Women in AgTech

Feed the agriculture of the future

Agenda

The Global Women in AgriTech Summit program will be fertile ground to discover the best practices in the industry and showcase the latest technological innovations in AgriTech.

8:00 a.m

Visit Global Women in BIO show

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m

Session 1:

Feeding the Future: How Women in AgriTech and FoodTech Promote Agricultural Sustainability
and the Evolution Towards Organic Food Systems”
¬Panel AgTech: "Transforming Digital Agriculture: Women in Agritech and the Role of Digital
Twinning for Enhanced Farm Management"
¬ Panel FoodTech :” Women in FoodTech: Technological Advances and Innovations in food
industry”

10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m

Session 2:

¬ Panel PackagingTech & Sustainability: “Packaging 4.0: eco-responsible revolution with
connectivity and intelligence”

2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m

Session 3:

¬ Panel AgriScience Innovation: “Green revolution: Science, innovation and technology serving regenerative agriculture and organic food”

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m

Session 4:

¬ Panel Agribusiness Invesment & Agri Finance: lever of prosperity and sovereignty “Investing in the Future: Female Leadership in AgTech and FoodTech Innovations for a Sustainable Food System, Improved Human Health, and a Protected Environment”

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m

Session 5 - Trade & Exportation. In organic industry:

¬ Panel Export: Strategies for Successful Export in the AgTech, FoodTech, and Organic Industry Sectors”
¬ Panel Trade PI & Ecocert: “Positioning the Market for Organic and Technological Products: The Impact of Intellectual Property and Organic Certification on Innovation and Valorization”

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m

Session 6:

¬ Round Table 1: “Female Leadership in Sustainable Agribusiness: Current Status and Global Perspectives”
¬ Speakers Quebec-Belgium-Africa: Influential women and Ambassadors of the agricultural and agri-food sector by country.

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 a.m

Session 7:

¬ Roundtable Table 2: “Innovate Ethically: Female Leadership and Inclusive Marketing of Organic Products”
¬ Inspiring testimonials: Leading ambassadors of the organic industry by sector (agri-food agri-cosmetics, agri-pharma)

2:00 p.m

Session 8:

¬ Round Table 3: Inclusive financing for African women in trade: “African Female Leadership:
Transformations and Innovations in the Trade of Organic Industries”
¬ Inspiring testimonies: African delegations

9:00 a.m

Agrotourism visits

6:00 p.m

Gala Dinner of Excellence

FOR A TRANSITION TOWARDS ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND A MORE RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAIN

Day 1

SESSION: AGRITECH IN THE FEMININE

🇨🇦 Marilou Cyr

Directrice génerale Zone AgéTEch

🇨🇦 Dr. Shari van de Pol

Founder & CEO  CATTLEytics Inc.

🇨🇦 Ophelia Sarakinis

Fondatrice Ferme GUSH

🇨🇦 Sophie Chainel 

Présidente Drone des champs

🇨🇦 Adriana Pérez

Co-Fondatrice BioIntelligenza

🇧🇪 Silvia Balletta

Chargée marketing et des Opérations. vertiberry

SESSION: FOODTECH IN THE FEMININE

🇨🇦 Aisha ISSA

Chercheuse ITHQ

🇨🇦 Julie Daigle

Directrice régionale de l’innovation Réseau canadien d’innovation en alimentation Québec

