September 11-13, 2017
Monday, September 11, 2017 Lobby, McDonnell Atrium
Agenda 1:50-2:30 PM Welcome & Retrospective AT&T Auditorium
1:00-1:50 PM
Registration & Networking
AT&T Auditorium
Spotlight: View from the Farm
2:30-2:45 PM
Spotlight: Food Labeling Strategies AT&T Auditorium
2:45-3:00 PM
Company Showcase
3:00-3:30 PM
AT&T Auditorium
3:30-4:00 PM
Exhibits & Networking Break McDonnell International Gallery, Café
4:00-4:30 PM
AT&T Auditorium
4:30-5:00 PM Company Showcase AT&T Auditorium
Spotlight: Vestaron’s Bioinsecticides
5:00-5:45 PM Company Showcase AT&T Auditorium
5:45-7:30 PM Opening Reception Missouri History Museum
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
7:30-8:45 AM Registration & Networking Breakfast Lobby, McDonnell Atrium
8:45-9:00 AM Welcome Remarks AT&T Auditorium
9:00-9:40 AM Opening Keynote - Dr. Adrian Percy, AT&T Auditorium
Bayer AG, Crop Science
9:40-10:40 AM Exhibits & Networking Break McDonnell International Gallery, Café
10:40-11:40 AM Disruptive Dialogue: Soil Health and AT&T Auditorium
Input Management
11:40-12:10 PM Company Showcase AT&T Auditorium
12:10-12:20 PM Regulatory Update with Deepti AT&T Auditorium
Kulkarni, Sidley Austin LLP
12:20-1:30 PM Networking Lunch McDonnell Atrium
1:30-2:00 PM Spotlight: Data and Machine Learning in the
Great Outdoors & Inside the Bubble AT&T Auditorium
2:00-3:00 PM Company Showcase AT&T Auditorium
3:00-3:20 PM Company Showcase AT&T Auditorium
3:20-5:10 PM Special Content Sessions Langenberg Theater, Library
5:15-6:30 PM Networking Reception & Tours of McDonnell Atrium
Danforth Plant Science Center
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
7:30-9:00 AM Networking Breakfast McDonnell Atrium
8:30-11:30 AM University Showcase, Exhibits, Exhibitions: Café, McDonnell
Networking & Special Content International Gallery,
Sessions Langenberg Theater,
AT&T Auditorium
11:30-11:45 AM Spotlight: View from the Farm AT&T Auditorium
11:45-12:45 PM Disruptive Dialogue AT&T Auditorium
12:45-2:00 PM Networking Lunch, Closing Remarks, Prizes McDonnell Atrium
2:00-4:00 PM Exhibits & Networking Café, McDonnell
International Gallery
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WELCOME 1 Table of Contents
MONDAY, September 11th 11
TUESDAY, September 12th 21
WEDNESDAY, September 13th 37
SPONSORS 60
Tweet at us! Network Name: Danforth Guest
@AgShowcase Username: Danforth_Guest
#17AIS Password: #1PlantScience
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RESEARCH+RESOURCES+RELATIONSHIPS
Partial list of tenant companies
Allied Blending &
Ingredients
Bayer
Evogene Ltd.
HighQuest Partners
Honeywell
KWS
MOgene
NewLeaf Symbiotics
St. Louis Community
College Center for Plant
& Life Sciences
Thompson Coburn
SyMyco
www.BRDG-Park.com CONTACT
1005 N. Warson Rd. Mark Gorski, Director, Development
St. Louis, MO 63132 [email protected]
314.812.8027
Follow us on Twitter @BRDGPark
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WELCOME LETTER 2 Welcome
ABOUT THE SHOWCASE 3
ORGANIZING TEAM 6
ADVISORY COMMITTEE 8
Welcome Welcome to the Ninth Annual
Ag Innovation Showcase
Welcome to the Ag Innovation Showcase!
We are now accustomed to the fact that the Showcase consistently attracts the best
and the brightest, not only in the scope and quality of the innovations, but in the
community we foster.
This year’s theme, Farm, Food, and Feast of Data, points to the trends and the
practices that mark agriculture and its influence on a range of issues of concern to our
world: population growth, food traceability, security and productivity, soil health, use
and management of inputs, etc. We are grateful to feature outstanding speakers and
entrepreneurs addressing critical issues. We have divided the Company Showcase into
six blocks of a few companies each, drilling down into the implications of the theme
and its offerings to meet the challenges identified. There are no shortage of challenges
and innovative responses, and the Showcase continues to evolve to stay relevant and
stimulating.
