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2022 virtual summit on agtech
beyond Agtech

The 2022 Virtual Summit on AgTech (also known as Food and Ag Conference at Tuck in 2022) brought together close to 800 attendees virtually over three days to watch, learn, and discuss the latest topics on food and agriculture.

On Day 1, we covered sustainable agriculture and carbon markets as part of our “Feeding the World” theme. On Day 2, we discussed changes in the supply chain including blockchain, labor, and waste. On Day 3, with our Plate of Tomorrow theme, we hosted panels on Plate Based food, early stage food funding, and cultivated meats.

700+

Total attendees

32

Countries

represented

rewatch

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$2,000

Raised for out charity partner.

Wednesday, April 27

Security in the Supply Chain 

Thursday, April 28

The Plate of Tomorrow

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Tuesday, April 26
Feeding The World

Times and speakers subject to change. Times in EST.

11:45 pm - 12:00 pm

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

01:00 pm - 01:45 pm

02:00 pm - 02:45 pm

 

03:00 pm - 03:45 pm

04:00 pm - 04:45 pm

 

 

 

 

05:00 pm - 06:00 pm

 

07:00 pm - 08:00 pm

Opening Remarks by the Tuck Food & Ag Club Co-chairs (Class of 2022)

 

Keynote: Sustainability in Agriculture with Steele Lorenz (Head of Sustainable Business, Farmer's Business Network, Inc)

Panel: Sustainability in Wine

  • Andy Beckstoffer (T’66) (Owner, Beckstoffer Vineyards)

  • Jose Salgado (T'18) ( VP, Andrew Peller)

  • Hans Astrom (Vice Chairman, Klein Constantia)

  • Eric Pooler (VP of Vineyard Management, Westchester Group Investment Management)

Panel: The New Supply Chain

  • Eric Winn (T'14) (COO, C&S Grocery)

  • Kevin Quandt (VP, Sweetgreen)

  • Jordan Hudson (SVP of Strategy, Apeel)

Fireside Chat: Farms to Incubators by Penelope Nagel (President & COO, Persistence Data Mining) and Amy Wu (Founder, From Farms to incubators)

Panel: Insect Protein with Guus Hovius (VP - Private Placement, Rabobank)

  • Mohammed Ashour (Co-founder/CEO, Aspire Food Group)

  • Matt Beck (CEO, Hoppy Planet Foods)

  • Virginia Emery (CEO, Beta Hatch)

Panel: Grower Economics of Carbon Programs

  • Brian Kernohan (Chief Sustainability Officer, Manulife Investment Manager)

  • Luke Gudeman (Business Development, Gobena)

  • Alexey Rostapshow (Head of John Deere Labs & Sustainability Solutions)

Fireside Chat: Technology Innovations and Agricultural Impact

  • Xin Yi Lim (Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact, Pinduoduo)

  • J. Ramon Lecuona Torras (Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth)

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Wednesday, April 27
Security in the Supply Chain

Times and speakers subject to change. Times in EST.

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

 

01:00 pm - 1:45 pm

 

 

02:00 pm - 02:45 pm

 

03:00 pm - 03:45 pm

04:00 pm - 04:45 pm

05:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Keynote: Local Lending, Local Food Keynote by Charley Cummings (Walden Mutual and Walden Local)

 

Panel: Food Delivery & the “Bring-it-to-me” Economy​ (moderated by Matt Newberg, founder of HNGRY)

  • Amritha Sastry (Head of Strategy, Ghost Grubs)

  • Will McGarey (Chief of Staff, Mosaic)

  • Katie Daleo (GM of Ads & Promotions, Door Dash)

 

Panel: Blockchain & Food Traceability

  • Mark Kaplan (Partner, Envisible and Wholechain)

  • Riccardo Accolla (Director of Digital Food Science, Ripe.IO)

  • Daniel Jones (founder and CEO, Bext360)

Panel: Affordable Nutrition

  • Doug Rauch (Founder & President, Daily Table)

  • Jaimi St. John (VP of Culinary innovation, Every Table)

  • Alma-Jean (AJ) Fosse (Executive Director, Community Food Club)

  • Mabel Shiu (CEO & Founder, Southside Market)

Panel: Ag Labor with Connie Bowen (Co-founder, Farmhand Ventures)

  • Suma Reddy (CEO, Future Acres)

  • Jon McClarty (President, HMC Farms)

  • Feliciano Paredes (Founder, AgHelp)

Fireside Chat: Beyond Food Waste & Climate Change Keynote by Daniel White (Co-founder & CEO, Clean Crop Technologies) & Amy Duffuor (General Partner, Azolla Ventures)

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Thursday, April 28
The Plate of Tomorrow

Times and speakers subject to change. Times in EST.

