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About the Event

Peking University Startup GrindU is excited to host Stuart Oda of Alesca Life for a fireside chat, where we will discuss his entrepreneurial journey and how his business is revolutionizing the way people farm.

In 2013, Stuart founded Alesca Life, an agricultural technology company that builds indoor, vertical farms and farm management solutions to improve the efficiency of farming globally.  Since then, Alesca has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and has been selected into prestigious global accelerator programs including Stanford StartX, Thrive Agtech, Barclays Capital Unreasonable Impact, Alltech Pearse Lyons, BitsxBites, and Dubai Futures as an innovator in the field of controlled environment agriculture and hyper-local urban farming.

Come and enjoy an insightful conversation and a great opportunity to connect with other PKU students this Sunday, November 17^th, at 14:00 pm.

About the Speaker

Stuart Oda possesses a unique blend of corporate finance and consumer product know-how having previously worked in the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch Japan Securities and the global emerging markets business development team at Dell China. He has an intimate understanding of key global mega-trends through his extensive industry and country coverage and personal and professional travel to over 50 countries. He received his B.A. in Political Science and Business Economics from UCLA.

About the Company 

Alesca Life is an agricultural technology company that builds indoor, vertical farms and farm management solutions to make food production more localized and data-driven. Alesca's vision is to democratize access to fresh and nutritious food by democratizing the means and knowledge of production. Alesca has developed hyper-efficient modular, hydroponic, climate-controlled commercial farms that utilize 20~25 times less water, fertilizer, and land compared to conventional farming, and small-scale, automated cabinet farms to enable on-site food production by hotels, restaurants, and homes. Alesca has also launched an IoT device for remote monitoring and automation control through a smartphone, and a web and smartphone-based farm management IT system to aggregate production-level data, streamline operational management and provide complete farm-level data transparency and supply chain traceability for farmers and customers. Alesca has offices, deployments, and partners across China, Japan, Singapore, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.

To learn more about Alesca Life,  you check out their website here: https://www.alescalife.com/

Event Agenda 

    14:00 pm Check-In 

    14:10 pm Networking

    14:30 pm Fireside chat discussion 

    15:30 pm Q&A

    16:00 pm Wrap-Up and Photo!

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