April 10 - 11, 2019

Energy Biosciences Building Berkeley, California

Two-day Workshop
Day One: April 10, 2019
8:00 AM-8:30 AM
Light Breakfast and Registration

8:30 AM-9:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction: Innovations, Supply Chains, and Finance
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

9:30 AM-9:45 AM
Break

9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Let's Get to Know the Room: Introductions and Discussion

11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Technology and Agriculture
Professor
University of Guelph Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics

Director of Marketing
Netafim USA

12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch and Presentation: Potential of New Genomics and Agriculture
Chief Agricultural Officer
Mars, Inc.

2:00 PM-3:30 PM
Enhancing Private Enterprise through Supply Chain Innovation
President
J. Lugg & Associates

Interim Executive Director
Berkeley Food Institute

Founder and Chief Impact Officer
Revolution Foods

3:30 PM-3:45 PM
Break

3:45 PM-5:15 PM
Creative Finance of Supply Chain Innovation
Founder and Senior Fellow
Financial Innovations Labs

Global Head of Impact
Advance Global Capital

Partner
Bonaventure Capital

5:15 PM-5:30 PM
Synthesis of Day 1
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

5:30 PM-7:30 PM
Solidaridad 50th Anniversary Reception and Keynote: What the Data Revolution Means for Supply Chain Innovation
Former Vice Chancellor for Research
University of California, Berkeley

Day Two: April 11, 2019
8:00 AM-8:30 AM
Light Breakfast and Networking

8:30 AM-9:30 AM
Global Transformations in Agriculture and Supply Chains
Professor
Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

9:30 AM-10:30 AM
Transition of Supply Chains in Emerging Markets
Managing Director
Solidaridad Southern Africa

Executive Vice President
Self Help Africa

10:30 AM-10:45 AM
Break

10:45 AM-12:00 PM
Fine Flavored Successes
Director of Sustainability
Guittard Chocolate

Founder
Predator Endurance®

Founder
Predator Endurance®

12:00 PM-1:15 PM
Lunch and Networking

1:15 PM-2:15 PM
Venture Capital Funding for Agrifood Innovation
Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Colorado State University

2:15 PM-2:30 PM
Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Technology and Policy in Supply Chains
Dean, College of Natural Resources
Polytechnic University of Guayaquil


Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Synthesis and Conclusion
Professor, Robinson Chair
Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Managing Director
Solidaridad North America