiboTargets (Vernalis merger), Population Genetics, Arginetix (Corridor/AstraZeneca acquisition), ZuvaChem and AgriMetis. In parallel he co-founded Acidophil, an innovation partnership, with Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner, and Red Abbey Venture Partners, a private equity fund.

Giora Giladi

Business Development VP,

AQUA-4D WATER SOLUTIONS, SWITZERLAND

Giora is an experienced entrepreneur and manager, who has owned and worked in different companies and in various technological fields,

in Europe and in the Near East. For the last eight years, Giora has been an Associate and the Business Development VP of Aqua-4D Water Solutions, based in Switzerland and as such has been promoting the Aqua-4D technology with increasing success, solving problems of irrigation, thanks to which dozens of farms have increased yields and profitability worldwide.

Dan Hodgson

Partner,

LINN GROVE VENTURES, USA

Dan founded Linn Grove Ventures in North Dakota with Thor Iverson, bringing together a network of innovators, entrepreneurs, and

investors in the Northern Midwest States and Prairie Provinces. Linn Grove has strong relationships with innovative entrepreneurs, technology creators, and ag operators with global market access. Linn Grove Angel Fund 1 and its co-investment Linn Grove Dakota Funds invested in medical and agriculture new technology opportunities.

Neal Gutterson

Vice President,

DUPONT PIONEER, USA

Neal is Vice President, Research and Development (R&D) and is a member of the DuPont Pioneer Leadership Team. In this capacity, Neal

leads all R&D and product development functions to create innovative agricultural products, services and integrated solutions which combine Pioneer’s industry-leading germplasm, breeding systems, biotechnology-derived solutions, and data analytics. Neal built his career through a series of progressively more senior research and development roles at biotechnology start-up companies.

Rachel Haurwitz

President & CEO,

CARIBOU BIOSCIENCES, USA

Rachel is a Co-Founder of Caribou Biosciences and has been President and CEO since its inception. She has a research background in CRISPR-

Cas biology, and in 2014, she was named by Forbes Magazine to the “30 Under 30” list in Science and Healthcare. She is also a co-founder of Intellia Therapeutics where she is a member of the board of directors.

Luis Alberto Ibarra

Managing Director,

FOCIR, MEXICO

Luis is a Mexican economist who holds several positions within the Mexican Government. In April last year, he was named head of

FOCIR, a government agency that promotes investment through private equity funds for agribusiness and rural infrastructure development. Formerly, he served as the Commissioner at the Federal Competition Commission and as Head of the Investment Unit at the Ministry of Finance.

Jeff Keiser

Vice President,

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 the sales and marketing team, and the creation of long-term value for the Performance Analytics Division.

David Fischhoff

Chief Scientist,

CLIMATE CORPORATION, USA

David Fischhoff joined The Climate Corporation in 2014 as Chief Scientist where he leads the company’s R&D efforts in data science,

measurements and field research. Prior to this, David was Vice President, Technology Strategy and Development for Monsanto Company. David spent 30 years in Monsanto’s R&D division and was a key architect in the growth and development of Monsanto’s seeds and traits platforms. He is the inventor of insect resistant crop plants and holds multiple patents on this technology.

John Kilmer

CEO,

APSE, USA

John has over 30 years’ experience (P&L, marketing, supply chain, product management and R&D) in the crop protection and seeds

industries. John has led business and technology thrusts for Monsanto, Arysta LifeScience and AMVAC. He served as President of Monsanto China and is currently Lead Director for AMVAC. John has extensive international experience with over 10 years in Japan and 5 years in China.

Robert Fraley

CTO,

MONSANTO, USA

Robert is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Monsanto. He has been with the company for more than 30 years,

and currently oversees the company’s global technology division which includes plant breeding, plant biotechnology, ag biologicals, ag microbials, precision agriculture and crop protection. Robert is recognized as the father of agricultural biotechnology, and has been involved in ag research since the early 1980s.

Ignacio Martinez

Partner,

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.

