Dr Aman Paul is the 1st vice-President of the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF), the umbrella association of the European insect sector. An expert in the fields of food chemistry and feed safety, Dr Paul is Director-Product Development at Protix, a leading insect producer from the…
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Aug
Short statement by Walter Heidl, President of the Bavarian Farmers' Association Agriculture and forestry are the green foundation of our society and produce high-quality food for a growing world population. The diverse and far-reaching changes in the economy and society due to climate change, digitalization or globalization offer…
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Aug
Tusya Gharibashvili is a young innovator and entrepreneur since 2017 working on developing urban agricultural practices in Georgia. She is the founder of SpaceFarms, the first fully automated, vertical sustainable farm in Georgia, The first project SpaceFarms was implemented in cooperation with the Adjara Group at the award-winning…
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Aug
Marian Peters BSc. MBA, female, studied Applied Sciences in Wageningen. In 2012 she earned her MBA degree in Business Creation in Food and Health. Marian has 15 years of experience initiating and executing (commercial) employment projects (Randstad); innovative projects (including EU projects) initiated (City of Amsterdam and the…
09
Aug
Andreas Pohl mission is to help people to reduce carbon emissions and embrace a healthier lifestyle by promoting energy efficient, reliable and health-supporting LED components to leading lighting companies across Germany. Andreas earned a Dipl.-Ing.(DH) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cooperative Education in Stuttgart in…
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Aug
Annette Schömmel (Swiss citizen) is a successful, serial entrepreneur. She studied Economics at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Film at University of Southern California and received a Bachelor Degree in Marketing and Communication from University of the Arts, Berlin. Annette Schömmel is a Stanford Business School (SEP Graduate). arthesia Consulting After…
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Aug
Dr Chungui Lu is a Professor of Sustainable Agriculture in the School of Animal, Rural & Environmental Sciences at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). He gained his PhD in Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Nottingham (UoN). Prior to joining NTU, Chungui was Director of the Centre for…
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Aug
Jasper den Besten HAS University, The Netherlands Ir. Jasper den Besten is professor (Dutch: lector) in new cultivation systems, with a focus on cultivation without daylight. He is member of the honorary board of the Association for Vertical Farming. Since 2009, HAS University has been involved in very…
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Aug
Dr. Prash Makaram is the founder and CEO of Crocus Labs GmbH. A deep-tech entrepreneur with more than a decade of experience leveraging semiconductor technologies to drive innovation in a variety of sectors including Med-tech, IOT and Consumer electronics. He holds a PhD and carried out his Post-doctoral…