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Chairman & CEO Taylor Fresh Foods

Market Executive, Central Region Technology Banking & Sustainable Technology Nationally Wells Fargo

George Kellerman

VP Head of Investments & Acquisitions Woven by Toyota

Partner Yamaha Motor Ventures

CEO JV Smith Companies

David Marguleas

CEO Sun World International

Tom Bryans

Retired Chief Financial Officer Taylor Farms

Aaron Magenheim

CEO & CO-Founder Growers Insight

Director Italian Innovation Hub in San Francisco, Innovit Italian Innovation and Culture Hub

Consultant and Strategic Advisor Aliment Capital (Formerly Known as Pontifax AgTech)

Advisor Turing Labs Inc

Bill Shaughnessy

CEO & Board Member ACME Technologies Inc.

CEO GreenLab, Inc

Venture Partner / Innovation Partner / Angel Investor / Founder / Advisor (Independent ) Board Advisor Naked Innovations

WorldWide Leader Business Development, Project Kuiper Amazon

CEO Harbour Electronics

Principal RSM

President & CEO Agrilogic Consulting

Founder Barn Invest, Brazil

Erica Riel-Carden

Commercial Transactions BioTech, AgTech, & FoodTech Genente

Agile Innovation and Human Intelligence Senior Manager Mars

Founder GoalScreen

CEO and Founder Innovation Now LLC

President Royal Rose LLC

Owner Golden Sun Marketing

Gabriel Youtsey

University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Chief Revenue Officer Forbes

Head Seeds Research Syngenta

Technical Business Development Professional Texas Instruments

Daniele Maggiolini

MD & Global Head of Corporate Development AG Segment CNH Industrial

Executive Director of the CSU Monterey Bay Institute for Innovation and Economic Development SCUMB

Daniel Rafferty

Technology Liscensing Manager UT Health San Antonio

Group Commercial Director Acclime

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman Agriwebb

Head of Ventures Regenerate Asset Management

Executive Director Agtuary

Advisor Dexer

Manager Product Management OneSoil

Vice President, Portfolio Services Goodwater Capital

Vice President Product Development Valmont Industries, Inc.

Michael Gilbert

Founder and Director of the Board Semios

Frances Dillard

Vice President, Brand and Product Marketing Driscolls

Maxim Atanassov

General Partner Future Ventures Corp

General Manager Kubota Innovation Center, Silicon Valley

CEO Asia BioBusiness Pte. Ltd.

Managing Partner Merton Lawyers

Melanie McClare

Owner Gaze Consulting

Former CEO AdFarm

Managing Director Yariba Tech Inc.

Founder Agribusiness Advisors

General Partner and Founder Koan Capital Corp.

Venture Partner Tall Grass Ventures

Director Agribusiness & Agri-Food ATB Financial

Founder Peer Guidance

Michael Kauzlaric

Technology Scout and Grower Outreach Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Chief Product Officer Parcel Thrive, Inc

Partner MLT Aikins LLP

Head of Product Safety Commitments Bayer AG

Santiago Bernal

Innovation Director Sembralia (Cefetra Digital Services)

Andrea Cruciani

CEO Agricolus srl

Head of New Protein Solutions BayWa AG

Chief Revenue Officer The C-Fit Group

Global Digital Product Manager Animal Nutrition BASF SE

Gerardine Lally

Executive & Communications Coach/Director Lally & Associates

Associate Director Food & Agribusiness IFAC Ireland

Founder Fundraise.VC

Head of Technology Transfer Embrapa

Alessandra Fajardo

Stakeholders Affairs & Strategy - Food Value Chain Partnerships Director Bayer

Mario Bustamante

CEO & Founder Instacrops

CEO & Founder TheAgency.ag

Founder & CEO Breedr

Partner Cell Capital Partners

Flavia Richardson

Founder Acclivity Ventures

Innovation Lead Plexal

CEO Bloomfield Robotics

Richard Choularton

Vice President of Operations Tetra Tech

Director, Global OEM Strategy & Business Development Transcend

Ilya Movshovich

Managing Partner Volk Consulting

Head of Lam Capital Lam Capital

Aileen Mastouri

Executive in Residence BioGenerator Ventures

Partner Dentons Canada LLP

CEO & Founder Pycap

Founder & Chief Architect klimazone Labs

Biological Science Specialist, Data Analyst USDA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Founder & CEO Ag-view Consulting, Inc.

