Summit Programme

INVESTMENT SUMMITLondon, September 24-25, 2014

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Welcome to the 2014 World Agri-Tech Investment Summit in London.

ONE TO ONE MEETINGS

NEW for 2014: Pre-arrange one-to-one meetings with your most important contacts via our online partnering software.

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Partnerships and alliances are becoming increasingly important to the successful development and commercialisation of advanced

agricultural technologies.

With innovation emerging around the world, this summit provides a forum for international stakeholders to meet, network and forge

new business relationships, with the goal of accelerating market adoption of sustainable agricultural solutions.

We are delighted to welcome such an outstanding speaking faculty to the summit, and look forward to two days of thought-provoking

presentations and exciting debate. We would also like to thank Keygene for their support and sponsorship, and our exhibitors,

Catapult and Agrius, who you will find in the networking room during the breaks.

Roundtable discussion groups, the 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 also be

available throughout the summit to facilitate introductions.

We are also delighted to announce that in March 2015 we will launch a sister summit in San Francisco. Once again we will gather

an international group of agri-tech innovators and investors to exchange ideas and identify new opportunities in the rapidly growing

agri-tech space - we hope you will join us there.

Please help shape the agenda for this and future summits by sharing with us your thoughts, feedback and suggestions. Your input is

essential to ensure we continue to build exciting and informative events that are of real value to your business.

I wish you a fruitful and enjoyable summit.

Jennie Moss

Managing Director

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Associate Sponsor

KeyGene

Exhibitors

Media Partners

CATAPULT

AGRIUS

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KeyGene’s passion is a Green Gene Revolution approach to explore and exploit

natural genetic variation in vegetables and other 6F crops. KeyGene is keeping its

footprint as small as possible by contributing naturally to the improvement of crops.

KeyGene delivers sustainable molecular genetic responses to the world’s needs for

yield stability, quality & health of 6F crops. KeyGene helps its strategic partners with

cutting edge breeding technology and trait platforms to meet their needs in a game

changing way.

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. A not for profit company, the Catapult provides facilities,

platforms and expert knowledge to enable the translation of ideas from concept to

market.

AGRIUS is an early status agri-tech innovator, with the central aim of building a

demonstration unit of its Agricultural Integrated Utility System or ‘IUS’. The first

target for application of the patented ‘IUS’ process is the dairy farm sector. AGRIUS

provides all utilities from one compact automated processing system, within a

transportable container sized module. AGRIUS gives farmers total flexibility in on-site

waste management, enabling full energy recovery or the re-use of waste materials

generated from their operations, with potentially significant operational and capital

savings in utility services and slurry management. The ‘IUS’ (Integrated Utility System)

concept has been developed over 7 years and has international patent applications

in 55 countries and has been granted in 12 countries to date.

NNFCCThe Bioeconomy Consultants

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•Tremendousopportunitiesstillexistinthe

foundations of precision agriculture. Where are the

key areas of development?

•Howcantechnologiesbecombinedtooffer

complete solutions rather than addressing one

aspect of a complex problem?

•Emergingeconomiesarealreadystartingto

adoptelementsofprecisionagriculture.Howcan

technologies be adapted to suit the needs of these

small and medium sized farms?

•Casestudyofsuccess:Technologyadvancesand

the market potential of UAVs

The Transformation from Precision-Ag to Decision-Ag

12.00

Session Chair:

Professor Richard Godwin,VisitingProfessorofAgriculturalEngineering,HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY, UK

Speakers:

Jim Watt,RegionalDirectorEMEA&APAC,TRIMBLE,GERMANY

Dan Dougherty, Business Development Manager, JOHN DEERE & COMPANY, USA

Matt Waits, CEO, SST SOFTWARE, USA

Steve Keyworth, Co-Founder and Director, URSULA AGRICULTURE, UK

•Howcommerciallyviableareaquaponicsandverticalfarmingasfoodproductionsystemsandcanthey

compete with traditional farming?

•Wherearetheopportunitiesforusingwasteheat/renewableenergytodriveverticalfarmingsystems?

Aquaponics and Vertical Farming: Farming in Controlled Environments

14.00

Session Chair:

Michael Raymont, PresidentandCEO, AVAC, CANADA

Speakers:

Marc Beermann, Chief Financial Officer, URBAN FARMERS,SWITZERLAND

Dan Caiger-Smith, Business Development Manager, SKY GREENS,SINGAPORE

Networking Lunch Break 13.00

•Imageryandremotesensingtechnologies

•Real-timemonitoringofsoilquality,moisturelevels,waterquality,pestsandnutrients

•Precisionirrigation

•Precisionapplicationoffertilisersandpesticides

•Machinetomachinetechnology

•Nextgenerationanalytics

•Robotics:GPSguidedcrop-spraying,mechanicalpestremovalandharvesting

Technology Showcase: Early-Mid Stage Technology Entrepreneurs

Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions14.30

Session Chair:

Calum Murray, LeadTechnologist–SustainableAgriculture&Food,TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD, UK

Innovators:

Giulia Stellari, Co-Founder & President, AGSQUARED, USA

Jean-Luc Ayral, CEO,FORCE-A, FRANCE

Florent Mainfroy, Chairman, Commercial Director, AIRINOV, FRANCE

David Mills, CEO,WEATHERSAFE, UK

Steven Davis,ChairmanandCEO,INTELLIGENT WIRELESS NETWORKS, USA

Kent Cavender-Bares,CEO,ROWBOT SYSTEMS, USA

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Agenda

DAY ONE – WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Lord Rupert de Mauley, Parliamentary Undersecretary, DEFRA, UK

Professor Janet Bainbridge,HeadofAgriculturalTechnology,UKTI, UK

Belinda Clarke, Director, AGRITECH EAST, UK

Ministerial Welcome Address:

The UK Agri-Tech Strategy

Creating a Global Innovation Hub for Agri-Tech

9.00

9.10

9.20

Leadinginternationalorganisationssharetheirperspectivesontheroleoftechnologyinnovationinachieving

global food security.