Adwitiya Mal

Executive Director,

EM3 AGRISERVICES, INDIA

Adwitiya started his career as a front line sales manager with ICICI Prudential, a leading private insurance company in India. Following an

MBA, he moved to Hong Kong where he was the Strategy Manager at AXA Insurance’s Asia Headquarters and was responsible for developing the corporate strategy for the group’s 19 businesses across 10 countries in Asia. The desire to do something large and impactful in India brought Adwitiya back to co-found EM3 AgriServices

Hillel Milo

Managing Partner,

AQUAGRO FUND, ISRAEL

Hillel is one of the pioneers of the venture capital industry in Israel, who is personally responsible for over 15 exits. In the early nineties he

was General Partner at Walden Israel, one of the first funds in Israel. In 2008 he co-founded Aquagro Fund, a $50million pure play Cleantech fund. The fund invested in nine companies in the areas of: water, smart agriculture and renewable energy.

Michael Miille

Vice President Business Operations, Biologics,

BAYER CROPSCIENCE, USA

Mike is the Global Head of Strategic and Business Management, Biologics within Bayer CropScience's division. Prior to its acquisition

by Bayer in 2012, Mike spent eight years with AgraQuest, Inc. as CEO and as President/COO. He has also held executive positions at Sagres Discovery, a cancer therapeutics discovery company, Zoogen, Inc., Celera AgGen, and Quanterra. Mike has also held various management positions for Cal Analytical Labs, which later became Enseco, one of the largest analytical labs in the world.

Garrott Mcclintock

Technical Director,

OXBOW AGRICULTURE, USA

Garrott is Director of Operations at Oxbow Agriculture. Oxbow Agriculture operates large-scale, row-crop farms and related

businesses for investors, land owners and commodity end users. Oxbow uses a proprietary big data IoT system to manage the entire crop production chain including crop inputs, on-farm operations, downstream commodity processing and logistics, and delivery to multi-national end users. Prior to joining Oxbow, Garrott worked at SouthernSun Asset Management.

Inna Meteleva

Deputy Chairman of the Board,

SVAROG, UKRAINE

Inna is Deputy Chairman of the Board of “Svarog West Group” Corporation. Responsible for strategic and investment development

and external communications, she joined the company in 2008. She is also a member of the Commission on Trade and Investment Policy of International Chamber of Commerce.Inna focuses on developing new technologies and approaches to improve the productivity and quality of production.

Robin Lougee

IBM Research Industry Lead, Consumer Products/

Agriculture, IBM, USA

Robin is the IBM Research Division’s focal point and innovation strategist for the Consumer Products & Agriculture Industries. She is an

industrial research scientist with a strong track record of delivering innovation to IBM and its customers. Robin led the first team of research scientists in IBM’s On-Demand Innovation Services organization.

Ephraim Lindenbaum

Managing Director,

ADVANCE VENTURES, USA

Ephraim is the Founder and Managing Director of Advance Ventures, a Silicon Valley-based venture investment fund and venture accelerator

that invests in seed and early-stage start-ups across three core sectors; Sustainability (AgTech, CleanTech, FoodTech) Communications (Mobility, IoT, Security) and Information Technology (Enterprise & Verticals DigitalHealth, FinTech). Founded in 1999, Advance Ventures has consistently achieved meaningful exits with its portfolio companies across its core market sectors.

Josette Lewis

Associate Director,

WORLD FOOD CENTER, UC DAVIS

Josette joined UC Davis in August 2013 as Associate Director of the World Food Center. Prior to her current position, she worked

in business development with Arcadia Biosciences. Josette spent 16 years at the US Agency for International Development, in a variety of areas of agricultural research and development. As Director of the Office of Agriculture at USAID, she worked with senior levels of the Administration to launch a new global initiative on food security.

Miguel Enrique Alvarado Licón

Founding Partner & CEO,

QAM, MEXICO

Miguel, Founding Partner and CEO of Química Agronómica de México (QAM), obtained his degree on Biological Science from the

Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. As Professor and Researcher for the Faculty of Chemical Science of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Miguel did profound research about bacterial diseases in agricultural crops for the state of Chihuahua, obtaining new and highly effective formulas, which he patented and which are currently being sold on a global scale.

Tom Laurita

CEO,

NEWLEAF SYMBIOTICS, USA

Tom is CEO of NewLeaf Symbiotics, which he co-founded in 2012. He has been a successful entrepreneur for over 25 years and has created

companies in the US, UK, and Russia. He managed Monsanto’s USSR business in Moscow, where he lived for 17 years.