This year’s lineup begins and ends with Views from the Farm, profiling a new
generation of farmers, farm operations, and farm families, their embrace of innovation
on the farm and how they add value to create post-harvest products. Spotlight
sessions and disruptive dialogues (panels) feature perspectives from investors, ag
industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and farmers. The sponsored Special Content Sessions
focus on specific organizations within the ag innovation community such as the
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and DOE’s ARPA-E and geographies
including France, Argentina, and Canada. For the second year, we are proud to
feature university-based innovations in the University Showcase, thus fulfilling our
promise to present the entire spectrum of innovations.
Once again, time and space is built into the agenda to ensure time for informal and
formal meetings.
The Showcase is near and dear to those who spawned it and organize it each year.
We appreciate most gratefully the enthusiasm and commitment of our Advisory
Committee, reviewers, and mentors. We are tremendously thankful for the support
that our sponsors have provided again this year. We simply could not bring the
Showcase to you without the help of all these committed people.
Thank you. We wish everyone an enjoyable and productive three days.
SAM FIORELLO, Chief Operating ROHIT SHUKLA
Officer and Senior Vice President for Founder & CEO,
Administration and Finance, Larta Institute
Donald Danforth Plant Science
Center, President, BRDG Park
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9 YEARS OF SUCCESS About the Showcase
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 3
Larta Institute’s
Ag Practice
Larta’s Ag Practice promises world-class events, a quarterly
$304M+
industry series, and our trademark programs for startups
funded by USDA - our exclusive commercialization partner
IN NON-DILUTIVE FUNDING
in ag. Connecting our companies to the industry is at the
AWARDS TO OUR PORTFOLIO
heart of what we do. Larta’s Ag Innovation Showcase and the COMPANIES
quarterly Global Ag Innovation Network grows our network IN 2016
for our companies to tap.
620
“We were introduced to Pegasus, Cargill, STRATEGIC INTRODUCTIONS
FACILITATED
Monsanto and Bayer as part of the process. IN 2016
The Ag Innovation Showcase was the best
84%
experience of our company’s life. ”
FORTUNE 100, FORTUNE 500
& GLOBAL 500 COMPANIES
KAREN SORBER
CEO, MICRONIC TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD
2015 AG SHOWCASE PRESENTING COMPANY
705
AG ENTREPRENEURS
MENTORED
SINCE 2005
160
TECHNOLOGIES AT
AG INNOVATION SHOWCASE
SINCE 2009
$510M+
RAISED BY AG INNOVATION
SHOWCASE COMPANIES
SINCE 2009
CONTACT
CLAIRE KINLAW
Agriculture Practice Director
[email protected]
www.larta.org
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Larta’s Ideas, energized prize
A prize for the presenter with the most innovative technology
and market-worthy innovation.
Larta Institute is proud to award for a second year, the Ideas, energized prize
in food and agriculture at the 2017 Ag Innovation Showcase. The prize bears
the name of the Larta Institute’s tag line and embodies Larta’s commitment to
energizing innovation. In addition to a cash prize of $5,000, the Ideas, energized
prize will provide the winner with a year of customized mentoring by the Larta
executive team.
The Ideas, energized prize is awarded to the early stage company presenter
with the most innovative technology and market-worthy innovation. Presenting
companies are judged by a panel of experienced entrepreneurs and investors
based on how well they compete in four categories: showmanship, novelty of
innovation, commercial potential, and the potential to disrupt their market. Larta’s Ideas, energized prize
Last year’s winner XTB Laboratories, a California-based, women-led business,
co-founded by Dr. Cristina Davis, developed an early disease detection and
prevention platform for high value crops based on unique odor profiles.
In Dr. Davis’ words, “The Ideas, energized prize shone a spotlight on us.”
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Organizing Team
Larta Institute
Larta Institute, founded in Los Angeles in 1993, is an
internationally recognized and mission-driven innovation
accelerator that provides a runway of success for world-
changing ideas in healthcare, agriculture and energy.
Larta Institute has helped more than 10,000 companies
transform ideas into commercialized innovations that
feed, fuel and heal the world. With a global network
of entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, industry leaders,
research institutions, government agencies and support
organizations, Larta conducts commercialization
assistance programs throughout the U.S. and in more
than 20 countries. Follow us on Twitter @LartaInstitute.
Donald Danforth
Plant Science Center
Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science
Center is a not-for-profit research institute with a mission
to improve the human condition through plant science.
