agrifood start-up expert stage Hall P11, Stand C32
Stage programme
Welcome to the agrifood start-up expert stage conference programme. The aim of this conference programme is to bring agrifood start-ups even closer to the farmers, industry and the eco-system on an international level. At the same time this platform provides the agrifood start-ups a platform for them to present themselves at the biggest industry meeting point and give them all the useful and relevant information they need to keep innovating further in the agricultural space and continue to shape the future of agriculture.
Highlights:
DLG.Prototype.Club Demos and Pitches (Sunday and Monday)
Lunchtime Start-up Pitch Sessions organized by RootCamp nourished by Krone (Sunday to Friday)
Impulse Talks from Farmers to Start-ups (Sunday to Friday)
Niedersachsen Tag – Seedhouse Convention Start-up Competition Finalist Pitches + „ENTREpreneurship made in Niedersachsen“ – Community Meet-up (Tuesday)
Investor Day and AGRITECHNICA Start-up Evening sponsored by Krone co-organized with German agrifood society (Wednesday)
Sunday, 12 November 2023
Theme: Machines & Robotics: Empowering AgTech
"DLG Open Innovation Showcase"
09:30 - 11:30 a.m. | DLG.Prototype.Club CLAAS & Fraunhofer IGD Challenge Demo + Pitches |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Impulse-Talk from Farmers for Start-ups |
| 12:00 - 02:00 p.m. | Lunchtime Start-up Pitch Session |
| 02:00 - 03:00 p.m. | Technology Deep-Dive - Machines & Robotics Ben Alfi, CEO & Founder, Bluewhite Robotics Robyn Sands, CEO & Founder, Autopickr Korbinian Götz, Research Assistant, Institute of Automotive Technology, Technical University of Munich (TUM) |
03:00 - 04:00 p.m. | Shortage of skilled workers – Digitalization under threat Torben Calenburg, CEO, AGRAMONITOR Carl Gaesing, CEO, TalentFarmers |
| 04:00 - 05:00 p.m. | Recent advancements in Large Language Modelling Applied to Agriculture Nitin Nahata, Head of Platform Engineering - Bayer & Microsoft Platform Partnership Siegfried Liener, Principal Group Program Manager - Consumer Goods & Agriculture, Industry Clouds + Solutions Martin Ullmann, CEO & Founder Ullmanna Moderation: Bradley Roberts, Product Marketing Lead, Bayer |
04:30 – 05:00 p.m. | DLG.Prototype.Club CLAAS & Fraunhofer IGD Challenge Award Ceremony CLAAS Stand |
05:00 - 06:00 p.m. | Networking |
Monday, 13 November 2023
Theme: AgTech Software: Efficiency meets simplicity
„DLG Open Innovation Showcase"
09:30 - 11:30 a.m. | DLG.Prototype.Club AGCO Challenge Demo + Pitches |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Impulse-Talk from Farmers for Start-ups |
| 12:00 - 02:00 p.m. | Lunchtime Start-up Pitch Session |
| 02:00 - 03:00 p.m. | Advancements in Technology Targeting the Ag/Food Value Chain Ines Kaphan, Vice President, Data & Cloud Solutions, Bayer Siegfried Liener, Principal Group Program Manager - Consumer Goods & Agriculture, Industry Clouds + Solutions Andreas Heckman, CEO & Founder, AGVOLUTION Morten W. Schmidt, CEO, OneSoil Moderation: Bradley Roberts, Product Marketing Lead, Bayer |
03:00 - 04:00 p.m. | Managing customer insights - Challenge for Startups and Investors in Agriculture Kai Schleyerbach, Senior Director Crop EMEA Accountmanagement, Kynetec Marcus Holtkötter, Farmer, Blogger, Global Farmer Network Member |
04:30 – 05:00 p.m. | DLG.Prototype.Club AGCO Award Ceremony AGCO Stand |
05:00 - 06:00 p.m. | Networking |
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Theme: RootCamp: Meet our start-ups
„Niedersachsen Tag"
| 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Scaling your start-up into the US Rebekah Sletten, Public Affairs Manager; Americas Cultivation Corridor Heike Zoellner, Business Development Manager, Iowa Economic Development Authority Todd Signer, Vice President of Crop Care Platform Engineering, John Deere Moritz Gansel, CEO, BioCV GmbH | ||
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Impulse-Talk from Farmers for Start-ups | ||
