Meet the judges

The judging panel will select teams to progress at each phase of the Challenge.

Dominic Barton

Canada (Chair)

Former Global Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company

Dr. Jennifer Grenz

Canada

Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia

Dr. David Babson

USA

Program Director for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

Dr. Hicham Fatnassi

UAE

Senior Horticulture Scientist at International Center for Biosaline Agriculture

Dr. Achim Dobermann

Germany

Former Director & CEO of Rothamsted Research

Dr. Molly Jahn

USA

Professor in the Department of Agronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Sarai Kemp

Israel

VP Deal Flow, Business Development Trendlines Agrifood, The Trendlines Group