Agriculture, Food & Forestry

Experts in farming, food production, and forestry, contributing to sustainable agriculture, food security, and environmental conservation

Jackie DeRoma

Jackie DeRoma

Jackie is currently the foodservice director at Orono Schools. This will be her 9th school year with Orono and her 3rd year with bulk milk.

Jackie is currently the foodservice director at Orono Schools. This will be her 9th school year with Orono and her 3rd year with bulk milk. Show more

Robyn Martin-Kemp

Robyn Martin-Kemp

ki te taha of tooku Papa he uri no Ngapuhi mai Ngati Rehia me Whanau Moana
ki te taha of tooku mama he uri no Kaitangata me Poutama mai Taranaki
I was born n bred in Waitara under the korowai of our koro Taranaki Mounga my parents are Te Keepa Parangi Kemp and Donna Matene-Kemp and I have 3 brothers Moses,Kani and Shem i am a mama of 11 and Honey to 3 ataahua moko who is passionate about protecting our whenua here in Aotearoa as well as helping our people break free from the oppression of our corrupt colonized systems which is why our korero around rates is so important to share with our Uri because these things impact on our people especially our elderly who we have found impacts on the most. I have come here with my partner Russell Gibbs to share with you all the research his sister Marie and himself have uncovered in this issue so I am privileged and honored to speak here today in hope to releive some of the pressure our people face today.

ki te taha of tooku Papa he uri no Ngapuhi mai Ngati Rehia me Whanau Moana ki te taha of tooku mama he uri no Kaitangata me Poutama mai Taranaki I was born n bred in Waitara under the korowai of our koro Taranaki Mounga my parents are Te Keepa Para... Show more

Bronwyn Wilson-Hokianga

Bronwyn Wilson-Hokianga

Bronwyn has extensive experience attracting national and international investors, with a proven track record in China, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam. She has developed strategies in finance, technology, and education to address high-risk challenges, implement evidence-based solutions, and promote the long-term sustainability of Indigenous cultures, while managing a combined budget of $30 million. This demonstrates her expertise in leadership, management, finance, economics, and governance.

Her broad industry background is complemented by a deep passion for environmental and conservation issues. She has provided consultancy services in these areas both within New Zealand and Belgium.

Currently, Bronwyn is leading phase two of establishing an Indigenous financial institution in Aotearoa, with the aim of attracting 250 founding whānau members to invest in the institution.

Bronwyn has extensive experience attracting national and international investors, with a proven track record in China, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Vietnam. She has developed strategies in finance, technology, and education to address high-risk challenges... Show more

Kacy Rader

Kacy Rader

I have worked in higher education for six years. I have a bachelors in economics and a master's in college student personnel administration.

I have worked in higher education for six years. I have a bachelors in economics and a master's in college student personnel administration. Show more

Nattapong Nunpan

Nattapong Nunpan

Stupid software engineer

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Jamie Ahloy-Dallaire

Jamie Ahloy-Dallaire

Jamie Ahloy-Dallaire teaches and conducts research on farm animal behaviour and welfare at Université Laval, in Quebec City. His current research program focuses primarily on factors affecting robustness, or the capacity to overcome challenges to welfare, in farmed pigs.

Jamie Ahloy-Dallaire teaches and conducts research on farm animal behaviour and welfare at Université Laval, in Quebec City. His current research program focuses primarily on factors affecting robustness, or the capacity to overcome challenges to wel... Show more

Cathy Swanson

Cathy Swanson

Cathy has specialized in water treatment of emerging contaminants with ion exchange and other media for almost 18 years. In addition to her business development activities in groundwater and direct lithium extraction and brine purification, Cathy is the incoming Vice Chair of the AWWA Ion Exchange Committee Meeting as well as a co-chair of Ion Exchange Subcommittee that is writing a standard for ion exchange use in drinking water, which includes the use of single-use ion exchange resin for PFAS and Chrome VI. She is also the California-Nevada AWWA PFAS Subcommittee Secretary.
She received her BS in Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University and her MBA from UNC Chapel Hill.

Cathy has specialized in water treatment of emerging contaminants with ion exchange and other media for almost 18 years. In addition to her business development activities in groundwater and direct lithium extraction and brine purification, Cathy is ... Show more

Nick Anderson

Nick Anderson

Nick is a Cloud Engineer and SRE who enjoys creating innovative ways to bundle good SRE habits into running applications using Infrastructure as Code practices. After 10 years of desktop and web application development, Nick has spent the last 5+ years in an SRE and Cloud Engineering role working to deliver cohesive solutions for engineers using Cloud platforms, CI/CD, and observability tools.