Session Chair:

Tim Benton, UK Champion for Global Food Security, GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY, UK

Speakers:

Chris Vein, Chief Innovation Officer, WORLD BANK, USA

Mark Rosegrant,DivisionalDirector,EnvironmentandProductionTechnology, IFPRI, USA

Philippe Herve,HeadofR&DAllianceManagement,BAYER CROPSCIENCE, BELGIUM

Steve Webb,ExternalTechnology&IntellectualPropertyPortfolioDevelopmentLeader,

DOW AGROSCIENCES, USA

Global Food Security and the Role of Innovation Systems

9.30

Networking Coffee Break10.30

Harnessing the Business Opportunity of Big Data in Agriculture

11.00

•Whatisbigdatainagricultureandhowcouldthe

future look?

•Whatservicesareavailableandwhatpricing

models exist? What is the value proposition and are

end-users willing to pay for these services?

•Whatarethechallengesincapturingdataand

harnessing trends to produce services for the end

user?

•Whataretheriskstofarmersofsharingdatamore

widely?Howcanindustryensurethatpracticesand

standards adopted in using farm data will protect

the end user?

•Candigitalagronomyandtheuseofbigdatain

agriculture challenge the current innovation model

in agribusiness? Will it lead to a commoditization

ofaginputsorhelpfarmerstodifferentiateeven

further between value-adding products?

Session Chair:

Adam Anders, Managing Partner, ANTERRA CAPITAL, NETHERLANDS

Speakers:

Teddy Bekele, Senior Director, Information Technology, LAND O’ LAKES, USA

Robin Lougee,BusinessSolutionsandMathematicalSciencesResearchIndustryLead–

ConsumerProducts/Agriculture,IBM, USA

Richard Stirling, International Director, OPEN DATA INSTITUTE, UK

Béla Jankovich de Jeszenice, Owner, AMBER INVESTMENT,HUNGARY

Alexander Tokarz, HeadofBusinessDevelopment, SYNGENTA,SWITZERLAND

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DAY TWO – THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Facilitating Innovation and Technology Adoption by Small Holder farms 9.45

•Whataretheinnovationneedsofsmallholder

farms and where are the opportunities to leapfrog

current technologies?

•Howcanweleveragetheuseofmobile

technologies to provide farmers with accessible

information they can use?

•HowisICTopeninguptheopportunityforprecision

agricultureinsmallholderfarmers?Howcanwe

measure the impact of this adoption and benefit to

the farmer?

•Whatmodelsexisttobringagriculturaltechnology

innovations to scale through PPPs?

•WhatarethelimitationstoPPPsandhowcanthese

be overcome?

9.00Speakers:

Vipula Shukla, Senior Program Officer, Discovery Research, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, USA

Denis Kyetere, ExecutiveDirector,AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (AAFT),KENYA

Prem Bindraban, ExecutiveDirector,VIRTUAL FERTLIZER RESEARCH CENTRE, IFDC, USA

Session Chair:

Vipula Shukla, Senior Program Officer, Discovery Research, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, USA

Speakers:

Gagan Khurana, HeadofCountryOperationsandPartnerships, GROW AFRICA, SWITZERLAND

Marco Ferroni,ExecutiveDirector,SYNGENTA FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE,SWITZERLAND

Noor Ullah, GlobalHeadofAgriculture,ACUMEN FUND, PAKISTAN

Christopher Hirst, CEO, ABU DHABI FARMERS’ SERVICE CENTRE,UAE

Mark Holderness, ExecutiveSecretaryoftheGlobalForumonAgriculturalResearch,UNFAO, ITALY

Unlocking the Potential of African Agriculture

Networking Coffee Break10.45

Biosolutions: Advances in Microbial and Bio-based Seed Treatment,

Pesticides and Fertilisers 11.15

•What’sdrivingtherapidgrowthinbiologicalsand

which countries are showing the fastest adoption?

•Whatarethenewenvironmentalchallengesonthe

horizon? What are the new breakthroughs going to be?

•Howscalablearebiologicalsolutionsandwhat

evidence is needed to demonstrate their successful

potential for large scale application?

•HowcantheindustryaddressquestionsaroundIP

regulation and protection for biological solutions?

Session Chair:Sara Olson, Research Analyst, Agro Innovation, LUX RESEARCH, USA

Speakers:John Hamer, Investment Director, MONSANTO GROWTH VENTURES, USA Pam Marrone,Founder&CEO,MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, USA Dean Thome, Business Development Director, NOVOZYMES,CANADAJim Schultz, Founder and Managing Director, OPEN PRAIRIE, USAMartin Gruss,GlobalHeadofSeedgrowthProducts,BAYER CROPSCIENCE, USA

Speaker:

Marcus Meadows-Smith, CEO,BIOCONSORTIA, USA

Biologicals: A Case Study of Success

12.15

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•Whatwilltheprecisionagriculturelandscape

look like in the future and which platforms and

technologies will rise to the top?

•Howbigistheopportunityinthesensorbased

technology market going to be?

•Whatrolecaninvestorsplayinbringingcompanies

together to create more integrated solutions for

growers?

•Howdothesystemsavailabletranslateintosome

oftheprinciplegrowingregionsofUkraine,Eastern

EuropeandSouthAmerica?

Networkwithsummitspeakersanddelegateswhiledebatingkeyissuesfacingtheagri-techindustry.