Partner Pegasus Tech Ventures

Sundar Padmanabhan

COO, IDD Labs Accumulate

Founder/Owner Imagine Content & Consulting

Lecturer & Director, Food & Agriculture Industry Immersion UC Davis Graduate School of Manageme

Partner Boston Consulting Group

Isabella Fantini

Head of Growth & Strategic Partnerships

Jennifer Goldston

Founder and CEO AgTech PR

CEO & Co-Founder
Yard Stick PBC

Dairy Senior Scientist 
Purina Mills LLC

Chief Revenue Officer 
Hazel Technologies

CEO and Co-Founder
 Inflexion Point Technologies

Founder & Managing Partner TBGD Parnters

Arpana Chaudhary

Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives, Americas, Radiology Bayer Crop Science

Bill Shaughnessy

CEO & Board Member 
ACME Technologies, Inc.

Head of Capital Markets & Finance 
Fractal Agriculture

Partner Kachina

Michael J. DeSa

Co-Founder/Managing Director 
AgSensor Solutions

CEO másLabor

Partner True Search

Mentor, EIR, Director SK Telecom Americas Innopartners

President Bleujaune Advisors

Bandhana Katoch

Executive Director 
Koffman Southern Tier Incubator

James De Vellis

Patent Lawyer 
Foley & Lardner LLP

Kellee M. Franklin

Strategy & Innovation, Digital Transformation Leader, HCD Expert, Executive Advisor Mindful Innovation Labs

No Add Marketing Therapist
Self-Employed

Senior Partner Success Manager | New Materials 
Plug N Play Tech Centre

Vivek John Cherian

Growth Officer
Food Solutions Americas
 Cargill

Business & Development Director 
Flower Turbines Inc

Christian Butzke

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Fellow 
Purdue University

CEO & CTO
Eridani Ventures

Co Founder GIVN
Sr. Brand Strategist
 The Clorox Company

Advisor, Investor 
Maloney Advisors

CEO 
CoreFX Ingredients LLC

Johannes Dyring

AVP Business Development & Strategic Initiatives 
Toronto Metropolitan University

Ricco Thurwalker

Director of Sales - Americas Simitri Group

Catherine Campbell

Sustainability & ESG Consulting MARKER CAMPBELL CONSULTING INC

Production Unit Lead

Fractional Product and Operations Leader

Owner

Vice President of Business Development

Mick Huffstutler

Managing Director

Founder and CEO
Biz Strategy Consulting

Co-Managing Partner

Stephanie Louise Abbott

Interim Sustainability & Strategy Lead: Biofeedstocks

Co-Founder and General Partner

Program Manager

President and National Lead, Integrated Media, Industry Relations and Sustainability

Non-Executive Director

Senior Finance Manager - Meat, Deli & Seafood, Fresh Convenience

Co-Founder

Head of Digital

Florian Richter

Professional Freelancer and Consultant

Agriculture Biotech Consultant

Vice President, Innovation & Commercialization

Nicole Kleid-Small

Partner

Strateic Advisor and Member of IC

Program Director, Silcon Valley

Partner, Lawyer, Patent and Trademark Agent

Paul Windemuller

CEO

Bruno Meireles de Sousa

Operating Partner

Operating Partner

Svetlana Sapelnikova

Principal

Strategic Innovation Manager

Founder & Managing Director

Partner

Commercial Credit Manager

Founder and CEO

Dennis O'Malley

Founder

Director of Innovations

Co-founder

Director, Open Innovation

Founder and Angel Investor

David Liesegang

Director

Sr. Director of Automation & Innovation

Senior Manager, Climate & Head of Scale for ClimateTech

Christopher Horne

Principal

Nicolas Joubert

Partner

Principal

Founder and CEO

Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Co-Founder & CEO

Fractional COO & Advisor

Chief Development Officer

Priya Raman Kumar

VP, Marketing

EMEA Category Manager

Pauline Canteneur

Strategy & Business Development Consultant

Mentor/Founder/Investor