🇨🇦 Dr. Laura Liu

Co-Founder & CTO MatrixSpec Solutions

SESSION: PACKAGING 4.0 FOR FEMININE

🇨🇦 Zoraide Bentellis

Directrice générale ITEGA

🇨🇦 Valérie Audet-Nado

Directrie générale Faspac

🇨🇦 Margaux Murray

Propriétaire B Factory

🇨🇲 Moukouri Odile

CEO Campack Ltd Cameroun

SESSION: GREEN REVOLUTION SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

🇨🇦 Micheline Ayoub

Vice présidente du comité de direction de Biomasse Canada

🇨🇦 Marie-Pierre Dufresne

Directrice générale BiopTerre

🇨🇦 Séraphine Dupont

Professionnelle de recherche BIOPTERRE

SESSION: COMMERCIALISATION & EXPORTATION

Christian Sivière

Président Solimpex

Patricia Hénault

Avocate Pl FASKEN

Marie-Pier Savard

Directrice opération biologique, Groupe ECOCERT

Melissa Prophete

Directrice Exportations Québec Invest

🇨🇦 Suzanne Donofrio

Gestionnaire sénior, programmes économiques pan canadien RFAQ

SESSION: INCLUSIVE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT

🇨🇦 Darlene McBain

Industry Relations Manager Farm Credit Canada FCC

Nadine El Saddi

Directrice régionale, Entrepreneuriat Inclusif Québec & Atlantique- BDC

🇨🇦 Ahmed Ben Bouzid

Directeur Général Réseau de microcrédit entrepreneurial au Québec

🇨🇦 Anne-Marie Naud

Associé Fasken -Fusions et acquisitions, financement par actions et gouvernance d'entreprise

Christian Bellemare

Directeur général Ville de Saint-Eustache

🇨🇦 Isabelle Johnson

Conseillère Inclusion financière des femmes , Développement international Desjardins (DID)

Raphaëlle Viau

Conseillère en développement économique - service aux entreprise MRC de Deux-Montagnes

Global Guests of Honor

🇪🇸 Margarita Astrálaga

Director of the Environment, Climate, Gender and Social Inclusion Division at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

🇺🇸 Ambassador Ertharin Cousin

Founder, Food Systems for the Future

Ms. Ndaya Beltchika

Lead Technical Specialist - Gender and Social Inclusion at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Ms. Jeminah Njuki

Director for Africa at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

🇨🇷 Beverly Best

Director of External and Institutional Relations at IICA

Round Table - North America

🇨🇦 Marilou Cyr

Directrice génerale Zone AgéTEch

🇨🇦 Muriel Dubois

Vice-President Board of Directors Sollio Groupe Coopérative

🇨🇦 Jeannie Messier

Presidente Agricultrices of Québec

🇨🇦 Darlene McBain

Industry Relations Manager, Farm Credit Canada FCC

🇨🇦 Mary Robinson

President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture

🇨🇦 Peggy Brekveld

President Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA)

🇨🇦 Cynthia (Cindy) Clark

CEO Women in Supply Chain, Canada

🇨🇦 Marielle Farley

Cofonder Potager Mont-Rouge

🇨🇦 Julie Poitras-Saulnier

CEO & Cofounder at LOOP Mission

🇺🇸 Martha Carlin

Chief Executive Officer at BiotiQuest

Aisha ISSA

Chercheuse ITHQ

🇺🇸 Larisa B. Miller

CEO, Phoenix Global LLC

🇺🇸 Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes

President, Founder & CEO Institute for Science, Entrepreneurship and Investment

🇺🇸 Cheryl Cook

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Pennsylvania

🇺🇸 Heidi Secord

Pennsylvania Farmers Union

🇺🇸 Briana Zagami

Urban Agriculture Consultant Working to create a more Sustainable Industry AgriTecture

🇺🇸 Kathleen Merrigan

Executive Director & Professor, Arizona State University

Round Table - Africa-Political Agriculture

🇸🇸 Hon. Josephine Joseph Lagu

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, South Soudan

🇿🇦 Slauzy Mogami

Founder of leading ladies of Africa & ExChairperson of BRICS Argriculture Working Group

🇳🇬 H.E Hajiya Aisha Ariku Bagudu

Founder of Mallpai Foundation

H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko

Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission.