Rotate between your choice of groups, each hosted by one of our experts. Bring plenty of business cards.

Chris Vein,

WORLD BANK

Big data and information:Howcanindustrytakeacoherentapproachto

delivering the relevant information to the right sectors?

Teddy Bekele,

LAND O’LAKES

Big data and information:Howcanweleveragedatatoproducevaluable

services to farmers?

Ignacio Martinez,

FLAGSHIP VENTURES

Precision Ag:Howcantechnologiesbecombinedtodeliverinnovative

solutions to larger problems?

Deborah Magid,

IBM

Precision Ag: Howarestart-upsinpredictiveanalyticsandtheinternetof

things contributing to the advancement of precision agriculture?

Denis Kyetere,

AATF

Africa: Where are the best opportunities for international partnerships and

collaboration within African agriculture?

Marcus Meadows-Smith,

BIOCONSORTIA

Biologicals: Winning strategies for biological companies and start-ups as

multinationals include biological products within integrated solutions.

Pam Marrone,

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS

Biologicals:Howcanstakeholderscollaboratetoacceleratetheadoption

of advanced bio-based technologies in agriculture?

Mark Rosegrant,

IFPRI

Food security and reducing post-harvest losses: Which technologies will

have the most impact and what is the role of the public and private sectors?

Steve Webb,

DOW AGROSCIENCES

Partnering and alliancing models:Howcanleadingagribusinesseswork

with technology developers to bring their solutions to market?

Investor Panel: Investment in Data and Data-Driven Technologies

15.30

Session Chair:

John Hamer, Investment Director, MONSANTO GROWTH VENTURES, USA

Speakers:

Deborah Magid, Director, Software Strategy, IBM VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP, USA

Ruzgar Barisik, Senior Investment Officer, Clean Technologies, IFC, USA

Dan Hodgson, Managing General Partner and Co-Founder, LINN GROVE VENTURES, USA

Miguel Granier, Founder and Managing Director, INVESTED DEVELOPMENT, USA

16.30 Networking Coffee Break

Roundtable Discussion Groups17.00

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Networking Drinks and Canapes 18.00

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Speaker Biographies

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

transform the way we produce, move and consume food.  Anterra was founded in 2013

from a spin-out of Rabo Ventures. The fund is backed by Rabobank, a global leader in food

& agriculture financing and Moonray Investors, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity

International.

Jean-Luc AyralCEO & Co-Founder, FORCE-A, FRANCE

Jean-Luc is CEO and Co-Founder of FORCE-A. He aims to position

FORCE-A as a leading company on the market of real-time

crop sensing and diagnostics for precision agriculture. He has 20 years professional

experience of products and business development in laser instrumentation for industrial,

scientific and military markets.

Janet BainbridgeHead of Agricultural Technology, UK TRADE & INVESTMENT, UK

Janet has been Head of Agricultural Technology (Inward Investment)

for UK Trade & Investment since August 2013. She is a UK national

expert and advisor on the regulatory framework relating to genetic modification and on

the regulation of novel and functional foods and chemicals. She has also been the CEO of

a successful small company and was a founder member of the AHDB.

Ruzgar BarisikSenior Investment Officer, Clean Technologies, IFC, USA

Ruzgar joined the IFC in 2011. He is a Senior Investment Officer and

leads investments in Europe, Middle East & North Africa. He has

over ten years of private equity and venture investing experience covering industrial,

technology and media businesses. Prior to the IFC, Ruzgar was a Partner at GTI Group, a

New York based private equity investment firm.

Paul BarrettVice President of Business Development, STARPHARMA, AUSTRALIA

Paul has 25 years experience in diverse areas of science and

technology, gained in research, commercialisation and other roles.

At Starpharma he has been responsible for the commercialisation of the company’s

dendrimer technology into areas including crop protection, paints and coatings, drug

delivery, contraception, and animal health.

Marc BeermannChief Financial Officer, URBAN FARMERS, SWITZERLAND

Marc is CFO at UrbanFarmers and responsible for financing, investor

relations and administration. Prior to joining UrbanFarmers, Marc

spent 10 years in strategic management consulting with Bain & Company as well as in

investment management and portfolio operations as manager at VM Capital, a private

equity fund focusing on fast-growing high-technology and manufacturing companies in

Europe.

Teddy BekeleSenior Director, Information Technology,LAND O’LAKES, USA

Teddy is the Senior IT Director for the WinField division of Land

O’Lakes. 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.

Tim BentonUK Champion, GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY, UK

Tim is the Champion for the UK’s Global Food Security (GFS)

programme, leading, facilitating and coordinating its activities. GFS

is a partnership of the UK’s main public funders of research in food security, including

the research councils and government departments as well as environment, farming and

rural affairs, international development, health and business, innovation and skills.

Prem BindrabanExecutive Director, VIRTUAL FERTILIZER RESEARCH CENTER, USA

Prem is Executive Director of the Virtual Fertilizer Research Center.

The VFRC fosters the creation of the next generation of fertilizers

and production technologies to help feed the world’s growing population and provide

sustainable food security. He worked at several international research institutions,

including IRRI (Philippines) and CIMMYT (Mexico).

Dan Caiger-SmithBusiness Development Manager, SKY GREENS, SINGAPORE

Dan is an international business development consultant with a

particular interest in innovative solutions for sustainable horticulture.

He has worked in more than 50 countries worldwide and for the past six years has

specialised in the in the vertical and urban farming sector. Dan now works with Sky

Greens, the Singapore-based pioneer in vertical farming systems, where his goal is

to establish new customers, distribution channels and strategic partnerships for the

company in European and American markets.

