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About the Summit
Fostering Resilient Agriculture Through Supply Chain Partnerships
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London is the leading European networking event, uniting over 1000 business leaders and key stakeholders dedicated to driving advancements in climate-resilient, sustainable agriculture across the supply chain from farm to fork.
Celebrating its 13th year, the summit returned to London on September 30 – October 1, 2024. It brought together agribusinesses, farming co-operatives, CPGs, policymakers, investors, and start-ups to explore groundbreaking innovations, regulatory targets, and high-level collaborations critical for catalysing change and bringing high impact solutions to scale.
Focused on innovation and disruptive business models, the event highlighted the crucial role of supply chain partnerships in fostering climate-resilient agriculture. From harnessing AI and robotics to the growing demand for biologicals and resilient crops in the food value chain, and the tools essential for measuring impact of regenerative, biodiverse agricultural practices, the summit spotlights the latest breakthroughs and investment needed to adapt to a changing climate.
Through expert panels, start-up showcases, interactive sessions, curated networking opportunities and 1-1 meetings, the event provides a powerful matchmaking environment to facilitate knowledge exchange and foster new business creation among corporates, innovators and investors around the world.
Key Themes For 2024:
- Building Climate-Resilient Food Security: Strengthening resilience to environmental change
- Regenerative Farming: Quantifying resilience and reporting impact with value chain partners
- Farmer Empowerment: Placing farmers at the heart of innovation
- GenAI Implementation: Real-world applications, building trust and competitive advantage in AI-driven solutions
- Biologicals in the Value Chain: Fulfilling retailer and farmer demands for sustainable agricultural practices
- Genomic Breakthroughs: Realising the potential of data-driven breeding for enhanced crop improvement and resilience
- Automating the Farm: Enhancing efficiency and sustainability with sensors and analytics
- Nature Reporting: Monitoring supply chain impact in the food system
- AgTech Investment: Catalysing VC, impact and institutional investment in today’s financial landscape
- Public Private Research: Accelerating agtech innovation through collaboration
