Indoor Ag-Con’s top 10 things to see and do
Indoor Ag-Con, a trade show and conference dedicated to vertical farming, greenhouse and controlled environment agriculture, will return to Caesars Forum March 11-12, 2024, for its 11th annual event.
This must-attend conference and trade show brings together farmers, growers, ag tech leaders, suppliers, advocates and enthusiasts under one roof to experience all that Indoor Ag-Con has to offer: 200+ exhibitors, three keynotes, networking events, conference sessions and more.
1. See, touch and experience 200+ exhibitors and sponsors
In 2024, the Expo Hall has expanded featuring 200+ world-class exhibitors and sponsors featuring the most cutting-edge technologies, products and services in the indoor agriculture industry from lighting and control systems to substrates, equipment, irrigation systems and much more. Key exhibitors including, Enza Zaden, Babylon Micro-Farms, Berger, Bio 520, ,Klasmann-Dielmann, Nourse, Philips, PowerSecure, Promix, SananBio, Van Der Hoeven and Voltserver Digital Electricity and many more.
2. Keynotes take the stage
Each year, Indoor Ag-Con features three awe-inspiring keynotes and this year’s all-star speakers include Paul Sellew, founder and CEO of Little Leaf Farms, who will give the 2024 edition’s opening morning headline keynote address on Monday, March 11th at 8 a.m. Little Leaf Farms is the largest U.S. greenhouse producer of hydroponic baby greens and sold in over 5,000 grocery stores and fine dining establishments.
A mid-morning keynote on day one, “Leader Insights: Charting the Future Landscape of Controlled Environment Agriculture”, will be led by industry veterans on Monday, March 11 at 11 a.m. The keynote will feature moderator, Daniel Malech, Board chair, SVP CEA Alliance for Plenty, Jim DiMenna, president of Red Sun Farms, Viraj Puri, co-founder and CEO of Gotham Greens and Matt Ryan, CEO of Soli Organic.
Adam Bergman, managing director, Clean Energy Transition Group, global gead of AgTech for Citi, will deliver the day two morning keynote address on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 8 a.m. Bergman’s presentation, “Indoor Farming: The Next Revolution in Agriculture,” will explore the dynamic landscape of indoor farming, addressing the setbacks faced in 2023 and unveiling the promising future that lies ahead.
3. Robust conference featuring four in-depth tracks
The conference features two days of educational and insightful sessions from 80+ speakers in four tracks including Planning & Operations, Grower, Cultivating Possibilities and NEW this year, the Cannabis track. For a full list of conference sessions, visit indoor.ag/conference-program
4. Safety-first: Food safety pre-event workshop
New for 2024, the Indoor Ag-Con CEA Food Safety Pre-Event Workshop: Internal Review Certification, will be held on Sunday, March 10, 1-5 p.m. and is designed for anyone in the controlled environment agriculture industry dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of food safety and quality. Internal auditing certification is a mandatory GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) requirement that demonstrates an individual’s ability to conduct internal assessments of any food safety program. Indoor Ag-Con has partnered with Ceres University, a leading provider of IACET- accredited food safety training and certification, to offer a cost-effective, convenient way to build your career AND help fulfill GFSI scheme requirements.
5. Two shows in one
Indoor Ag-Con will once again co-locate with the National Grocers Association Show March 11-12, 2024, at Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. The NGA Show, a trade show and conference for independent grocers, and Indoor Ag-Con, an agriculture conference and trade show for the indoor and vertical farming industry, will once again co-locate in 2024.
6. Let’s get social
Mix and mingle with new and old friends at daily events including conference lunches, Expo Hall happy hour and many more fun and engaging events.
7. Vivid Canopy interactive panel, roundtable and networking event
This networking event for the controlled environment agriculture community will foster and celebrate diversity in the industry. Growers, engineers and business leaders across the indoor farming industry at all levels of organizations need more opportunities to connect in this increasingly remote world. The Vivid Canopy interactive workshop hosted by GLASE features a panel of diverse professionals from sectors of the CEA community led by Women in CEA followed by a networking round robin activity led by Eden Green Technology and Re-Nuble.
8. What’s new: Be the first to experience product debuts
Indoor Ag-Con is the place to check out the latest products, services and technologies in the industry. Must see debuts include: NGS’ patented rotational system for strawberries which doubles normal tabletop production, Pure Life Carbon’s first re-usable, carbon sequestering, soilless growing medium for the controlled environment agriculture market, Royal Gold’s new All-purpose fertilizer and new 70/30 Coco-Perlite Blend, FG41S’s Modular Flat-Pack Buildings shipped factory-direct to Customer and Klasmann-Deilmann’s genuine innovation for modern horticulture: Nygaia which will be handed out in test kits.
9. Take a seat in the Expo Hall Theater for mini sessions
While browsing 200+ exhibitors, stop by the ever-popular Expo Theater where industry leaders take the stage for 45-minute presentations addressing hot topics in the industry. From “Sowing Innovation: Virginia’s Vision for Controlled Environment Agriculture,” featuring a fireside chat with Matthew Lohr, Virginia secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of the Governor of Virginia to “USDA’s Growing Vision for Controlled Environment Agriculture” featuring a distinguished panel featuring United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) representatives, the Expo Hall will be buzzing.
10. Viva Las Vegas
Indoor Ag-Con will once again call Las Vegas home for the 2024 event and there is no shortage of things to do, see and hear in Sin City. From the Sphere Experience to Carrie Underwood’s residency to America’s Got Talent Superstar Live, take some time to explore Las Vegas while at Indoor Ag-Con.
For more information, please visit indoor.ag.
Video Library 
