#FDnxt19
2019 PROGRAMME
Preliminary Programme
MONDAY, NOV 11th 2019
9:30am - 10:15am
10:15am - 10:30am
10:30am - 11:00am
11:00am - 11:30am
11:30am - 12:00pm
12:00pm - 1:00pm
1:00pm - 1:30pm
1:30pm - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 3:00pm
3:00pm - 3:45pm
3:45pm - 4:25pm
4:25pm - 4:50pm
4:50pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 5:40pm
5:40pm - 5:50pm
5:50pm - 8:00pm
Registration, Meet & Mingle
Welcome and Opening
Borris Förster & Fabio Ziemssen, Founding Partners @ FOODnext
The Story Behind the Growth of Indigo Ag
Georg Goeres, Head of Europe @ Indigo Ag
Digitization of Agriculture: Creating New Orders with Technology Monitoring and Assuring Food Safety and Sustainability Data
Genevieve Leveille, Principal Founder & CEO @ Agriledger
Fireside Chat: Getting Serious - A Vision to Create The European Home for AgTech
Jan-Michael Dierkes, Head of Acceleration Cluster SI, K+S Kali
Lunch Break
The Future Impact of Alternative Proteins & Cultured Meat on Traditional Farm Production
Dr. Carsten Gerhard, Partner @ A.T. Kearney (presenting the results of the new study of cultured meat impact on farming)
A Multipurpose Robotic Platform & A Path to Autonomous Field Operations
Josef Franko, Board Member @ MASKOR (Mobile Autonomous Systems and Cognitive Robotics)
Startup Pitches - Selected startups will present their technologies
Augmenta, HAIP Solutions, Agranimo, EXA Computing, GeoPart Agriculture, AGRO BI by HOROS.TECH
Coffe Break
Discussion: Corporate Innovation - Theater vs. Results
Niels Dietzsch (Head of Techbridge @ Fraunhofer Ventures), Tobias Menne (Head Global Digital Farming Unit, Member of the Executive Leadership Team BASF Agricultural Solutions), Alexander Langer (CEO @ Schmiede.One)
CO2 Farming in Europe beyond Glyphosate - Creating New Opportunities
Dirk Vandenhirtz, CEO @ stealth startup and serial entrepreneur (prev. founder and Group CEO Zasso Group)
AgTech Collaboration – Building A Global Support Network For Founders
Cynthia Carillo (VP Innovation @ Greater Sacramento Economic Council and Mentor @ Terra), Paola Giavedoni (Innovation Director @ EIT Food), Dominik Ewald (CTO @ Monitorfish and Executive Board @ German AgriFood Society)
Presenting the 2019 FOODnext & Agritechnica Startup of The Year
Closing Remarks and Outlook
Borris Förster and Fabio Ziemssen, Founding Partners of FOODnext
Networking & Drinks
Join us for some tasty networking incl. drinks and finger food!