Kent Cavender-BaresCo-Founder & CEO, ROWBOT SYSTEMS, USA

Kent is Co-Founder and CEO of Rowbot Systems. His vision for

creating the future of robotic farming starts with the needs of both

the plant and the farmer and is motivated by more efficient use of costly inputs. As CEO,

he defines Rowbot solutions, works with investors, manages operations and plans IP

strategy. Prior to this, Kent covered leadership roles in environmental non-profits.

Peleg ChevionHead of Abiotic Stress Management, SYNGENTA, SWITZERLAND

Peleg is leading the global business of Syngenta in mitigating

environmental and water stresses and delivering Crop Enhancement

solutions to farmers worldwide. Prior to Syngenta, he led commercial transactions and

business development activities in pharma/biotech with Crucell Holland NV and as an

attorney with one of the leading Israeli high-tech/VC related legal firms.

Belinda Clarke Director, AGRI-TECH EAST, UK

Belinda is the Director of Agri-Tech East, the cluster organisation

to support the growth and productivity of the Agri-Tech sector

within the eastern region. Prior to her current role, Belinda was Lead Technologist for

Biosciences at the Technology Strategy Board, with particular responsibility for synthetic

biology. She has also been a member of the national Leadership Council.

Matthew CrispPresident & CEO, BENSON HILL BIOSYSTEMS,USA

Matthew is President & CEO of Benson Hill Biosystems and an

accomplished executive with a strong background in the rapid

growth and early commercialisation phases of technology companies. Prior to co-

founding Benson Hill, he was President of the AgBio Division at Intrexon Corporation

(NYSE:XON), a leading synthetic biology company.

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Herco van Liere, Vice President of Business Development, KEYGENE,NETHERLANDS

Session Chair:

Philip Newton, Director of Science, THE FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT AGENCY, UK

Speakers:

Professor Achim Dobermann, Director, ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH, UK

Peleg Chevion,GlobalHeadofAbioticStressManagement,SYNGENTA,SWITZERLAND

Traits, Seeds and Business: A Case Study of Success

14.15

Networking Lunch 12.30

Genomics and Seed Breeding for Climate Resilience

13.30

•Whatarethenextinnovationfrontiersinaddressingclimateandenvironmental

challenges in agriculture to achieve sustainable food production?

•Whattoolsandtechnologiesareonthehorizontohelpwithpestresistance?

•Whereisthenextbigtraitopportunity?

•HowcanmajoragribusinessesworkwithR&Dinstitutionsandstart-upstobring

new products to market?

Technology Showcase Session: Early-Mid Stage Technology

Entrepreneurs Present 7 Minute Snapshots of their Solutions14.30

•Bioandmicrobe-basedpestcontrolandgrowthenhancers

•Cropprotectionandseedtreatment

•Genomics/seedbreeding

•Natural/low-carbonfertilisers

Session Chair:

Jim Godfrey, Chairman, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Innovation Platform,

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD, UK

Innovators:

Luca Ruiu, CEO, BIOECOPEST,ITALY

Tom Laurita, CEO, NEW LEAF SYMBIOTICS, USA

Matt Crisp, CEO, BENSON HILL, USA

Apostolos Papadopoulos, Director, CROP INTELLECT, UK

Paul Barrett, Vice President of Business Development, STARPHARMA, AUSTRALIA

Eric Valette, CEO, PLANET HORIZONS, SWITZERLAND

Investor Panel: Biologicals and the Biotechnology Industry

15.30

•Hasthebiotechnologyindustrybeendevalued

amongst the investment community? Which areas

and innovations within ag-biotech have the biggest

growth potential?

•Whatisdrivingthegrowthofinvestmentsinbiological

technologies and is this trend set to continue?

•Asthebiopesticidemarketmatures,smallscale

developers will rapidly realise growth, increasing their

potentialpurchaseprice–howcaninvestorsidentify

which companies to invest in, in a market flooded by

small scale developers?

•Whichareasofbiologicalsolutionsinagriculture

present the most interesting opportunities for investors?

Session Chair:

Dan Hodgson, Managing General Partner and Co-Founder, LINN GROVE VENTURES, USA

Speakers:

Ignacio Martinez, Partner, FLAGSHIP VENTURES, USA

Andrew Ziolkowski, Partner, CULTIVIAN VENTURES, USA

Lila Preston, Partner, GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, UK

Summit Concludes

Speaker Biographies

Mark Holderness Executive Secretary, GLOBAL FORUM ON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, ITALY

Mark is Executive Secretary of the Global Forum on Agricultural

Research (GFAR), an inclusive, multi-stakeholder platform and collective

mechanism for change. GFAR works to strengthen the roles and value of agricultural

knowledge, research and innovation in meeting key food security and development needs.

Steve KeyworthDirector & Founder, URSULA AGRICULTURE, UK

Steve is Founder and Director of URSULA Agriculture, an agricultural

data company. He has over 20 years experience in applying remote

sensing technologies to agricultural and environmental application. Steve has worked on

projects across the UK and overseas and acquired a range of skills including mapping,

monitoring and modelling. He is a Chartered Geographer (GIS) and a Fellow of the Royal

Geographical Society.

Gagan Khurana Head of Value Chains and Partnerships, GROW AFRICA, SWITZERLAND

Gagan is the Head of Value Chains and Partnerships at Grow Africa.

He has been working with partner governments and companies to

facilitate the conversion of nearly $7.5 billion in committed investments to actual projects

on the ground. He has a deep understanding of supply chains and smallholder farmer

engagement models.

Denis Kyetere Executive Director, AFRICAN AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION, KENYA

Denis served as Director General of Uganda’s National Agricultural

Research Organisation (NARO) for five years. His leadership and

management experience spans many regional organisations, networks, projects and

committees including the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern

and Central Africa (ASARECA) and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA).

