2015 RutgersX Agenda
RutgersX – Accelerating Food Entrepreneurs Conference was held on Monday, November 16, at the Rutgers University College Avenue Student Center located at 126 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ. The location is convenient for travel from the tri-state area via train or car.
Agenda for the program can be downloaded by clicking here (Docx).
Our 2015 RutgersX program and conference was an astounding success, and featured presentations from 20 speakers including the following:
Federal, State, and University Leaders
- Christopher Molloy, Ph.D., R.Ph., Senior Vice President, Office of Research and Economic Development, Rutgers University
- Kellie LeDet, Regional Administrator, US Small Business Administration
- Douglas Fisher, Secretary, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, State of New Jersey
- Kim Guadagno, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State, State of New Jersey
Food Industry Marketing and Investor Experts
- Judy Spires, President & CEO, AG Supermarket Holdings (Kings and Balducci’s supermarket chain)
- Ron Tanner, Vice President, Specialty Foods Association
- Kirstie Chadwick, CEO – International Business Innovation Association (INBIA)
- Jeff George, Vice President – Americas R&D, Campbell Soup Company
- John Dutton, Operating Partner, Arlon Group
- Shen Tong, Founder and Managing Director, Food-X
- Nadav Berger, Co-Founder and CEO, FoodLab Capital
Entrepreneur Pitch Presenters
- Brewla Bars, Daniel Dengrove
- Chia Star, Sara Erb
- DouxMatok, Noam Gressel
- First Field, Theresa Viggiano and Patrick Leger
- Hot Sauce 4 Good LLC, Bob Ferretti & Brian Tucker
- Jalma Farms, Alma George
- Jin+Ja, Reuben Canada
- Mega Yeeros, Bob Carcich
- Nutrasorb, Ilya Raskin
To find out more about our cohort of “pitch presenters” click here
To register for the conference, click here.