Damien Lepoutre

President,

GEOSYS, FRANCE

Damien is Vice President at Land O’Lakes and President of the GEOSYS group, an international company headquartered in the U.S. with offices

in France, Switzerland, Brazil and Australia. GEOSYS joined Land O’Lakes, a farmers' owned cooperative, in 2013. GEOSYS helps professionals in agriculture make better decisions based on agronomics, and information and geographic technologies that include remote sensing.

Kimbal Musk

Founder

THE KITCHEN, USA

Kimbal is on the board for Tesla Motors, SpaceX, The Anschutz Health and Wellness Center and Chipotle Mexican Grill. His personal mission

is to get communities rapidly thriving by improving every part of the food culture. Kimbal is a co-founder of The Kitchen, a growing family of restaurants that sources directly from local farmers, stimulating the local farm economy to the tune of millions of dollars a year, and creating quality jobs. In 2011, Kimbal co-founded The Kitchen Community, a complementary non-profit organization.

Barrett Mooney

CEO,

HYDROBIO, USA

Barrett is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HydroBio, Inc.; an agricultural analytics company that helps farmers maximize the efficiency of their resources to increase farm productivity and profitability. HydroBio’s proprietary analytics focus on creating dynamic irrigation prescriptions from satellite data to conserve water and maximize crop yield. Before HydroBio, Barrett managed agricultural energy efficiency research and performed market research on the adoption of technology in agriculture.

Brook Porter

Partner,

KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD & BYERS, USA

Brook joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2010 and is a partner in KPCB’s Green Growth Fund, supporting young companies leading

new markets in sustainable ways. Focused on multi-stage investments at the nexus of sustainability and technology disruption, Brook works closely with entrepreneurs and serves as a board director, observer and/or advisor for Amprius, Amyris (Nasdaq:AMRS, 2010), Bloom Energy, Kaiima, Farmer’s Edge, BlueOak, Elcomax, Luxvue, Orcan, Renmatix, Siluria, and Turo.

Martin Rand

CEO,

VITALFIELDS, ESTONIA

Martin is the CEO and Co-Founder of VitalFields - the fastest growing Farm Management System in Europe with over 200 000 hectares

under management. Martin has always been passionate about the intersection of agriculture and IT. In 2003 he headed the creation of the first mobile inspecting system for farm compliance inspectors in Estonia. Martin also worked in Skype as a Product manager creating the simplest and most efficient IP communication software.

Roger Royse

Founder,

ROYSE LAW, USA

Roger is the founder of the RoyseLaw AgTech Incubator and the Royse Law Firm, PC, a business and tax law firm with offices in Northern and

Southern California and an organizer of Silicon Valley Foodtech and Silicon Valley Ag-Tech. Roger is a frequent speaker, writer, radio guest, blogger and panelist for bar associations, CPA organizations, and business groups. Roger’s Silicon Valley AgTech group provides technology companies with access to agricultural and food markets and investors in California and worldwide.

Matt Rushing

Vice President, Global ATS Product Line,

AGCO, USA

Matt is currently Vice President, Global ATS Product Line, for AGCO. In this role, Matt is leading part of a global team responsible for the

future development, marketing and product support of these products as well as the long term strategic product plans for AGCO's vehicle electronic architecture, and for Advanced Technologies including but not limited to Machine Guidance and Machine Telematics. Matt joined AGCO in 2000.

Mostafa Ronaghi

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,

ILLUMINA, USA

Mostafa joined Illumina in August 2008. As Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for leading internal research

and the Illumina accelerator program. Mostafa is an experienced entrepreneur and was involved in the start-up of four life sciences companies. He co-founded Avantome in 2007. Before this, he also co-founded NextBio, ParAllele Bioscience and Pyrosequencing AB, which was renamed to Biotage in 2003.

Karen Ross

Secretary,

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, USA

Karen was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture in 2011, by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Karen

has deep leadership experience in agricultural issues nationally, internationally, and in California. Prior to joining CDFA, Karen was chief of staff for U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Prior to that appointment, she served as President of the California Association of Winegrape Growers from 1996-2009, and as Vice-President of the Agricultural Council of California from 1989-1996.

Gottfried Pessl

CEO,

PESSL INSTRUMENTS, AUSTRIA

Gottfried is Founder and CEO of PESSL INSTRUMENTS, one of the world leading companies in automatic monitoring instruments

for agriculture headquartered in Austria. He has extensive experience in international cooperation with industrialists for technical and business purposes. Gottfried holds an agronomy and export business degree from the University of Graz and leads technical and international trade projects in Europe, Russia, Middle East, Latin and Central America, South Africa and Southeast Asia.