Tom LauritaCEO & Founder, NEW LEAF SYMBIOTICS, USA

Tom is Founder and the CEO of NewLeaf Symbiotics, an agricultural

biologicals company that develops and commercialises beneficial

plant bacteria. He has co-founded companies in agricultural chemicals, technology,

consulting, finance, international trading and manufacturing. In 2011, together with his

brother, Tom founded a conservation and education non-profit called Hope Elephants,

where retired circus elephants are given special medical care.

Robin LougeeBusiness Solutions and Mathematical Sciences 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 organisation.

Deborah Magid Director, Software Strategy,IBM VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP, USA

Deborah represents IBM’s $25B software business in the company’s

14-year old Venture Capital Group. Deborah shares insights

about emerging markets, technologies, and business models with venture firms and

entrepreneurs around the world while scouting for emerging business opportunities. As

a director of strategy in IBM’s Software Group, she also brings insight from the venture

community to the development of IBM’s growth strategies.

Florent MainfroyCEO & Co-Founder

AIRINOV, FRANCE

Florent is the CEO and Co-Founder of AIRINOV, a start-up providing

products and services for intensive and sustainable agriculture

through an expertise in sensors and drones. Florent runs the company, which was

awarded a prize in 2010 by the French Ministry of Education and Research during the

French National Start-up Competition.

Pam Marrone Founder & CEO, MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, USA

Pamela is currently CEO and Founder of Marrone Bio Innovations

(MBI), a company with over 150 employees she started in 2006 to

discover and develop bio-based products for pest management and plant health. On

August 2, 2013, MBI listed its stock as MBII on NASDAQ, raising net proceeds of $56.4

million.

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. Prior to joining Flagship, Ignacio was the Managing Director of

Syngenta Ventures, where he was directly involved in investments in the agribusiness,

biotechnology and cleantech industries in Europe, North America and Latin America.

Marcus Meadows-Smith CEO, BIOCONSORTIA, USA

Marcus, CEO of BioConsortia, is a renowned senior executive in the

chemical, agricultural and biotechnology industries. BioConsortia,

headquartered in Davis, California, is an agricultural biotechnology company that uses a

proprietary and breakthrough technique for rapidly accelerating the selection of beneficial

microbes, forming microbial teams, or consortia, which substantially improve crop yields.

David Mills CEO, WEATHERSAFE, UK

David is the CEO of WeatherSafe, a company that helps coffee

stakeholders around the world protect and improve their farming

operations with a powerful software that combines hyper-local weather monitoring,

agronomic data modelling, and high-resolution Satellite Data. Prior to WeatherSafe, David

founded with his brother a business specialised in IT infrastructure planning and deployment.

Calum Murray Lead Technologist - Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform,

TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD, UK

Calum is a lead technologist with the Technology Strategy Board

with co-responsibility for the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform. He

represents the TSB on the Programme Coordination Group of the Global Food Security

initiative and is also a member of the international sub-group of the Food Research

Partnership

Philip Newton Director of Science, FERA, UK

Phil has 30 years of diverse experience in board level science

leadership and management.  Over the course of his career Phil

has led a marine biogeochemistry research group for the French Atomic Energy Agency,

overseen the environmental-science content of the journal Nature, provided consulting

services to universities, and most recently directed research funding for The Natural

Environment Research Council.

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Speaker Biographies

Steven C. DavisChairman & CEO, INTELLIGENT WIRLESS NETWORKS, USA

As CEO of Intelligent Wireless Networks, Steven has developed a plan for

implementing strategic wireless networks as part of the agriculture and

festival industries. With over two decades of experience in wireless networks, implementation,

design, and operation, Steven has set his sights on connecting the regions of the world that

have not yet been connected fully or at all. Steven is a founding member of the California

Economic Summit, California Forward and the San Joaquin Valley Broadband Consortium.

Bela Jankovich de Jeszenice Owner & CEO, AMBER INVESTMENT, HUNGARY

Béla is the Owner & CEO of Amber Investments, a private holding

that invests in technology and agriculture companies. He is also

the Managing Director of the privately held ’Jankovich Birtok’, a state-of-the art farming

operation of over 7,000 acres in South West Hungary and is an advisor to Anterra

Capital, an independent growth capital fund that invests in fast growing companies that

transform the way food is produced and consumed.

Lord Rupert de MauleyParliamentary Under Secretary, DEFRA, UK

Lord Rupert de Mauley is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for

the Natural Environment and Science at DEFRA. He was appointed

in September 2012. Prior to that he had been a government whip in the House of Lords

from May 2010, and before that an opposition whip from 2005. While a whip he served

also as a parliamentary spokesman on treasury, business, welfare and other matters.

Achim DobermannDirector & Chief Executive,ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH, UK

Achim is the Director & Chief Executive of Rothamsted Research,

the world’s oldest agricultural research institution. In this role he

provides leadership for a wide range of research programmes that aim to develop new

solutions for sustainable management of agricultural systems. Achim has over 25 years

experience in science and technology for sustainable agricultural development globally.

Dan DoughertyBusiness Development Manager, JOHN DEERE & COMPANY, USA

Dan leads business development and solutions strategy for the John

Deere Intelligent Solutions Group. He has been in this position since

August 2013.  In this role, Dan has responsibility for business development, strategy,

market analysis and partner alliances. In 2010, Dan joined the Ag & Turf division business

development team where he was responsible for identifying emerging opportunities and

managing collaborative industry relations.

Marco Ferroni Executive Director, SYNGENTA FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SWITZERLAND

Marco is Executive Director of the Syngenta Foundation for

Sustainable Agriculture. The Foundation’s mission is to modernize

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.

