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Expert Speaker Faculty

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Stephanie Gamez

Director, Research & Development
Agragene

Christine Shyu

Regulatory Science Genome Editing Enablement Lead
Bayer Crop Science

Shira Corem

VP R&D
BetterSeeds

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Matthew Begemann

Senior Director, Research & Development
Confluence Genetics

Jeff Sander

Head of Genome Editing
Corteva Agriscience

Matt DiLeo

Vice President, Research & Development
Elo Life Systems

Martin Slayne

Vice President - Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs
Ingredion

Anindya Bandyopadhyay

Principal Scientist, Lead Precision Genetics
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Carl Jones

Director - Plant Sciences
Mars

Gagan Sidhu

Chief Technology Officer
Meiogenix

Blake Wiedenheft

Professor
Montana State University

Francisca Castillo

Chief Executive Officer & Chief Scientific Officer
NeoCrop Technologies

Tim Kelliher

Director, Genome Editing Center for Sustainable Agriculture
North Carolina State University

Sarah Evanega

Vice President of Business Development
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.

Lauren Scolnic

Associate Director, Communications
Pairwise

Dror Shalitin

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
PlantArcBio

Sania Awan

Plant Data Scientist
Simplot Plant Sciences

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Vishnutej Ellur

Regulatory Scientist
Syngenta

Chien ha

Research Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University

Mihir Kekre

Head of Commercial Partnerships
Tropic Biosciences

Amanda Pierce

Senior Advisor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Juan Debernardi

Manager, Plant Transformation Facility
University of California, Davis

Samuel Gattis

Chief Technology Officer
Wild Bioscience

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