Nick is a Cloud Engineer and SRE who enjoys creating innovative ways to bundle good SRE habits into running applications using Infrastructure as Code practices. After 10 years of desktop and web application development, Nick has spent the last 5+ yea... Show more

Andres Padilla

Andres Padilla

I am a passionate Microsoft Cloud Architect with over 20 years of experience focusing on analytics, streaming data, IoT and Azure Technologies. Along the way, I have been able to live in corporate IT, get dirty with big data, jump into the cloud and take a shot at the start-up world. I spend my days blending cloud architectures, business strategy, coding, influencing, designing, motivating and delivering solutions that live in the cloud. My goal is to constantly push myself, absorb different perspectives, inspire and be inspired, learn from every experience and create something exciting, awesome and new.

I am a passionate Microsoft Cloud Architect with over 20 years of experience focusing on analytics, streaming data, IoT and Azure Technologies. Along the way, I have been able to live in corporate IT, get dirty with big data, jump into the cloud and ... Show more

Tait Burns

Tait Burns

I have been IT for over 24 years doing database development and administration for 11 of those years primarily on SQL Server on-premise and in Azure. I like to automate and providing auditing, training and documentation

I have been IT for over 24 years doing database development and administration for 11 of those years primarily on SQL Server on-premise and in Azure. I like to automate and providing auditing, training and documentation Show more

Eduardo Muñoz

Eduardo Muñoz

Briones mathematician introduced to the world of Power Platform.

Briones mathematician introduced to the world of Power Platform. Show more

Amber Engebretson

Amber Engebretson

Amber is a seasoned professional working at the intersection of supply chain, change management, and technology. She is an expert in the food supply chain with over 20 years of experience in operations, training, and supply chain. She is a master in removing obstacles through innovation, inclusive business decisions, creativity, and rapid problem-solving. Her first-hand experience in creating a supply chain center of excellence gives her unique and unparalleled knowledge of the food supply chain.

Amber is a seasoned professional working at the intersection of supply chain, change management, and technology. She is an expert in the food supply chain with over 20 years of experience in operations, training, and supply chain. She is a master in ... Show more

Dennis Drost

Dennis Drost

Dennis started his career as a chemist, but quickly switched to software engineering because of his passion for automation. He always has new ideas and projects, and sometimes even finishes one.

Dennis started his career as a chemist, but quickly switched to software engineering because of his passion for automation. He always has new ideas and projects, and sometimes even finishes one. Show more

Moses Mbadi

Moses Mbadi

Mbadi has been in the tech space for over 4 years, professionally specialised in DevOps for a year now. My interests are in Back end engineering, Systems Administration and DevOps Engineering. I am a father, a farmer and a huge dog lover.

Mbadi has been in the tech space for over 4 years, professionally specialised in DevOps for a year now. My interests are in Back end engineering, Systems Administration and DevOps Engineering. I am a father, a farmer and a huge dog lover. Show more

Nyipoji Jibarang

Nyipoji Jibarang

Jibarang Nyipoji Kani, currently a Personal Assistant to the Founder at Naza Agape Foundation, is dedicated to empowering the less privileged through diverse programs. Passionate about community development and human resources, Nyipoji is pursuing a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Jos, with a keen interest in cybersecurity. A Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador, who has completed the Frontend HTML and CSS program at Codevixens Academy 3.0. Nyipoji, also a skilled baker, upholds Christian values of faith, service, and excellence.

Jibarang Nyipoji Kani, currently a Personal Assistant to the Founder at Naza Agape Foundation, is dedicated to empowering the less privileged through diverse programs. Passionate about community development and human resources, Nyipoji is pursuing a ... Show more

Jeremy Adkins-Hill

Jeremy Adkins-Hill

Jeremy is a Dynamics GP consultant and ERP Expert for the FORVIS Microsoft SMB team. He has more than 10 years of experience implementing and supporting ERP, manufacturing, and supply chain systems. Prior to joining FORVIS, he has worked in the manufacturing, retail, restaurant and distribution industries.

Jeremy is a graduate of Youngstown State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Systems. He has completed multiple certifications with Microsoft.

Jeremy is a Dynamics GP consultant and ERP Expert for the FORVIS Microsoft SMB team. He has more than 10 years of experience implementing and supporting ERP, manufacturing, and supply chain systems. Prior to joining FORVIS, he has worked in the manuf... Show more

Steven Coochin

Steven Coochin

Senior Dev Advocate Lumigo, AWS Community Builder. Dev/Maker/Geek/Speaker/streamer/ruralite 🐴🐶🏞️ Prev @snyksec @IBMDeveloper @telstradev @XeroAPI @PayPalDev

Senior Dev Advocate Lumigo, AWS Community Builder. Dev/Maker/Geek/Speaker/streamer/ruralite 🐴🐶🏞️ Prev @snyksec @IBMDeveloper @telstradev @XeroAPI @PayPalDev Show more

Moira Sherry

Moira Sherry

Since entering the industry seven years ago, I have found an extreme passion for all things fermentation and food safety related (in that order). Starting my path in quality in 2018, my biggest goal in life is to help everyone everywhere put out the best possible products that they can be proud of.