Jeff Peterson

Managing Director,

THE YIELD LAB, USA

Upon graduation from business school, Jeff joined American Cyanamid. He left as the Vice President of Manufacturing for

Auromycin business after going through a spin off, hostile take over and divestiture. Jeff joined Monsanto in 1996 as the Director of Manufacturing Worldwide for the Pasila business. in 2003, Jeff joined Monsanto’s strategy group as VP of Strategic Negotiations before retiring In 2014.

Sara Olson

Research Analyst,

LUX RESEARCH, USA

Sara is an Analyst on the Agro Innovation Intelligence team. She leads the Ag team to help Lux Research clients identify and assess

opportunities, make strategic decisions, and monitor technological advances across a broad range of agricultural topics. Her team focuses on technology areas like crop seeds and traits, crop protection and nutrition, precision agriculture, and protected agriculture.

Nicholas Parker

Founder,

GLOBAL ACCELERATION PARTNERS, CANADA

For over three decades, Nicholas has pioneered sustainable venturing ideas and initiatives around the world. He is currently Founding

Managing Partner of Global Acceleration Partners Inc. (“GAP”), a financial enterprise established in 2012 to address global megatrends shaping basic needs for clean energy, food, water and smart infrastructure by accelerating cross-border deployment of technologies and business models into emerging economies, particularly China. GAP seeks both superior value creation and positive impact at scale

Ladislau Martin Neto

Executive Director,

EMBRAPA, BRAZIL

Ladislau has been Executive Director of Research & Development at Embrapa since 2012. He is also co-chair of the Croplands Research

Group of the Global Research Alliance of Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Previously he was Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Automation Program of Embrapa. Ladislau has a PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (1988), and a Post-Doc in Soil and Environmental Science from the University of California, Berkeley, USA (1994).

Pete Nelson

President & CEO,

AG INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT GROUP, USA

Pete has been actively involved in building the support ecosystem for new agricultural enterprises for over 15 years working with a variety

of public and private sector partners. He has helped launch multiple start-up companies, as well as develop sector specific initiatives to fund, incubate, and accelerate agricultural companies with high growth potential. He has a particular interest in new traits/genetics, alternative crops, and new business models for farmers producing these crops.

Ryan Schacht

Business Development,

PLANET LABS, USA

Ryan leads agriculture sales efforts for Planet Labs, a small satellite company that owns and operates the world’s largest fleet of earth

imaging satellites. Ryan works with innovative companies through Planet Labs’ Agriculture partner program, which provides early access to the world’s first high resolution daily-global crop health monitoring system. Ryan has nearly a decade of experience in the geospatial and ag sectors working with a diversity of agriculture companies.

Vipula Shukla

Senior Program Officer,

THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, USA

Vipula joined the Research & Development team at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in September 2012 as a Sr. Program Officer.

She currently leads the Discovery Portfolio linking upstream, breakthrough science to application in Agricultural Development, which aligns with her longstanding interest in the convergence of basic science, technology and agricultural production. Prior to joining the foundation, Vipula spent more than a decade at Dow AgroSciences.

Yoav Zeif

President, Americas,

NETAFIM, ISRAEL

As head of Americas, Yoav is responsible for overall management of the division, including business development, sales, marketing,

finance, production, operations, HR and administration. In addition, he is involved with formulating the region's long-term strategic vision. Yoav is also responsible for Netafim’s global Product Offering and Marketing including its Crop Management Technology (CMT) unit, which is a leading Agriculture Automation company. Before being appointed to his current position, Yoav was Chief Commercial Officer

Samantha Wai

Investment Team,

INNOVATION ENDEAVORS, USA

Sam works on the Investment Team at Innovation Endeavors and is excited about finding new technologies and innovative business

models that can have global impact. She leads Innovation Endeavors’ Farm2050 initiative, an investment partnership across top food & agriculture companies. Prior to joining Innovation Endeavors, Sam worked at McKinsey & Company where she served clients across Pharma, Tech, and Social Sector industries.

Andy Wheeler

Managing Partner,

GOOGLE VENTURES, USA

Andy brings over a decade of startup experience to his role, most recently serving as Chief Technology Officer of Adura, where he led the

company’s development of energy management systems for commercial buildings. Prior to joining Adura, Andy served as Chief Technology Officer for Tendril Networks, helping consumers better understand and manage their energy usage. He co-founded Ember Corporation, the leading provider of ZigBee network software and system-on-chip devices.