Jim Godfrey Chairman, Sustainable Agriculture & Food Innovation Platform, TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD, UK

Jim is a Council Member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences

Research Council and Chairman of the Technology Strategy Board’s

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform. He is also a member of the UK

Government Agri-Tech Strategy Leadership Council, a Trustee of both the National Institute of

Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines,

as well as being a member of the Nuffield Agricultural Scholarship Selection Panel.

Richard GodwinVisiting Professor of Agricultural Engineering, HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY, UK

Richard is currently mentoring the work at Harper Adams

University on controlled traffic and low ground pressure farming.

He holds Emeritus, Honorary and Visiting Professorships from Cranfield University,

Czech University of Life Sciences and Harper Adams University College respectively

and Honorary Doctorates from the Slovak University of Agriculture and Harper Adams

University.

Miguel Granier Founder & Managing Director, INVESTED DEVELOPMENT, USA

Miguel Granier is the Founder & Managing Director of Invested

Development, a Boston-based impact investment management

firm. Before founding ID, Miguel was the founding Investment Manager for First Light

Ventures and founder of MCAP Consulting. He began his career in social enterprise as

a loan officer for ACCION New York and has also worked for the insurance giant Fidelity

National Financial in New York and Delter Business Institute in Beijing, China. 

Martin Gruss Global Head of SeedGrowth Products, BAYER CROPSCIENCE, GERMANY

Martin has been responsible for the active seed applied products

within Bayer CropScience since 2009. Bayer SeedGrowth is among

the leading companies in this market offering a fully integrated system from all four areas

of competence: Products, Coatings, Equipment and Service, based on in-house R&D and

manufacturing in all four areas. With the introduction of Poncho VOTiVO, Bayer was the

first company to offer a ready to use combination of a chemical and a biological product.

John HamerInvestment Director, MONSANTO GROWTH VENTURES, USA

John is Investment Director for Monsanto Growth Ventures. Through

investment and partnership, he encourages entrepreneurs and

innovative start-up companies to take on the challenge of a more sustainable future for

world food production. John has more than three decades experience in research, senior

management and investment in the life sciences.

Philippe HerveHead of R&D Alliance Management, BAYER CROPSCIENCE, GERMANY

Philippe is Head of R&D Alliance Management at Bayer CropScience,

in charge of managing partnerships worldwide across the range of

expertise in agriculture. Prior to that role, he was in charge of Product Research for Rice

and Head of Emerging Research and Trait Research APAC region for Bayer CropScience

for the last three years.

Christopher HirstDirector – Strategic Growth,

GRM INTERNATIONAL, UAE

Chris is a seasoned management executive at GRM International,

with over 15 years of experience in numerous countries around

the world. Chris has recently completed a five year secondment as the CEO and Board

member of the Abu Dhabi Farmers’ Services Centre, which was established to ensure the

agriculture sector remains sustainable.

Dan HodgsonManaging Director, LINN GROVE GROWTH FUNDS, 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.

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Herco Van LiereVice President of Business Development, KEYGENE, NETHERLANDS

Herco is Vice-President of Business Development of Keygene and

globally manages the Business Development Group. He has more than

15 years of experience in Business Development in various biotechnology companies. The

Business Development Group has a strategic and operational function within KeyGene and

is responsible for developing new business contracts through existing alliances and new

alliances.

Chris Allen Vein Chief Innovation Officer for Global ICT Development, WORLD BANK, USA

As the Chief Innovation Officer for Global Technology Development

at the World Bank, Chris leads the implementation of the

World Bank’s Information and Communications Technology Strategy, ICT policy and

engagement dialogue with internal and external clients, global ICT knowledge and

expertise with client countries.

Matt WaitsCEO, SST SOFTWARE, USA

Matt is CEO of SST Software, an industry leader in agricultural

information management. In the late 90s, Matt recognised that

the underlying infrastructure necessary to process vast amounts of spatial farming data

did not exist so he guided SST Software in the development of an enterprise level, data

management platform branded as agX.

Jim WattRegional Director EMEA & APAC, TRIMBLE, GERMANY

Jim is EMEA Regional Director for Trimble Navigation’s Agriculture

Division. Jim is responsible for the product direction, go-to-market

strategies, sales channel development, and OEM relationships in the region. With more

than 30 years of experience, Jim has been working with Trimble since 2002 focusing on

business development for agriculture solutions in EMEA, India, China, and APAC.

Steve Webb External Technology & Intellectual Property Portfolio Development Leader, DOW AGROSCIENCES, USA

Steve is External Technology and Intellectual Property Portfolio

Development Leader at Dow AgroSciences. He began his career

in 1996 with Crop Protection Research and Development and joined DAS in 2000.

Throughout his career Steve has been actively involved in identifying, establishing and

leading several external collaborations with universities, public research institutes and

commercial companies.

Andrew Ziolkowski Partner, CULTIVIAN VENTURES, USA

Andrew has devoted a 30 year career to venture capital investing

and merchant banking across a broad range of industries. Among his

successful investments, he includes DexCom, Biomimetic Pharmaceuticals, FutureHealth,

Tessera, i-STAT, and The Liposome Company. Prior to joining Cultivian, Andy was a

Managing Director of SAE Ventures and Forest Street Capital LLC, where he spent 14

years as an investor and advisor to early stage healthcare and technology companies.

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Speaker Biographies

Sara Olson Research Analyst,LUX RRESEARCH, USA

As a Research Analyst at Lux Research, Sara currently leads the

Agro Innovation Intelligence practice, identifying and assessing key

opportunities for profit and technological advances within a broad range of agricultural topics

including, among others, genetically modified crops, fertilizer and pesticide optimization,

precision agriculture developments, and marker-assisted selection for key traits.