Research, education and outreach aim to have impact
at the nexus of food security and the environment,
and position the St. Louis region as a world center for
plant science. The Center’s work is funded through
competitive grants from many sources, including the
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Energy,
National Science Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Bio Research & Development
Growth Park
The Bio Research & Development Growth (BRDG)
Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center helps life
sciences and clean-tech companies bridge research,
resources and relationships to achieve commercial
success. World-class wet labs and office space, plus
a prominent incubator and on-site workforce training
at BRDG Park are just the beginning. BRDG Park takes
maximum advantage of its location on the campus of the
Danforth Center and the robust scientific capital found
in the St. Louis region, and offers emerging scientific
enterprises just the right combination – interactions
between top scientists and access to state-of-the-art core
facilities such as technologically advanced greenhouses,
growth chambers, microscopy, proteomics, and tissue
transformation facilities.
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LARTA INSTITUTE
ROHIT SHUKLA CONSTANZA
Founder & CEO, PACHON
Larta Institute President & Chief
Operating Officer,
Larta Institute
CARLOS GUTIERREZ ILEANA SARAFIAN
Chief Strategy Senior Events
Officer, Larta Manager, Larta
Institute Institute Organizing Team
CLAIRE KINLAW COREY CARLETON
Agriculture Practice Director of
Director, Larta Communications,
Institute Larta Institute
ELIZABETH COLE CINDY LE
Business Senior
Development Communications
Manager, Larta Associate, Larta
Institute Institute
ELIZABETH UL
Senior Programs
Associate,
Larta Institute
WEXFORD SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY BRDG PARK
MARK GORSKI SAM FIORELLO
Director, Development, Chief Operating
Wexford Science + Officer, Donald
Technology Danforth Plant
Science Center,
President, BRDG Park
DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
KARLA ROEBER TAM MCGUIRE
Vice President, Public Director of Events,
& Government Affairs, Donald Danforth
Donald Danforth Plant Plant Science Center
Science Center
MELANIE BERNDS AMANDA KARAS
Director of Public Events Coordinator,
Relations, Donald Donald Danforth
Danforth Plant Plant Science Center
Science Center
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Advisory Committee
BILL AIMUTIS MICHAEL
Global Director of HELMSTETTER PH.D
External Innovation, Co-Founder, President
Cargill & CEO TechAccel
SHARON BERBERICH PHILIPPE HERVE
CEO, Plastomics, LLC Investment Advisor,
Bioenterprise
Captial
DAN BRODERICK ARNON HEYMAN
VP of Capital Director of Project
Formation & Management, Crop
Entrepreneurship, Protection Division
BioSTL Evogene
KRISH DORAISWAMY MARK KAHN
Technology-to-Market Founding Partner,
Advisor, ARPA-E Ominvore Partners
KIRK HANEY NICOLA KERSLAKE
Managing Partner, Founder, New Bean
Radicle Capital
JACQUELINE HEARD PHILIPPE DE
Venture Partner, LAPÉROUSE
Anterra Capital Managing Director,
HighQuest Partners
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ROB LECLERC DEREK NORMAN
Founder & CEO, Head Corporate
AgFunder Venture Capital,
Syngenta Ventures
ADITYA MALHOTRA RYAN RAKESTRAW
President & CEO, Principal, Monsanto
SyMyco Growth Ventures Advisory Committee
MARK MATLOCK ANDREAS RENZ
Senior VP of Vice President of
Research, Archer Business Development
Daniels Midland Vestaron Corporation
Company
RONALD MEEUSEN DAVID RUSSELL
Managing Partner Venture Partner
Cultivian Ventures, LLC Lewis & Clark
Ventures
MAT MÜLLER ERIC WARD
Ag Biotech Business Co-CEO,
Development, AgBiome, Inc.
Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc.
