Vertical Farming World Congress 2025
Event Programme
Bringing together vertical farming operators, investors, suppliers and customers, the 6th annual Vertical Farming World Congress is designed to help develop and advance the sector’s future. It is the most substantial dedicated event of the year, featuring two days of conference sessions, networking with key industry figures.
Discover this years speakers
Tuesday
0:00 pm
VERTICAL FARM VISITS
Visits to Growy and Philips GrowWise Centre
Visits to Growy and Philips GrowWise Centre
(Exact timings to be confirmed)
Wednesday
9:00 am
OPERATING PROFITABLY
Welcome address: Driving price competitiveness
Ard van de Kreeke, Founder of Growy, Netherlands
9:15 am
OPERATING PROFITABLY
Achieving farm level profitability
Tisha Livingston, Chief Executive Officer of Infinite Acres, Netherlands and President of 80 Acres Farms, United States
9:30 am
OPERATING PROFITABLY
Size, scale and affordability
Speaker to be announced
9:45 am
OPERATING PROFITABLY
Questions and discussion
10:00 am
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Panel discussion on raising funds, investment criteria, investor influence, efficiency best practice and governance
Dr Phillip Lee, Managing Director of Evolve International, UAE
Peter Bachmann, Managing Director – Sustainable Infrastructure for Gresham House, United Kingdom
Additional speakers to be announced
10:45 am
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break
11:15 am
TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
Developing the next generation of GigaFarms
Andrew Lloyd, Chief Executive Officer of Intelligent Growth Solutions, United Kingdom
11:30 am
TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
Using AI for new strawberry strategy
Speaker to be announced
11:45 am
TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
Questions and discussion
0:15 pm
SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
Developing autonomous growing in space
Speaker to be announced
0:30 pm
SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
Electro-agriculture in near total darkness
Robert Jinkerson, Associate Professor of Chemical Environmental Engineering at University of California, United States
0:45 pm
SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
Questions and discussion
1:00 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Lunch and networking
2:00 pm
SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY
Setting standards for sustainability measurement
Tom Stenzel, Executive Director of CEA Alliance, United States
2:15 pm
SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY
Fair treatment on energy, grants, planning and tax
Tristan Fischer, Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of Fischer Farms, United Kingdom
2:30 pm
SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY
Panel discussion
3:00 pm
NETWORKING BREAK
Refreshment and networking break