Due to a lack of space in their spacecrafts and rockets, astronauts have developed new farming techniques in order to produce fresh vegetables during their journeys through space. Even with limited resources, they are now able to grow healthy salad and lettuces, despite being thousand of kilometers away from Earth. Mr. Rodney Reis has studied this new space agriculture and will show you that the authentic way to grow vegetables may not be the future for our society on Earth. Why not change our vision of old farms and incorporate new processes that are able to produce local fresh food all year long, with an added benefit of reducing our impact on the planet?

Rodney had his executive training from IMD Lausanne and London Business School, his MBA from IBMEC in Rio de Janeiro, a Telecommunications Engineering certificate from University of California Irvine, and finally, a Bachelors in Computer Science from São Carlos Federal University. He has worked for large corporations like Accenture, Nortel, and Ascom, as well as smaller start-ups. He has helped create and develop companies in Switzerland, India, the UAE, and Brazil, working on and closing deals in over 25 countries for the past 16 years, mainly in the high-tech sector.

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