Since entering the industry seven years ago, I have found an extreme passion for all things fermentation and food safety related (in that order). Starting my path in quality in 2018, my biggest goal in life is to help everyone everywhere put out the ... Show more

Yoav Arad

Yoav Arad

10 years experience in data positions only. Machine learning & BI. Research, development and on-going support. Experience in product-analytics, Ag-tech, Ad-tech, HR-tech, Ed-Tech, iOT and finance. I have been a part and led many data driven processes/products and projects.

10 years experience in data positions only. Machine learning & BI. Research, development and on-going support. Experience in product-analytics, Ag-tech, Ad-tech, HR-tech, Ed-Tech, iOT and finance. I have been a part and led many data driven processes... Show more

Sheldon Peacock

Sheldon Peacock

Developer, Implementation Consultant and Product Manager with 20 years NAV/BC experience from multiple industries.
Now leading Aptean's next gen Food and Beverage program for Fresh.

Developer, Implementation Consultant and Product Manager with 20 years NAV/BC experience from multiple industries. Now leading Aptean's next gen Food and Beverage program for Fresh. Show more

Rob Bright

Rob Bright

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Mitsuhiro Osaki

Mitsuhiro Osaki

Mitsu is a technical supervisor at CityNet Inc. He has been developing a management system for small hydropower plants with Nerves. Also, he is working on a plan for the agricultural field with drones and wireless communication.
He is a member of a research project named Beyone that has been developing a new platform for distributed computing, including his major topic Giocci within local 5G.

He has enjoyed the Yosakoi Festival in Kochi, Japan as a choreographer of flag bearers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d_REO6WVH0

Mitsu is a technical supervisor at CityNet Inc. He has been developing a management system for small hydropower plants with Nerves. Also, he is working on a plan for the agricultural field with drones and wireless communication. He is a member of a ... Show more

Yury Galustov

Yury Galustov

Hi, I am Yury, the founder of Hydrosight. We specialise in advanced IoT solutions for golf clubs and farmers, aiming to conserve water and contribute to a sustainable future.

I started my career in software development about 15 years ago and went through the multiple stages from being 'normal' developer then with focus on security and up until managing big development teams (50+ people).
This year I decided to leave my corporate career and build my own product, a small device, which helps companies save water. My motivation was rapidly changing Australian climate as well as recent droughts, so I thought that can be my contribution to the better future.

As I was a software developer I had to learn a lot about making physical (real world) devices, including low power electronics, CAD and million other things that I never faced in the virtual world. One day I will tell my story about that :)

Hi, I am Yury, the founder of Hydrosight. We specialise in advanced IoT solutions for golf clubs and farmers, aiming to conserve water and contribute to a sustainable future. I started my career in software development about 15 years ago and went ... Show more

Ernst-Georg Schmid

Ernst-Georg Schmid

Dr. Ernst-Georg Schmid, brings over 25 years of experience with PostgreSQL as a featured speaker at the upcoming
POSETTE 2024 conference. Dr. Schmid's significant contributions include his role as the former developer and maintainer
of pgchem::tigress (retired), an essential chemoinformatics extension for PostgreSQL.
Notably, Dr. Schmid co-invented the groundbreaking Bayer SmartLabel and plays a pivotal role in designing the backend database on PostgreSQL/AWS Aurora for this innovative asset tracking solution.
He currently explores the chemoinformatics capabilities of the rdkit extension, and privately works on TRAKTOR, an ongoing experiment in logical multimaster replication using PostgreSQL on-board resources only.
Co-inventor of:
- The Bayer Digital YellowTrap (now MagicTrap)
- The Bayer SmartLabel
Speaker at PostgreSQL Conference Europe & German Conference on Chemoinformatics:
- "pgchem::tigress - a chemoinformatics extension to the PostgreSQL DBMS", 3. German Conference on Chemoinformatics
- "Dynamic fingerprint optimization for chemical database systems", 6. German Conference on Chemoinformatics
- "Single Point of Entry: Integrating relational and semi-structured data with PostgreSQL", NoSQL Matters Conference 2014
- "king()/james() - Distributed map()/reduce() with PostgreSQL & PL/Proxy", PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2014
- "Slice & Dice - Cell line imaging with 100% PostgreSQL", PostgreSQL Conference Europe 2015

Dr. Ernst-Georg Schmid, brings over 25 years of experience with PostgreSQL as a featured speaker at the upcoming POSETTE 2024 conference. Dr. Schmid's significant contributions include his role as the former developer and maintainer of pgchem::tigr... Show more

Guillaume Lapierre

Guillaume Lapierre

Guillaume is a senior enterprise agile coach that truly unleash the power of organizations helping them to maximize business value delivered to their customers. With a strong background of over 25 years in digital solutions development, he had the chance to play multiple roles within multiple contexts.

