Speakers
Tahirou Abdoulaye
Senior Agricultural Economist
Director of IITA Sahel hub
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Adegbola Adesogan
Professor of Animal Nutrition
Director of the Food Systems Institute
University of Florida
Oluyemi Adunoye
Project Coordinator
Youth Employment in Agribusiness and Sustainable Agriculture
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Dieudonné Baributsa
Associate Professor
Department of Entomology
Purdue University
Rose Basiita
Global Scientist
WorldFish - Zambia
Beth Bechdol
Senior Deputy Director-General
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Lauren Falcao Bergquist
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Michigan
David Bergvinson
Chief Science Officer
aWhere
Robert Bertram
Chief Scientist
USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security
Jennifer Billings
Global Agriculture Development Leader
Corteva Agriscience
Sisay Sinamo Boltena
Ministry of Health-Ethiopia
Luca Bonini
Chief Executive Officer
HELLO NATURE®
Howarth Bouis
Founding Director
HarvestPlus
Brendan Brown
Agricultural Innovation Scientist
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT Nepal)
Jorge Cardona
Associate Professor
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Zamorano University
Michael Carter
Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of California - Davis
Paulo Carvalho
Discipline Leader in Grazing Ecology Research Group
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Adam Chambers
Air Quality Scientist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Susan Chomba
Director of Vital Landscapes
World Resources Institute/Africa
Brooks Coetzee
Global Biology Leader
Corteva Agriscience
Stewart Collis
Senior Program Officer
Digital Agriculture Solutions
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Larry Cooley
President Emeritus and Senior Advisor
Management Systems International
Faith Critzer
Associate Professor & Produce Safety Extension Specialist
Washington State University
Ram Datt
Associate Professor
School of Agribusiness and Rural Management
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India
Liz Diebold
Managing Director-Social Investment
Skoll Foundation
John Dixon
Adjunct Professor
University of Queensland
Ismahane Elouafi
Chief Scientist
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Louise Fox
Senior Fellow in the Africa Growth Initiative
Brookings Institute
Dennis Garrity
Systems Agronomist and Drylands Ambassador
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Lesley Goh
Senior Technology Advisor
World Bank Group
Bobbi Gray
Research Director
Grameen Foundation
Elcio Guimaraes
Director General
Embrapa Rice and Bean Research Center, Brazil
Peter Hirst
Assistant Director
International Programs in Agriculture
Professor
Department of Horticulture
Purdue University
Julie Howard
Senior Adviser
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Klein Ileleji
Professor and Extension Engineer
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Purdue University
Tamara Jackson
Visiting Research Fellow
University of Adelaide
ACIAR SDIP Program Manager
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
M.L. Jat
Principal Scientists Sustainable Intensification
International Maize and Wheat Research Center (CIMMYT)
Agnes Kalibata
President
Jane Kamau
Commercialization and Agribusiness Manager for Aflasafe
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Emma Karki
Senior Research Officer
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT Nepal)
Ermias Kebreab
Associate Dean for Global Engagement
Director of World Food Center
Sesnon Endowed Chair in Sustainable Agriculture
University of California-Davis
Steve Kemp
Program Leader for Livestock Genetics
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Laurie Kitch
Co-Founder and CEO
PICS Global
Naoko Koyama-Blanc
Partner and Regional Director for Africa
Dalberg Advisors
Shashank Kumar
Co-Founder & CEO
DeHaat
Rattan Lal
Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science
The Ohio State University
Susan Lamont
C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Life Science
Iowa State University
Christopher Magomba
Lecturer
Sokoine University of AgricultureUniversity
Basant Maheshwari
Professor
Western Sydney University (Australia)
Chikelu Mba
Team Leader Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Susan McCouch
Barbara McClintock Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics
Director of the Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture
Cornell University
Charlene McKoin
Principal
McKoin International Development
Rick Melnick
Vice President of Global Business
DunhamTrimmer
Brian Milder
Founder & CEO
Aceli Africa
Alesha Miller
Vice President, Strategy & Partnerships
Digital Green
Dharmendra Mishra
Assistant Professor & Process Authority
Department of Food Science
Purdue University
Beth Mitcham
Extension Specialist and Postharvest Pomologist
Department of Plant Sciences
University of California-Davis
Aline Mugisho
Executive Manager
Innovative Youth in Agriculture
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Laurence Mukamana
Deputy Chief of Party & Senior Agronomis
Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity
Lilian Ndungu
Thematic Lead – Agriculture & Food Security
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)
Ryan Newton
Founder and CEO
Paisa
Etienne Niyigaba
Agriculture Extension Advisor
Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity
Qureish Noordin
Program Officer
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Sahel Consulting: Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd.
Brietta Oaks
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
University of Rhode Island
Haley Oliver
Professor
Department of Food Sciences
Director
USAID Feed the Future Food Safety Innovation Lab
Purdue University
Victor Olori
Senior Geneticist
Department of Food Sciences
Aviagen Group
Yvonne Otieno
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Miyonga Fresh Greens ENT
Rajendra Paroda
Chairman
Trust for Advancement of Agricultureal Sciences (TAAS)
Jacob Ricker-Gilbert
Professor of Agricultural Economics
Director
USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Process and Post-harvest Handling
Purdue University
Pamela Ronald
Distinguished Professor
Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center
University of California-Davis
Moussa Senge
System Change and Partnership Coordinator
One Acre Fund
Jim Simon
Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology
Rutgers University
Matthew Stasiewicz
Assistant Professor
Applied Food Safety
University of Illinois
Barbara Stinson
President
World Food Prize Foundation
Terry Stone
Global Regulatory Leader
Corteva Agriscience
Hale Ann Tufan
Professor and Associate Director FtF Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement
Cornell University
Mitch Tuinstra
Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research
Department of Agronomy
Purdue University
Stefan Uhlenbrook
Strategic Program Director
CGIAR Program on Water, Food and Ecosystems
Jessie Vipham
Assistant Professor
Kansas State University
Simon Winter
Executive Director
Syngenta Foundatio
Christian Witt
Senior Program Officer
Agriculture Development
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Lennart Woltering
Scaling Advisor
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Josh Woodard
Senior Digital Advisor
USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security