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2022-10-20: Eila Kreivi, Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor at Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor (EIB) addresses during the Finance in Common 2022 - HLE 9 – "How to Mobilise Capital at Scale by Leveraging Private Finance".
2022-10-20: Koen Doens, Director General International Partnerships INTPA European Commission addresses during the Finance in Common 2022 - HLE 9 – How to Mobilise Capital at Scale by Leveraging Private Finance.
2022-10-20: Koen Doens, Director General International Partnerships INTPA European Commission addresses during the Finance in Common 2022 - HLE 9 – "How to Mobilise Capital at Scale by Leveraging Private Finance".
CAFNR Research Symposium: Solving What’s Next – Innovation at the Intersection of Life, Food and Data
The fifth annual CAFNR Research Symposium highlighted the groundbreaking work of students, post-docs, faculty and staff in the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (CAFNR), all contributing to a healthier world through innovation. It was held Oct. 1, 2025 at Memorial Union on the Mizzou campus.
Photos by Michelle Enger & Genevieve Howard | © 2025 - Curators of the University of Missouri
Agenda
Keynote Address
Glenn Davis Stone, anthropologist and environmental scientist, delivered the keynote talk titled “The academic dilemma: underlying philosophies of agricultural research.” The session was moderated by Mary Hendrickson from the Division of Applied Social Sciences (DASS).
Session 1: Innovation in Biological Systems
Moderated by Rebecca North (School of Natural Resources - SNR)
Lightning Talk Speakers:
Jefferson Barizon (Plant Science and Technology - PST): A Survey of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Associated with Soybean Production in Missouri
Mary Hendrickson (DASS): Catalyzing Organic in the Mid-South
Xiaoping Xin (SNR): Nanotechnology-enabled Agriculture: from soil to harvest
Rishabh Mahendra (DASS): Ecosystem cooperatives: A novel approach to strengthen restoration and conservation
Godwin Iroanya (Animal Sciences - AS): AAV5 as a Divergent Serotype for Overcoming Neutralizing Antibodies in Gene Therapy
Panelists:
Noel Aloysius (SNR)
Chung-Ho Lin (SNR)
Mary Hendrickson (DASS)
Ron Mittler (PST)
Session 2: Avian Flu Crisis / Food Safety / Biosecurity
Moderated by Matt Lucy (Animal Sciences - AS)
Lightning Talk Speakers:
Joao Ferreira (PST): Spraying without Symptoms? A Closer Look at Foliar Diseases in Missouri Soybeans
Lois Ackah-Swanzy (Food, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences - FNES): Discretionary Food Intake and Its Associations with Metabolic Syndrome Characteristics and Food Cravings
Melissa Jones (FNES): When it rains, it pours, it floods: A water crisis in the St. Louis Metro East
William Folk (Biochemistry): Assessment of microplastics in Columbia and the Environment - Policy Pathways for a Cleaner Water Future
Panelists:
Hoa Hoang (DASS)
Lakshmikantha Channaiah (FNES)
Kiho Lee (AS)
Session 3: The Age of AI in Agriculture
Moderated by Mauro Palmero (DASS)
Lightning Talk Speakers:
Juliet Henning (AS): Using artificial intelligence to predict the timing of ovulation in grazing beef heifers
Jacqueline Zhu (DASS): Leveraging digital persuasion strategies: enhancing sustainable restaurant choices through third-party delivery platforms
Qian Liu (SNR): Cloud Detection of OMPS Nadir Mapper Radiance Data Using Deep Learning Techniques
Supral Adhikari (PST): Uncovering Arabidopsis Root Defense: Transcriptomics and Mutant Screening Against Broomrape
Katherine Nelson (DASS): From page to desktop. Leveraging AI to increase historical data access
Panelists:
Toni Kazic (Computer Science)
Jianfeng Zhou (PST)
Qian Liu (SNR)
Derek Brake (AS)
In this final high-level plenary, speakers discussed how a global, long-term goal in the Paris agreement could mobilise capital globally and accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy. How can these two worlds collaborate to free up public funds that could then leverage private financing?
"Leveraging UCI to Launch your Startup" presented by the UCI Engineering Alumni Society (EAS), July 23, 2015.
Leveraging Human Behavior to Reduce Security Risk Workshop held October 25, 2011
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2022-10-20: Hassatou Diop N’Sele, Acting Vice President for Finance and Chief Finance Officer address during the Finance in Common 2022 - HLE 9 – How to Mobilise Capital at Scale by Leveraging Private Finance.
2022-10-20: Elvira Eurlings, Chief Investment Officer ILX Management during the Finance in Common 2022 - HLE 9 – "How to Mobilise Capital at Scale by Leveraging Private Finance".
2022-10-20: Eila Kreivi, Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor at Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor (EIB) during the Finance in Common 2022 - HLE 9 – How to Mobilise Capital at Scale by Leveraging Private Finance.