His journey led him to help teams of different organization’s area: IT full spectrum including DevOps, PMO, Portfolio Management, C-Levels, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Legal, Digital, People Management and more. He Coached and trained over 2700 people with the last years with profiles from all around the enterprises. From team members to C-Level Executive, Guillaume has a great pragmatic way to the approach people, organizations, and problems so it becomes clearer to see and choose what options suits them best.

Guillaume is one of the rare DAC Instructor in the world and his implication with Disciplined Agile as an Active member of the DA community in the world. His career is also backed by a Degree in IT as well as many certifications like Microsoft Certified Professional, Professional Scrum Master, Safe Product Owner Product Manager, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Certified Disciplined Lean Scrum Master, Certified Disciplined Value Stream Consultant, Certified Disciplined Agile Coach and of course Certified Disciplined Agile Instructor.

A great humanist and passionate, his happiness is realized through the success of others in the accomplishment of their adventure. His mission now is to unleash the potential and talents of all through personalized coaching and high-quality training, recognized worldwide.

Guillaume is a senior enterprise agile coach that truly unleash the power of organizations helping them to maximize business value delivered to their customers. With a strong background of over 25 years in digital solutions development, he had the ch... Show more

Phillip Ssempeebwa

Phillip Ssempeebwa

'm Phillip Ssempeebwa, excitedly leading the Google Developer Student Club at Kabale University. Passionate about technology's boundless possibilities, I'm dedicated to fostering a vibrant community where students explore Google's tools for creative innovation. From diving into machine learning to crafting mobile apps and leveraging cloud solutions, we're all about collaborative learning and impactful projects. Beyond coding, I thrive on guiding our team, building connections, and embracing leadership.

'm Phillip Ssempeebwa, excitedly leading the Google Developer Student Club at Kabale University. Passionate about technology's boundless possibilities, I'm dedicated to fostering a vibrant community where students explore Google's tools for creative ... Show more

Janne Kuparinen

Janne Kuparinen

Currently working as Tech Lead at S Group's IAM Program. Helping S Group with IAM, PAM, security and cloud related projects.

Before I joined SOK again, I was leading Nordcloud’s Digital Identity consulting practice where I was responsible that we delivered optimal identity solutions for our customers to secure their IAM and cloud journeys. I was also responsible for selecting the best partners with most the competitive products.

I have excellent knowledge of digital identity e.g. cloud and on-premises IAM, AD/AAD, PAM, CIEM, HR systems, and external identities. Also strong background in Microsoft infrastructure, mainly focusing on O365, AD and Azure AD. I have been project manager in large cloud deployment, transformation and security projects.

I'm one of the founders of the Finnish esports company HAVU Gaming Oy.

Before my IT career, I was a world class Counter-Strike 1.6 player

Currently working as Tech Lead at S Group's IAM Program. Helping S Group with IAM, PAM, security and cloud related projects. Before I joined SOK again, I was leading Nordcloud’s Digital Identity consulting practice where I was responsible that we ... Show more

Natalia Filvarova

Natalia Filvarova

Natalia Filvarova is a neuroscientist & UX researcher, currently at Google working on digital identity systems. She has previously led research efforts in brain imaging and understanding multisensory processing, as well as driving efforts for space food design and Alzheimer's diagnosis using sensory testing.
She is driven by giving a voice to those who need it most, and advancing multisensory and experiential designs that are inclusive at their core. Natalia has previously built startups, as well as founded education & communication non-profits. She is an Oxford and LMU neuroscience graduate, as well as an MBA holder.

Natalia Filvarova is a neuroscientist & UX researcher, currently at Google working on digital identity systems. She has previously led research efforts in brain imaging and understanding multisensory processing, as well as driving efforts for space f... Show more

Amy Basile

Amy Basile

Amy Basile is a curious and creative researcher with a passion for uncovering deep insights and understanding consumer behavior.  Amy has 15 years of market research and sensory experience including brand identity and perception research, new product iterations, consumer co-creation, user experience, product improvement, and new product development research in the food & beverage categories.

Amy Basile is a curious and creative researcher with a passion for uncovering deep insights and understanding consumer behavior.  Amy has 15 years of market research and sensory experience including brand identity and perception research, new product... Show more

Abdullahi Ibrahim

Abdullahi Ibrahim

CEO/Founder Foonange Resources, an IoT leaner, Co-Founder Youth Renaissance Club, A Political Analyst, and Computer Leaner.

CEO/Founder Foonange Resources, an IoT leaner, Co-Founder Youth Renaissance Club, A Political Analyst, and Computer Leaner. Show more

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