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2024 Bayer International Business Conference

St. Louis Agtech Ecosystems: Accelerating Solutions Through Global Connectivity

featuring keynote speaker Elzandi Oosthuizen, senior vice president, head of Corn Product Team, Bayer

Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 

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About the Conference

Hosted by SLU's Boeing Institute of International Business, the Bayer International Business Conference attracts over 200 attendees each year from global companies, government, civic organizations, academia and the public at large.

Schedule
 
 8-9 a.m.

Registration and networking breakfast
9-11:30 a.m.

Morning session
featuring

  •  Linda Jing, president, CEO, and board director, Genective
  • Stephanie Regagnon, executive director of innovative partnerships, Danforth Plant Science Center

  •   Manuel Piñuela, co-Founder and CEO, Cultivo
Noon-2:30 p.m. 

Lunch and keynote
featuring

Elzandi Oosthuizen

Senior vice president head of Corn Product Team, Bayer
3-4 p.m.

Roundtable discussions with local agtech leaders featuring: 

  • 39North
  • BioSTL
  • The Cortex Innovation District
  • Danforth Plant Science Center
  • Ostara
  • Pivot Bio
  • Taylor Geospatial Institute
  • T-Rex
 

The conference will occur in the Wool Ballrooms of the Busch Student Center at 20 N. Grand Blvd. on the campus of Saint Louis University. Complimentary, covered parking is available in the University's Laclede Garage at 3632 Laclede Avenue.

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