2025

In-person

As an innovative vegetable seed company who’s also a world leader in human health and nutrition and horticulture, we are driven to deliver health for all and hunger for none.

But we can’t do it alone. Working together, we can ensure that every seed grows beautifully, harvests efficiently, sells quickly, transports easily, and provides the flavor people want – and the nutrition they need. Together, let’s work to grow your business – so that we can grow a healthier world.
With more than 20 different crops and thousands of innovative vegetable seed selections, we’re proud to support a diverse range of growers around the world. Together, we’re growing your business and supporting a healthier world.

A global leader, the company researches and develops over 20 different crops with over 2,200 varieties of seeds. These innovative seeds are marketed to commercial vegetable growers, dealers, distributors, home garden seed providers and wholesalers in more than 150 countries and territories.

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Panelists
Ron Ramsey Sr. Director of R&D Operations Sensei Ag	Natalie Tehranchi Chief of Staff NuCicer	Luz Hilario Scientist GreenVenus	Steven Hobbs Fermentation Associate Pheronym	Saarah Kuzay Director of Product Development Norfolk Healthy Produce	TBA MyFloraDNA

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• BASF | Nunhems
  BASF's Vegetable Seeds Business, featuring the Nunhems brand, offers more than vegetable seeds. We offer partnerships and customer-oriented solutions for the entire vegetable value chain including growers, processors, plant raisers, dealers, traders, retailers and food service industry – tailored to consumer needs and trends.
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• Syngenta Vegetable Seeds
  We’re a global innovation powerhouse with local, passionate,
  expert teams collaborating with farmers in every corner of the world to deliver solutions and create market opportunities.

Panelists
Brindha Narasimhamoorthy Germplasm Development Lead, Cucurbits, Americas Syngenta Seeds Vegetables	Chibwe Chungu Americas Operations Lead Vegetables Seeds Development Syngenta Seeds Vegetables	Dan Brian North America Production Manager Syngenta Seeds Vegetables	Fernando Parra HR Business Partner, North America Syngenta Seeds Vegetables	Joseph King Market Segment Lead, Vegetables US-West Syngenta Seeds Vegetables
Elly Soeryapranata Senior Scientist - Quality & Nutritional Analytics (QNA) BASF Vegetable Seeds	Giulia Pagliarani Senior Scientist Prebreeding BASF Vegetable Seeds	Peter Rogers Principal Scientist Phytopathology BASF Vegetable Seeds

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Our agricultural achievements can be traced back to the 1700’s. HM.CLAUSE has perfected our breeding and production processes over generations of passion, innovation and dedication to our craft. As a forerunner in our industry, we dedicate our intense efforts for Research and Development.
- Over 200 years of innovative breeding experience
- Collaborating with local farmers for sustainable solutions
- 27% of our workforce involved
- 3 global research centers, based in France and California
- 22 crop programs
- Research efforts fully integrated into our breeding programs.

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Human Resources specialists say: "When it comes to scientific knowledge, all applicants are well qualified. Increasingly, we hire on the basis of excellent soft skills and the ability to work in teams."
 

Panelists
Lyndsey Ruiz Lead Career Advisor, Career Center UC Davis	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

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Our host

Arianne Tremblay Molecular Biology Lead GreenVenus

Innovation for Healthier People and Planet

With next-generation plant propagation and speed breeding technologies, GreenVenus, LLC is improving the quality of food for consumers while reducing food waste and preserving valuable resources.

Our Focus
Specialty crops are at the core of who we are. These crops present immense opportunities for advancement in genetics. In addition, the power of our technology platforms allows us to bring innovation to any specialty crop category and we are excited about the developing pipelines of both lettuce and yellow peas.

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