58th Annual Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference

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Global Perspectives on Indoor Farming and Controlled Environment Agriculture: Producers to End-Users (Room Grand Cypress Ballroom ABC)

03 Feb 19

2:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Speaker(s): Jim Pantaleo, Senior Adviser - Indoor Vertical Farming; Murat Kacira, Professor, Ag & Biosystems Engineering; Director, CEAC, University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center; Robert Pyne, Plant Breeder, Van Drunen Farms; Yaguang Luo, Research Food Technologist, USDA, ARS, NEA, BARC, FQL/EMFSL; Victor Verlage, Senior Director of Resilient Sourcing, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Scott Carrus, Lead Horticulturist, Agritecture; David Armstrong, President and CEO, Sakata Seed America, Inc.; Gretchen Raymond, Managing Director, Rijk Zwaan; Andrew Swanson, Managing Director for Research and Strategic Partnerships , AeroFarms; Raymond Wheeler, Plant Physiologist, NASA Kennedy Space Center; Kai-Shu Ling, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory; Steve Newman, Professor, Colorado State University

Moderator(s): Paul Zankowski, Senior Advisor for Plant Health & Production and Plant Products, USDA Office of the Chief Scientist; Sarah Federman, AAAS Science & Technololgy Policy Fellow, USDA Office of the Chief Scientist; David Babson, Senior Advisor, USDA Office of the Chief Scientist; Celina Gomez, Assistant Professor, Controlled Environment Horticulture, University of Florida;

2:30 PM – 2:50 PM	USDA & DOE CEA Workshop Report-out Sarah Federman \| USDA David Babson \| DOE Paul Zankowski \| USDA	Grand Cypress Ballroom ABC
2:50 PM – 3:45 PM	State of the practice crop selection, seed availability, and consumer-driven traits *Facilitated by: David Babson, DOE* *Speakers:* Jim Pantaleo \| CEA Consultant Gretchen Raymond \|Rijk Zwaan Scott Carrus \| Agritecture	Grand Cypress Ballroom ABC
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM	Break
4:00 PM– 4:55 PM	Global outlooks and scalability *Facilitated by: Sarah Federman, USDA* *Speakers:* Dave Armstrong \| Sakata Andrew Swanson \| Aerofarms Victor Verlage \| Wal-Mart	Grand Cypress Ballroom ABC
4:55 PM – 5:15 PM	[continued on next page] Lightning Talk Session *Faciliated by: Celina Gomez, University of Florida* *Speakers:* Raymond Wheeler \| NASA Kai Ling \| USDA-ARS Steve Newman \| Colorado State University Murat Kacira \| University of Arizona Yaguang Luo \| USDA ARS Robert Pyne \| Van Drunen Farms	Grand Cypress Ballroom ABC
5:15 PM – 5:45 PM	Active Networking Period and Reception	Grand Cypress Ballroom ABC

Panel Descriptions:

State of the practice crop selection, seed availability, and consumer-driven traits

This panel will engage seed companies and producers in a discussion of current crops, potential novel crops, and desirable crop traits for indoor agriculture from both a consumer and production perspective.

Global outlooks and scalability

This panel will engage end-users, producers, and seed companies in a discussion that provides a broad global perspective on the current state and outlook of indoor CEA production from the perspectives of demand, end user needs, and consumer views.

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