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World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2027

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he World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit brings together over 1500 global leaders from agribusinesses, technology giants, food brands, farmers, policymakers, investors, and start-ups to San Francisco for strategic networking, industry benchmarking, agri-tech discovery, and deal making. The event focuses on sustainable agricultural practices and driving agri-foo…

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29Voices
72Underwriters
0Exhibitors
6On the bill · sessions
86Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at World, in alphabetical order.
Andrew Zolli
Chief Impact Officer - PLANET
Ashley Stokes
Dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences · UC DAVIS
Brett McMickell
Chief Technology Officer · KUBOTA NORTH AMERICA
Cristina Rohr
Managing Director – Food & Agriculture · S2G INVESTMENTS
Daniel Tebes
CEO & Co-Founder - RIZAL
David Friedberg
CEO · OHALO GENETICS
Douglas Wood
GIS Database Administrator II - TRINCHERO FAMILY ESTATES
Feroz Sheikh
CIO & CDO · SYNGENTA GROUP
Fredy Diaz
Deputy Chief Data Officer - USDA
Grey Montgomery
General Manager, Agriculture - DTN
Hoda Helmi
AI & Decision Science Director - CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE
Inbal Becker-Reshef
Founder and Co-Director, NASA HARVEST & Managing Director - MICROSOFT AI FOR GOOD LAB
Ines Hanrahan
Executive Director · WASHINGTON TREE FRUIT RESEARCH COMMISSION
Isabelle Allen
Global Head of Consumer, Retail and Leisure - KPMG
Joseph Hassine
Senior Program Manager, AI for Social Good - GOOGLE.ORG
Leo Carvalho
Chief Global Strategy Officer - SOLINFTEC
Mike Graham
Head of Research and Development (R&D) · BAYER CROP SCIENCE
Nick Short
Industry Solutions Manager for Agriculture - ESRI
Nicolas Steinberg
VP Digital Innovation, Americas · YARA INTERNATIONAL
Raina Nelson
President · WESTFALIA FRUIT US
Roy Steiner
SVP, Food · THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
Scott H. Hutchins
Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics & Chief Scientist · USDA

— and 7 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BASFPlatinum
BayerPlatinum
California AgTech AlliancePlatinum
Corteva AgrisciencePlatinum
CorvianPlatinum
KPMGPlatinum
SyngentaPlatinum
Agri-AccessGold
AgZenGold
Amazon LeoGold
CooleyGold
DTNGold
Earth DailyGold
EsriGold
HolganixGold
McKinseyGold
Micropep TechnologiesGold
NufarmGold
Paine Schwartz PartnersGold
PepsiCoGold
Reshape BiotechGold
TavantGold
Uber AI SolutionsGold
VisaGold
AgmatixSilver
Farm Credit CanadaSilver
Helios AISilver
MagoyaSilver
MeiogenixSilver
Niqo RoboticsSilver
PixxelSilver
ProviviSilver
RAYHAWKSilver
SolinftecSilver
Switch BioworksSilver
The Mosaic CompanySilver
Tidal Grow AgriscienceSilver
AgCulture PodcastMedia & Marketing Partner
AgNavigatorMedia & Marketing Partner
AgroNotizie®Media & Marketing Partner
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The Programme

Selected from 6 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:45 - 11:15

    Announcement // RAAPID: Closing Critical Information Gaps for Global Food Security & Market Stability

    Following the announcement of the RAAPID (Rapid Agricultural Assessments for Policy Impact and Decision-making) initiative at the 56th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos,…

  • 11:15 - 11:55

    Unlocking Agricultural Insights: Geospatial Innovations for Smarter Farming

    This session will explore the challenges organizations face when building enterprise‑scale GIS capabilities and the emerging innovations such as GeoAI that promise to reshape the f…

  • 11:35 - 12:15

    AI, Data Rights, Transparency: Trends Reshaping Procurement and AgRetail

    This session will unpack the real near‑term implications for procurement and ag retail - from data rights and supply‑chain transparency to the rising influence of advanced analytic…

  • 11:35 - 12:15

    RAAPID Deep Dive: Scaling Ag Intelligence for Risk Reduction & Market Stability

    This breakout session follows up on the main stage announcement with interactive roundtable group discussions between senior agri-food leaders from public and private sectors.

  • 11:35 - 12:15

    Radical Food System Collaboration: Partnership Models Enhancing Resilience

    Building on KPMG’s research paper, this session will examine opportunities for organizations to shift thinking beyond predictable partners - actively seeking collaborators that wil…

  • 16:35 - 16:45

    Case Study Presentation // Freedom per Acre: Redefining ROI in Agriculture

    Solix lives in the field to free up farmers’ time and address labor challenges. As an autonomous platform operating at scale, Solix transforms agricultural productivity and efficie…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 86 companies, parsed from the program.

86 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
72Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
14Companies Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

72% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1034%
  • Founder / Owner27%
  • VP-level310%
  • Director / Head of621%
  • Manager / Lead414%
  • Other roles414%

Of 29 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AgCulture PodcastSp·M
  2. 02AgmatixSp·S
  3. 03AgNavigatorSp·M
  4. 04Agri-AccessSp·G
  5. 05AgroNotizieSp·M
  6. 06AgroSintesisSp·M
  7. 07AgTech InsightSp·M
  8. 08AgTech-ProSp·M
  9. 09AgZenSp·G
  10. 10Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)Sp·I
  11. 11Amazon LeoSp·G
  12. 12BASFSp·P
  13. 13BayerSp·P
  14. 14BurroSp·E
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum7
10% of 72
gold17
24% of 72
silver13
18% of 72
media & marketing partner13
18% of 72
networking partner1
1% of 72
regional partner1
1% of 72
supporting partner4
6% of 72
co-located with1
1% of 72
wi-fi partner1
1% of 72
exhibitor12
17% of 72
innovation partner2
3% of 72
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters

In the same series

Prior and forthcoming editions

Sister convocations

Same brand, other regions