Frequently Asked Questions

The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit will be held on December 9-10, 2024 in Dubai.

The agenda shown on this website has session timings in Gulf Standard Time (GST). You can adjust the timings on the summit platform to your local timezone if required.

Transferring Your Pass: You are not able to share your pass with a colleague at our summits. If for some reason you can’t attend and want to transfer your pass to a colleague, we can arrange that.

Please email our logistics team letting them know you are transferring your allocated pass to your colleague and include their information:

First Name:
Last Name:
Job Title:
Company:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
Company Address:

Cancellation: You can cancel and request a refund up to 30 days before the event date (we will deduct a 15% cancellation fee). We regret that no cancellations can be accepted after this date and full payment is due.

We offer a special delegate rate for early stage Start-Ups, subject to criteria. Please email Amy Gardner or call +44 (0)1273 789989 to find out if you are eligible.

For more information on marketing partnerships and media registration, please email Ross Bradley

Sign up to our newsletters here – you’ll receive the latest summit developments, along with industry news and insights from leading agri-food senior executives.

We always welcome interest from senior leaders who would like to speak or recommendations of speakers. Please email our Conference Producer, Abigail Ryder to discuss further.

Partnering with the summit gives you a superb opportunity to associate your brand with accelerating innovation across the agri-food supply chain, showcase your expertise and position your company as the partner of choice.

For more information on a tailored partnership, digital marketing and business development opportunities at the summit, please email Sophie Brady, Partnerships Manager, or call +44 (0)1273 789989.

Roundtable discussions are one of the most interactive sessions of the programme! Each small discussion group is hosted by an industry expert on a specific theme.
With around 10 participants per table, it’s an informal setting where you’re encouraged to speak freely, ask questions and swap contact details.

Note: Unlike the other panel sessions and keynotes, the roundtables are not recorded so are not available to watch later.

World Agri-Tech Innovation Summits are a world leading series, hosted by Rethink Events, taking place in San Francisco, South America, London, Dubai and Singapore each year. It is also closely linked to our Animal AgTech Innovation Summit & Future Food-Tech Summit that take place in San Francisco, Chicago, London, Amsterdam and Singapore.

San Francisco – March
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit
Future Food-Tech Summit

Dallas – April
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit

Chicago – June
Indoor AgTech Innovation Summit
Future Food-Tech: Alternative Proteins

Sao Paulo – June
World Agri-Tech South America Summit

London – September/October
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit
Future Food-Tech Summit

Amsterdam – October
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit

Mexico – October
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

Singapore – November
Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit

Dubai – December
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit

From two weeks before the summit, when you register you will receive a dedicated email explaining how you can gain access to our summit platform, which is hosted by Swapcard.

You can access the platform here on desktop. You will need to use a recent browser such as Google Chrome (recommended) or Mozilla Firefox.

You can download the ‘Rethink App’ for iPhone and Android from the app stores, we recommend doing this before joining the summit so you are ready to use it.

Log in: Click the purple ‘login’ button in the top right hand corner and sign in with the details emailed to you from World Agri-Tech – sender ID is connect@app.rethinkevents.com.

Using the app at the summit to access the full delegate list instantly, send connection requests, book meetings and receive instant alerts and reminders for meeting requests and bookmarked sessions.

Watch a tour of the summit the platform to help you get started:

Complete your profile:

First, update your profile with a photo, a short biography and information about your company and skills.

The more information you include, the better the matchmaking tool can work, to increase profile views and suggested matches with the right people you want to meet.

Manage Your Schedule:

You can manage your schedule in ‘My Planner’ which can be found in the menu at the top of the page on desktop or on the homepage in the app.

Control your availability and view your meetings by selecting ‘My meetings’ from the left hand menu on desktop or the meetings (2nd) icon in the app. Here you will also find ‘My schedule’ where you will see the sessions you have added.

Connection Request:

A connection request is sent when you send a message to another delegate. On their profile, you will see a ‘Connect with [name]’ box on desktop where you will be able to send them a message or click the connect button on their profile in the app.

The recipient will receive a notification that you would like to connect with them and they will be able to either accept or decline this. If you see an icon of two heads next to a contact, it means that the person has already accepted your request. If you see a clock icon, it means your connection request is still pending.

When they accept your connection request, you will exchange contact details, just like a virtual business card. You can export the contacts you make at the end of the summit by heading to your contacts on desktop and then exporting your contacts on the left side.

Send and Receive Meeting Requests:

You can see your pending or confirmed meetings in ‘My Planner’ and then by clicking the ‘My meetings’ tab on the left hand side on desktop or the meetings (2nd) icon in the app. You can cancel a confirmed or pending meeting by clicking ‘Cancel Request’ (if it was pending) or ‘Cancel Meeting’ (if it was confirmed). You can also manage your availability by clicking ‘Make unavailable’ for specific meeting slots.

Scheduling Meetings at an Exhibition Booth:

Each of our partners have their own virtual exhibition booth, where they can share information, links and documents. You can book meetings with the company in the same way as you would a delegate and send them a message. If the partner has an onsite booth, this will be highlighted on its’ profile and you will be able to schedule a meeting at their onsite booth. Each company’s representatives are linked, and clicking on their names will direct you to their individual profiles. You can also view the agenda sessions in which partners are speaking.

All summit content and networking will be available on our virtual platform for one month after the summit, until January 10, 2025.

It is possible to reschedule meetings via the website version of the platform (currently, this is not available via the mobile app). Follow these simple steps to reschedule your meeting:
– Head to ‘My Planner’ and then “My Meetings”.
– Click into the relevant meeting and select the three dots, and click on “Reschedule meeting.”
– You will then be able to select a new date, timeslot or location, if available.
– All participants will then receive a new meeting request with a new notification.
– The old meeting will appear as “rescheduled” and contain a link to the new meeting.

To reschedule a meeting via the app, you will need to cancel it and book another meeting at a different time. You can cancel meetings in ‘My Planner’ under the ‘My meetings’ tab.

If your meeting at a 1-1 table has been pending for over a week, it will automatically be cancelled and you will receive a notification saying that the request was declined by the other delegate.

In ‘My Planner’, you can export your whole schedule to your own calendar application by clicking the ‘Export to My Calendar’ button on the right hand side. You can also export your sessions, meetings and bookmarks to a single printable PDF file by clicking ‘Download PDF’.

At the end of the event, you can download all of your connections and contacts in an excel file. Click the People icon at the top of the page and you will see the option to export your contacts.

Yes, you will be able to ask questions to the speakers during the live event. There will be Rethink team members in the room with microphones, simply raise your hand once told to by the moderator and introduce yourself with your name and company before asking.

Main stage content and networking access will be available on our summit platform for one month after the summit.

Roundtables and side sessions are not recorded and will not be available to watch on demand.