2023 IFA Smart & Green Conference
February 6-8 2023
Opening Session
February 6 2023
Innovation & Investments in Agtech - Hadar Sutovsky, VP External Innovation, ICL
Industrial Perspective on the role of innovation to address forthcoming challenges - Munif Al Munif, General Manager, Sabic Agri-Nutrients
Reinventing the industries that revolutionized the world - Sinan Uzan, Founder and President, Tekfen Ventures
Session 1: Potential for low-carbon, decentralized fertilizer production
February 6 2023
State of Technology and Economic boundary conditions for green, decentralized, nitrogen fertilizer production - David Franz, Stamicarbon
Fertiberia's plans to be fully green by 2035 - Javier Goni del Cacho, fertiberia
Feeding the world with lightning - Nicolas Pinkowski, Nitricity Inc.
Sustainable ammonia production with a nitrogen electrolyser - Guðbjörg Rist, CEO, Atmonia
It’s all about the green-ammonia - Ophira Melamed, CEO and Co-Founder, NitroFix
Session 2: Novel fertilizer products
February 7 2023
A new definition of plant nutrients as a driver for innovation - Achim Dobermann, Chief Scientist, IFA
How to unleash the potential of nanofertilization - Søren Husted, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Next-generation enhanced-efficiency fertilizers for sustained food security - Deli Chen, Professor of Soil Science, University of Melbourne
Nano Urea - Learnings so far - Tarunendu Singh, Senior Manager, IFFCO
First fully biodegradable commercial coating for controlled-release fertilizers - Roland Clemens, Global Marketing and Portfolio Manager CRF, ICL
Improving on-farm economics and sustainability with RhizoSorb - Hunter Swisher, CEO and Founder, Phospholutions
Global Fertilizer Challenge / Efficient Fertilizer Consortium - Allison Thomson, AgMission Program Director, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR)
Session 3: Manipulation of the microbiome
February 7 2023
Shaping the microbiome in a complex plant environment - Günter Brader, Scientist, Austrian Institute of Technology
Progress on the path to self-fertilizing cereal crops: Field performance of Pivot Bio PROVEN 40 in US corn - Ernie Sanders, VP Product Development, Pivot Bio
Systemic nitrogen fixation for legume and non-legume crops - Phil Bernardin, Market Development & Sustainability, Azotic Technologies
Decoding soil life: utilizing the soil microbiome as a bioindicator for monitoring biological agricultural input effectiveness -Alberto Acedo, Co-founder and CSO, Biome Makers
BiOWiSH® Hologene 3™ technology – a new kind of fertilizer enhancement - John Gorsuch, Director of Research and Development, Biowish Technologies
Mycorrhizal inoculants for mainstream agriculture - Dan Grotsky, Cofounder and Chief Growth Officer, Groundwork BioAg
Session 4: Digital agronomy challenges and solutions
Digital agronomy solutions
February 8 2023
What is next in Computational Agronomy - Jeremy Groeteke, Head of Computational Agronomy, Syngenta
Sustainable and profitable farming by CleverFarm - Vojtech Malina, CEO, CleverFarm
Building a Digital Twin for Applied Agronomy - Daniel Rooney, CEO, LandScan
Agritech – Driver of Sustainable Agriculture in Africa - Murari Rakshit, Founder and CEO, Nutrisource
Data and data sharing
The critical role of data platforms and data sharing - Ron Baruchi, President and CEO, Agmatix
The cropnutrientdata.net database - Cameron Ludemann, Postdoctoral Researcher, Wageningen University & Research
Session 5: Nutrient recovery and recycling
February 8 2023
Nutrient recovery technologies – turning P potentials into volumes - Christian Kabbe, Managing Director, Easymining Germany
Micronutrient fertilizers extracted and purified from recycle materials like alkaline batteries and metal industry side streams - Timo Jauhiainen, CCO, Tracegrow
Liquid bio-sulphur fertilizer from wastewater - Elise van der Linde, Operational Manager, FertiPaq
A data-driven approach to unlocking the economic and environmental benefits of manure processing and resource recovery - Karleigh Lewis, Agronomy Account Manager, Livestock Water Recycling