
2019 virtual summit on agtech
The inaugural year
In 2019, Jim Feuille, CPEVC Executive Director, and Rachel Baras and Matt Baer, Tuck Class of 2019 Center Venture Capital Fellows and Tuck Food & Ag Club Chairs, conceived of the idea for a virtual conference focused on agriculture and technology as a way to facilitate meaningful conversations focused on topics that are critically relevant to students and future leaders interested in or curious about the field.
293
Total attendees
registered
21
Countries
represented
$2,250
Raised for Feeding America & NYFC
2019 team
MBA 2019 - Tuck School of Business
Venture Capital Fellow (CPEVC @ Tuck)
Co-Chair (Food & Ag Club @ Tuck)

MBA 2019 - Tuck School of Business
Venture Capital Fellow (CPEVC @ Tuck)
Co-Chair (Food & Ag Club @ Tuck)

MBA 2020 - Tuck School of Business
Co-Chair (Food & Ag Club @ Tuck)

MBA 2020 - Tuck School of Business
Co-Chair (Food & Ag Club @ Tuck)

MBA 2020 - Tuck School of Business
Co-Chair (Food & Ag Club @ Tuck)
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Rethinking the Farm - Inputs, Automation, and
Use-of-Space
12:00pm - 12:15pm
12:30pm - 1:15pm
1:20pm - 1:40pm
1:45pm - 2:15pm
2:30pm - 3:15pm
3:30pm - 4:30pm
4:30pm - 4:35pm
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Introductory Remarks
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Panel Discussion: Robotic Farming
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Phil Boyer (Principal, CrossLink Capital)
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Igino Cafiero (Founder + CEO, Bear Flag Robotics)
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Brandon Alexander (Co-founder + CEO, Iron Ox)
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Presentation
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Tom Chi (Founder, Prototype Thinking LLC)
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Keynote
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Michael Mazourek (Co-founder, Row 7 Seed Company + Plant Breeder, Cornell Univ.)
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Panel Discussion: Redefining "Natural"
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Michael Mazourek (Co-founder, Row 7 Seed Company + Associate Professor, Cornell Univ.)
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Michael Barron (Director of R&D, AeroFarms)
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Daniella Reichstetter (Executive Director, Tuck Center for Entrepreneurship; former Head of Business Development and Finance at Belcampo Group, Inc.)
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Company Pitches (15 min each)
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Elm Innovations
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Closing Remarks

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Precision Agriculture and Analytics: Data, Machine Learning, and AI
12:00pm - 12:30pm
12:45pm - 1:30pm
1:45pm - 2:45pm
2:45pm - 2:50pm
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Introductory Remarks
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Keynote
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Mark Johnson (Co-founder + CEO, Descartes Labs)
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Panel Discussion: Boosting Yields with Data
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Fernando Rodriguez-Villa (GeoInnovation Commercial Director, Indigo Ag)
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Pieter Fossel (Co-founder, Hydrosat)
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Andrew Ulmer (VP Business Development, Capella Space)
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Company Pitches (15 min each)
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30MHz
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Flurosat
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Closing Remarks
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Bringing Innovation to Market
12:00pm - 12:30pm
12:45pm - 1:30pm
1:45pm - 2:15pm
2:15pm - 2:30pm
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Introductory Remarks
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Keynote
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Ethan Brown (CEO + Founder, Beyond Meat)
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Panel Discussion: "New" vs. "Traditional" Ag in the Market
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Rob Leclerc (Co-founder, AgFunder)
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Rebekah Moses (Senior Manager of Impact Strategy, Impossible Foods)
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Alex Kopelyan (Program Director and Partner, IndieBio)
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Closing Presentation
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Charles Baron (Co-founder, Farmers Business Network)
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Closing Remarks