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

01:00 pm - 1:45 pm

02:00 pm - 02:45 pm

03:00 pm - 03:45 pm

 

04:00 pm - 04:45 pm

05:00 pm - 06:00 pm

06:00 pm - 06:15 pm

Keynote: Investing in Cannabis by Nico Richardson (CEO, AFI Capital)

Panel: Alternative Proteins in Emerging Markets

  • Shraddha Bhansali (Co-founder, Evo Foods

  • Hakeem A. Jimo (Founder & CEO, Veggie Victory)

  • Andrew D Ive (Founder & Partner, Big Idea Ventures)

  • Kris Blanchard (Co-Founder and CEO, Luyef Biotechnologies)

Panel: Early Stage Food Funding

  • Alex Malamatinas (Founder & Managing Partner, Melitas Ventures)

  • Brad Jakeman (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Rethink Capital Partners)

  • Elizabeth Cook (Partner, ZX Ventures)

  • Tapan Shah (Director of Venture Capital, Snackfutures (Mondelez)

Panel: The Case for Cultivated Meat and Seafood

  • Sofia Faruqi, CFA (Finance & Strategy Lead, UPSIDE Foods)

  • Aryé Elfenbein (Co-founder, Wildtype)

  • Elliot Swartz, P.h.D (Lead Scientist, Cultivated Meat at The Good Food Institute)

Fireside Chat: Future of Grocery

  • Ben McKean (Founder and CEO, Hungryroot)

Keynote: Emma Cosgrove (Senior Reporter, Business Insider)

Closing Remarks by the Tuck Food & Ag Club Co-chairs (Class of 2023)

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2022 FACT
speakers

We are thrilled to announce the following confirmed speakers for FACT 2022, subject to change. Stay tuned for further announcements and more speakers to be announced!

Elliot Swartz, P.h.D

Lead Scientist, Cultivated Meat

Sofia Faruqi, CFA

Finance & Strategy Lead

Jose Salgado (T'18)

Vice President

Kevin Quandt

VP Supply Chain

Eric Winn (T'14)

Chief Operating Officer

Will McGarey (T'19) 

Chief of Staff

Hans Astrom

Vice Chairman

Matt Beck

Founder & CEO

Mohammed Ashour

Co-founder & CEO

Aryé Elfenbein

Co-founder

Mark Kaplan

Co-founder & Partner

Hakeem A. Jimo

Founder & CEO

Ben McKean

Founder & CEO

Alma-Jean (AJ) Fossel

Co-founder & CEO

Luke Gudeman

Founder & CEO

Alexey Rostapshow

ddffHead of John Deere Labs & Sustainability Solutions

Daniel Jones

Founder & CEO

Doug Rauch

Founder & President

Xin Yi Lim

Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact

Steele Lorenz

Head of Sustainable Business

Amy Duffuor

General Partner

Daniel White

Co-founder & CEO

Penelope Nagle

President & COO

Alex Malamatinas

Founder & Managing Partner

Brad Jakeman

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Jordan Hudson

SVP Strategy

Charley Cumings

Founder & CEO

Matt Newberg

Founder

Katie Daleo

GM of Ads & Promotions

Amritha Sastry

Head of Strategy & Ops

Jaimi St. John

VP, Culinary Innovation

Riccardo Accolla

Dir. Digital Food Science

Brian Kernohan

Chief Sustainability Officer

Mabel Shiu

Founder & Executive Director

Andrew D Ive

Founder & Managing General Partner

Amy Wu

Founder & Chief Content Editor

Tapan Shah

Director of Venture Capital

Farmhand

Ventures

Connie Bowen

Cofounder

Guus Hovius

VP - Private Placements

2022 Conference
speakers

We were thrilled to host the following speakers for the 2022 conference.

