Mike Yohay's Speaking Engagements
3rd Annual Green Trade Network Summit: Agriculture and the Green Revolution
Presented By: Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA)
Date: December 1, 2010
Engagement: Speaker
Description: The 3rd Annual Green Trade Network Summit will take place on December 1, 2010 in the ‘salad bowl’ of the world, Salinas, California. The conference entitled ‘Agriculture and the Green Revolution’, will provide a forum that will facilitate interaction and information exchange among research scientists, producers, agro-technology providers, equipment manufacturers, service providers, agronomic consultants, software developers, educators, government personnel and policymakers, all addressing the ‘greening’ of one of American’s top industries.
Presented By: Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA)
Date: December 1, 2010
Engagement: Speaker
Description: The 3rd Annual Green Trade Network Summit will take place on December 1, 2010 in the ‘salad bowl’ of the world, Salinas, California. The conference entitled ‘Agriculture and the Green Revolution’, will provide a forum that will facilitate interaction and information exchange among research scientists, producers, agro-technology providers, equipment manufacturers, service providers, agronomic consultants, software developers, educators, government personnel and policymakers, all addressing the ‘greening’ of one of American’s top industries.
Presidio and Beyond: Sustainable Startups at The Hub
Presented By: Presidio & Beyond
Date: October 14, 2010
Engagement: Speaker: How do we produce sustainable local food systems within the urban landscape?
Description: Come celebrate, network, and hear from sustainable start-ups with the Presidio community and beyond at Hub Berkeley, where Berkeley’s changemakers go to work. Presidio and Beyond aims to create ongoing programming for people to celebrate, network, and hear from early sustainability venture entrepreneurs willing to discuss the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of starting a business built around people, planet, & prosperity.
Presented By: Presidio & Beyond
Date: October 14, 2010
Engagement: Speaker: How do we produce sustainable local food systems within the urban landscape?
Description: Come celebrate, network, and hear from sustainable start-ups with the Presidio community and beyond at Hub Berkeley, where Berkeley’s changemakers go to work. Presidio and Beyond aims to create ongoing programming for people to celebrate, network, and hear from early sustainability venture entrepreneurs willing to discuss the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of starting a business built around people, planet, & prosperity.
Sustainable Brands 2010
Presented By: Sustainable Life Media
Date: June 7 - 10, 2010
Engagement: Faculty Speaker: "Innovations in Food Supply: Restoring 'Places and Faces' to the Global Value Chain"
Description: Although today's "placeless and faceless" industrial model of global food supply has produced vast amounts of calories at relatively low cost for many, it has become associated with problems such as obesity, malnourishment, food waste, food safety breakdowns, degraded environmental resources, and a growing crisis of consumer trust. This session will feature a rich range of perspectives on restoring some of the "places and faces" to the food value chain: through linking small producers to global value chains, making use of previously untapped local resources, and improving information flows. In doing so, these re-designed value chains are creating economic opportunity, delivering nutrition more sustainably, and generating consumer value through better quality, provenance and traceability.
Mike was also the Peoples' Choice Winner of the SB Innovation Open
Presented By: Sustainable Life Media
Date: June 7 - 10, 2010
Engagement: Faculty Speaker: "Innovations in Food Supply: Restoring 'Places and Faces' to the Global Value Chain"
Description: Although today's "placeless and faceless" industrial model of global food supply has produced vast amounts of calories at relatively low cost for many, it has become associated with problems such as obesity, malnourishment, food waste, food safety breakdowns, degraded environmental resources, and a growing crisis of consumer trust. This session will feature a rich range of perspectives on restoring some of the "places and faces" to the food value chain: through linking small producers to global value chains, making use of previously untapped local resources, and improving information flows. In doing so, these re-designed value chains are creating economic opportunity, delivering nutrition more sustainably, and generating consumer value through better quality, provenance and traceability.
Mike was also the Peoples' Choice Winner of the SB Innovation Open
Agriculture 2.0 - Silicon Valley 2010
Presented By: NewSeed Advisors
Date: March 24, 2010
Engagement: Company Presenter
Description: Agriculture 2.0 is where the sustainable agriculture industry is being defined, built and funded. By serving as the lynchpin between entrepreneurs working to improve America’s food system and the investors ready to capitalize them, Agriculture 2.0 will help create a path to profitability and scale and accelerate collaboration and growth in the undercapitalized sector.
Presented By: NewSeed Advisors
Date: March 24, 2010
Engagement: Company Presenter
Description: Agriculture 2.0 is where the sustainable agriculture industry is being defined, built and funded. By serving as the lynchpin between entrepreneurs working to improve America’s food system and the investors ready to capitalize them, Agriculture 2.0 will help create a path to profitability and scale and accelerate collaboration and growth in the undercapitalized sector.
Future Visioning of Urban Landscapes
Presented By: Cagwin & Dorward Landscape Contractors
Date: October 1, 2009
Engagement: Featured Guest
Description: Considering the limitations of our precious resources and understanding that local communities are interconnected to all global communities... We ask this question… How can new designs, new implementations, and new uses of our urban landscapes better serve present and future generations?
Presented By: Cagwin & Dorward Landscape Contractors
Date: October 1, 2009
Engagement: Featured Guest
Description: Considering the limitations of our precious resources and understanding that local communities are interconnected to all global communities... We ask this question… How can new designs, new implementations, and new uses of our urban landscapes better serve present and future generations?
San Francisco Small Business Week
Presented By: Wells Fargo
Date: May 16 - 23, 2009
Engagement: Event Speaker: "How I Greened My Business"
Description: San Francisco Small Business Week will help inspire your creativity, channel your passion, and support your success through dozens of educational and networking events. Connect with over 4,000 leaders in the small business community and walk away with new contacts, best practices and innovative ideas that you can put into action today! Come celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit that is the heart of San Francisco.
Presented By: Wells Fargo
Date: May 16 - 23, 2009
Engagement: Event Speaker: "How I Greened My Business"
Description: San Francisco Small Business Week will help inspire your creativity, channel your passion, and support your success through dozens of educational and networking events. Connect with over 4,000 leaders in the small business community and walk away with new contacts, best practices and innovative ideas that you can put into action today! Come celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit that is the heart of San Francisco.