For the second year in a row, AURI hosted the New Uses Forum at the Crowne Plaza West in Plymouth, bringing in over 185 people throughout the two days. The event began the evening of April 11th with a reception featuring AURI client food samples. The full day agenda on April 12th featured many talented speakers and exceptional networking opportunities. Below is a copy of the agenda with the speakers’ presentations that could be released embedded in the links.
Welcome: Shannon Schlecht, Executive Director, AURI
Minnesota Senator Bill Weber, District 22
Morning Keynote Speaker:
Sanjeev Krishnan, Managing Director & CIO, S2G Ventures
Introduced by Rohit Shukla, CEO, Larta Institute
- Biobased Innovations Panel
Moderator: Dr. Jill Zullo, VP of Bioindustrials-North America, Cargill
Dr. Marc Hillmyer, Director, Center for Sustainable Polymers, University of Minnesota
Dr. Chad Ulven, Associate Professor/Associate Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department, NDSU and Cofounder and Chief Technical Officer, c2Renew
Mike Youngerberg, Senior Director of Product Development and Commercialization MN Soybean Research and Promotion Council
Chad Friese, General Manager, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company
Innovations in Coproducts Panel
- Moderator: Perry Aasness, Executive Director, AgriGrowth
Eric Sannerud, Co-Founder, Mighty Axe Hops
Adam Asmus, Co-Founder, Agricultural Innovations
Sue Marshall, CEO, NetZro
Richard Magnusson, Producer/Manager,
Magnusson Farms & Northern Excellence Seed LLC
Industrial Hemp Innovations Panel
- Moderator: Andrea Vaubel, Asst. Commissioner, Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture
Marc van Burck, Director of Global Services, Hemp Production Services
Roger Gussiaas, President, Healthy Oilseeds
Dr. Lin-P’ing Choo-Smith, VP, Product Development & FibreCITY, Composites Innovation Centre Manitoba Inc.
Cory Sharp, Owner, HempLogic
Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator
Brett Brohl, Managing Director, Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator
Entrepreneurial Innovation Pitch
- Moderator: Lauren Pradhan, Director and General Manager, Grow North
Adam Wagner, Co-founder, Vertical Malt
Dr. Goutham Vemuri, Chief Technologist, Sasya, LLC
Dave Goebel, CEO and Founder, enVerde, LLC
Dave Roeser, Founder and President, MNPHARM
Afternoon Keynote Speaker
Matt Carstens, Senior VP, Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN
Nexus of Food and Health Panel
- Moderator: Annette Maggi, President & Owner, Maggi & Associates
Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, Chief Medical Officer & Founder, Step One Foods
Polly Olson, VP Business Development, Agropur, Inc.
John Garry, CEO, Development Corporation of Austin
Natalie Keane, Facility Utilization Director, Sprout-RxCSA
