DRAFT AGENDA
November 7-8, 2011
Toronto, ON CANADA
Conference Day One (Monday) – November 7, 2011
7:30 AM Registration and Coffee
8:00
8:15
9:00
9:45
10:10
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Get Smart
What Are the Right Questions to Ask When Exploring Foreign Agriculture Investment Opportunities?
Underinvested and Misunderstood—What’s Your Ag Strategy?
Industry Experts and Veteran Investors Discuss Opportunities in Real Estate, Private Equity, Venture
Capital and Commodity Futures
Foreign Investment Review Boards
Government Scrutiny in Reviewing and Approving Acquisitions Will Become Even More Common in Emerging
Markets. What Will It Mean for International Deal Flow?
Keynote Address
Food Security—Analyzing Fear and Greed Factors Driving Investment Decisions in Land and Crops Worldwide
Including the Geopolitical Implications for the Developing World
10:30 Networking Coffee Break
11:00 Holistic Approach to Sustainable Growth
Public/Private/International Investment Partnerships to Pave the Way Forward and Change the Direction of the
Global Food System?
11:30 Making a Play for Protein
Will Increased Grain Prices and Demand for Animal Proteins Cause Replacement Technology To Be the Next Big
Investment Opportunity, or Will Traditional Livestock Investments Continue to Pay Off?
12:00 PM Where to Look for Biofuel Feedstocks
Which Crops and Technologies Will Provide the Best ROI Without Interfering With Commodity Pricing? Making a
Case for Sweet Sorghum, Ag Waste, Algae and Jatropha
12:30 Networking Lunch
Concurrent Tracks: Please Select One
2:00
2:10
Venture Fair:
Agriculture 2.0 Investment
Opportunities
Welcome and Overview from Track Chairperson
Is Urban Farming Scalable?
Sustainable Investment
Opportunities for
Agrifood/Agribusiness
Welcome and Overview from Track Chairperson
What Does It Mean to Be a
Truly Global Agribusiness?
Farmland Investing and
Agricultural Commodities
Welcome and Overview from Track Chairperson
Russia and China – Land
Masses With Massive

6:00
6:45
2:45
3:30
4:00
4:40
5:15
 Will the Dream of
Hydroponics, Aeroponics and Rooftop Farms Ever Be
Actualized, and What Are the Economic Challenges for
Architects, Scientists and
Investors?
Kicking the Tires

What Makes Investors
Hesitant to Incorporate
Agriculture Technologies into the Overall Portfolio?
 How Different Countries
Affect Company Policy and
Practices Across the Board

Accounting for
Accountability
Food Traceability, New
Trends in Labeling, and How
Each Might Add Value to
Both the Consumer and
Producer
Opportunity (and Risk)
 Navigating Infrastructure,
Politics and Currency
North American Farmland:
How to Find Opportunities in Mature Markets

Investment Restrictions,
Regulations and Returns By
State/Province and Nation
Afternoon Networking Break
Company Presentations
 Jury-selected Agriculture,
Food and Biotech
Entrepreneurs Will Present
“Investment-Ready”
Proprietary Technologies.
Presentations Continue
Food Processors See
Opportunity in Functional
Foods and Nutraceuticals
 How Investing in Nutrition-
Based Seed Trait
Technologies Improves ROI on Traditional Crops Like
Wheat and Rice
Plastic Plants
 Bio-Based Industrial
Products Mean Big Business for Growers, Packagers and
Investors

Why You Should Care About
Dirt
The Role of Soil Health in
Your Farmland Investments
Weather-Dependence
 Agricultural Commodities
Are a Volatile Investment.
Do You Have What It Takes?
Topic-Driven Regional Wine Tasting Roundtables
Tour the Globe in 45 Minutes! Individual Table Conversations to Include Spotlights on
Investment Opportunities in: Brazil, MENA, TIMS, Russia, China, Japan, Africa, India,
Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, and the Seven Seas.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Day One Concludes

Conference Day Two (Tuesday) – November 8, 2011
8:00 AM Coffee
8:30 Welcome Back
8:45
9:30
10:00
Global Investments Roundtable
Evaluating Upcoming Deals, Inherent Risks & Investment Opportunities in Growth Markets
Vertical Investments Along the Supply Chain
From Venture Investment in New Inputs to Private Equity Plays in Consumer-Facing Products—
Finding Opportunity in Every Link of the Agriculture Value Chain
Sustainability and Big Ag
Hear From Executives at Some of the World’s Biggest Agribusinesses About What They See on the
Horizon and How They Will Combat Drought and Climate Change With New Technologies
10:45 Networking Coffee Break
11:15 The GMO Factor
Why the US Thinks Genetic Modification Is the Way Forward, and Why Much of the World Remains
Resistant. What are the Opportunities for Investments in Seed Genetics?
11:35 Enabling Technologies Give Western Farmers a Clear Leg-Up in the Global Market
What Technologies Can Be Made Available to Emerging Market Farmers with Minimal Investment,
Stewardship of the Land, and Steady Returns to Fuel the Next Green Revolution?
12:00 PM Keeping the Peas
Rising Prices, Political Unrest, and the Importance of Production Agriculture in Curbing a Global Food War
12:30 Networking Lunch
Concurrent Tracks: Please Select One
2:00
2:05
Venture Fair: Agriculture
2.0 Investment
Opportunities
Welcome Back from Track
Chairperson
IP Across Borders
 What You Need to Know
About Patent Regulations
Country to Country
Sustainable Investment
Opportunities for
Agrifood/Agribusiness
Welcome and Overview from Track Chairperson
Sustainability Report—The
Business Case for Greening
Your Company
 Why Big
Agribusiness/Agrifood
Companies Spend Money and Time on Sustainability
Reports and Life Cycle
Analyses, and How Traders are Using Environmental,
Social and Governance (ESG)
Factors
Farmland Investing and
Agricultural Commodities
Welcome Back from Track
Chairperson
High-Value Crops
 Why Investors Have an Eye on Produce for 2012, and
What Will Be the Most
Profitable Crops in 2020?

4:15
5:00
2:45
3:30

Geo-Focus: Global
Developments in Ag-Tech
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Spotlight on India: With
Over 60% of the Population
Employed in the Ag Sector,
India is Poised to Feed the
World (Given a Surge of
Investment in Infrastructure and Technology)
Spotlight on Japan: Who’s
Who in Sustainable Ag-Tech, and How Can the Rest of the
World Benefit from Their
Example?
Spotlight on Israel: Why
Scientists in the Middle East are Always on the Cutting
Edge
Spotlight on Canada:
Universities and Incubators
Encourage Innovation
Company Presentations
 Jury-selected Agriculture,
Food and Biotech
Entrepreneurs Will Present
“Investment-Ready”
Proprietary Technologies.
Waste Not, Want Not
 Manufacturing Byproducts
Are the New Raw Materials
Investment Opportunities in
Food Processing
 Energy-Saving Technologies,
Reducing Packaging, and
Waste Repurposing Could Be the Path TO Increased
Profitability With Decreased
Environmental Footprint

The Bottom Line Down
Under
Spotlight on Agriculture
Investments Available in
Australia and New Zealand
Hot Spot - Africa
 Responsible Investments to
Ensure Sovereignty, Local
Opportunity and
Profitability
Irrigation, Fertigation, Valuation: The Role of Water in the Global Food System, An
Introduction to Water 2.0
Agriculture 2.0 Conference Concludes
Welcome Reception for Water 2.0 - Delegates Who Have Registered for the Full Three Days
Will Meet and Mingle with the Who’s Who in Water Investments in Advance of the Water
2.0 Investment Conference on Wednesday.