US (GA): Priva joins growing list of sponsors of “AgLanta”

Cities everywhere are turning to smart technology to solve their most pressing issues of transport, education and housing. What will the impact of these technologies be on social cohesion and the environment? One emerging technology for cities is Smart Agriculture, which includes vertical farming, smart greenhouses and IOT-empowered open field agriculture. These technologies, along with a growing movement of young farmers across the globe, have the potential to transform the food system that cities and people depend upon.

These themes will be discussed at the upcoming AgLanta event on March 27 and 28 in Atlanta. Register before February 20th and save $120 on Early Bird Tickets. Save even more with the discount code, HORTIDAILY

Keynote

Day 1 Keynote: Otis Rolley, Regional Director of North America, 100 Resilient Cities
Day 2 Keynote: Vonnie Estes, Rosalind Franklin Award for Biotechnology 2017 Winner

Panelists:

Smart Resources Management

Featured Talk by Darryn Keiller, CEO, Autogrow
Mark Horler, The Soya Project (Moderator)
Tinia Pina, Founder & CEO, Re-Nuble
Jeff Bisberg, CEO, Illumitex
Allison Kopf, Founder & CEO, Agrilyst

Smart Operations

Betsy McKay, Senior Writer, The Wall Street Journal (Moderator)
Mark Korzilius, Founder, Farmers Cut GmbH
Sam Schatz, Managing Director, AeroFarms

Smart Urban Development

Featured Talks by James Coffman (Director, Tower Farms) & Jan Westra (Strategic Business Developer, Priva)
Myriam Dormer, Director of Conservation, The Nature Conservancy in Georgia (Moderator)
Mario Camberdella, Director of Urban Agriculture, City of Atlanta's Office of Resilience
Jason Chmura, Senior Associate, KSS Architects
Michael Grove, Principal, Sasaki

Smart Distribution

Robyn Metcalfe, Director, Food+City (Moderator)
Laura Seach, Founder & Product Lead, Foodshed.io
Tyler Mulvhill, Director, ConsenSys (Viant.io)

Smart Education

Featured Talk by Christine Gould, Founder & CEO, Thought for Food
Joyce Hunter, Former Deputy CIO, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Gene Giacomelli, Professor Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering; Director CEAC; University of Arizona
Jonathan Tescher, Program Manager of CREATE, Clark Atlanta University

Smart Retail

Chris Manning, Assistant Director, Produce Grower(Moderator)
Jeffrey Dorfman, Professor, Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Georgia
Judith Winfrey, President, PeachDish
Andrew Carter, CEO & Co-Founder, Smallhold

Smart Finance

Constance Bowen, Director of Operations, The Yield Lab
Flynn Bucy, President, The Bucy Group

Bonus Panel - Scenario Planning for Local Food Systems

David Beurle, FutureIQ
Henry Gordon Smith, Agritecture

Workshops
Attendees will be able to select 1 of 2 workshops.

Smart Food Access Planning - Anthony Olivieri, FHEED LLC
How to use GIS and other data sets to target local food enterprise solutions for food insecure neighborhoods.

Smart Policy for Smart Agriculture - Bob Van Heuvelen, VH Strategies
How farmers and policymakers can formulate strategies for the 2018 Farm Bill and beyond.

Join March 27 & 28 at The Georgia Railroad Freight Depot for unique discussions on this topic. Register before February 20th and save $120

For more information:
www.aglanta.org