2025 SPECIAL GUESTS
We are thrilled to welcome a diverse group of experts who bring a wealth of experience knowledge to the event. Industry leaders, professors, researchers, founders, and experts are here to guide participants, share valuable insights, and evaluate groundbreaking ideas. Get ready to learn from the best and take your skills to the next level.
Matthew Abraham PhD
Assistant Director
Tata Cornell Institute
Rajni Aneja MS '85, MBA
Managing Director
Cornell Institute for Food Systems
Behrooz Azimzadeh PhD '24
Post-Doc Researcher
Cornell University College of Ag & Life Sciences
Parminder Basran PhD, FCCMP
Assoc. Research Professor
Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine
Tanya Carroll '15
VP of Growing and R&D
Little Leaf Farms
Eda Celik Akdur PhD
Assoc. Professor, Chemical Engineering
Cornell Engineering
Sam Cloete
CEO
Kannar Earth Sciences
Jonathan Cote
DevOps Engineering Manager
Dairy One
Alex De Leon '26
TA + Researcher + Hackathons
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Amal El-Ghazaly PhD
Assistant Professor
Cornell Engineering
Margaret Frank PhD '14
Assistant Professor
Cornell Unviersity College of Ag & Life Sciences
Sophia Gani '26
Hackathon Assistant
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Andrew Ghali
Teaching Assistant
University of Connecticut
Julio Giordano PhD
Professor- Dairy Cattle
Cornell University College of Ag & Life Sciences
François Guimbretière PhD
Associate Professor
Cornell University, CIS
Abdul Haque Chang
Visiting Fellow
Cornell University
Mahdi Hasani PhD
Asst Research Professor
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell Engineering
Alayna Hernandez PhD '28
Organizational Behavior Researcher
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Kathy Hovis MA
Writer & Podcast Host
Cornell A&S
Haowen Hu PhD '23
Graduate Research Assistant
Cornell University College of Ag & Life Sciences
Renata Ivanek-Miojevic DVM, PhD '08
Professor, Epidemiology
Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine
Jarra Jagne DVM '90
Professor of Practice, Poultry Veterinarian
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Jonathan Jaramillo PhD '23
Lecturer- Systerms Engineering
Cornell Engineering
Yu Jiang PhD
Asst. Professor
Cornell AgriTech
Thorsten Joachims PhD
Professor, and Assoc. Dean for Research
Cornell University CIS
Charles Kaminski
Principal
Morning Light Investments
Louis Longchamps PhD
Assistant Prof. of Digital Agronomy
Cornell University
Marvin Maldonado Armendariz
Adjunct Faculty
University of Connecticut
Kamana Misra
Assoc. Director, Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Cornell College of Engineering
Chandra Nuthalapati PhD
Visiting Professor
Tata Cornell Institute
Chandra Nuthalapati PhD
Visiting Professor
Tata Cornell Institute
Manuel Oliver Rueda MA
Trainer, Instructional Designer, Organizational Psychology Consultant, and Professional Magician.
Rose Pember '16, MS
Design & Strategy Faculty, Parson's New School of Design
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Martin Perez PhD '18, DVM, PhD '24
Program & Operations Manager
Cornell University
Aaron Proujansky
Entrepreneur in Residence
Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Dharmendra Rai
Country Director
Vertical Farming & Urban Agriculture
Jannatul Rumky PhD
Post-Doc Researcher
Cornell University
Shree Saha PhD '20
Applied Economics & Management
SCJ College of Business
Vaidik Shah PhD '24
Graduate Research Fellow, Sr Battery Scientist
Cornell University
Ami Stuart '10, MS '23
Director - Hackathons,
Lecturer - Dyson
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
John Tauzel '03, MBA '12
Entrepreneur in Residence
CREA
Tushar MEng '14
Sr Software Engineer
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Leslie Verteramo Chiu PhD '13
Professor, JCB
Tata Cornell Institute
Lorin Warnick DVM, PhD
Dean
Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine
Cassi Wattenburger PhD '23
Genomics Data Scientist
Bayer
Hakim Weatherspoon PhD
Professor
Cornell CIS
Mattias Wieland
Extension Veterinarian
Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine
Beibei Xu PhD
Post Doc Research Fellow
Cornell University
Claire Zoellner PhD '16
Director of Data Science
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