Calling all start-ups, companies, researchers, and product developers active in robotics, AI, and AgTech! Do you have a solution for the challenge of growing more healthy food with less labor, pesticides, or waste?
On 2 October we invite AgTech innovators from the Netherlands and Germany to attend a seminar in Enschede to learn more about cross-border cooperation opportunities between the Netherlands and Germany.
With contributions from leading German and Dutch developers and researchers on precision farming, autonomous agriculture machinery and smart implements , as well as breakout sessions on important topics such as cross-border subsidy opportunities and legal and ethical questions. This day is intended to increase your knowledge and expand your network.
You can register your interest here and we will save you a spot.
Event program
(optional) 09.30-10.30: Short demo tour through the Saxion Applied University laboratories for Smart Mechatronics and Robotics, with a focus on high tech agri application research subjects.
10.30 : Walk-in and registration
11.00: Opening and welcome
11.05 : Keynote by Paul van Zoggel, Senior researcher Farming Systems at Wageningen University & Research.
11.35 : Panel Discussion including Henning Müller (President Agrotech Valley Forum – GER), Pim Deuling (Agro Wizard – NL) and others
12.05: Lunch and networking
12.50: Break-out session 1 and 2
Session 1: AI Development for Agriculture and the potential of synthetic data
- Dr. Stefan Stiene (DFKI & University of Applied)
- Kai von Szadkowski (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz).
- Christien Fraser (Founder & CEO of Asimovo)
Session 2: Zooming into ELSA (Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects) of Smart farming,
- Mireille van Hilten (Senior researcher at Wageningen Economic Research – NL)
- Joschka Hüllmann (Assistant professor High-tech Business and Entrepreneurship, University of Twente
13.50 : Break-out session 3 and 4
Session 3: Autonomous agriculture machinery: its possibilities, research areas and challenges
- Paul Andela (CEO of Andela Techniek & Innovatie B.V)
- Alexander Grever (Teamleiter softwareentwicklung at Krone/Combined Powers)
- Ard Westerveld. (Researcher and teacher at Saxion Smart Mechatronics and Robotics)
Session 4: Novel hardware solutions for precision farming: making agro devices & implements “smarter”
- Renske Landeweert. (Program manager AgriFood OnePlanet Research Center. LIDAR developments)
- TEF Agrifood (Germany)
- Clint Scholten (HighTech Agri robotics and precision farming research, Saxion Applied University)
14.45 : Closing remarks
15.00 – 16.00: Networking reception
