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Day 0

Tuesday 26th May 2026

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Pre-event UMN Forever Green Research Field Tour

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Pre-conference Networking Drinks

Day 1

Wednesday 27th May 2026

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

8:30am - 8:45am

Farmer first: Placing farmers at the heart of a more resilient food system

Plenary

8:45am - 9:15am

Ag-tech and agri-food innovation: How to promote sustainability within R&D as a driver of long-term, strategic business value

Plenary

9:15am - 10:00am

Food security and resilience at 2+ degrees: How leading brands are integrating adaptation into their climate transition planning

Plenary

10:00am - 11:00am

Speed networking and break

11:00am - 11:45am

Opportunity in crisis: Reframing sustainability as resilience, risk mitigation and commercial advantage

Plenary

11:45am - 12:15pm

The future of US food policy: What does it all mean for food production?

Plenary

12:15pm - 1:15pm

1:15pm - 2:00pm

Breakout track 1

1:15pm - 2:00pm

Farmers don’t need your charity: How to make the economics of farming work for farmers

Breakout

1:15pm - 2:00pm

Regen reality check: How far are commitments translating to real world investment, impact and ROI?

Breakout

1:15pm - 2:00pm

The future of ag-tech that is affordable, and that works: What will scale by 2030?

Breakout

1:15pm - 2:00pm

Tariff trade-offs: Balancing supply, demand and price across the value chain

The other room

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Breakout track 2

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Climate resilience: How sustainable innovation is driving security of supply and demonstrating ROI

Breakout

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Supply shed collaboration: How to address the barriers to scaling regenerative approaches within sourcing regions

Breakout

2:00pm - 2:45pm

Let’s be honest about soil health: Leveraging ag-tech for simple, comparable metrics that can drive farmer collaboration and profitability

Breakout

2:00pm - 2:45pm

The other room: The truth about chemicals: Organic is not better for soil and food. How do we tell the real story?

The other room

2:45pm - 3:30pm

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Breakout track 3

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Don’t talk to farmers about carbon and methane: Talk to them about outcomes

Breakout

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Where’s the ROI in biodiversity? How to understand and quantify impact and outcomes

Breakout

3:30pm - 4:15pm

Cutting through the AI BS: What will be the real use, and when? What does AI get wrong, and right?

Breakout

3:30pm - 4:15pm

The other room: Not all processed food is bad: How do we have a better conversation about health outcomes?

The other room

4:15pm - 5:00pm

A market for regen: How brands can capitalise on consumer trends to create demand for regenerative

Plenary

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Networking drinks

Networking

Day 2

Thursday 28th May 2026

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

9:00am - 9:45am

The sustainable consumer: What is the latest evidence that shows younger consumers are buying sustainably, and how can this be accelerated?

Plenary

9:45am - 10:30am

Food product reformulation: How to connect R&D, agriculture and nutrition with consumer trends

Plenary

10:30am - 11:00am

11:00am - 11:45am

Investing in resilience: Blended capital, corporate venture funding and collaborative financing for a regenerative food system

Plenary

11:45am - 12:30pm

Food system transformation: How genuine industry collaboration can better align supply and demand in agriculture

Plenary

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtable sessions

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtable A: Focus group: Young consumers and what they want from their food labelling and contents

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtable B: Bridging the finance gap for small and mid-sized farms

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtable C: Are we facing a mounting water crisis and what can we do about it?

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtable D: The role of biofuels in decarbonising agriculture: Opportunities, trade-offs and scaling challenges

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtable E: Circular agriculture: Building resilient revenue models with by-products

Roundtable

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtable F: The PROTEIN Act: Where are the opportunities for farmers to participate in expanded alternative protein value chains?

Roundtable

3:00pm - 3:15pm

Wrap-up and closing remarks

Plenary

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Anamya Anurag

Senior Project Manager

Anita Thomson

Chief Partnerships Officer

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