FIAIS 2022
Florida-International Agriculture Innovation Summit
Virtual Participation: March 30-31, 2022
See summit schedule below.
Brought to you by the Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA) and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
The 2022 summit included speakers and participants from Canada and the Netherlands in addition to Florida and Israel. The topics for summit were water conservation and precision agriculture.
The purpose of the Florida-International Agriculture Innovation Summit was to gain insights on important issues facing the agriculture industries in Florida and other countries and to form opportunities for collaboration between these agriculture power houses. Participants had the opportunity to hear directly from growers, investors, scientists and innovators.
Detailed Summit Schedule
Day 1 – March 30, 2022 – PRECISION AGRICULTURE
7:45-8:15AM EST: Virtual Networking
8:15-8:45AM EST: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderated by: Alan Brock, Rural Affairs Director, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Speakers:
Ms. Shelby Scarpa, Interim Assistant Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Ms. Susan Harper, Consul General of Canada in Miami
Ms. Ruth Emmerink, Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Miami
Mr. Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, Consul General of Israel in Miami
8:45-9:00AM EST: Success Stories
Moderated by: Rakefet Bachur-Phillips, Co-Executive Director, Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA)
Speaker: Lior Barhai, CEO, Envonics
9:00-9:15AM EST: Coffee Chat: One Year Later: Lykes Bros & Brick Street Farms
Moderated by: Pam Miniati, Co-Executive Director, Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA)
Speakers:
Shannon O’Malley, Co-Founder and CEO, Brick Street Farms
Carl Bauman, CFO, Lykes Bros. Inc.
9:15-10:05AM EST: Precision Agriculture: Groundbreaking Research
Moderated by: Olivier Demers-Dubé, Project Director, Zone AgTech
Speakers:
Florida: Dr. Arnold Walter Schumann, Associate Professor of Soil and Water Science, Citrus Research & Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida
Canada: Blake Weiseth, Agriculture Research Chair, Applied Research Lead, GFM Discovery Farm Research Chair, Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Israel: Dr. Victor Alchanatis, Agricultural Engineering, Growing, Production and Environmental Engineering, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Institute
Netherlands: Dr. Saskia Visser, Head of Program, Circular and Climate Neutral, University of Wageningen
10:15-11:15AM EST: Precision Agriculture: Industry Challenges and Solutions around the World
Moderated by: Kelly Friend, Director, Agricultural Environmental Services, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Speakers:
Florida: Matthew Donovan, CEO, Agriculture Intelligence and Lead Product Officer, Agroview
Canada: Robert Saik, Founder and CEO, AGvisorPRO
Israel: Guy Sela, Founder, Croapia & YieldApp
Netherlands: Jasper Snijders, Sales Engineer, Aurea Imaging
11:15AM-12:05PM EST: Precision Agriculture: Innovations Disrupting the Status Quo
Presenting Companies Executive Summary
Moderated by: Scott Livingston, CEO, Livingston Securities
Presenting Companies:
Florida: Harvey Kaye, Founder, Bam-FX
Florida: Terence L. Bolden, CEO, Stud Pac Portable Hydroponic Systems
Canada: Samuel Fournier, Co-Founder & CEO, Chrysalabs
Canada: Yvan Ouellet, Co-founder & CEO, Horoma AI
Israel: Thai Sade, Founder & CEO, BumbleBee AI
Israel: Ronit Berman, VP Marketing, N-Drip
Netherlands: Arend Koekkoek, Owner, Pixelfarming Robotics
Netherlands: Bas Alderding, Co-founder & Commercial Director, Farm21
12:15-12:55PM EST: Keynote: Sustainability and Disney – Combining Action and Inspiration
Speaker: Dr. Mark Penning, Vice President, Animals, Science and Environment, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
Introduced by: Guillaume Beland, Project Director, Direct Investments, Zone Agtech
12:55-1:00PM EST: Closing Remarks
Speaker: Ms. Nikki Fried, Agriculture Commissioner, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
1:00-2:00PM EST: Virtual Networking
Day 2 – March 31, 2022 – WATER CONSERVATION: Recycle, Reclaim, Reuse
8:00-8:30AM EST: Virtual Networking
8:30-9:00AM EST: Welcome and Success Stories
Moderated by: Rakefet Bachur-Phillips, Co-Executive Director, Florida-Israel Business Accelerator (FIBA)
Speakers:
Lisa Brand, CTO & Co-Founder, LG Sonic
Dil Vashi, Corporate Development Manager, CO2 GRO
9:00-9:50AM EST: Water Conservation: Groundbreaking Research
Moderated by: Dr. Aavudai Anandhi Swamy, Associate Professor, Biological Systems Engineering Program, Florida A&M University
Speakers:
Florida: Dr. Vivek Sharma, Assistant Professor, Precision Water Management, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida
Canada: Dr. Chandra Madramootoo, James McGill Professor, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, McGill University
Israel: Dr. Daniel Kurtzman, Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Physics and Irrigation, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Institute
Netherlands: Chris Schott, Researcher, European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology, Wetsus
9:50-10:50AM EST: Water Conservation: Recycle, Reclaim, Reuse: Industry Challenges and Solutions around the World
Moderated by: Chris Petitt, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Speakers:
Florida: Angela TenBroeck, CEO, Worldwide Aquaponics
Canada: Michael Warren, CEO, Limiting Factor Innovation
Israel: Miriam Brusilovsky, Technical Director, IDE Technologies
Netherlands: Toon Boonekamp, Team Leader Water for Industry, Arcadis
11:00-11:50AM EST: Water Conservation: Innovations Disrupting the Status Quo
Presenting Companies Executive Summary
Moderated by: Scott Livingston, CEO, Livingston Securities
Presenting Companies:
Florida: Dr. Eban Bean, Director & Co-founder, and Piyush Agade, Co-founder, Gator Byte
Florida: Dr. Daniel Yeh, Founder, BioReNEW
Canada: Thomas Gradek, President, RHST Industries
Canada: Lisa Fast, Marketing and Communications Manager, Livestock Water Recycling
Israel: Tal Maor, Founder & Chief Business Officer, Viridix
Israel: Ronen Barkan, N. America Business Development and Sales Director, Fluence
Netherlands: Rasoul D. Mikkelsen, Director for Strategic Business Development, Eijkelkamp
12:00PM-12:45PM EST: Keynote: From Farms to Incubators-How Women Leaders are Transforming Agriculture Through Innovation
Speaker: Amy Wu, Founder, From Farms to Incubators, Award Winning Writer for Women’s Agriculture and AgTech Movement
12:45-1:00PM EST: Closing Remarks and Next Steps
Moderated by: Alan Brock, Rural Affairs Director, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
1:00-2:00PM EST: Virtual Networking