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Brian Barger

Sr Manager US Sourcing Supplier Development
Walmart

Brian Barger

Sr Manager US Sourcing Supplier Development
Walmart

Brian Barger

Sr Manager US Sourcing Supplier Development
Walmart
 

Niti Patel

President & Founder
Unleashed Positioning

Niti Patel

President & Founder
Unleashed Positioning

Niti Patel

President & Founder
Unleashed Positioning
  • Provide an overview of what a good nature assessment in supply chains looks like - the problems you should be looking to solve, the outputs that get you there, and the approach that works best
  • Learn how to integrate nature intelligence into procurement strategy
  • Share practical frameworks for procurement teams to leverage nature intelligence in day-to-day decisions
  • Hands-on scenario planning: droughts, port closures, ingredient shortages.
  • Participants map vulnerabilities in their own supply chains.
  • Tools for building contingency playbooks.
  • Lessons from moving regenerative practices beyond demonstration projects.
  • Financing and policy levers that unlock widespread adoption, including the role of soil carbon credits as a funding mechanism.
  • How to accelerate uptake without losing integrity, ensuring outcomes remain high-quality and verifiable.

Author:

Roberta McDonald

Director of Programme
Agreena

Roberta McDonald is a Sustainable Agriculture Leader with over a decade of experience enhancing sustainability in agriculture. As Director of Program at Agreena in Copenhagen, she leads the science, standards and data quality teams in the development of certified carbon farming solutions. Her background includes roles at Devenish and Aurivo Dairy Co-op in Ireland, focusing on innovative solutions and farmer-led initiatives. With a Nuffield scholarship, PhD in Agricultural Sciences and a strong connection to her dairy farm upbringing, Roberta is dedicated to empowering farmers and advancing sustainable food systems.

Roberta McDonald

Director of Programme
Agreena

Roberta McDonald is a Sustainable Agriculture Leader with over a decade of experience enhancing sustainability in agriculture. As Director of Program at Agreena in Copenhagen, she leads the science, standards and data quality teams in the development of certified carbon farming solutions. Her background includes roles at Devenish and Aurivo Dairy Co-op in Ireland, focusing on innovative solutions and farmer-led initiatives. With a Nuffield scholarship, PhD in Agricultural Sciences and a strong connection to her dairy farm upbringing, Roberta is dedicated to empowering farmers and advancing sustainable food systems.

  • How sanctions, trade restrictions, or export bans impact access to critical ingredients.
  • Mapping vulnerabilities in agriculture, natural and synthetic ingredient supply chains
  • Strategies for diversifying sourcing regions and suppliers.
 

Patrick Grady

CEO
TetraScience

Patrick serves as co-founder, chairman, and CEO of TetraScience. Prior to TetraScience, Patrick spent three decades building, backing, and scaling market-defining companies and technology stacks within the high-performance computing, SaaS, cloud, and AI markets.

Patrick was the founder, CEO, and CTO of the first intelligent agent company of the Internet era, built one of the world’s first three SaaS companies, the first enterprise SaaS business, one of the first ten global technology unicorns, and the first AI unicorn.

Patrick Grady

CEO
TetraScience

Patrick Grady

CEO
TetraScience

Patrick serves as co-founder, chairman, and CEO of TetraScience. Prior to TetraScience, Patrick spent three decades building, backing, and scaling market-defining companies and technology stacks within the high-performance computing, SaaS, cloud, and AI markets.

Patrick was the founder, CEO, and CTO of the first intelligent agent company of the Internet era, built one of the world’s first three SaaS companies, the first enterprise SaaS business, one of the first ten global technology unicorns, and the first AI unicorn.

To deliver these AI agents to market, Patrick played a well-documented role in pioneering and/or commercializing several enabling technologies, including web services, SOA, and multi-tenancy, which now undergird the trillion-dollar cloud market.

 Recognized as a leading innovator by numerous publications and peer groups over the years, Patrick was a recipient of the 2006 Fast Company award, given to the top 50 people in the world most likely to change the way we live and work for his seminal efforts in personal agent AI.