Virtual Conversation | April 24, 2025

Agriculture 2.0: How Technological Innovation Can Help Us Sustainably Feed 10 Billion People and Save Our Planet

In partnership with International House at The University of Chicago, Good Food Institute, International Students House, and the International House of UC Berkeley
Agriculture 2.0: How Technological Innovation Can Help Us Sustainably Feed 10 Billion People and Save Our Planet
Thursday, April 24, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT

New capabilities of the intersecting AI, genetics, and biotechnology revolutions are creating new opportunities to increase agricultural productivity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, antibiotic resistance, essential natural resources, and animal cruelty. But while we can envision a better and more sustainable future for agriculture, this transformation will not happen on its own nor without tradeoffs. Join us as we celebrate Earth Day with a conversation on Agriculture 2.0.

Speakers:
  • David Kaplan: Stern Family Professorship in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
  • Jamie Metzl: Founder and Chair, OneShared.World and author of Superconvergence: How the Genetics, Biotech, and AI Revolutions Will Transform our Lives, Work, and World
  • Arghadeep Saha: Policy Manager, The Good Food Institute India

The conversation was moderated by young leaders: Shagun Sethi, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Director of Global Leadership, OneShared.World; and Yasmine Rejeb, OneShared.World Young Leader

This event was hosted by International House at The University of Chicago, Good Food Institute, International Students House, and the International House of UC Berkeley, in partnership with OneShared.World.