This conference offers detailed education on emerging technologies designed to improve food safety detection, agricultural input management and data science and make companies more efficient and profitable. Topics will include technology-enabled innovations in sampling methodologies, energy reduction, predictive modeling, human and plant pathogens, water management, food identity protection and packaging.

There will also be a “What’s the Pitch?” session where attendees will watch four late-stage start-ups present their technology ideas to a panel of venture capitalists and industry executives. Plus our Learning Lounge will feature interactive “Discovery Pods” that will showcase cutting-edge technologies. The creators will be available for questions and the technologies will be operational to try out. Technologies will include: