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2023 Fall Harvest Conference
Emerging Trends and Opportunities in the Agriculture and Food Industries
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Barnes & Thornburg is pleased to invite you to hear perspectives on new agriculture and food industry developments from leaders of emerging and established companies, investment banks, universities and government agencies.
The speakers will address a variety of industry topics, including hot legal topics for in-house counsel; gene editing issues and developments; transactions in emerging agriculture and food technologies; and diverse industry litigation issues.
Also speaking at the conference are leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service and the National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas.
Presenters
Sendil Devadas, Managing Counsel, Intellectual Property, Corteva Agriscience™
Mitch Frazier, President and Chief Executive Officer, Agrinovus Indiana
C. Bradford Harris, Chief Legal Officer, Alltech
Agustin Herrera Vegas, Global IP Counsel, GDM
Eric Hobson, Associate General Counsel - Crop Protection, Corteva Agriscience™
Fayaz Khazi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Traitology
Angela Olsen, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.
Sarah Oznick, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, AgReliant Genetics, LLC
Harrison Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas
Fritz Schutte, Managing Director, Periculum Capital
Eric Steele, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Elevate Ventures
Daniel Whitley, Administrator, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service
Ken Isley, Co-Chair, Agriculture and Food Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg
Eric Williams, Co-Chair, Agriculture and Food Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg
Alexandra Robinson French, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg
Aisha Hasan, Partner, Barnes & Thornburg
Joshua Hollingsworth, Chair, Private Equity Practice Group, and Co-Chair, Entrepreneurial and Emerging Companies Practice Group, Barnes & Thornburg
4.5 hours CLE credit pending.
Registration
11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Program
11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Reception
5 p.m.-6 p.m.
Download the conference agenda. Seminar, lunch, and reception compliments of Barnes & Thornburg's Agriculture and Food practice group.
Questions? Email Peyton Turner or call 317-261-7938.
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