Sustainable Food & Agriculture Forum

Join CleanTechIQ for this executive Forum that will bring together leading experts to discuss and debate the latest advancements, investment opportunities and innovative projects that are driving new business models, financing and industry partnerships in sustainable food and agriculture systems globally.

Hear about the latest advancements in corporate food sustainability, indoor farming, food safety, traceability, and opportunities in food waste and other AgTech investment trends globally.

7:30am Registration and breakfast networking

8:15am Controlled Environment Agriculture / Urban Farming Models

Our panel of leading developers at the forefront of urban agriculture innovation will discuss how their projects got up and running, their project's performance, consumer acceptance and key lessons learned. They will address issues around scalability and efficiency and provide insight into the partnerships, financing and business models driving the growth of urban farming projects globally.

Speakers Include:

• Paul Lightfoot, CEO, BrightFarms
• Tobias Peggs, CEO Square Roots Urban Growers
• Irving Fain, CEO, Bowery Farming
• Melissa N. Subjeck, Partner, Hodgson Russ (moderator)

9:00am Digital Horticulture - IoT and Machine Learning aid growing at scale

Speaker: Jeff Bisberg, CEO, Illumitex

9:15am Opportunities in Food Waste

The U.S. gov't recently issued a food waste reduction goal, calling for a 50 percent cut by 2030. Beyond the environmental benefits of reduced food waste, new waste-to-value projects can be profitable for both businesses and municipalities and are attracting new business models and industry partnerships.

Speakers Include:

• Ricky Ashenfelter, Co-Founder & CEO of Spoiler Alert
• Alison Grantham, Director of Food Systems R & D, Blue Apron
• Steven Finn, Vice President, Food Waste Prevention, LeanPath
• Danielle Joseph, Investment Officer, Closed Loop Partners (moderator)

10:00am Coffee break

10:05am Food Safety & Traceability

Our presenters representing food industry, financing and technology experts will address how new policies, innovation, partnerships and consumer demand is increasing food safety and traceability.

Speakers Include:

• Philip Harris, Founder, Ripe.io (Blockchain of Food)
• Cory Sullivan, Operations & Development, Crafted Hospitality
• Devon Klatell, Initiative Strategy Lead for Food, The Rockefeller Foundation

10:35am Making an Impact: The Corporate & Investor's Perspective

Food & Agriculture corporates and leading investors will provide insight into the most compelling sustainable food and agriculture trends and investment opportunities globally .

Speakers Include:

• William R. Aimutis, Ph.D., Global Director – External Innovation, Cargill Inc.

• Andrew Ive, Executive Director, Food-X / SOSV

• Jeff Possick, Managing Director, MissionPoint Capital Partners

• Adam Bergman, Senior Vice President, CleanTech Banking, Wells Fargo (moderator)