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  • August 25, 2022
  • 1PM PT / 4PM ET
Online

FUTURISTIC FARMING

How Data Science is Revolutionizing AgTech

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The impact that data science has on our world is immense. With endless possibilities, data analytics and AI provide insight and allow more informed decisions on everything from social media trends to optimizing manufacturing practices.

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Agriculture is one industry that has benefited tremendously from these technological advancements. Data science enables more streamlined agricultural processes, better soil management, higher crop yields, lower pesticide usage and improved livestock practices. These technologies benefit the industry, society and our environment.

Join LaunchBio to hear data science trends and the opportunities for AgTech entrepreneurs. Our panel of industry experts will share how data science is revolutionizing the agriculture industry. Learn how scientists collect and interpret data, improve resource management and integrate new technologies and approaches to achieving higher yield.

Speakers

  • Karen LeVert, MBA, Venture Partner, Pappas Capital

    Karen LeVert, MBA, Venture Partner, Pappas Capital

    Karen LeVert is a Venture Partner with Pappas Capital and is leading the expansion of the firm’s Specialized Fund Management business with a focus on identifying attractive agricultural technology investment opportunities. She has a proven track record of progressing early-stage technologies from university research labs to commercialization as co-founder and CEO of two innovation labs, Southeast TechInventures, Inc. (STI) and Ag TechInventures, LLC (AgTI).

  • John Gottula, PhD, Director of Crop Science, SAS

    John Gottula, PhD, Director of Crop Science, SAS

    John Gottula, PhD, is an Agtech innovator with an applied crop science background and a passion for analytics. Holding a doctorate from Cornell University, John formerly directed crop biotechnology studies and led global agronomic development programs. John is the co-creator of #AgileAg, a movement to link agile processes with crop science to drive analytics adoption in the agriculture industry.

  • Michael Ott, MS, Founder and CEO, Rantizo

    Michael Ott, MS, Founder and CEO, Rantizo

    Michael Ott is the Founding CEO and Board Member at Rantizo, a precision ag technology company headquartered in Iowa City. Rantizo is operational in 26 states, selling a turnkey drone application system that delivers ag inputs exactly where they’re needed when they’re needed. He is currently an Executive in Residence for AgLaunch and Senior Ag Industry Expert for Context Network. Before Rantizo, Michael worked in corporate venture capital backed by Monsanto, Novozymes and Bunge, where he invented a patented technology that delivers a tiny amount of nitrogen to rice seed as it grows.

  • Jeff Spencer, Head of Technology and Data - Digital Farming, BASF

    Jeff Spencer, Head of Technology and Data - Digital Farming, BASF

    Jeff Spencer is the Head of Technology and Data for BASF’s Digital Farming team. Jeff has expertise in the areas of digital agriculture, precision agriculture, geospatial technologies, image science, data automation and data analytics. He has been working in the digital and digital farming space since 2013 and was among those forming BASF’s digital farming around that same time. He’s developed new digital technologies, transformed those technologies into digital
    products, and created a business from the digital products.

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