Summit in Review

The Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco welcomed livestock producers, animal health and nutrition providers, feed companies, tech developers, investors and start-ups to exchange ideas, share experiences and create new partnerships with the goal of improving preventative healthcare, methane reduction, precision livestock farming, and sustainable feed sources.

The summit featured in-person sessions on-stage and networking with an audience of 560+ delegates attending from across 30 countries.

Check out our highlights below from a fantastic day of fresh thought leadership, critical debate and high-level networking.

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Our Delegates Said

“The discussions were inspiring, and we learned so much. We look forward to continuing the conversation and driving innovation in the animal, agriculture, and food tech industries.”
VP, Animal Health & Nutrition, TECHACCEL

“The summit provides us with an opportunity to tell people about our services and the value that we provide to companies in the Ag space.”
Senior Partner HEADSTORM

“The Animal AgTech Innovation Summit is truly a one of a kind event. The networking opportunities were unrivaled and the programming was engaging, insightful and highly relevant to the work we do at USRSB.”
Executive Director, U.S. ROUNDTABLE FOR SUSTAINABLE BEEF

 

“While a lot of discussions did revolve around Silicon Valley Bank, the summit was very positive and there is a strong interest in collaboration. This summit touches on all the aspects of agriculture, from Animal Health to Plant Science.”
CEO & Co-Founder, GENVAX TECHNOLOGIES

On-Stage Highlights

Shifting the Focus to Preventative Healthcare

“Consumers are open to technology, but they want science, and they want transparency in that science. What is really cool is that consumers care, but as an industry we need to make sure we’re providing science-based proof points for our future technology.”
Katie Cook, VP Farm Animal Innovation & Marketing, ELANCO

Towards Holistic Sustainability in Animal Supply Chains

“These carbon, animal welfare and antibiotic commitments are requiring supply chains to have these relationships and visibility that go further back. We need to have relationships with the farmers and the packers because these data points are going to be required for us to demonstrate that we are actually making progress to these commitments.”
Banks Baker, Global Director, Product Sustainability, GENUS, PIG IMPROVEMENT COMPANY (PIC)

Optimizing Existing Feed Sources and Scaling Novel Solutions

“We hear Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 all the time, but what do they mean?

  • Scope 1: Direct Emissions
  • Scope 2: Indirect Emissions
  • Scope 3: Upstream and downstream emissions

With net zero it’s an exciting and challenging time for JBS. Everyone is still figuring out what is best for feed and what should go into feed, but it goes back to having a scalability and economic component which needs to help the farmers and ranchers decrease emissions of those things.”
Sarah Klopatek, Director Sustainability R&D, JBS

Maintaining Momentum in Animal AgTech Innovation

“There is an increasing interest from sustainability and impact investors in this space. In our most recent fund on the venture side, the single largest growth in LP profile was from impact sustainability and oriented investors. We are being called upon to be more articulate and more thoughtful in respect to all the technology investments that we are making.”
Eric O’Brien, Co-Founder & Managing Director, FALL LINE CAPITAL

Who Joined Us?

Here are just some of the industry leaders who joined us at Animal AgTech San Francisco this year:

Elena Rice, CSO & Head of R&D, GENUS, USA

Terry Canning, CEO, CATTLEEYE, IRELAND

See You Next Time!

Get the dates in your diary now! Join livestock producers, animal health and nutrition providers, feed companies, tech developers, investors and start-ups shaping the future of the animal agriculture industry at the Amsterdam edition on October 10-11, 2023.

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