Videos

Davide Dantonio on gBETA agbioscience, emerging startup innovation trends + connecting university research to startup development

American Autonomy’s Mariah Scott on the US drone market, better data access for improved tech adoption + farmers defining the future of innovation

CICP’s Ting Gootee on the launch of IN AI, putting tech to work for your organization + building Indiana into a more AI-ready economy

AgrIInstitute’s Beth Archer on building a leadership ecosystem, the power of different industry voices in one room + delivering consistency in an industry of constant change.

Purdue’s Dr. Lavanya Reddivari on her groundbreaking food is health research, partnerships moving discovery forward + Indiana’s opportunity to accelerate its impact

Food is health is a growing conversation across the agbioscience landscape and research is moving the conceptual to tangible solutions. Dr. Lavanya Reddivari from Purdue University joins this week to talk groundbreaking food science research, advancing discovery through the innovation pipeline and how her family roots are making something old new again.

Highlights include:

A high level overview of her research at Purdue and its impact on food is health

How Lavanya views food is health from a modern, scientific research perspective

Her team’s recent findings of a compound in blueberries that aids people with digestive diseases; the discovery process and how it informed follow up

Nutrition as a support function for chronic illnesses that are critically impacting the U.S. population and her team’s “aha” moment where the gut microbiome was the foundation to overall health

A grant Lavanya’s team received through the Heartland Children’s Nutrition Collaborative and what it has enabled their research to do

How the right partnerships have enabled them to move through different stages of their exploration

Lavanya’s family roots and how this story is personal for her

Applying her team’s findings and putting them into practice

How Lavanya wants to see this research make an impact on the world and the health of its people

What she believes are our biggest opportunities to advance Food is Health, given our strengths in Indiana

What’s ahead with her laboratory team that has her most excited

Dave Fischer on soil health, regenerative ag + Fischer Farms leveraging AI + automation for direct-to-consumer meat delivery

Davide Dantonio on gBETA agbioscience, emerging startup innovation trends + connecting university research to startup development

American Autonomy’s Mariah Scott on the US drone market, better data access for improved tech adoption + farmers defining the future of innovation

CICP’s Ting Gootee on the launch of IN AI, putting tech to work for your organization + building Indiana into a more AI-ready economy

AgrIInstitute’s Beth Archer on building a leadership ecosystem, the power of different industry voices in one room + delivering consistency in an industry of constant change.

Arrowpoint Lab’s Tayo Sanders on agbioscience areas ripe for innovation, connecting industry problems with startup opportunity + the launch of AgriNovus’ Velocity

Last week Governor Mike Braun today announced IN AI, a new statewide initiative focused on helping businesses grow, create jobs, and increase wages through the practical application of human-centered artificial intelligence. The initiative will be executed by the CEOs of Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) and will work directly with employers across the state to accelerate AI adoption in ways that strengthen businesses and expand opportunity for Hoosiers.

Joining us this week is Ting Gootee, CICP’s EVP of Digital Adoption and Managing Director of Crossroads Health Ventures. She talks agbioscience, AI adoption and finding the one thing businesses need to solve for – not the dire need to launch a full-blown digital strategy right out of the gate.

Highlights include:

How CICP defines digital adoption in the context of its mission

The work Ting is leading and what the organization aims to accomplish through its branded initiatives like AgriNovus

Biggest headwinds businesses and organizations face when trying to adopt digital solutions, particularly in what are traditionally offline industries

How Indiana is positioning itself to build a more AI-ready economy and the role of digital adoption within that transformation

Striking a balance between short-term innovation wins and establishing sustainable, long-term impact across industries statewide to create real impact

How digital adoption is changing the skills and education needed for the state’s future workforce

The role of partnerships among business, academia and government in maintaining talent pipelines to keep pace with tech advancement (and where we sit in that journey today)

How Ting views our opportunity to be a differentiated hub for technology advancement in Indiana

Emerging trends and technologies that have Ting most excited

What Indiana ideally looks like from a digital adoption standpoint over the next five-ten years

Where to get more information on this initiative: https://www.cicpindiana.com/ai/

Dave Fischer on soil health, regenerative ag + Fischer Farms leveraging AI + automation for direct-to-consumer meat delivery