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Improving the Human Condition through Plant Science
SCIENCE:
Accelerating Discovery
PEOPLE:
Scientists Enabling
Impact
COMMUNITY:
Economic Growth and
Education Outreach
www.danforthcenter.org • Feed the hungry and improve human health
975 N. Warson Rd. I St. Louis, MO 63132 • Preserve and renew the environment
Follow us on Twitter @DanforthCenter • Enhance the St. Louis region as a world center
for plant science
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SPOTLIGHT: View from the Farm - the New Generation 13 Monday, September 12th
SPOTLIGHT: Food Labeling Strategies 13
COMPANY SHOWCASE: Farm & Food: Ingredients and Markets -
New Sources 14
COMPANY SHOWCASE: Farm & Food: Decontamination
and Disease Detection 15
SPOTLIGHT: Vestaron’s Bioinsecticides –
Putting the Pieces Together 17
COMPANY SHOWCASE: Farm & Food: Beneficials and Biologics 19
SCIENCE FOR
A BETTER LIFE
INVESTED IN Finding solutions to some of the world’s most urgent challenges
INNOVATION. SCIENCE FOR
INVESTING
A BETTER LIFE
$1 billion annually in research and development
Finding solutions to some of the world’s most urgent challenges
INVESTED IN
INNOVATION. INNOVATION
INVESTING
Advancing agriculture through innovation
$1 billion annually in research and development
LEARN MORE AT
www.CropScience.Bayer.us MAKING A DIFFERENCE
INNOVATION
Supporting communities where we live, work and
FOLLOW US Advancing agriculture through innovation
play through fi nancial contributions and hands-on
@Bayer4CropsUS philanthropic efforts
LEARN MORE AT
www.CropScience.Bayer.us MAKING A DIFFERENCE
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Supporting communities where we live, work and
the Bayer Cross are registered trademarks of Bayer. For additional product information, call toll-free 1-866-99-BAYER (1-866-992-2937) or visit
our website at www.CropScience.Bayer.us.
FOLLOW US play through fi nancial contributions and hands-on
@Bayer4CropsUS philanthropic efforts
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the Bayer Cross are registered trademarks of Bayer. For additional product information, call toll-free 1-866-99-BAYER (1-866-992-2937) or visit
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SPOTLIGHT: View From The Farm –
The New Generation
Monday, September 11th 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
AT&T Auditorium Spotlights
With an eye toward innovation adoption, a new generation farmer shares his views
on what excites him for the future of his family’s Midwest farm. He will share with us
innovations he has adopted and what problems need to be addressed by small and
big agriculture.
GARRET RIEKHOF
Fifth Generation Farmer
GR Farms
SPOTLIGHT: Food Labeling Strategies
Monday, September 11th 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
AT&T Auditorium
Food value chain stories are created when we track food attributes from the farm
to the consumer’s dinner table. This spotlight will highlight strategies for food
labeling that allow producers to connect with consumers over the story of where
food ingredients originate.
PATRICK MOOREHEAD
Chief Marketing Officer
Label Insight
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FARM & FOOD: Ingredients and Markets -
Company Showcase
New Sources
Monday, September 11th 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
AT&T Auditorium
Consumers are increasingly aware and concerned about the nutritional value
of their food. Companies in this block are commercializing innovations to bring
ingredients into the food system from new sources that include protein from insect
farms and other naturally-occurring ingredients at reduced cost via commercial
enzymatic processes.
MOHAMMED ASHOUR
Co-Founder and CEO
[email protected]
Austin, Texas
www.aspirefg.com
(See page 50 for company description)
ED ROGERS, CEO
[email protected]
Charlottesville, Virginia
www.bonumose.com/
(See page 52 for company description)
KELLY STUREK, CEO
[email protected]
Lincoln, Nebraska
[email protected]
(See page 52 for company description)
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FARM & FOOD: Decontamination and
Disease Detection
Monday, September 11th 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
AT&T Auditorium
Food safety remains an important problem that companies in this block are
addressing by the detection or the decontamination of contaminated foods and
facilities. Innovations address rapid in line testing of foods and production facilities
and animals to identify problems before they leave a facility as well as providing Company Showcase
sterilization of stored food materials.
LARRY CLARKE, CEO
[email protected]
St. Louis, Missouri
(See page 55 for company description)
DAVID MEDIN, CEO
[email protected]
Menlo Park, California
https://gust.com/companies/snapDNA
(See page 58 for company description)
BETHANY DESHPANDE, CEO
[email protected]
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
[email protected]
(See page 58 for company description)
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SCIENCE.
ADVANCED.
TechAccel is a venture and technology
development organization. We’re focused on
innovations in agriculture and animal health.
We invest in new technologies AND fund science
advancement initiatives with leading research
institutions to drive innovations
to market.
Talk with us at AgInnovation
Showcase about:
• Crop breeding and genetics
• Crop protection and management
• Animal nutrition
• Animal health
• Grain processing and by-products
• Food Safety and quality
Advancing Agriculture and Animal Health Innovations ™
www.TechAccel.net 6811 Shawnee Mission Parkway, #215
Overland Park, KS 66208
@Tech_Accel 913-549-4124
Technology Acceleration Partners 975 North Warson Road
[email protected] St. Louis, MO 63132
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SPOTLIGHT: Vestaron’s Bioinsecticides –
Putting the Pieces Together
Monday, September 11th 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Spotlight
AT&T Auditorium
Vestaron specializes in isolating the non-toxic components of venoms for use as
insecticides. Our first series of products, based on a component of spider venom,
will be ready for commercialization in late 2017 or early 2018. We’ll describe what it
took to get us here!
