Bryan Ulmer
Bryan grew up farming small grains in western Canada before completing a Ph.D. at the University of Saskatchewan on plant-based resistance to insect pests. He then went on to a post-doc at the University of Alberta working on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and followed that with a post-doc at the University of Florida researching biological controls of introduced crop pests. For the last 17 years Bryan has been working as a scientist for Syngenta, first in the US focused primarily on crop protection in broad acre crops then in Switzerland as a global technical manager before returning to Canada with the cereals breeding program. In his current role as the global technical lead for the value chain Bryan is collaborating with food companies and the industry to support quality and production gains while delivering on sustainability targets.
Kayalin Akens-Irby
Kayalin Akens-Irby is an impact-oriented strategist who has spent her career working across tech, investment, and policy to reshape the way we do business to build a sustainable future together. Kayalin is Head of Growth at Planet FWD, the leading climate management platform for consumer companies to tackle climate change. Previously, Kayalin was Head of VC and Growth equity at Malk Partners where she helped build the firm into the leading environmental, social, governance (ESG) investment advisory for private markets, advising on over $500B in AUM.
Bryce Lundberg
Brad Keith
Emily Johannes
Danny Holmes
Almut Hoffman
Martin Borchert
Paul Casady
