AI for Good: How can AI help our food systems?
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Need an appetizer for your weekend? Drop-in anytime between 5 and 7 p.m. to Explore, Create, and Mingle with AI experts at this Discovery Center experience! Find out how AI tools are creating more inclusive systems for small holder farmers and see how AI can help us all become better food citizens.
Hear from Neil Hausmann, Senior Program Officer, on the Discovery Crops R&D team at the Gates Foundation and AI experts Archana Prasad and Sean Blagsvedt of Gooey.ai as they share their stories and insights on how AI is changing the food landscape. Mingle over refreshments and light bites as you test out different chatbots and learn how to build your own to support your activism.
Meet our speakers

Neil Hausmann, Senior Program Officer, Discovery Crops R&D team at the Gates Foundation
Neil Hausmann has been a Senior Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation since 2020, focusing on predictive analytics for climate adaptation. He manages a portfolio that includes pest and disease modeling, field measurement systems like computer vision and crop modeling, and weather analytics.
Before joining the Gates Foundation, Neil was a Distinguished Laureate & Research Director at Corteva Agriscience. During his 15-year tenure at Corteva, he developed disruptive business opportunities in digital agriculture, created drought-tolerant corn hybrids, established five Managed Stress Environments, and led global efforts leveraging unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for field characterization.

Sean Blagsvedt, CEO of Gooey AI
Sean is the CEO of Gooey.AI, an AI workflow platform to enhance frontline worker productivity. Gooey.AI’s work has been demo’d at the UN General Assembly Science Panel and their clients include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Opportunity.org, Zephyr, Rockefeller Foundation, GIZ, Fandom.com and PeoplePlus.AI.
Archana Prasad, Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Gooey AI
Archana is a pioneering figure in technology-driven public, participatory AI practices. She is a creative entrepreneur focused on leveraging Generative AI for cultural and impact endeavors as Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Gooey.AI, where she explores the platform’s potential for individuals and businesses.