Agenda

Agriculture 2.0 Agenda

March 24, 2010

Four Seasons Hotel

Palo Alto, California 

We’ve announced the company presenters for the day:

18 Rabbits, AeroFarms, Blue Ridge Aquaculture, Capay Valley Farm Shop, CityScape Farms, Cleanfish, Estancia Beef, FoodLogiQ, Hawaii Oceanic Technology, Inka Biospheric Systems, Itronics, Kona Ahi, Litchfield Farms, Marrone Bio Innovations, Montana Microbial Products, NextGen Illumination, Oberon, Open Blue Sea Farms, Pasteuria Bioscience, Purfresh, Soil & Topography Information, Solum, TerraGreen Biologics, Verdant Earth Technologies, Vestaron

Jump to Aquaculture 2.0 Track

7:30-8:30 

Registration, Coffee & Pastries

8:30-9:00 

Welcome & Introduction

  • Janine Yorio, NewSeed Advisors
  • Paul Matteucci, US Venture Partners
  • Roxanne Christensen, SPIN Farming

9:00-10:00 

Sustainable Agriculture: The New Normal

Moderator: Kevin Jones, Good Capital

  • Natural Resource Depletion: Michael Dimock, Roots of Change
  • Food Integrity: Scott Exo, Food Alliance
  • Food Security and Safety: Megan Westgate, Non-GMO Project
  • The Need for Technology: Dr. Jeff Dlott, Sure Harvest

10:00-10:30 

Innovation for Sustainability in Food and Agriculture:  Where are we headed?  Where do we want to go?

Moderator: Rick Lewis, US Venture Partners

  • Tom Tomich, University of California, Davis

10:30-11:00 

Coffee Break

11:00-12:00 

Bringing Money to the Table:  How to Finance Sustainable Agriculture

Moderator: Janine Yorio, NewSeed Advisors

  • Amol Deshpande, Kleiner Perkins
  • Stu Rudick, Mindful Investors
  • Jim Schultz, Open Prairie Ventures
  • Don Shaffer, RSF Social Finance

12:00–1:00 

LUNCH 

Ballroom:  Ag Tech Company Presentations

Moderator: Christiana Moffa, GrowThink

Runnymede Room: Ag Tech Company Presentations

Moderator: Patrick Pohlen, Latham & Watkins

1:00-2:00 

LUNCH 

Ballroom:  Ag Tech Company Presentations

Moderator: Philip Korn, TriNet

Runnymede Room: Ag Tech Company Presentations

Moderator: Dan Pullman, McNamee Lawrence & Co.

2:00-3:00 

Ballroom: Ag Tech Company Presentations

Moderator: Dean Riskas, TriplePoint Capital

Runnymede Room: Ag Tech Company Presentations

Moderator: Dr. Charles Cleland, USDA Small Business Innovation Research

3:00-3:30 

Mid-Afternoon Ice Cream Break

3:30-4:30 

Ballroom:  View from the Top: Big Agribusiness on Sustainable Agriculture

Moderator: Janine Yorio, NewSeed Advisors

  • Reagan Grabner, Lamb Weston, a subsidiary of Con Agra
  • Haven Baker, JR Simplot
  • Claude Corcos, Toro Micro-Irrigation 
  • Derek Yurosek, Bolthouse Farms

Runnymede Room: Food & Farms Company Presentations

Moderator: Christiana Moffa, GrowThink

4:30-5:15 

Ballroom:Ag Technology Demos

Moderator: Paul Matteucci, US Venture Partners

  • Jason Matheny, NewHarvest (In-Vitro Meat Production)
  • Inge Bisconer, Toro Micro-Irrigation
  • Heather Hilleren, Local Dirt

Runnymede Room: Food & Farms Company Presentations

Moderator: Scott Exo, Food Alliance  

5:15-6:00 

Ballroom:  2010 Outlook for Sustainable Agriculture

Moderator: Paul Matteucci, U.S. Venture Partners

  • The Future:  Dr. Brie Ann Linkenhoker, Ph.D., Global Business Network
  • Venture Capital’s Role: Chuck Hoyng, Latham & Watkins

Runnymede Room: Where to Find Capital for Your Ag Business

Moderator: Troy Centazzo, GrowThink
  • Troy Centazzo, GrowThink
  • Charles Cleland, USDA SBIR
  • Scott Hackenberg, RSF Social Finance 
  • Jeana Hultquist, US Ag Bank
  • Niko Klein, Imprint Capital

6:00-7:00 

Cocktail Reception & Networking


Aquaculture 2.0 Track

Official Room Sponsor of Agriculture 2.0:

Aquacopia Logo


7:30-8:30 

Registration, Coffee, & Pastries

9:00-9:30 

Welcome and Aquaculture Sector Overview 

  • David Tze, Aquacopia

9:30-10:00 

Investing in Aquaculture, An Analyst’s Perspective 

Moderator: David Tze, Aquacopia

  • Colin Guheen, Cowen & Company

10:00-10:30 

 

Cobia, The Next Big Fish

Moderator: David Tze, Aquacopia

  • Bjørn Myrseth, Marine Farms, ASA

10:30-11:00 

 

Coffee Break

1:00-2:00 

Aquaculture Company Presentations

 Moderator: Tim O’Shea, Cleanfish

2:00-3:00

Aquaculture Company Presentations

Moderator: Colin Guheen, Cowen & Company

3:00-3:30 

Mid-Afternoon Ice Cream Break 

3:30-4:30 

 

Aquaculture Company Presentations

Moderator: David Tze, Aquacopia