Keynote Speakers

Elliott Grant, PhD

ELLIOTT GRANT works at the intersection of technology and agriculture, and has led the development and commercialization of breakthrough technologies throughout the global food system.
In 2017 Dr. Grant joined Google[X] to lead the development of foundational AI for agriculture, and in 2023 became CEO of Mineral - one of Alphabet’s “Other Bets”. He serves on the boards of Sun World International and the International Fresh Produce Association, and is a Scientifi c Advisor to Driscoll’s. Prior to joining Google, he was the CEO of ShopWell Labs, a pioneering AI nutrition app; the founding CEO of HarvestMark, a world leader in food traceability; and a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
He has been awarded over fi fty US Patents and invented (then open-sourced) the VoiceCode which is a traceability standard on every case of fresh produce in N. America. Elliott earned a PhD in Engineering from Cambridge University. In addition to advising multiple startups in agriculture, he is currently a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing and at Trinity Hall, where he researches the future of agriculture in the era of strong AI.
He lives in Cambridge with his wife, and writes about the future of agriculture here.