Apostolos PapadopoulosDirector, CROP INTELLECT, UK

Apostolos has a strong academic background in crop and soil

science; he is committed and passionate about R&D for the benefit

of agriculture and the environment. At previous R&D positions he managed research

projects and ran GEP efficacy trials. At Crop Intellect he has developed innovative

technologies for crop nutrition and protection and secured IP; developed innovations to

improve existing products by using additives; and developed several unique products in

crop nutrition.

Lila Preston Partner, GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, UK

Since 2008 Lila has worked with Generation’s Climate Solutions

Fund which seeks to invest in businesses that create value by

enhancing resource productivity while reducing pollution, waste and emissions. She has

worked across sectors such as agriculture, water, forestry, waste, bio-conversion and

consumer behaviour change.

Michael Raymont President & CEO, AVAC, CANADA

Michael is the President, CEO and a director of AVAC Ltd., a Canada-

based investor emphasising all aspects of the Agriculture and

Food sectors with the exception of land. AVAC also manages a portfolio of fund-of-fund

investments and the Accelerate Angel Co-investment Fund. Michael is also Chairman

of Borderline Asia, and a Director of Arzaq Investments LLC, both of which provide

investment funding and financial advisory work in Asia.

Mark RosegrantDirector, Environment & Production Technology Division, IFPRI, USA

Mark is the Director of the Environment and Production Technology

Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

He oversees research on climate change, water resources, sustainable land

management, genetic resources and biotechnology and agriculture and energy.

Luca Ruiu CEO & Founder, BIOECOPEST, ITALY

Luca is a senior researcher at the University of Sassari and CEO/

Founder of Bioecopest, start up company based in the Technology

Park of Sardinia and committed to bio-based pest management R&D. He received

the National Award for Innovation in 2010 from the Italian Republic President, several

national and international rewards, and funds to start the company.

Jim SchultzFounder & Managing Director, OPEN PRAIRIE, USA

Jim is the Founder of Open Prairie and is responsible for the

management of two multi-million dollar private equity funds with

investments in agriculture companies with disruptive technologies. A fifth-generation

agriculture entrepreneur, Jim has both a passion and understanding for building companies

using experiences gained from operating his family’s various international agri-businesses.

Vipula ShuklaSenior Program Officer, Discovery Research, BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, USA

Vipula joined the Research & Development team at The Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation in September 2012 as a Senior 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.

Giulia Stellari Co-Founder & President, AGSQUARED, USA

Giulia is a plant breeder with more than six years of field and

greenhouse growing experience. Her research has been applied in

the development of products for a $1B a year industry.  She leads AgSquared’s sales and

business development efforts identifying data-driven business opportunities and creating

partnerships with farm support and advocacy organisations to develop the ecosystem

needed for farm businesses to thrive.

Richard Stirling International Director, OPEN DATA INSTITUTE, UK

Since 2008 Richard has been at the heart of transparency and

open data initiatives in the UK. Within government Richard helped

shape the current transparency agenda, created data.gov.uk and the world’s first online

competition for government data www.showusabetterway.com. Richard is intrigued by

the ability that technology has to change society; he provided the first seed funding for

the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Where Does My Money Go?

Dean Thome Global Business Development Director,NOVOZYMES, CANADA

Dean is currently the Global Business Development Director for

Novozymes BioAg Limited and works with The BioAg Alliance – a

recently announced alliance with Monsanto. The Alliance is focused on microbial

solutions to provide more tools for farmers globally to drive yield and sustainability in

agriculture. The majority of his career has been spent building the global regulatory

affairs capabilities of the Novozymes BioAg business.

Alexander TokarzHead of Business Development, SYNGENTA, SWITZERLAND

Alexander is the Head of Business Development at Syngenta, a global

agribusiness company active in high value commercial seeds and crop

protection products. He joined Syngenta as the Head of Strategy and Planning for

the corporation. In 2007 he became Head of Corn and Oilseeds, and in 2011 Head of

Vegetables. He was appointed to his current position in April 2014.

Noor Ullah Global Head of Agriculture,

ACUMEN FUND, PAKISTAN

Noor is a senior impact investment professional and is the Global

Head for Agriculture at Acumen. He has been leading Acumen’s

efforts in the agriculture investing space for the last seven years. In addition, he also has

experience in investment management in alternative energy, water and health portfolios.

Before joining Acumen, Noor served as a consultant for the World Bank.

Eric Valette Chairman & CEO, PLANET HORIZONS, SWITZERLAND

Eric has been Chairman and CEO of PHT since 2013. He has always

been passionate about water treatment issues and after a short

period in Research and Teaching at the University of Chambéry in France, driven by an

entrepreneurial spirit, he decided to join a Swiss associate in Switzerland to create an

industrial company. With other qualified colleagues, he developed standardised solutions

in water treatment by electromagnetic technology, marketable on a worldwide level.

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March 3-4, 2015 will see the launch

of the acclaimed World Agri-Tech

Investment Summit in the US.

Achieving a “new normal” in sustainable agriculture

Accelerating innovation: The role of partnering and alliancing

Data integration: Creating high-value solutions for farmers

Synthetic biology and its application within the agri-tech space

Opportunities for horizontal collaboration between pharma-tech and agri-tech

Vertical and urban farming: Identifying the opportunities for scale

For more information on presenting or exhibiting at the summit, please contact:

Enrique Schindelheim, Commercial Director

T: +44 1273 669914 / E: enrique.schindelheim@rethinkevents.com

Intelligent Wireless Networks

IntelligentWirelessNetworkshasbeenattheforefrontoftheruralbroadbandinitiativeinCaliforniaforthepastthreeyears.AsinitialparticipantsinthefirsteverCaliforniaEconomicSummitin2011andChampionsforSMARTInfrastructure,IntelligentWirelessNetworkshasledthewayinshowingthepossibilitiesofruralconnectivity.In2012IntelligentWirelessNetworkswaskeyinFresnoCitywinningtheIBMSmarterCitiesChallengewhichaffordedFresnoCitytheopportunitytohaveanIBM team assess how it can become a SMART city.