Salah Sukkarieh

Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems,

AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR FIELD ROBOTICS, AUSTRALIA

Salah is the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of Sydney, and the Director of Research and Innovation

at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics. He is an international expert in the research, development and commercialisation of field robotic systems. He has lead a number of robotics and intelligent systems R&D projects in logistics, commercial aviation, aerospace, education, environment monitoring, agriculture and mining.

Vishal Vasishth

Co-Founder

OBVIOUS VENTURES, USA

Vishal is the Co-Founder of Obvious Ventures with Evan Williams and James Joaquin. Obvious Ventures invests in world positive technology

companies across three themes: Sustainable Systems, Healthy Living & People Power. Most recently Vishal was the founding partner of SONG Investment Advisors, an India-based fund backed by Soros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network and Google. He also served as a senior executive at Steve Case’s Revolution, LLC and as Chief Strategy Officer at Patagonia.

Richard Waycott

CEO,

ALMOND BOARD OF CALIFORNIA, USA

Richard joined the Almond Board of California (ABC)in 2002. Prior to heading up the ABC, Richard worked for over 20 years, mostly in Latin

America, in the food manufacturing and agribusiness industries, with extensive experience in the consumer products and B-to-B grains and oilseeds market segments. Richard’s experience compliments the other professionals at the Almond Board by bringing strategic leadership to the global development of the California almond industry.

Matt Waits

CEO,

SST SOFTWARE, USA

Matt is CEO of SST Software, an industry leader in agricultural information management. In the late 90s, Matt guided SST Software in

the development of an enterprise level, data management platform branded as agX. AgX is now the underlying infrastructure that manages data and provides information services on over 90 million acres across 23 countries and has seen rapid adoption by the top providers of precision ag products and services.

Drew Zabrocki

Managing Director,

CENTRICITY, USA

A serial entrepreneur and growth hacker, Drew has extensive experiences creating business partnerships. He has demonstrated honed abilities to

align people, process and systems to co-create leading value propositions and winning teams. Drew is a product visionary who leads projects from napkin to cloud. He possesses a holistic view on technology and intense focus on customer experience – skills that are exceeded only by his uncanny ability to bring people together and execute on the vision.

Kiersten Stead

Venture Principal,

MONSANTO GROWTH VENTURES, USA

Kiersten is a Venture Principal at Monsanto Growth Ventures. Kiersten has over 15 years of experience in the Ag & Biotechnology space.

Prior to joining Monsanto, Kiersten was on the Burrill & Company Venture Team which invested broadly in Life Sciences and Industrial Biotechnology with $1.5B AUM. Previously, she was a Management Consultant specialized in early stage company development in nanotechnology, agriculture and materials engineering.

Federico  Trucco

Chief Executive Officer,

BIOCERES, ARGENTINA

Federico has been the Chief Executive Officer of Bioceres since 2011. Federico was the General Manager of INDEAR from 2009 to 2011,

and Director of Product Development of INDEAR from 2008 to 2009. Federico has a Ph.D. in Crop Sciences and a CBA from the University of Illinois, a master’s degree in Plant Pathology and Weedscience from Colorado State University and a degree in Biochemistry from Louisiana State University.

Steve Webb

New Technology Leader,

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. In 2000 he became Project Success Leader for Animal Health & Nutrition.

Judson Ward

Principal Scientist, Molecular Biology,

DRISCOLLS, USA

Jud is a Principle Scientist in Research and Development at Driscoll’s. He leads the Molecular Genetics Department to modernize traditional

breeding using new technologies to advance the application of genetics and genomics in diploid and polyploid crops.

Mike Wilbur

VP Technology,

WILBUR-ELLIS COMPANY, USA

Michael serves as Vice President, Data Services and Field Technology, for Wilbur-Ellis Company, an agribusiness based in Denver, CO. In this

role, he leads the strategy and development of the company’s field technology software, AgVerdict®. Mike is also a member of the company’s Senior Management team, and manages the company’s venture capital investment division, Cavallo Ventures LLC. Prior to this role, he served as National Director, Seed Technology, from 2010- 2014.

Andy Ziolkowski

Managing Partner,

CULTIVIAN VENTURES, USA

Andy is a Managing Director of Cultivian Sandbox and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cultivian Ventures. Andy 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.

