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AgReturn San Francisco 2012 was a huge success!

Over 160 members of the agriculture and water industry came together for three full days of insight, analysis, "investment-ready" opportunities and exclusive access to a diverse network of agriculture innovators and investors.

We witnessed informative and interesting presentations on FILL IN THIS SENTANCE. While some have requested that their materials be kept confidential, the majority of the presentations are available on our social networking site AgConnect: http://agconnect.crowdvine.com

Thank you again for your support and participation at AgReturn 2012. We look forward to seeing you at the next AgReturn conference.

From the Field to the Bank - Real Assets Investments in Mature Markets

About AgReturn San Francisco
Welcome to AgReturn San Francisco 2012, a new kind of agriculture investment conference--one that embraces the surrounding themes of agriculture, real assets, and scarcity-driven investments. For the first time, we will deliver fully comprehensive strategy discussion on everything from public equities to innovations in inputs, precision technology and animal health, to mature markets farmland plays, water rights and efficiency. This is a one-stop commercial marketplace for the industry. Make sure this event is on your calendar for 2012.

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Featured Speakers

John Denniston Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	John Taylor SVP-Farm & Ranch Management, Bank of America	Spencer Maughan Vice President, Venrock	James McCandless Head of Global Real Estate - Farmland, UBS AgriVest

Angelos Dassios Partner, Paine + Partners	Andrew Williamson Director, Physic Ventures	John Ryals CEO, Metabolon	Shonda Warner Managing Director, Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners

Hot Topics and Can't-Miss Content

PE/VC Ag2.0 Symposium: AgTech as Part of the Cleantech Portfolio (Click here)

Making the Correlation Between Cleantech and AgTech: Creating Opportunity out of Scarcity
Dissecting Similarities, Differences, and Investment Strategies for Investable Technologies to Combat Global Shortages in Water, Phosphate, and Food.
CollAGoration: How can Venture and Private Equity Capital Work Together?
Exploring Co-Investments, Vertical Collaboration, Structured Deals, Investment Parameters and Shared Success.
Entrepreneur/VC Speed Networking:
A unique venture speed dating session where entrepreneurs and investors come together to discuss emerging technologies and form promising partnerships.

WaterReturn: Scarcity-Driven Investment Strategies (Click here)

The Water Enigma: We Know It's Important, But How Can We Make Money?!
It's Been Called the Next Oil, and Investors Are Ready to Believe It, But Navigating This New Sector Proves Daunting. Learn from Active Investors about Some Exciting Opportunities in Irrigation, Owning Rights, Purification, Energy, and Desalination.
The World of Produced Water: Water Re-Use and Resource Recovery
Opportunities in this Sector are Expected to Grow from $25 Billion to $45 Billion by 2020. Learn How the Technology Works, Why It's Important, and How to Get Involved.
The Role of Water in the Agriculture Portfolio

AgReturn Mature Markets: Farmland Plays and Federal Policy (Click here)

Shared Responsibility: The Role of Private Capital in US Food Security
Hear from the USDA on the specific sectors in need and the amounts that the private sector will have to contribute, as well as where the best opportunities lie for partnerships and returns.
Insider Information: Meet the Farmers
Real Farmers Discuss What They are Afraid Of, What They Are Excited About, Where They Think the Industry Is Going, and Their Perception of the Ramifications of the Sudden Infusion of Outside Capital.
View from the Top
Big Ag executives talk strategy, market position, foreign trade, public opinion, investor relations, and more.

About AgReturn

AgReturn is committed to highlighting technologies, companies, and investment strategies that are on the cutting edge of agriculture and its surrounding themes, positioning us in the market as a forum that brings together the forward-looking investors and industry professionals who are poised to benefit from strong returns and impact the future of the global food system.

Formerly the Agriculture 2.0 conference, we have worked to expand the scope and breadth of our agriculture investment series to include much more than the 2.0 technologies that were the foundation of that event at its inception. Our updated event series, AgReturn, will weave together investment themes of global farmland and commodities as well as agribusiness and agrifood equities, water, and innovations in conservation technology.

Scarcity-driven investment opportunities are gaining ground in the form of real assets associated with food and water. If the fast-growing populations in emerging markets adopt a more American-style diet, we would need the productive farmland equivalent to the size of 2.2 earths to produce enough food. Agriculture as an asset class will move from 1% of institutional investors' portfolios to more than 5% in the next five years.