Steve Platt, CEO, BrightFarms and Steven Bradley, Vice President, Cox Cleantech, Cox Enterprises, kicked off the 2022 edition with the welcome keynote. Jonathan Webb, Founder & CEO, AppHarvest, led the midday session on day one. Matt Ryan, CEO, Soli Organic started Day Two off with the opening morning session. Special thanks to our Keynote Sponsor — Voltserver!
In addition, the 2022 edition featured 3 educational tracks – Grower, Business & Technology – that brought industry experts together covering a wide range of topics from lighting specs and substrates to energy optimization, water technology, fertilizer, workforce development, robotics, automation investing/finance and sensor technology. In addition, the Expo Floor Theater offered up additional content with sessions on everything from seeds and produce branding to grocer/grower relationship development, why vertical farms succeed and more.