🇷🇼 Aimée Marie Ange Tumukunde

Cooperative Policy Specialist, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Rwanda

🇸🇱 H.E. Fatima Maada BIO

First Lady of Sierra Leone

Round Table - Africa

🇰🇪 Dr Lucy Muchoki

Chief Executive Officer of the Pan African Agribusiness and Agroindustry Consortium (PanAAC)

🇿🇲 Lily Sings

CEO @green agricultural youth organisation

Sigga M. Jagne

CEO & FOUNDER SIGNARA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, LTD

🇳🇬 Chioma (Ukwuagu) Adiele-Okpara

Gender and Social Inclusion Manager at West Africa Trade and Investment Hub

🇬🇭 Fatima Alimohamed

CEO at African Brand Warrior

🇳🇬 Aisha ibrahim babangida

Founder, Women Enterprise Alliance

Round Table - Latin America

🇬🇭 Dr. Mariana Royer

Founder, Bio Stratège

🇲🇽 Claudia Carbajal Morelos

Regional Director for Latin America at Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD)

🇧🇷 Nathália Secco

Founder & CEO Orchestra Innovation Center

🇯🇲 Diandra Rowe

President Nutrani

Round Table - Asia

🇸🇬 Dr Nisha Kohli

CEO, Founder, ESG and Impact Management

🇮🇳 Dr Harbeen Arora

Founder G100 ALL WEF WICCI SHECONOMY BIOAYURVEDA

Caroline Berube

Managing Partner at HJM Asia Law & Co LLC | WEF YGL

🇰🇭 Leakhena Saroeurn

Co-founder of Wefarm

🇮🇳 Dr Savita Sengar

Vice Chancelor council.  Jharkhand Rai University (JRU), Ranchi

🇧🇩 Shahnewaz Ayesha

Managing Director, Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh

🇺🇸 Amanda Uitermarkt

Technical Service and Territory Representative at JYGA Technologies/Gestal

Round Table - MENA

🇦🇪 Anissa Abbou

Head of Global Professional Specification & Agriculture Lead METAP Signify

🇪🇬 Sherifa Sherif

Executive Director at National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, Egypt

🇦🇪 Nikita Patel

Founder of Oasis Greens & Director of Geap Group Dubai, United Arab Emirates

🇦🇪 Dr Tarifa Ajeif Al Zaabi

Deputy Director General at International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)

Round Table - Europe

🇬🇷 Valasia Iakovoglou

Director of the Ecotourism Sector of the UNESCO Chair Con-E-Ect at International Hellenic University (IHU) GrecEe

🇮🇹 Claudia Laricchia

Head of Institutional Relations and Global Strategic Partnerships, Future Food Institute.

🇩🇪 Christine Zimmermann-Lössl

Chairwoman & Founder of the European Vertical Farming Association

🇧🇪 Corine Roland

Coordinatrice en Animation Économique BEP Namur

🇬🇪 Nino Zambakhidze MBA YGL

Founder Agrogate Board Member at Ajara Group holding

🇪🇸 Yolanda Diaz Villarrubia

People Tech Business AMIT MIT - HR Tech HUB- CoFounder WA4STEAM

🇬🇧 Professor Lisa Short

Director | Co-Founder P&L DIGITAL EDGE LIMITED [UK]

🇨🇭 Carol Plummer

CEO of the Swiss based agtech company,Vivent

🇬🇧 Noleen Mariappen

Founder Saffa Globa

🇬🇧 Chloe Dunne

Présidente Breedr

Session I: Agriculture 4.0

Orn Supaphol

Lead Soil Scientist / Agricultural Engineer Desert Control

🇨🇦 Marie-José Montpetit

Technologies numériques et propriétés intellectuelles Ferme d'hivers

🇨🇦 Tamara Leigh

CEO & Co-Founder at EIO Diagnostics

🇨🇦 Robert Saik

Chief Executive Officer AGvisorPRO

🇳🇱 Eric Egberts

CEO at Dutch Greenhouse Delta

Orn Supaphol

Lead Soil Scientist / Agricultural Engineer Desert Control

🇺🇸 Larisa B. Miller

CEO, Phoenix Global LLC

🇬🇧 Professor Lisa Short

Director | Co-Founder P&L DIGITAL EDGE LIMITED [UK]

