Beattra Wilson

Assistant Director of Urban & Community Forestry at U.S. Forest Service; Diversity Strategist

Opening Keynote: Beattra Wilson, USDA Forest Service

Rita R. Colwell

Renowned Microbiologist; Distinguished Professor at University of Maryland & Founder of CosmosID

A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science

Amy Wu

Founder of From Farms to Incubators

Patricia R. Sheikh

Senior Level Trade & Development Expert, Former Deputy Administrator for the FAS/USDA

Henry Gordon-Smith

Founder & CEO of Agritecture, Sustainability Consultant & AgTech Advisor

Andrew Dent

Vice President of Material ConneXion

Kartik Chandran

Environmental Engineer & Professor at Columbia University

Danielle Gould

CEO of Food+Tech Connect; Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Alpha Food Labs

Sara Menker

Founder & CEO of Gro Intelligence; Global Young Leader by the World Economic Forum & African Leadership Initiative Fellow

Tony Tellado

Producer / Host at Sci-Fi Talk

Gary Oppenheimer

Food Waste Thought Leader, CNN Hero & World Food Prize Nominee