WEDNESDAY, 25–JUNE

 07:30 – 08:15

Welcome Coffee and Accreditation

 08:15 – 09:00

Official Kick-Off

Aidan Connolly – President, AgriTech Capital; President, IFAMA (IRELAND)

Marcos Fava Neves – Conference Co-Chair; Professor, Harven Agribusiness School (BRAZIL)

Chaim Zaher – Founder and CEO, Grupo SEB (Brazil)

Daiana Bisognin Lopes – Conference Co-Chair; CEO, FB Group (Brazil)

Caio Carvalho – Director, Canaplan; President, ABAG (BRAZIL)

Jacyr Costa – President; Superior Council of Agribusiness, Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (BRAZIL)

Monika Bergamaschi – Vice-President, ABAG (BRAZIL)

Manoel Mário de Souza Barros – President, ALAGRO; Advisor, COSAG/FIESP; Secretary General, Special Committee on Agribusiness of the Federal Council of the OAB; Agribusiness Director, CIN (BRAZIL)

Pedro Lupion – Federal Deputy, FPA (BRAZIL)

Keynote 1: The Future of Farming

Marcos Fava Neves, Moderator – Conference Co-Chair; Professor, Harven Agribusiness School (BRAZIL)

Aurélio Pavinato – CEO, SLC Agricola (BRAZIL)

 09:30 – 10:15

Panel 1: From Farm to Food: Insights into Consumer Movements towards 2050

Carlos Pellicer – CEO, UPL (BRAZIL)

 10:15 – 10:45

Keynote 2: TBA

Manuel Otero – Director General, IICA

 10:45 – 11:15

Break

 11:15 – 12:30

Panel 2: Sustainability Creating Value for Companies

Nicola Shadbolt, Moderator – Chair at Plant & Food Research, Crown Research Institute (NEW ZEALAND)

Juliana de Lavor Lopes – Director of ESG, Communication, and Compliance; AMAGGI (BRAZIL)

Norberto Giangrande – Executive Chairman, Minerva Foods (BRAZIL)

Guilherme Galvão – Marketing Director, Ourofino (Brazil)

 11:15 – 12:30

Special Session – How Women Are Leading the Transformation of Agribusiness — And How We Can Accelerate That Step-Change

Join the IFAMA Young Board with special guest Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

 12:30 – 14:00

Lunch 

Case Competition: Undergraduate and Graduate Finals

 14:00 – 15:45

Panel 3: The Challenge of Training New Leaders in Agribusiness

Anathi Makamane – IFAMA Young Board; Lecturer, University of the Free State (SOUTH AFRICA)

Jorge Bittner, Moderator – IFAMA Young Board; Agribusiness Development Specialist, Gota.ag (CHILE)

Michelle Marais – IFAMA Young Board; and Business Unit Manager at Urban Farmer Pty Ltd (SOUTH AFRICA)

Carlos Guilherme Nosé – CEO & Partner, Fesa Group (BRAZIL)

Paulo Rigolin – Vice President of Latin America, Alltech (BRAZIL)

Luciano Thomé e Castro – Board Member & Coordinator of Business Administration Course, Harven Agribusiness School (BRAZIL)

 15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break

 16:15 – 17:45

Panel 4: Sustainable Innovations: Achieving More with Less

Tony Salas, Moderator – Founder and CEO, Shared-X; Founder and President, ACM Consulting (PERU)

Allan Gray – Executive Director, Digital Innovation in Agri-Food Systems Lab; Purdue Applied Research Institute (USA)

Walter Schalka – Member of the Board, Suzano and Vibra Energia (BRAZIL)

Pedro Terencio – Executive Director; Agro Pastoril Paschoal Campanelli S.A. (BRAZIL)

Robert Erhard – Corporate Sustainable Agriculture Development, Nestlé (SWITZERLAND)

 17:45 – 18:15

Keynote 3: The Future of Agriculture with the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Aidan Connolly, Moderator – President, AgriTech Capital; President, IFAMA (IRELAND)

Johann Coelho – CEO & Founder, Bem Agro; Forbes Under 30 (BRAZIL)

 18:30

Closing

THURSDAY, 26–JUNE

 07:30 – 08:15

Welcome Coffee

 08:15 – 08:45

Keynote 4: Creating Resilient and Sustainable Food Markets for the Future

Beth Bechdol – Deputy Director General, UN-FAO (ITALY)

 08:45 – 10:00

Panel 5: Creating Competitive Advantage through Cooperatives and Associations – The Role of Collective Actions

Decio Zylberstajn, Moderator – Professor, University of São Paulo (BRAZIL)

Juliano Tarabal – Executive Director, Federation of Cerrado Coffee Growers (BRAZIL)

Brian Briggeman – Professor and Director, Arthur Capper Cooperative Center, Kansas State University (USA)

José Antonio Rossato – Member of the Administrative Board, Coplana - Cooperativa Agroindustrial (BRAZIL)

 10:15 – 10:45

Break

 10:45 – 12:15

Panel 6: The Future of Bioenergy

Bruno Serapião, Moderator – CEO, Atvos (BRAZIL)

Arnaldo Jardim – Federal Deputy, Chair of the Special Commission on Energy Transition and Green Hydrogen Production (BRAZIL)

Alessandro Gardemann – CEO, Geo bio gas&carbon; Co-Founder, Abiogas (BRAZIL)

Andréa Veríssimo – Director of International Affairs & Communications, UNEM: Brazilian Corn Ethanol Association (BRAZIL)

Silvia Massruha – President, Embrapa (BRAZIL)

 12:15 – 12:30

Mariangela Hungria – Silvia Massruhá, President of Embrapa, recognized for her award of World Food Prize.

 12:30 – 14:00

Lunch / Case Competition

Case Competition: Young Professionals Finals

 13:00-15:15

Panel 7: Biotechnology: Pioneering Innovation and Sustainability

Esteban R. Brenes, Moderator – Professor of Strategy and Agribusiness, INCAE Business School; President, BAC & Associates S.A. (COSTA RICA)

Nelson Wulff – Scientific Researcher, Fundecitrus (BRAZIL)

Kieran Gartlan – Managing Partner, The Yield Lab Latam (BRAZIL)

Marcelo Eskenazi – New Business Innovation Advisor, São Martinho (BRAZIL)

 15:15 – 15:45

Coffee Break

 15:45-17:00

Panel 8: From Farm to Table: Responding to consumer demands to produce nutritious food sustainably. 

Thia Hennessy, Moderator – Professor of Agri-Food Economics, University College Cork (IRELAND)

Edson Barros – LATAM Marketing VP, Kerry (BRAZIL)

Alejandra Rullán – Nutrition Director for Latin America, Kerry (BRAZIL)

 17:00 – 17:30

Closure Keynote: Agribusiness Message to COP and The Role of Sustainability

Aidan Connolly – President, AgriTech Capital; President, IFAMA (IRELAND)

Marcos Fava Neves – Conference Co-Chair; Professor, Harven Agribusiness School (BRAZIL)

André Aranha Correa do Lago – COP30 President (BRAZIL) [Virtual participation]

Roberto Rodrigues – Special Ambassador, FAO (BRAZIL)

Guilherme Piai Filizzola – São Paulo State Agriculture Secretary

 17:30 – 17:45

Event Closing