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April 14: AgriTech Connect April 15-17: Business Meetings April 17: TechHarvest Tour April 17: VIP Dinner April 18: Final Expo & Pitch

Sunday, April 14

AgriTech Connect Program

Program Bios

4:00 PM

– Welcome

– AgriTech Panel

  • Moderator: Michael Lavie Saloman, Arieli Capital
  • Panelist: Yariv Erez, CEO, Frontier RNG
  • Panelist: Yuval Kaye, Director, Ramat-Negev Desert Agro-Research Center
  • Panelist: Joel Ferry, Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources
  • Panelist: Craig Buttars, Commissioner, Utah Department of Food and Agriculture
  • Panelist: David Le, Assistant Regional Director, US Patent Office

– Light Dinner

– Moderated Table Discussions

  • Moderator: Joel Ferry, Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources
  • Moderator: Craig Buttars, Commissioner, Utah Department of Food and Agriculture

– Tech Show Case

  • Innovator: Michael Davis, COO/Co-Founder, Halio
  • Innovator: Ken Burrows, COO, Dachnik Aquaponics
  • Innovator: Edward Mathieu, Partner, Overland Distributing

– Closing

6:30 PM

Monday, April 15 - Wednesday, April 17

Business meetings

Monday, April 15

  • Session 1: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Session 2: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Tuesday, April 16

  • Session 3: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
  • Session 4: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Wednesday, April 17

  • Session 5: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Wednesday, April 17 - TechHarvest Tour

TechHarvest Tour Itinerary

  • 1:15 PM – Check-in/Load Buses
  • 1:30 PM – Depart Utah Tech University
  • 2:30 PM – Arrive at Milgro Farm
  • 3:30 PM – Load Buses/Depart
  • 4:15 PM – Arrive at Bold & Delaney/Dammeron Valley Vineyard
  • 5:15 PM – Load Buses/Depart
  • 5:35 PM – Arrive at Utah Tech University

Wednesday, April 17th

VIP Dinner Program

Program Bios

6:30 PM

– Arrive/Cocktails

– Dinner

– Panel Discussion

  • Moderator: Ryan Starks, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity
  • Panelists: Burdette Barker, Professor, Utah State University
  • Panelists: Paul Burgon, CEO, Exit Ventures
  • Panelists: Or Haviv, Partner, Arieli Capital
  • Panelists: Molly Kocialski, Regional Director, Rocky Mountain US Patent Trademark Office

– Round Table Discussion

  • Moderators:
    • Randy Garn, Chief Strategy Officer, Arieli Capital
    • Marina Nitsa Viergutz, Venture Capital Allocator, Arieli Capital

– Closing

9:30 PM

Thursday, April 18

Final Expo and Pitch Program

Program Bios

10:00 AM

– Arrival/Networking

12:00 PM

– Welcome and Opening remarks

– Startup Pitch Presentations

– Closing

2:00 PM

– Start-up Expo and Networking

3:00 PM