NewLeaf

NewLeafSymbioticsisafast-growingcompanybasedatBRDGPark(DanforthPlantScienceCenter)inStLouisthatisdoingbroadR&Dandcommercialisationofbeneficialplant-associatedbacteria.NewLeafisclosingitsseriesBfinanceroundinQ32014andhasfiledalargenumberofpatents on all aspects of the production and use of plant bacteria to increase yield and promote

plant health.

Planet Horizons Technologies

PlanetHorizonsTechnologiesisaSwiss-basedcompanythatisattheforefrontofwatertreatmenttechnologybyelectromagneticfields.TheAqua-4D®technologydevelopedbyPlanetHorizonsTechnologies from the 2000s improves agricultural production, water consumption, pest attacks,

and the need for phyto-sanitary products and fertilisers. Two strong USPs in irrigation are the

possibility of irrigating with brackish water allowing cultures of saline sensitive crops while having a

leachingeffectonthesoil,andtheinhibitionofnematodeattacks.

Planet Horizons

Aqua-4D Water Solutions

Rowbot

Rowbotisredefiningwhat’spossibleforfarmersbyusingrobotics.ItsfirstRowbot–asmall,self-driving,multi-useplatformforcorn–worksinteamstoapplynitrogenfertiliserinsyncwithcorn needs, inter-seeds cover-crops into tall corn, and collects data to inform both current and

future work. Rowbots allow work to happen when and how it makes the most sense, not when it’s

possible due to legacy equipment and operator constraints.

Starpharma

Starpharma develops and commercialises products based on highly-branched polymers known

as dendrimers. Starpharma’s Priostar® dendrimers have a cost and performance profile optimised

foragrochemicalapplications.Priostar®offersformulatorsthechancetocreateinnovative,differentiated,IP-protectedformulationswithbenefitsincluding:Improveduptakeandefficacy,higherloading and solubility, better dispersion, adhesion to leaves and stems and protection of actives.

WeatherSafe

AtWeatherSafe,theydevelopsolutionstooneofthegreatestchallengesfacinghumankind–leadership in data science, the next breakthrough area of agriculture. Together, they will provide

new time critical insights and help farmers and government with the decisions they make every

season, generating new growth opportunities. WeatherSafe has formed rewarding relationships

andreceivedinvestmentfromtheEuropeanSpaceAgency&theUKTechnologyStrategyBoard.These collaborations are aimed at supporting the delivery of their technology to help agriculture

decision-making, to optimise both quantity and quality of crops’ outputs, therefore increasing yield

and profits, throughout the entire value chain, from the farmer to the end-user.

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Technology Innovation Session Company Profiles

Airinov

Airinov is a French company founded in 2010 by an electronic engineer, a computer science

engineer and a farmer’s son. Airinov’s aim is to provide new kinds of services for farmers regarding

precisionfarming.ThecompanydesignedthemultiSPEC4Csensortoregisterreflectanceofthevegetationin4bands.ThesensormeasurestheNDVI(NormalizedDifferenceVegetationIndex)inone shot with reflectance signal correction allowed by the included luxmeter.

Benson Hill Biosystems

BensonHillBiosystemsisanagriculturalbiotechnologycompanyfocusedonthedevelopmentof traits to increase intrinsic crop yield. The company employs an integrated, systems-based

approach to trait discovery and validation, and has developed a robust pipeline of next-generation

traitcandidates.BensonHillanditspartnersarededicatedtoaddressingtheforemostchallengeinsustainableproductionagriculture–boostingcropyieldsonexistingacreageandwithlimitedinputs.

AgSquared

AgSquared is the global data platform for small farms. 85% of the world’s farms, producing 70%

of the food we eat, are too small and too labour-intensive to benefit from existing precision

ag technologies. AgSquared’s cloud-based platform is designed to help farmers of all scales,

regardless of the crops that they grow, manage their farms more successfully. As farmers capture

data from the field AgSquared builds a complete picture of their farming operations to help them

make smarter decisions for increased productivity, profitability and sustainability.

Bioecopest

Bioecopest is an early stage biotech-based startup company located in the Technology Park of

Sardinia. Bioecopest is committed to discovering and developing new bio-based active ingredients

through isolation and screening of entomopathogenic microbials, biopesticide design, mode of

action studies, product candidate patenting and development. Among the latest innovations is

the implementation of an integrated platform focusing on the development of innovative pest

management solutions targeting the insect immune system.

Crop Intellect

Crop Intellect is a research and development company with a focus on agricultural innovations

that respond to current and future issues in agriculture. Their passion, expertise and experience

in agricultural research coupled with their strong links with academia and industry are the key

to their aim, making a positive impact on the world’s agriculture for a secure, sustainable future.

Thecompanyoffersstateoftheartagriculturalproductsbasedoninnovativetechnologiesandinhouse developed complex formulations.

Force- A

FORCE-AisaleadingcompanyinPrecisionAgricultureandViticultureprovidinginnovativecost-effectiveplantdiagnostictoolsandsolutionsforreal-timecropmonitoringandmanagement.Characterisation of spraying quality, pruning and fertilising management, selective harvesting

and quality optimisation, high-throughput phenotyping for breeders, are among the applications

answeredbyFORCE-A’ssolutions.

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