Smart Systems:Revolutionizing AgAg Tech Innovation Summit - UIUCFebruary 18, 2016

Power of agriculture & independence

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IT connects the pipeline to accelerate product development

Connected solutions to accelerate products from R&D

TransformationClone Construction

Seed Increase

Field Testing

Deployment

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

New detection opportunities create new analytical insights

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

Monsanto is shifting…more personalized products

Agriculture is shifting…large scale data enables greater productivity

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

32xincrease 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)

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…