5 October, Bhopal, India

FPO Market Place & Conclave 2024

Spowdi was at the FPO Marketplace & Conclave MP 2024, an event organised by Access Development Services. FPOs, or Farmer Producer Organisations, are a crucial link in the agri-business value chain and the engagement shown by them on being a part of Spowdi’s Smart Farming model was truly inspirational. Spowdi’s Swapnil Patange also had the opportunity to share how Spowdi works with FPOs on stage.

22 – 29 September, New York, USA

Climate Week NYC

Spowdi participated in New York Climate Week, an event gathering many global business leaders, change makers, and decision makers. Spowdi’s CEO Henrik Johansson and Board Member Jakob Kiefer participated in various roundtables and meetings, speaking with stakeholders from all over the world. Some events at the summit also acted as lead-ups to COP29 later this year, establishing important agendas and topics.

18 – 19 September, Dublin, Ireland

IFC Agribusiness Conference

Spowdi’s ‘Connect for Impact’ campaign visited the IFC Agribusiness Conference in Dublin. At the 2-day meet, Spowdi’s VP Christopher Thunell and Head of Asia Rupali Mehra met several climate financing and agri-business stakeholders from across the globe, with an invitation to collaborate and future-proofing global food production.  

3 – 4 September, Hyderabad, India

Samunnati FPO Conclave

From Stockholm to Hyderabad! Spowdi’s ‘Connect for Impact’ at the FPO Conclave. If you are an implementing organisation, farmer collective, Farmer-Producer org, corporate or impact financing institution who is invested in enabling small-hold farmers to become climate resilient Impact Generators, come and meet Team Spowdi and we’ll walk you through how we can make a difference together.  

25 – 29 August, Stockholm, Sweden

World Water Week 2024

How do we enable small-hold farmers to become Impact Generators and what is the climate & economic cost if we don’t? The World Water Week session hosted by Spowdi invited stakeholders including IFC and Barnfonden on role of small-hold farmers and technology, and what is needed to scale impact through small-hold farmers, who produce one-third of the global food. IFC’s Global Lead of Sustainable Crop Production, Richard Colback, and Barnfonden’s General Secretary, Martina Hibell, joined Spowdi’s CEO Henrik Johansson and Asia Head Rupali Mehra on stage to share their perspectives.

18 – 20 November, Baku, Azerbaijan

COP29

At COP29, Spowdi presented a proven business case resulting in 300% more food, 80% water saved and higher profitability for the small-hold farmer, as well as a scalable business model that can create value for every step of the argh-food value chain.

Spowdis, Henrik Johansson and Jakob Kiefer were invited to speak at multiple sessions and events, with hosts such as the International Solar Alliance, EQT Group, IFC at The Word Bank pavilion (watch the session here) and more.