2025 EXPERT SPEAKERS

Aaron Hummel

Aaron Hummel

Vice President - Technology & Pipeline Strategy

Pairwise

Anindya Bandyopadhyay

Anindya Bandyopadhyay

Principal sc

CIMMYT

Balaji Vasudevan

Balaji Vasudevan

Venture partner and Agrifoodtech VC Consultant

Viridian Seeds

Carl Jones

Carl Jones

Plant Sciences Director

Mars

Christine Shyu

Christine Shyu

Regulatory Science Genome Editing Enablement Lead

Bayer

Connor Thorpe

Founder

Hermes Biomaterials

Dhyan Palanichamy

Dhyan Palanichamy

Plant Breeder & Data Scientist

Ingredion

Gaganpreet Sidhu

Gaganpreet Sidhu

Chief Technology Officer

Meiogenix

Jamie Saxon

Jamie Saxon

Head of Sustainability

Inari

Jennifer Hubert

Jennifer Hubert

Executive Director, Plant Biotechnology

CropLife

Jim Radtke

Senior Vice President, Product Development

Cibus

Limor Davidson Mund

Vice President Business Development

PlantArcBio

Lucas Lieber

Lucas Lieber

CEO

BioHeuris

Markita Landry

Markita Landry

Associate Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Martin Slayne

Vice President, Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs

Ingredion

Mathias Muller

Mathias Muller

Corteva Catalyst Senior Director

Corteva

Nicolas Kral

Nicolas Kral

CTO

Phytoform Labs

Nina Guest

Senior Manager, Marketing Insights, Americas

Ingredion

Piero Barone

Piero Barone

Capability Leader, Genome Editing

Corteva Agriscience

Pushpak Mehta

Pushpak J Mehta

Corn Breeder

Ingredion

Ratan Chopra

Ratan Chopra

Vice President, Research

CoverCress

Shai Lawit

Shai Lawit

Director - Trait Strategy & Testing

Pairwise

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Shan Jiang

Associate Professor

University of Iowa

Shira Corem

Shira Corem

Vice President, R&D

BetterSeeds

Stephanie Gamez

Stephanie Gamez

Director of R&D

Agragene

Stuart Harrison

Stuart Harrison

Subject Matter Expert

Syngenta

Tal Sherman

Tal Sherman

CTO

BetterSeeds

Vishnutej Ellur

Vishnutej Ellur

Regulatory Scientist

Syngenta

Yianni Lagos

Yianni Lagos

CEO

Soilcea

Yiping Qi

Yiping Qi

Professor

University of Maryland

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