Gideon Soesman

Managing Partner,

GREENSOIL INVESTMENTS, ISRAEL

Gideon Soesman co-founded GreenSoil Investments, an investment house with venture capital and private equity funds focused on Agro &

Food technologies and Building Innovations, 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.

Ken Zuckerberg

Managing Director,

RABOBANK, USA

Ken joined Rabobank in August 2014 and is focused on further developing FAR’s research capabilities in the North American Farm

Inputs sector (Crop Protection Chemicals, Equipment, Fertilizer, Seeds, Technology, Water). He brings to the Bank more than 25 years of company, securities analysis and investment management research experience in diverse industries and sectors including Agribusiness, Consumer Staples & Discretionary, Financials, Industrials and Technology.

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Please join us at

2016 World Agri-Tech

at booth number 5.

The Future of Certification.

Exhibitors:

Marketing and Media Partners:

Centricity Global

"Big data may offer a story, but only truth can empower." Centricity is enabling global “Farm to Table Knowledge” through their secure, real-time knowledge sharing framework and efficient workflow tools. They connect people, processes and systems with leading data security, privacy and accessibility solutions that facilitate equitable market access, safety, security and sustainability. Their diverse team includes accomplished executives with real-world operational and execution expertise and broad multi-sector experience.

Cool Planet was founded in 2009 to commercialize a groundbreaking technology that produces engineered biocarbon and renewable, carbon negative fuel from biomass. The company is currently focused on deploying its proprietary Cool Terra® engineered biocarbon platform, which significantly improves soil health while sequestering carbon. With society demanding more food grown sustainably, the Cool Terra® engineered biocarbon platform contributes to a healthier planet that feeds more people and delivers higher grower profitability.

Cool Planet

Manufacturers of a complete line of professional weather stations, found in farms and fields worldwide. Davis delivers timely data from durable, accurate and surprisingly affordable sensors through a highly-reliable cellular and cloud-stored solution. Its WeatherLink Network hosts well over 20,000 connected stations. Designed, built, and rigorously tested in California.

Davis Instruments

Founded in 2002, Hortau is a leader in wireless, web-based irrigation management systems. Hortau’s patented irrigation management solutions help growers detect plant stress using soil tension, ensuring optimal crop growth while reducing water use, energy consumption and environmental impact. With U.S. operations based in San Luis Obispo, Calif., Hortau has offices, representatives and technicians throughout North America, including a Canada headquarters in Quebec.

Hortau

Galileo Group provides state-of-the-art airborne remote sensing services and offers turnkey global capability for agri-scientific applications, such as precision phenotyping, stress detection and field-wide crop mapping and monitoring. Galileo manages all aircraft and drone operations, collects and pre-processes the data and conducts scientific grade analysis. In the case of new observables, Galileo focuses on the generation of investigative informatics to specifically customize input and output for comprehensive hyperspectral and LIDAR data exploitation using advanced computational algorithms.

Galileo

Wellspring is a leader in software solutions for tech scouting, corporate venturing, licensing, and intellectual property management. More than 500 organizations worldwide, ranging in size from 100 to more than 100,000 employees, use Wellspring software to accelerate their innovation programs. Wellspring’s clients include Fortune 500 companies, SMEs, hospitals, government agencies, and universities. The company also owns Flintbox, the world’s largest online exchange for early-stage technologies.

Wellspring

Knowledge In SightTM

AgriMetis develops natural product derived compounds to protect crops from weeds, fungal diseases, and insect pests. AgriMetis both discovers novel active ingredients and develops cost effective routes to make them. Natural products are complex molecules, which are produced in small amounts in response to environmental cues, historically making them difficult and expensive to work with. This has limited their use for crop protection. AgriMetis is working to overcome these challenges using recent advances in synthetic biology and chemistry.

AgriMetis

APSE, headquartered in St. Louis, MO, has developed a technology to enable RNAi, a versatile method of non-GMO gene regulation, to reach economically viable levels of production for crop protection applications. While RNAi holds incredible potential as a bio-pesticide, RNA can be expensive to synthesize, especially in terms of large-scale high purity production suitable for agricultural purposes. APSE technology promises low cost high purity RNA for RNAi applications.

