10th F&A NEXT Summit

21-22 May 2025

Wageningen, Netherlands

Program 2025

We are busy compiling the program for F&A Next 2025. For an overview of our speakers, click here.

For an impression of what to expect download our 2024 program.

Category
Rooms
Time of the day
  1. Wednesday21
  2. Thursday22
  1. Registration

    Networking

    Networking area
    🎭 Grand Opening Show!
    Rens de Jong
    Stage 1 - Podium
    🗣️ Official Opening: Decoding the Future of Agri and Food
    Bert-Jan Woertman | StartLife, Sebastiaan Berendse | WUR
    Stage 1 - Podium
    🗣️ Geopolitical Developments and Impact on Food Security and a Resilient Agri-food System
    Rens de Jong, Richard Nugee | Climate Change & (in)Security Project
    Stage 1 - Podium
    🔥From Insights to Action – Building a Sustainable Future
    Joost de Laat | WUR, Richard Nugee | Climate Change & (in)Security Project
    Stage 1 - Podium
    VR Game: Food System Nexus

    Auditorium Foyer
    🏅Next Heroes in Food & Agtech 2025 (Pre-seed/Seed)

    Stage 1 - Podium
    Autonomous production of healthy fresh food crops in greenhouses – an international challenge
    Silke Hemming | WUR
    Breakout 2 - Quantum 1
    LUNCH

    🚐 Campus Tour: Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre

    On Campus
    Critical Enablers for Regenerative Agriculture Financing at Scale
    Karin Slobbe-Visser | Foodvalley, Nina Waldhauwer | Invest-NL
    Breakout 1 - Momentum 1
    Scaling Success: Strategies, Financing Growth, and M&A in Agtech & Food
    Florentine Fockema Andreae | SHIFT Invest, Henrike Langbroek | OneThird, Tomer Tzach | CropX
    3, Stage 3 - Momentum 2
    How AgTech Drives a Sustainable and Resilient Agri-Food System
    Ali Morrow | Clay Capital, Darren Logan | Mars, Gilad Gershon | Tropic, Tzvi Grisha Zvirin | BioArmix
    Stage 2 - Auditorium
    🗣️ Breakthrough in the Fight Against Devastating Banana Diseases: First Resistant Plant Developed
    Gert Kema | WUR, Rens de Jong
    Stage 1 - Podium
    The Future of Alternative Proteins: Beyond the Hype
    Alexandre Bastos | Givaudan
    Stage 2 - Auditorium
    Pitches delegation EIT Food

    Stage 3 - Momentum 2,3
    Building Effective Collaborations with Corporates for Agri-Tech Validation

    Breakout 2 - Quantum 1
    Improving Integrated Steering on Risk, Return, and Sustainability
    Peter Verhagen | Rabobank
    Breakout 1 - Momentum 1
    🗣️Building Resilient Food Systems Through Sustainable Practices
    Anthony Klemm | Enko Chem, Elizabeth Lunik - Rabobank, Mark Drewell | New Foundation Farms, Nikki Trott
    Stage 1 - Podium
    🚐 Campus Tour: Explore Innovation at KeyGene 

    On Campus
    Farm-Level Data: The Key to Reducing Scope 3 Emissions in Food 
    Jacob Morén | Improvin'
    Stage 2 - Auditorium
    10 Years of F&A Next - Next Heroes in Food & Agtech
    Bram van Beek | StartLife
    Stage 3 - Momentum 2,3
    Financing your Startup with the Rabobank
    Denisa Koci | Rabo Ventures, Sander Peltenburg | Rabobank
    Breakout 1 - Momentum 1
    Discover Your Future in Agrifood Innovation in the Dutch Food Valley
    Angelique van Helvoort | Oost NL, Suradj Hiralal | Oost NL
    Breakout 3 - Quantum 2
    🗣️ ‘Traditional’ Appetizer for Conference Dinner 
    Emile van der Staak
    Stage 1 - Podium
    Reception

    Shuttle Service to Dinner Venue (🚌)

    Drinks & Dinner at WICC

    🍻 Party with DJ

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