What are the key tech and business trends in the world of agriculture? How is high tech impacting the production of food? Join MIT Startup Exchange for the first AgTech Workshop to explore how big companies should react, how startups and MNCs are collaborating to create more efficient and more sustainable foods, and what technologies are on the horizon.
Scalable production of RNA for agriculture Andrey Zarur, Cofounder & CEO, GreenLight Biosciences Potassium fertilizer innovation Philip Wender, Managing Director, Advanced Potash Technologies Chemiresistive gas sensing for food safety Merry Smith, Senior Scientist, C2Sense Novel dehumidifying material for indoor farms Sorin Grama, Cofounder, Transaera Probiotics for plants Michael Miille, CEO, Joyn Bio [Joyn is a JV between Ginkgo Bioworks and Leaps by Bayer]
James Gado - Welcome
Sompo Japan Insurance seeks Startups in AgTech, Energy, and IoT
Marcus Dahllöf - Introductory Remarks
Panel moderator: Marcus Dahllof, Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange Panelists: Caleb Harper, Director, OpenAg, MIT Media Lab Dilip Sundaram, President, Corporate, Mahindra Group - Americas Jan Schnorr, CEO, C2Sense Alan Kriz, Strategic Alliance Manager, Crop Science, Bayer Tejal Mody, Managing Director, Rabobank
Dilip Sundaram - Corporate Keynote
Alan Kriz - Open Innovation and Investment
Caleb Harper - Academic Innovator
Syngenta, a Global $13B company that produces agrochemicals and seeds, Looking for sources of dietary protein as an alternative to conventional food production