APSE

Aqua-4D Water Solutions is a Swiss Cleantech company that designs, manufactures and distributes innovative water treatment solutions around the world, with a main focus in agriculture for an efficient use of the irrigation water. The Aqua-4D® technology notably allows plants to be irrigated with brackish water while optimizing nutrition intake as well as leaching the soil under the plant. It is an eco-friendly technology with an easy modular installation in the irrigation water network for a sustainable agriculture and a significant increased production.

Aqua4D

BioLumic’s novel technology makes light a controllable input for large scale outdoor growing. BioLumic exploits UV Photomorphogenesis - a process that activates molecular pathways that improve plant responses to environmental stress, with resulting increased crop survival, superior size at harvest and greatly improved crop consistency. BioLumic’s first product, a UV Seedling Treatment System, is being trialled by a large grower in California. BioLumic’s second product, a UV Seed Treatment System, is in an early stage of development.

BioLumic

EM3 solves on-farm productivity and is a holistic service provider to the Indian farmer. EM3 provides technology & mechanization services as well as financial services for the complete cultivation cycle. As the majority of the Indian farmers (over 90%) are small with land holdings of less than ten acres, services are provided in a “Uber-ised” format i.e. Pay-for-use, standardised quality.

EM3 AgriServices

HydroBio is a SaaS company that uses satellite image driven analytics to conserve water and maximize farm profitability. Currently supporting over 180,000 acres around the world, HydroBio saves farmers and agribusinesses time and money, by informing optimal irrigation practices and identifying problems before they impact harvest. HydroBio is integrating data and delivers valuable insight directly to producers and third party devices. They believe timely, actionable analytics will power a future of sustainable and profitable commercial agriculture.

HydroBio

The Kakaxi project is a 21st century solution to the growing disconnect between farmers and consumer. Using technology they are bridging the gap and bringing the story of food production to the table. By pairing the farm-monitoring device with the smartphone, farmers can easily provide accurate updates and maintain significant contact with their consumers. With the power of communication, we can empower our farmers and instill a sense of appreciation and joy into the consumers who enjoy their food.

Kakaxi

Technology Showcase Presenters:

Centricity Global

"Big data may offer a story, but only truth can empower." Centricity is enabling global “Farm to Table Knowledge” through their secure, real-time knowledge sharing framework and efficient workflow tools. They connect people, processes and systems with leading data security, privacy and accessibility solutions that facilitate equitable market access, safety, security and sustainability. Their diverse team includes accomplished executives with real-world operational and execution expertise and broad multi-sector experience.

Kultevat

Kultevat, Inc., has introduced a new class of alternative rubber by combining genetic breeding and chemical process engineering to produce natural rubber from the Taraxacum kok-saghyz or “TKS” a.k.a. Russian Dandelion. Kultevat’s technology platform converts TKS into bulk natural rubber, as well as fermentable sugar syrup and feedstock by-products, in a capital-efficient manner. Optimizing the value of all plant-derived products and co-products is the essence of a clean, renewable, efficient manufacturing process which produces great products, great profits, and a minimum of waste.

PowWow uses its data analytics platform to deliver valuable information to growers in the field to produce more crops with less water. Unlike other AgTech vendors that require new hardware devices or ask growers to enter their own data, PowWow leverages existing data to provide value on day-one with no upfront cost. As more growers use the platform, it can generate more insights. As a result, the company doubled its revenue per acre from $12 to $24 in 2015.

PowWow Energy

P Woww

QAM is a leading Agrochemical Company established in 1989, focused on disease causing bacteria’s control for plants and recently diversifying activities into biotechnology. Its commercial strategy is to offer top quality, innovating and specialized products, exclusively distributed through transnational enterprises around the world. Currently the company is in a stage of expansion with the installation of a brand new industrial plant in 2015 intended to produce unique biological products and working in the development of an antibiotic plant.

QAM

Stem-Shock is a novel RNAi based herbicide platform that controls target weeds using a proprietary mode of action. A precision technology that kills targeted weeds whilst sparing off-target species, Stem Shock is safe, biodegradable and environmentally responsible. Unlike other RNAi technologies that are bred into the plant, Stem-Shock works via a topical application that triggers a trait in the target weed species and results in targeted plant death.

Stem-Shock

Building a food industry that’s fit for the future: Innovation & investment in food

traceability, protein, nutrition and delivery

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WORLD AGRI-TECH

London // November 1-2, 2016

INVESTMENT SUMMIT