Building Agritech Clusters

June 3, 2021

Accelerating Startups And Scale-Ups In Agritech

This edition in CityAge’s Future of Food series will look at how leading regions are driving strategies to foster and attract talent and build amazing companies.

And how to give our entrepreneurs the skills that can build global market share.

Sponsors and Partners

SPEAKERS & GUESTS

Gavin Dew

Chief Strategic Advisor Abbotsford Tech District

Dr. Robert Newell

Associate Director, Food and Agriculture Institute University of the Fraser Valley

Hannah Tucker

Director Balance Point Ventures

Dr. Evan Fraser

Director, Arrell Food Institute University of Guelph

Sjaak Wolfert

Theme Ambassador Digital Innovation in Agri-Food Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Dave Smardon

CEO Bioenterprise

Zach Macdonald

Director, Operations & Talent Milk Moovement

Stephanie Savoie

Associate BLG

Lenore Newman

Director, Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley

Kolby Nichol

Director of Capital Enablement EMILI

Zahra Alani

Broadcast Meteorologist & Communications Strategist, CityAge Anchor CityAge

Jason Bradley

Manager, Strategic Partnerships Olds College

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