JOHN SORENSON
CEO, Vestaron
Ag Showcase Alumnus 2011
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FARM & FOOD: Beneficials and Biologics
Monday, September 11th 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
AT&T Auditorium
Healthy soils, plants, and animals produce greater yields. This block of companies
addresses sustainable products to provide these inputs to the food system through
beneficial microbes or protection from pests using innovations based on biology
and nutrition. Company Showcase
BRUCE CALDWELL, CEO
[email protected]
Columbus, Ohio
[email protected]
(See page 49 for company description)
CHERYL VICKROY
President & CEO
[email protected]
Madison, Wisconsin
amebagone.com
(See page 50 for company description)
MATIAS VIEL, CEO
Biotechnology applied to crop pollinaaon [email protected]
Mendoza, Argentina
www.beeflows.com
(See page 51 for company description)
ASHISH MALIK
President & CEO
[email protected]
Sacramento, California
[email protected]
(See page 51 for company description)
HAMLET ABNOUSI, CEO
[email protected]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(See page 56 for company description)
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Welcome to America’s AgTech Innovation Capital
The 39° North district
will offer:
39° North unites the world’s leading
Mixed-use center
AgTech minds while tackling the with residential
and retail space
world’s greatest challenges. As a
growing hub for life sciences, 39° North
is building on an already impressive
reputation for biotech innovation
with added accessibility, Shared office
sustainability, and livability. and lab space
Walking and
bike trails
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OPENING KEYNOTE: Dr. Adrian Percy, Bayer AG, Crop Science 23 Tuesday, September 12Th
DISRUPTIVE DIALOGUE: Soil Health and Input Management 24
COMPANY SHOWCASE: Feast of Data: Input Market - Genetics 25
REGULATORY UPDATE 27
SPOTLIGHT: Data and Machine Learning in the Great Outdoors
& Data and Machine Learning Inside the Bubble 27
COMPANY SHOWCASE: Feast of Data: Climate Forecast
& Application 29
COMPANY SHOWCASE: Food & Farm: Recovery of Inputs 31
SPECIAL CONTENT SESSION: Early Stage Technologies for High
Throughput Phenotyping and Digital Agriculture 33
FRANCE: THE LARGEST, MOST INNOVATIVE
AGRICULTURAL MARKET IN EUROPE
Agri N.E.S.T
The French agricultural industry is the largest in Europe, making France a prime source for new
agricultural technologies and a world class location to set up a European business platform.
France counts over 200 Ag Tech startups, and initiatives have been developed throughout the
country to help them grow stronger, faster. Innovation parks like Agronov in Dijon, Burgundy pro-
vide young companies with direct access to customers and technical resources. Business France
launched the Agri N.E.S.T. acceleration program in 2015 as a bridge between both countries,
helping the most promising Ag Tech startups expand overseas. Learn more at www.agri-nest.com.
in partnership with
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Shaping the Future of Farming Through
Innovation & Collaboration
Tuesday, September 12th 9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
AT&T Auditorium
The Crop Science division of Bayer shares how innovation and collaboration are
essential to solve the global agriculture and food challenges that society faces. Opening Keynote
Through a combination of novel R&D discovery, external partnerships, investment
in disruptive technology and open innovation tools, Bayer is working today to
shape the future of farming.
DR. ADRIAN PERCY
Head of Research & Development,
Bayer AG, Crop Science
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Soil Heath and Input Management
Disruptive Dialogue
Tuesday, September 12th 10:40 AM – 11:40 AM
AT&T Theatre
SPEAKERS: Nicholas Goeser, Poornima Parameswaran, Steve Swaffar, C. Ryan Bond
MODERATOR: Pete Nelson, President and Executive Director, AgLaunch
Different voices will explore trends and issues with soils and inputs. What is soil
health? What inputs are critical, how are they being managed on farms? How do
management practices and inputs interact to determine sustainable yields? How is
big data and machine learning impacting decisions on farm and input management?
