AgTech NEXT
Speakers
Gain Insight and Inspiration from Thought Leaders Who Are Shaping the Future of Food
We are thrilled to announce the AgTech NEXT 2022 speaker lineup that includes incredible thought leaders, who will inspire creative thinking about how we can leverage innovative technologies, develop a diverse talent force, and co-create more equitable trade programs to better steward our collective resources and forge a more resilient future for food.
Speaker Profiles
2022 Speakers
Matt Bechdol
CEO, GRYFN
Bob Morris
President of AndMore Associates, LLC
Jennifer Ozimkiewicz
Senior Vice President and Head of Global Corn and Soybean Crop Business Bayer, Crop Science Division
Cynthia Rosenzweig, PhD
Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies; and World Food Prize Laureate 2022
Rebecca Bart, PhD
Associate Member, Danforth Plant Science Center, Co-director SINC Center
Adam Bergman
Managing Director, Clean Energy Transition Group & Global Head of AgTech Investment, Citi
Dr. Ryan Bond
Sr. Director, Global Proprietary Business Development and Innovation, Nutrien Ag Solutions
Julie Borlaug
President, Borlaug Foundation
Nicholas Brozovic
Director of Policy, Daugherty Water for Food Institute, University of Nebraska
Fernando Candia
Vice President of Carbon Solutions, Bunge
Mike DeCamp
President & CEO, CoverCress
Amy Funk
Director, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Innovation Center
Shannon Hauf
Senior Vice President and Head of Seed Production Innovation, Bayer Crop Science
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Founder & CEO, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation
Dessa Kopp
Vice President, Talent Management, Post Holdings, Inc.
Winnie Lieu
General Manager of Downstream Strategy, Chevron
Mac Marshall
Vice President, Market Intelligence for the United Soybean Board
Allison Miller, PhD
Member, Danforth Plant Science Center and Professor of Biology, Saint Louis University
Nancy Pfund
Founder and Managing Partner, DBL Partners
Justin Raymundo
Director of Regional Workforce Strategy, BioSTL
Lisa Safarian
President and COO, Pivot Bio
Vasit Sagan, PhD
Acting Director, Taylor Geospatial Institute, Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Science, Saint Louis University
Daniel Schachtman
Director of the Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Martha Schlicher, PhD
Entrepreneur in Residence, BioGenerator
Natalie Self
Senior Vice President, Equitable Economic Impact, Cortex
Pablo Sobron
CEO, Impossible Sensing
Nick Speed
Founder of Ujima and George Washington Carver Farms
Sanjay Wagle
Co-founder and Managing Director Lightsmith Group
Jason Wrone
Partner, Open Prairie
Kenneth Scott Zuckerberg
Lead Analyst & Senior Economist, CoBank
