Monday, September 25, 2023
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Welcome Cocktail Reception
 
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast Buffet
 
8:35 AM - 8:55 AM
Opening Address

Governor Glenn Youngkin

8:55 AM - 9:25 AM
State of the Industry

Aakash Doshi, Head of Commodities for the Americas, Citi
Bill Aimutis, Executive Director, NC Food Innovation Lab
Cathy Burns, CEO, International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA)

 

9:25 AM - 9:35 AM
Keynote

Ryan Shadrick Wilson, Founder & CEO, Boardwalk Collective

9:35 AM - 10:20 AM
Investing in Indoor Innovation Panel

Arama Kukutai, CEO, Plenty
Thomas Jonas, CEO, Nature’s Fynd
Uma Valeti, CEO, Upside Foods
Moderator: Adam Bergman, Global Head of AgTech Investment Banking, Citi

10:20 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee Break
 
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Infrastructure: The Industry Linchpin Panel

Robert Blue, Chairman, President & CEO, Dominion Energy
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Senior Partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Neil Abraham, President, Realty Income International
Moderator: Caren Merrick, Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Consumer Trends Presentation

Jack Stout, EVP Fresh Foods, Value Chain & Logistics, 7-Eleven
Jordan Bar Am, Partner, McKinsey
Laura Himes, Vice President of Global Sourcing, Produce, Walmart

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Progress Through Public Partnership

Jason El Koubi, President and CEO, Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP)
Jason Hickey, President and CEO, Hickey & Associates
Ken Barbic, Former Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, USDA
Russ Carnahan, Senior Policy Advisor, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Moderator: Julie Monaco, Global Head, Public Sector Group, Citi

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Investment to Scale Panel

Aidan Connolly, President, AgriTech Capital
Ellie Rubenstein, Co-Founder and CEO, Manna Tree
Mohan Tavorath, Partner, International Farming
Moderator: Elinor Hoover, Chairman of Global Consumer and Retail Investment Banking, Citi

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Rebuilding the Ag Ecosystem

Dr. Alan Grant, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech
Holly Freishtat, Senior Director of Feeding Change, Milken Institute
Jenny Cameron, Chief Transformation Officer, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Phillip Lee, Managing Director, Evolve Growing Solutions Ltd
Moderator: Rob Dongoski, Partner, Food and Agriculture Leader, Ernst & Young

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Closing Remarks

Matt Lohr, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry

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