International Roster of Speakers

Introducing the speakers for the IFAMA 2024 World Conference, 17–20 June, 2024. Click on any photo to see LinkedIn profiles.

Kristian Moeller
Managing Director, Appellando GmbH (Germany)

Tony Salas
CEO and Founder,
Shared X (Peru)

Isabel Cayuela Zamora
Head of Global Marketing,
BASF (Spain)

VK Kishore
Global Head of Veg Seeds Smallholders & Sustainability, Bayer (USA)

Peter Maes
Chief Strategy Officer, Koppert Biological (Belgium)

Adelina Salinas
Founding Partner,
ZOI Agricola (Spain)

Emilio De León
Livestock Production Director, COVAP (Spain)

Beatriz Eugenia Arrieta
Regional Manager Food Value Chain, Bayer (Colombia)

Marga Vintges
Strategic Advisor & Project Manager, Greenport West-Holland (Netherlands)

Everlyn Musyoka
Strategy Lead Africa, Smallholder Business (Kenya)

Juan Gabriel Aguiriano Nalda
Group Head of Sustainability, Kerry Foods (Spain)

Aidan Connolly
CEO, Agritech Capital, President IFAMA (USA)

Mary Shelman
Owner, Mary Shelman Group 
(USA)

Sylvain Charlebois
Professor & Director, Food Analytics Lab, University of Dalhousie (Canada)

Germán Fernandez Rodriguez
CEO & President, ISAM Education (Spain)

Kai Wirtz
Global Head of Food Value Chain Partnerships, Bayer (Germany)

Gabriel Rodrquez
Country Representative, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) (Paraguay)

Pierre Broun
Director Climate Resilient Agriculture / Director of Agriculture & Livestock, Topain / NEOM (Saudia Arabia)

Jack Bobo
CEO Futurity, Director Food Systems Institute, University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

Marcos Fava Neves
Founder of Markestrat and
Harven Agribusiness School 
(Brazil)

Yvonne Colomer
Executive Director, Triptolemos Foundation (Spain)

Miguel Angel Molina
CEO, Hispatec
(Spain)

Eduard Fitó
President, Semillas Fitó
(Spain)

Cynthia Giagnocavo
Cátedra (Chair) of Agriculture,
University of Almería (Spain)

Sheila Keino
African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), Bayer
(Malawi)

Karel Escobar Sánchez
Co-Founder, Back Fund
(Spain)

Andrea Álvarez
Business Development Manager,
UNICA (Spain)

Antonio Villarroel
Secretary General, ANOVE
(Spain)

Jack Keeys
Managing Director, J Keeys Consulting
& Zoffee Ltd (New Zealand)

Sonia Eiras Sánchez
Group Ethics Compliance Manager,
G's Fresh (Spain)

Harmanpreet Singh
Smallholder Partnership Lead – APAC,
Bayer Crop Science (Singapore)

Stella Provelengiou
Senior Content Manager,
Wikifarmer (Greece)

Arturo Lizón Nordström
Global MAAVi Lab Director,
Kimitec
(Spain)

Montse Ventosa Garcia Morato
Co-Founder and CEO
Happy Shifting
(United Kingdom)

Ben Rivore
Sustainability & Crop Value Chain Manager, International Seed Federation (ISF) (Switzerland)

Melissa Es-Sayed
Global Smallholder Farming Processes Support, Bayer Crop Science
(Germany)

Rubén Romero Masegose
Head of Policy Advocacy & Alliances, CONVIVE- Fundación Cepaim
(Spain)

Joaquín Pozo-Dengra
Co-Founder and R&D Director,
Biorizon Biotech 
(Spain)

Roberto Tonelli
Professor of Informatics,
University of Cagliari
(Italy)

Miguel Colmenero
Commercial Director,
Wikifarmer
(Spain)

Woody Maijers
Manager at Innovation Pact Greenport West-Holland; and Professor at Inholland University of Applied Sciences
(Netherlands)

José Luis Rancero
Project Coordinator, Cajamar Innova
(Spain)

Mike Cook
Professor, University of Missouri
(USA)

Juan Carlos Gázquez Garrido
Deputy Director, Cajamar Innova
(Spain)

Anathi Siphesihle Makamane
IFAMA Young Board Member and Lecturer, University of the Free State
(South Africa)

Jorge Bittner
IFAMA Young Board and Area Sales Manager, Unitec S.p.A.
(Chile)

Marcelo Rodrigues
Founding partner of Krilltech Nanotech; and Professor at the University of Brasilia (Brazil)

Bernardo Piazzardi
Executive Director of the Master's Degree in Agribusiness, Austral University (Argentina)