Presented by the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City
Thank you to all for helping make this event a success!
Featured Speakers
Dr. James Lowenberg-DeBoer, Professor and Elizabeth Creak Chair of Agri-Tech Economics, Harper Adams University - “Glimpses of an agri-tech future – from 3 decades on the precision agriculture adoption path”
Aidan Connolly, President, Agritech Capital - “A short review of 10,000 years of ag tech: Transforming food and farms through innovation & technology.”
Ranveer Chandra, Managing Director, Research for Industry and CTO of Agri-Food, Microsoft - “Generative AI for Regenerative Agriculture”
Panel: Soil Health - Implications for Land Value, Farm Economics & Food Quality
Moderated by Michael Doane, Global Managing Director, Food & Freshwater Systems, The Nature Conservancy
Nick Guetterman, Guetterman Brothers Family Farms, Bucyrus, KS
Dan Poston, Vice President Field R & D, PivotBio
Jason Tatge, CEO, PrairieFood
Panel: Artificial Intelligence
Moderated by Dr. Jonathan McFadden, Research Economist, USDA-Economic Research Service - Click here for presentation slides.
Dr. Pascal Hitzler, Lloyd T. Smith Creativity in Engineering Chair and Director, Center for AI and Data Science, Kansas State University
Nic McCarthy, Senior Vice President Agronomy, Central Valley Ag Coop
Matt Olson, Precision Ag Go-to-Market Manager, John Deere
Panel: Livestock Technology Adoption
Moderated by Dustin Johansen, Senior Vice President, Livestock Division, Farm Journal
Jerrod Westfahl, Chief Strategy Officer, Innovative Livestock Services, Inc.
Coby Buck, Director of Strategic Accounts, AgriWebb
Paul Koffman, Executive Director, Livestock Technology Solutions, Merck Animal Health
Event Emcee
Kristie Larson, Strategic Relationship Manager, The DeBruce Foundation.