🇨🇦 Tamara Leigh

CEO & Co-Founder at EIO Diagnostics

🇨🇦 Marie-José Montpetit

Technologies numériques et propriétés intellectuelles Ferme d'hivers

🇦🇺 Phil Talbot

Founder and CEO at Authentium

Session III: Climate-Smart Agriculture

🇨🇦 Jaime Webbe

Global Director, Climate change and Biodiversity Alinea International, Canada

🇰🇪 Dr. Mary Nyasimi

Director, Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa (ICCASA) and gender, social inclusion and climate change scientist

🇮🇩 Imelda Bacudo

Expert on Climate Policy and Finance, Land Use and Climate - Smart Agriculture, Indonesia

🇯🇵 Dr. Naoko Ishii

Managing Director and President of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

🇮🇳 Reema Banerjee

Programme Director at Centre for Environment Education, India

Session IV: Agriculture Science Research

🇨🇦 Sylvain Charlebois

Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University

🇺🇸 Kathleen Merrigan

Executive Director & Professor, Arizona State University

Judith (Khamoni) Wafula

Converner Lukenya University Kenya 🇰🇪

🇨🇦 Sylvain Charlebois

Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University

🇨🇦 John G. Keogh

Professor of Practice McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics

🇨🇭 Carol Plummer

CEO of the Swiss based agtech company,Vivent

🇺🇸 Martha Carlin

Chief Executive Officer at BiotiQuest

Session V: Investment in Agtech

🇨🇦 Upasana Sharma

Founder and CEO at IQ Canada

🇨🇦 Sebastien Leblond

Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Investor & Business Executive

🇨🇦 Laura Kilcrease

CEO Alberta Innovates

Day 2

TABLE RONDE QUÈBEC: LEADERSHIP ÉTHIQUE FÉMININ FEMMES DE L'AGROALIMENTAIRE SAIN ET BIO

🇨🇦 Janie Duquette

Présidente Janidée Inc

🇨🇦 Isabelle Huot

Fondatrice Isabelle Huot

Lysa Macri PDG

Les Produits Malyna i

ROUND TABLE: ORGANIC AGRO-COSMETIC LEADERS

🇨🇦 Janie Duquette

Présidente Janidée Inc

🇨🇦 Manon Pilon

R&D Directeur Derme &Co

🇧🇪 Sanah Chaghouani

Fondatrice Saphinah Cosmetics

🇨🇦 Nathalie Forgie

Fondatrice DAVINCIA

🇫🇷 Natacha Paugam

Présidente USTAWI Skincare

🇨🇦 Jennifer Brodeur

Fondatrice JB Skin Sävvi

ASIA ROUND TABLE: Trade and investment between Canada and South Asia

🇨🇦 THI BE NGUYEN

Directrice générale Conseil d’affaires Canada-ANASE

🇰🇭 Mr. Kim Chanphirum

Consul Honoraire à Montréal Consulat Honoraire du Royaume du Cambodge

🇰🇷Mrs. Hyelim Juliana Kim

Founding President Quebec-Korea Business Association

🇨🇦 Audrey Streel

Directrice-adjointe, Bureau régional du Québec et du Nunavut, Affaires mondiales Canada

🇨🇦 Joanie Leroux-Côté

Membre du CA du Forum d'affaires Québec-Japon et Conseillère experte, Direction Exportations, Marchés de l'Asie - Pacifique et de l'Océanie, Investissement Québec International

AFRICA ROUND TABLE: TESTIMONIES FROM AFRICAN WOMEN LEADERS

🇬🇦 Jessica Medza Allogo

Les petits pots de l'Ogooué-Gabon

🇨🇩 Isabelle Kone

Présidente KariPurCao

🇧🇫 Florence Basson

Présidente Faso Attieke

🇨🇲 Jacqueline Tientcheu

Présidente de Fédération chez FOFE AC

🇲🇱 Kady

Fondatrice Ethically & Sustainbly Impacting Africa Mali

🇩🇿 Soumia Djaouti

Présidente Algerian Saffron

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