M. Esmail Zirakparvar

Bayer Corp. manufactures and markets pharmaceutical, healthcare, nutrition and materials products. The firm offers consumer care, diagnostics, diabetes and animal health products. It also provides material science products, which include coating, adhesive and sealant raw materials polycarbonates polyurethanes and thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers. The company was founded in 1973 and is based in Whippany, NJ.

Solvay France SA engages in the production of specialty chemicals. The company was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

AgrEvo GmbH manufacturers fertilizer products. It offers crop protection and production products including seeds, pest control products and other bio- technology products. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

The University of Liverpool operates as a university. It offers post graduate research, foundation courses, continuing and professional development, online study, and doctoral college. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

Agfa NV provides prepress related software solutions. It offers solutions for image setting, plate setting, plate management and workflow management software solutions. The firm provides Asanti workflow automation, wide format printers; cutting tables; film, vinyl, canvas, adhesive back and glossy media for indoor and outdoor inkjet applications; inkjet, newspaper, packaging and labels products. The company is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium.

The Business Council operates as an organization of business leaders. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Inc. promotes activities to reduce cancer risk, enable early detection, facilitate better access to treatment and hasten the discovery. Its programs include CEO cancer gold standard, life sciences consortium and project data sphere. The company was founded by George H. W. Bush in 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Cibus Genetics LLC is a biotechnology company. It develops products in agriculture and specialty chemicals. The company was founded by Peter Beetham in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

CropLife International operates as a marketing agency for agricultural innovations in crop protection and plant biotechnology. The private company is based in Brussels, Belgium.

DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH provides bioengineering services for industrial, molecular biology, and reaction chemistry applications. It offers enzyme and strain engineering, application development, and process engineering services. The firm also offers research and development services for bio-fuel production. The company was founded in July 2008 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Part of Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council, Rothamsted Research Ltd. is a non-profit research centre that focuses on strategic agricultural science to the benefit of farmers and society worldwide. The company is based in Harpenden, UK. The British company specializes in horticultural and controlled environments, print and online library services, plant metabolomics facility, and insect survey that collects data on the migration of moths and aphids. Rothamsted Research was founded in 1843 by John Bennet Lawes. The CEO is Achim Dobermann.

Part of Bayer AG, Bayer Corporate & Business Services LLC is a company that provides business support services. The company is based in Coraopolis, PA.

Agfa HealthCare NV manufactures computerized medical diagnostic imaging devices. The firm provides integrated information technology and contrast media solutions for hospitals and other healthcare centers. The company was founded on August 6, 1950 and is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium.

Allessa GmbH produces fine and special chemicals. Its services include custom manufacturing, process development and processing services. The company was founded in July 2001 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Sika France SAS supplier of mastics products. Its products include sikatherm, sikafloor pronto systems, sikawall wall, ecoflex mini, ceiling plasters, anchorfix range, plastiment flow-76, comfort floor marble FX and gluing kit. The company was founded by Kaspar Windkler in 1910 and is headquartered in Le Bourget, France.

Zentiva NV manufactures and markets branded generic pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Sanofi Aventis AB engages in the pharmaceutical industsry. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Cibus Ltd. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the research and development of plant gene editing technology. It focuses on the commercialization of proprietary gene-editing technology, which refer to as the Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS). The RTDS enables to introduce customizable, specific, and predictable value-enhancing traits into plants and microorganisms. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

BioLumic Ltd. provides novel lighting solutions for large scale horticultural customers. It offers UV recipes and UV devices to apply UV treatments to a range of different crops. The firm focuses on developing treatments for transplant crop seedling, and quality regulation of indoor produced leafy vegetables and salad herbs. The company was founded by Jason Wargent in 2012 and is headquartered in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Terramera, Inc. manufactures pesticides and agrochemicals products. It offers biopesticides for the control of bed bugs and other household pests, biopesticides for agricultural use in a variety of crops and applications for bee health, cold pressed neem oil, neem cake, karanja oil, karanja cake, and other ecologically friendly products for use in agriculture, human health, and cosmetic applications; and other professional products. The company was founded by Karn Manhas and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Sanofi Pasteur MSD SA is a company based in Madrid, Spain. The Spanish company develops vaccines.

Hi Fidelity Genetics, Inc. develops tools to measure and predict plant traits. The company was founded by Spencer Maughan and Philip Benfey on August 16, 2018 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Umweltbundesamt provides environmental consulting services. The private company is based in Dessau-Roblau, Germany.

Fungialert Ltd. develops detection sensors. The firm increases agricultural productivity and sustainability using disruptive, early detective sensors and novel soil health analysis. The company was founded by Kerry O'Donnelly Weaver and Angela de Manzanos and is headquartered in Harpenden, the United Kingdom.

Oerth Bio LLC is an agricultural biotech company that develops sustainable, environmentally-designed crop and farm solutions to reduce the environmental impact of agrochemical solutions and nourish a growing population with eco-friendly, healthy foods. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was formed as a joint venture between Arvinas and Bayer, supported by over $55 million in committed funding and operational support from Bayer, and technology and intellectual property from Arvinas. Oerth Bio is reimagining crop protection through a comprehensive, therapeutic approach to crop health using Protac® technology, a targeted biotech solution known for its potential in addressing human disease. The CEO of the company is John W. Dombrosky.

Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions, Inc. is a company that focuses on providing solutions to the problem of weed resistance. The company is based in Raleigh, NC. Weeds have developed resistance to current herbicides, which has led to their flourishing. The company aims to tackle this problem by providing bioherbicides that are effective against resistant weeds. William Buckner has been the CEO of the company since 2020.