Animal AGTech Innovation Summit

Speaker:
Jeff Simmons, CEO, ELANCO, USA

• After a year of great change in 2020, how has the pandemic changed consumers’ relationship with food, and how is the industry responding?
• Where are the greatest opportunities throughout the animal agriculture supply chain to transform animal health, welfare, and environmental impact?
• As demand for animal protein continues to rise, where is the greatest need for innovative solutions to improve industry resiliency and safety? How do we create a more robust, shock-proof future?
• What collaboration opportunities are set to accelerate innovation and drive a more sustainable, efficient and healthy animal ag industry?

Session Chair:
Maarten Goossens, Founding Principal, ANTERRA CAPITAL, NETHERLANDS

Speakers:
Karen Hildebrand, Worldwide Tech Leader Agriculture, AMAZON WEB SERVICES, USA
Bruce Stewart-Brown, Senior VP Food Safety, Quality & Live Operations, PERDUE FOODS, USA
Abhay Nayak, Head of Strategy and Accelerated Growth Businesses, ZOETIS, USA
Erin Fitzgerald, CEO, US FARMERS AND RANCHERS IN ACTION, USA

Three early stage start-ups showcase their technology to investor sharks.

Presenting Companies:
Andrew McKenzie, CEO, PRECISION LIVESTOCK TECHNOLOGIES, USA
Elizabeth Latham, Founder, BEZOAR LABORATORIES, USA
Gil Hakim, Chairman & CEO, ARMENTA, ISRAEL

Investor Panel:
Jon Lowe, Head of Global Commercial Development Livestock, ZOETIS, USA
Amanda Donohue-Hansen, Managing Director, CULTIVIAN SANDBOX VENTURES, USA

Speaker:
Elena Rice, CSO & Head of R&D, GENUS, USA

Speaker:
Jeroen van de Ven, Lead, MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH INTELLIGENCE, BELGIUM

Three early stage start-ups showcase their technology to investor sharks

Presenting Companies:
Bo Simango, CEO & Co-Founder, AQUAFORT AI, CANADA
Kari Spaan, CEO, IYOTAH SOLUTIONS, USA

Investor Panel:
Jon Lowe, Head of Global Commercial Development Livestock, ZOETIS, USA
Brett Morris, Managing Director, CAVALLO VENTURES, USA

• Understanding the True Cost of Production: How farm management information systems can drive financial decision making for livestock producers
  Host: Seana Day, Partner, CULTERRA CAPITAL & Venture Partner, BETTER FOOD VENTURES, USA
• Digital Animal AgTech
  Host: Maarten-Yan Wierenga, Investment Manager, NUTRECO NUFRONTIERS, NETHERLANDS
• The Human Element: Developing technology that empowers and inspires
  Host: Jennifer Walker, Director Milk Quality, DANONE, USA
• Aligning the Animal Protein Value Chain with Shifting Consumer Trends
  Host: Rachel Gabato, COO, RIPE.IO, USA

• The crop agriculture industry is recognized as being much further advanced in the development and deployment of precision farming solutions. What can the animal agriculture industry learn from its adjacent cousin?
• How can these learnings be applied to strengthen animal agtech adoption globally and in emerging markets?

• Has investment activity kept pace throughout the disruptions caused by COVID-19? What are active investors in the animal agtech space predicting on the innovation and investment front for 2021 and beyond?
• How do we create sufficiently robust market signals to draw more entrepreneurship and investment into the industry?
• What does the industry need to do to bolster and prove its sustainability, health and welfare reputation and credentials? What is the role of investors in this endeavour?

Session Chair:
Justin Sherrard, Global Strategist Animal Protein, RABOBANK, NETHERLANDS

Speakers:
Murray McCaig, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, ARCTERN VENTURES, CANADA
Seana Day, Partner, CULTERRA CAPITAL & Venture Partner, BETTER FOOD VENTURES, USA
Thor Talseth, Founding Partner, NEPTUNE PARTNERS, USA