POORNIMA PARAMESWARAN
Executive Director
Trace Genomics
NICHOLAS GOESER
Director, National Corn
Growers Association
STEVE SWAFFAR
Executive Director
No-till on the Plains
C. RYAN BOND, PH.D.
VP, Strategic Marketing
& Innovation, Koch
Agronomic Services
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FEAST OF DATA: Input Market - Genetics
Tuesday, September 12th 11:40 AM – 12:10 PM
AT&T Auditorium
Advances in the processes by which crop genomes are manipulated and modified
continues to offer promise for climate smart agriculture. Innovations from this
group of companies either improve the viability of pollen and therefore of seed
production or improve the traits which plants carry so as to increase scalability,
yields and stress tolerance. Company Showcase
JERALD S. FEITELSON, CEO
[email protected]
San Diego, California
[email protected]
(See page 49 for company description)
WENDY MOSHER, CEO
[email protected]
Ft. Collins, Colorado
[email protected]
(See page 55 for company description)
TODD KRONE
President & CEO
[email protected]
Ankeny, Iowa
(See page 56 for company description)
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COMMERCIALIZATION AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS
The Agri-Technology Commercialization Centre is a hub of specialized
industry knowledge and market expertise, dedicated to enhancing
research, development and commercialization of groundbreaking
agricultural technologies.
AGRITECHCENTRE.CA [email protected]
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Regulatory Update
Tuesday, September 12th 12:10 PM – 12:20 PM
AT&T Auditorium Spotlights
In a 2016 Ag Innovation Showcase panel Ms. Kulkarni provided regulatory insights
for gene editing. This year she joins us to provide a short update on the federal
“Coordinated Regulatory Framework for Biotechnology.” The FDA, USDA and EPA
have proposed changes this year that will address gene editing.
DEEPTI A. KULKARNI
Associate, Food and Drug Law
SPOTLIGHT: Data and Machine Learning
in the Great Outdoors & Data and Machine
Learning Inside the Bubble
Tuesday, September 12th 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
AT&T Auditorium
Is data the next currency for agriculture? What will it take for machine learning
and data to go beyond describing the situation on the ground or in the house
to predict performance and prescribe decisions? What can outdoor commodity
farming and indoor high value crop farming learn from each other?
NICOLA KERSLAKE
Founder, New Bean Capital
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 27
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Buenos Aires,
City of Talent
We promote BA as a great investment
destination and position local goods and
services abroad, in order to generate
employment and economic development
through talent.
[email protected]
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FEAST OF DATA: Climate Forecast &
Application
Tuesday, September 12th 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
AT&T Auditorium
The ability to forecast outcomes provides the opportunity to improve farming
decisions. Companies in this block are developing technologies that better
forecast weather, the performance of specific genetic varieties for specific growing
environments and climates, and costs of farming activities. Company Showcase
JUDITH CURRY, President
[email protected]
Reno, Nevada
http://agricast.ca/contact-us/
(See page 53 for company description)
IGNACIO ALBORNOZ, CEO
[email protected]
Argentina & United States
www.farmintech.com
(See page 54 for company description)
RÉGIS RUPERT
Associate director - Co-founder
[email protected]
Chalonnes-sur-Loire, France
[email protected]
(See page 54 for company description)
MICHAEL BRUNIAUX
Co-Founder and CEO
[email protected]
Lille, France
(See page 57 for company description)
MARGARET MAIZEL, President
[email protected]
Fort Collins, Colorado
http://visualfarms.com/#Contact
(See page 59 for company description)
ARSALAN LODHI, Founder and CEO
[email protected]
Sunnyvale, California
(See page 59 for company description)
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 29
Together We Feed the World
and Protect the Planet.
Monsanto is proud to partner with nonprofits, farmers, researchers,
universities and others to create a positive impact for people and
the planet. We’re dedicated to doing our part to encourage vibrant
communities, a thriving ecosystem and a better tomorrow.
Visit Monsanto.com to learn more.
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Monsanto Technology LLC. ©2017 Monsanto Company.
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FOOD & FARM: Recovery of Inputs
Tuesday, September 12th 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM
AT&T Auditorium
Creating loops out of production chains improves environmental impacts and
provides opportunities for cost savings. Companies in this block highlight
innovations in recycling and reclaiming solid inputs from waste streams of water or
solvents. Company Showcase
HANNAH MURNEN
VP Business Development
Newport, Delaware
[email protected]
(See page 53 for company description)
CHRISTINE HAAS
Co-founder and President
[email protected]
London, England
Ontario, Canada
(See page 57 for company description)
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 31
Supporting Missouri’s Innovative Ideas
The Missouri Technology Corporation is a public-private
partnership created by the Missouri General Assembly to
promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new
and emerging high-tech companies. MTC focuses on 21st
Century bioscience industries that build on Missouri’s
rich history in agriculture. It is governed by a 15-member
board of directors appointed by Missouri’s Governor,
Speaker of the House, and President Pro Tem of the
Senate. The President of the University of Missouri
System and the Director of the Department
of Economic Development are ex officio members of
the board.