Elliot Swartz, P.h.D

Lead Scientist, Cultivated Meat

Sofia Faruqi, CFA

Finance & Strategy Lead

Jose Salgado (T'18)

Vice President

Kevin Quandt

VP Supply Chain

Eric Winn (T'14)

Chief Operating Officer

Will McGarey (T'19) 

Chief of Staff

Hans Astrom

Vice Chairman

Matt Beck

Founder & CEO

Mohammed Ashour

Co-founder & CEO

Aryé Elfenbein

Co-founder

Mark Kaplan

Co-founder & Partner

Hakeem A. Jimo

Founder & CEO

Ben McKean

Founder & CEO

Alma-Jean (AJ) Fossel

Co-founder & CEO

Luke Gudeman

Founder & CEO

Alexey Rostapshow

ddffHead of John Deere Labs & Sustainability Solutions

Daniel Jones

Founder & CEO

Doug Rauch

Founder & President

Xin Yi Lim

Executive Director, Sustainability and Agricultural Impact

Steele Lorenz

Head of Sustainable Business

Amy Duffuor

General Partner

Daniel White

Co-founder & CEO

Penelope Nagle

President & COO

Alex Malamatinas

Founder & Managing Partner

Brad Jakeman

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Jordan Hudson

SVP Strategy

Charley Cumings

Founder & CEO

Jon McClarty

President

Matt Newberg

Founder

Katie Daleo

GM of Ads & Promotions

Nico Richardson (T'14)

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Amritha Sastry

Head of Strategy & Ops

Jaimi St. John

VP, Culinary Innovation

Riccardo Accolla

Dir. Digital Food Science

Brian Kernohan

Chief Sustainability Officer

Mabel Shiu

Founder & Executive Director

Andrew D Ive

Founder & Managing General Partner

Amy Wu

Founder & Chief Content Editor

Tapan Shah

Director of Venture Capital

Farmhand

Ventures

Connie Bowen

Cofounder

Guus Hovius

VP - Private Placements

Kris Blanchard

Co-Founder and CEO

2022 FACT
Corporate partners

PLATINUM SPONSORS

In-Kind Sponsors

Rabobank is a leading global financier to the food, agribusiness, commodities, and renewable energy sectors. With a strong commitment to sustainability and a mission of "Growing A Better World Together”, Rabobank knows that sustainability and innovation are critical to promoting a thriving food and agriculture industry. This is a key focus of its Banking for Food strategy, which prioritizes feeding a growing global population for years to come.

Deere & Company (www.JohnDeere.com) is a world leader in providing advanced products, technology and services for customers whose work is revolutionizing agriculture and construction — those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world's increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure.

Dating back to 1685 and described as one of the world’s most beautiful wine estates, Klein Constantia is set amidst ancient trees on the upper foothills of the Constantiaberg, with views across False Bay.

The perfect location for cool climate wines, Klein Constantia produces some of South Africa’s top wines, including one of the world’s best natural sweet wines, Vin de Constance.

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2022 conference
charity partner

We were excited to have Daily Table as our 2022 charity partner! Daily Table is a nonprofit community grocer dedicated to providing fresh, tasty, convenient and nutritious food to communities most in need access at prices everyone can afford.

All proceeds from registration fees went towards Daily Table. Please visit their website to learn more!

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2022 team

executive committee

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Caitlin
Martin
T22

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Schuyler
Dalton

T22

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Jillian
Di Filippo

T22

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Catherine
Bowlus

T22

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kelsey
Eichman
T22

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Daniel
Petrarca
T22

Committee members

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Kathleen
Barada

T23

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Robert
Eckstein
T23

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Julia Megson
T23

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Chloe
Kempf
T23

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Liza
Green
T23

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Charley
Yu
T23

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Grant
Nishioka
T23

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Amreen
Ahmad
T23

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Jessica
Jiang
T23

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Stephanie
Hernandez
T23

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Sawyer
Coleman
T23

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Elizabeth
Barry
T23

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Emma
Toogood
T23

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Julia
Goldman
T23

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Clara
Auvray-Stiritz
T23

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Calvin
Garay
T23

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Christine
Gregory
T22

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Osmond
Wang
T23

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Elizabeth
Raboy
T23

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Matt
Kochard
T22

faculty advisors

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james feuille

Adjunct Professor; Faculty Adviser, Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital

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