| 12:00 - 02:00 p.m. | Lunchtime Start-up Pitch Session | ||
| 02:00 - 03:30 p.m. | Business France: Accelerator program AgriNest Germany - Latest innovations of promising French Ag tech companies Alexandre Bocage,,Veragrow Paul Turillot, Agriconomie Bastien Glere, Elephant Vert Christophe Aubé, Agreenculture Francois Thierart, MyEasyFarm Olivier Flandre, Lexagri Alban Pobla, Dilepix Boris Galan, Menart Thomas Brandt, Axioma | ||
02:30 - 08:00 p.m. | Niedersachsen Tag Information & Registration | ||
Programme Niedersachsen Tag
| 02:30 p.m. | Speeddating powered by innomatch (startup.niedersachsen) |
| 04:00 p.m. | German Agri Startup Award Semifinal (innovate!) |
05:30 p.m. | Start des Get-Togethers „ENTREpreneurship made in Niedersachsen“ (startup.niedersachsen) |
| 05:45 p.m. | Grußwort aus dem niedersächsischen Wirtschaftsministerium (Claudia Simon, Mittelstandsbeauftragte) |
From 6:00 p.m. | Netzwerken bei Snacks und Getränken |
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Theme: Cross sectoral: AgTech from 3D printing to waste recycling and everything in between.
„Investor Day"
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Investor Readiness - How early-stage startups fundraise successfully in difficult times Sherin Maruhn, Venture Deals & PwC Raise Manager, PwC |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Venture Clienting - Why and how to collaborate with startups |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Impulse-Talk from Farmers for Start-ups |
| 12:00 - 02:00 p.m. | Lunchtime Start-up Pitch Session |
| 02:00 - 02:45 p.m. | Digitalization: Where are our scalable business models? Moderation: Olaf Deininger, Chief Editor Agrarzeitung |
02:45 - 03:30 p.m. | Venture Capital in agrifood: A critical look at the status-quo and what needs to be done for a more positive outlook in the future. Paul Rous, Head of Ventures, Regenerate Ventures Max Brandes, VC Investment Manager Rentenbank Jannis Faltmann, Senior Global Product Manager for ONE SMART SPRAY a Joint Venture of Bosch and BASF |
| 03:30 - 04:15 p.m. | Corporate Venture Capital in agrifood: Best practices from the industries and insights for start-ups regarding investor readiness. |
04:15 – 05:00 p.m. | Investment in agrifood innovation - what can we expect in the future? Dr. Julia Köhn, Serial Entrepreneur and Investor Jesko von Viereck, Head of Agriculture at Saxovent Smart Eco Investments GmbH Ananya Manna, Investment Director at ECBF | Venture Capital Matthias Nachtmann, Lead Digital Farming - Sustainability Business Development Lead at BASF Johann C. Siemes, Managing Partner at FTTF, Fraunhofer Technology Transfer Fund GmbH - Venture Lisa Schmitt Venture Capital, Rentebank Moderation: Olaf Deininger, Chief Editor Agrarzeitung |
05:00 - 08:00 p.m. | AGRITECHNICA start-up evening sponosored by Krone |
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Theme: Sensors & Novel Production Systems
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Impulse-Talk from Farmers for Start-ups |
| 12:00 - 02:00 p.m. | Lunchtime Start-up Pitch Session |
| 02:00 - 03:00 p.m. | The role of soil health in GREEN productivity Pedro Liñán, EU Business Development Manager & Agronomy, Biome Makers Jan Ritter Founder & CEO, SeedForward Paul Thomas, Biome Makers |
03:00 - 04:00 p.m. | Start-Ups & Corporates: What drives innovation in the agtech sector? – Examples from insect farming Dr. Marius Wenning, Founder, Omnivore Recycling Andrea Schwalber, Sustainability Manager, Nestlé Deutschland Melissa Ott, Managing Director, Futury Moderation: Thomas Glaser from Futury |
04:30 – 08:00 p.m. | Mix & Mingle AGRITECHNCIA Asia |
Friday, 17 November 2023
Theme: Geo-Spatial Monitoring and Precision Agriculture
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Impulse-Talk from Farmers for Startups |
| 12:00 - 02:00 p.m. | Lunchtime Start-up Pitch Session |
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