MTC invests in many startups popping up around
the state, adding to Missouri’s growing innovation
scene. According to the most recent Census data
(2013), Missouri led the nation in new business
creation, and our communities continue to be
named among the fastest-growing startup scenes
and some of the country’s best places to start
a business. Much of this excitement is due to
organizations like MTC, as well as the commitment
of our state’s leaders to build up Missouri’s tech
ecosystem. Through increased funding, MTC has
been able to help even more local companies get
their innovative ideas and products off the ground.
To date, MTC has co-invested in 100 companies who
have in turn been able to raise over $450 million in
additional capital to grow their businesses and create
jobs.
MTC works to ensure that the next big idea happens
right here in Missouri. Visit missouritechnology.com to
learn more about its resources!
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. NEW COMPANIES. NEW JOBS.
Missouri Department of Economic Development
P.O. Box 1157 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 | Missouri Technology Corporation
573.751.4962 | www.ded.mo.gov P.O. Box 2137 | Jefferson City, MO 65102 | 573.526.0470
www.missouritechnology.com
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Early Stage Technologies for High
Throughput Phenotyping and Digital
Agriculture
Tuesday, September 12th 3:20 PM - 5:10 PM
Langenberg Theater
This session features several early-stage innovations that could transform the
efficiency and effectiveness of plant breeding and crop management. Innovations
include sophisticated sensor suites on autonomous and semi-autonomous ground
and aerial platforms; machine learning algorithms for recognizing biologically and Special Content Session
economically important plant features; and data mining and crop modeling tools
for analyzing these features and identifying associated genes. These technologies
are initially being used for the development of improved varieties of energy
sorghum, but they can be readily extended to other fuel, food, feed, and fiber
crops. Cross-functional teams will present 10 innovations they are developing
with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects
Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and its Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable
Agriculture program (TERRA). ARPA-E provides R&D funding to early-stage
technologies that could fundamentally change the way we generate, use, and store
energy.
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS:
Blue River Technology, Inc. Purdue University
Carnegie Mellon University Texas A&M University
Clemson University University of Arizona
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Near Earth Autonomy
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 33
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
Moving Innovation From Idea to Reality
AURI works with entrepreneurs, businesses, farmers and educational institu-
tions to develop new and innovative uses for agricultural commodities in the
areas of food, biobased products, renewable energy and coproducts.
To help move innovative food and agricultural ideas to commercial reality,
AURI provides technical expertise, commercialization services, conducts
networking events and offers scientific assistance at its laboratories.
Learn more about AURI and how its dedicated
team of experts can help you, please visit auri.org
Crookston, MN Marshall, MN St. Paul, MN Waseca, MN
800.279.5010 507.537.7440 612.624.6055 507.835.8990
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Effective Partnering Strategies
for Entrepreneurs and Corporate
Venture Capital
Tuesday, September 12th 3:20 PM – 5:10 PM
Library
This session will focus on important issues for corporate venture capital and
entrepreneurs to consider in entering into strategic partnerships (financial
and commercial). Special Content Session
JOSHUA T. HOFHEIMER
Sidley Austin
SANDI KNOX
Sidley Austin
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UNIVERSITY SHOWCASE: TechAccel 39 Wednesday, September 13th
SPECIAL CONTENT SESSIONS: Accelerating Food and Agriculture
Innovation through Public-Private Partnerships 41
SPECIAL CONTENT SESSIONS: Doing Good and Doing Well:
Industry, Government and Not-for-Profit Collaborations 43
SPOTLIGHT: View from the Farm 45
DISRUPTIVE DIALOGUE: Closing Insights and Future Trends 47
SHOWCASE COMPANIES 49
SPONSORS 60
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With over 150 years of Ag expertise,
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Connect with us
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is a new model for food and agriculture
research funding, established through bipartisan congressional support. We build public-private
partnerships to fund innovative research with high impact potential.
We want to hear from researchers with innovative ideas and funders who want to invest in
groundbreaking projects that will transform our food system.
Visit us 8:30 - 10:00 am on Wednesday, September 13 in the Danforth Library.
Learn more: www.foundationfar.org | Join our newsletter: http://bit.ly/ffarenews
38 #17AIS Ag Innovation Showcase
TechAccel: Investments and Science
Advancement to Address Global
Food Crisis
Wednesday, September 13th 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
AT&T Auditorium
This session is sponsored by TechAccel.
