Posts Tagged ‘Exponential Tech’
The Future of Energy: To a Cleaner, More Distributed, Customer-Centric System
On September 17, 2019, 26 invite-only participants gathered at the Chicago Connectory to discuss the global energy transition as part of TWIN Global. Participants included visionaries from inside and outside the energy sector, with representatives from industry leaders such as Exelon, Edison International, Dominion Energy, ConEdison, and Shell, as well as other pioneering companies across…
Read MoreTWIN Perspective: Restoring Trust in Food
Empowering human health through food demands the involvement of all stakeholders, including global food players. But today, we face an epidemic of mistrust across our food system – from the core science, to what is produced, packaged and delivered to consumers. This mistrust in our food system is a major barrier to achieving global progress.…
Read MoreSilicon Valley Meets Pittsburgh: How an 85-Year-Old Startup is Transforming Itself
Change and disruption are the new normal in virtually every industry, but especially so in the food and retail businesses. Both sectors are being up-ended by technology, changing consumer expectations and desires, new business models, and the rising tide of the venture space, where new entrants are capturing a disproportionate share of the sector’s growth.…
Read MoreNourishing the World: Exponential Challenges, Exponential Technologies
Global population levels will reach 10 billion or more by 2050. In the next 30 years, we have to solve the most important challenge in the history of the human population: How do we nourish the world? That means both providing the proper level of nutrients and sustenance, and leveraging the food system to power…
Read MoreExploring the Social License to Operate in the Ag & Food Value Chain
KIN convened a group of 20 leaders from a variety of stakeholder groups as a follow up to the successful KIN Forum Innovation in Ag and Food (sponsored by Intel and John Deere) held in June 2016 prior to KIN Global 2016.
Read MoreKIN Forum: Innovation in Agriculture and Food
The KIN Forum on Innovation in Agriculture and Food, sponsored by John Deere and Intel, was an invitation-only gathering of 40 industry and non-industry leaders to discuss the future of the food and agriculture industry.
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