Program
Day 1 |
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| 08:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 09:00 | Introduction and welcome |
| 09:10 | Keynote address: Brexit, agriculture and the future of agtech Richard Ferguson, Ferguson Cardo |
| Crop Production | |
| 10:00 | Automated detection of plant pathogens in the field - the future of precision agriculture Dr. Agata Kaczmarek, University of Nottingham and Dr. Kevin King, Rothamstead |
| 10:30 | Sensors for smart crop protection Prof. Jon West, Rothamsted Research |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | High definition soil sensor system HD-S3 Prof. Peter Wilson, University of Bath |
| 12:00 | tba |
| 12:30 | Exhibitor Elevator Pitches: Arosa Instruments; Biodot: Zimmer&Peacock |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| IOT and Data Mining | |
| 14:00 | e-Agri: Integrating sensors & electronic engineering to deliver networked, low-cost, smart agriculture Prof. Bruce Grieve, University of Manchester |
| 14:50 | Ag Tech 2.0: Artidficial Intelligence and beyond Will Wells, Hummingbird Technologies |
| 15:30 | Tea break |
| 16:00 | Heterogeneous agricultural autonomous robotic platform:HAARP Prof. Peter Wilson, University of Bath |
| 17:00 | Panel discussion: How automated can farming be? Dr. Brand (Chair); Mr. Ferguson; Prof. Grieve; Prof. O'Kennedy; Prof. Wilson |
| 18:00 | Networking Reception |
| 20:00 | Reception ends |
Day 2 |
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| 08:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 09:00 | Introduction and welcome |
| 09:10 | Keynote address: Detection of food and environmental contaminants using antibody-based sensor approaches Prof. Richard O'Kennedy, Hamid Bin Khalifa University, Qatar |
| Food Production | |
| 10:00 | The developmnet of a Chilli Hotness Meter - Scoville Meter Dr. Martin Peacock, Zimmer and Peacock |
| 10:30 | tba |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | tba |
| 12:30 | Exhibitor Elevator Pitches: IBST; KTN; Sensor100 |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Program to be announced |
| 16:45 | Concluding Remarks & Poster Awards |
| 17:00 | Conference closes |