The University Showcase returns for its second year at Ag Innovation Showcase. University Showcase
Learn what direction ag innovations are taking with this preview of very early-stage
innovations coming out of universities and private research institutions.
TechAccel is a technology and venture development firm focused in agriculture and
animal health.
Based in Kansas City, TechAccel identifies and invests in new technologies to
address the global food crisis. In a first-of-its-kind business model, TechAccel not
only makes equity investments, it also funds science advancement initiatives to
expand and develop new technologies, readying them for commercial markets.
TechAccel’s science advancement projects are performed with its network of 20-
plus affiliated universities, which provide subject matter expertise, access to lab/
research facilities, contract research and early-stage innovation.
Learn more about TechAccel at www.TechAccel.net. Follow us on Twitter
@Tech_Accel and on LinkedIn. Contact TechAccel at [email protected] or
913-549-4124.
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 39
The Lewis & Clark Ventures AgTech
Fund is in the midst of deploying
IS THE FUTURE OF VC more than $25 million in technology-
enabled, innovative companies at all
BETWEEN THE COASTS? stages of the food supply chain. We
are headquartered in St. Louis, home
to the largest concentration of plant
scientists in the world. At our doorstep
is the nation’s largest inland port. And in
just our first four months of existence,
we’ve reviewed more than 300 deals
and hired some of the top talent in the
agriculture space. It’s our privilege to
help the heartland’s most promising
ABSOLUTELY. Series A and B companies cultivate
innovation and reap success.
40 #17AIS Ag Innovation Showcase
Accelerating Food and Agriculture
Innovation through Public-Private
Partnerships
Wednesday, September 13th 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Langenberg Theater
Join the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) for a special session
exploring the benefits of public-private partnerships in agricultural research.
The goal of this session is to bring together entrepreneurs with research needs,
innovative researchers, and potential funders to learn how they can work together
on groundbreaking projects. The Crops of the Future Collaborative, an international, Special Content Sessions
multi-partner consortium led by FFAR to accelerate crop development, will be
featured.
This session will include a brief introduction to FFAR’s unique public-private
partnership model. The program will end with a question and answer segment
followed by the chance to network with FFAR staff and other session attendees.
Learn more about FFAR: www.foundationfar.org
Follow us on Twitter: @FoundationFAR
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 41
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Doing Good and Doing Well: Industry,
Government and Not-for-Profit
Collaborations
Wednesday, September 13th 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Langenberg Theater
This session is sponsored by Bryan Cave.
The path for creating partnerships that connect private and public sectors to drive
commercial success is multi-dimensional. Aligning needs and technology with ideas
doesn’t happen organically, it takes time and effort to identify each opportunity. Special Content Sessions
Please join Adam Bergman, Senior Vice President CleanTech Banking, Wells Fargo,
Matt Colgan, Engineering Manager with Blue River Technology, Joe Cornelius,
Program Director at ARPA-E, Christopher Topp, Assistant Member and Principal
Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Warren Shafer, Vice President
Global R&D and Regulatory Affairs, Valent BioSciences and moderated by Powell
Carman, a partner at Bryan Cave as they discuss how you can find support in new
areas to knock down and push through the barriers.
MODERATOR
POWELL CARMAN, Partner Bryan Cave
PANELIST
ADAM BERGMAN, Senior Vice President, CleanTech Banking
Wells Fargo
MATT COLGAN, Ph.D., Engineering Manager
Blue River Technology
JOE CORNELIUS Ph.D., Program Director
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
WARREN SHAFER, Ph.D., Vice President Global R&D and Regulatory Affairs
Valent BioSciences
CHRISTOPHER N. TOPP, Ph.D., Assistant Member and Principal Investigator
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 43
Spaces for Agricultural and Life Sciences
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44 #17AIS Ag Innovation Showcase
SPOTLIGHT: View from the Farm
Wednesday, September 13th 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
AT&T Auditorium Spotlight
Stearns County, Minnesota is home to the fictional Lake Wobegon, and the very
real heart of dairy country, where Jenn Wagner-Lahr’s family farm operates. She
brings a unique perspective as someone who professionally promotes value-added
ag and also runs a family dairy farm. Learn how a typical dairy operation in central
Minnesota works, and understand how one farming family approaches local and
global opportunities and challenges.
JENN WAGNER-LAHR
Family farmer and Senior
Director of Innovation,
Agriculture Utilization
Research Institute (AURI)
September 11-13, 2017 #17AIS 45
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Find out why.
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