Slide deck from Agriculture Technology Summit 2016

1. Smart Systems:
Revolutionizing Ag
Ag Tech Innovation Summit - UIUC
February 18, 2016

2. Power of agriculture &
independence
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3. IT connects the pipeline to accelerate
product development
Connected solutions to accelerate products from R&D
TransformationClone
Construction
Seed
Increase
Field
Testing
Deployment

4. Predict which hybrid to advance?
Prescribe hybrid field placement?
Predict gene function?
Predict gene interactions?
Create designer breakthrough
inbreds?
Equipment & automation create
science at scale for BIG impact
Environment
Imaging
Genotyping
ModelingSequencing
Germplasm
Automation

5. New detection opportunities
create new analytical insights

6. New insights emerge about biological
products & systems
Stress Emergence
Drought Tolerance
Stalk Quality
How is product performance impacted
by the environment?
Fertility needs
Disease Resistance
Optimum Plant Population

7. Monsanto is shifting…
more personalized products

8. Agriculture is shifting…
large scale data enables greater productivity

9. The World is shifting…
technology advancement are enabling greater insights…
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Source: Wikipedia.org, anandtech.com, Intel,
CNET.com, processortimeline.info, thocp.net
75%
drop in wireless
data transfer price
in
the past
4 years
97%
drop in price per
gigabyte of storage
in the past
10 years
32x
increase in
computing power
for the same cost
in the past
10 years
Electronic Circuits Wireless Data Transfer Data Storage
Source: Cisco (global wireless data use) and Statista (global
carrier data revenue estimate)
Source: Wayback Machine (Statistic Brain)

10. The World is shifting…
the power to predict, know & act is becoming the norm
Sensors…accurate, tiny,
rich
Energy… lite &
low-power
Materials…bendable,
ingestible, rugged
Displays…heads-up,
hands-free
Augmented reality Social & connected Big data Analytics

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The power of
one…