AgriTech 4.0 explores the wide range of opportunities available through programmes, development, support and investment opportunities, and how new and changing technologies will influence the agriculture environment providing sustainable food solutions.
Join over 300 international agriculture professionals from over 100 companies to look at the strategic context of ongoing and future AgriTech programmes and developments, while also delving deep into the core topics of smart farming, engineering & precision technologies, data science, analytics & modelling, hydroponics, vertical farming, soil health, robotics, UAVs, sustainability and implementing technology on the farm .
AgriTech 4.0 is focused on industry cross collaboration for research and innovation to support the development of capabilities and technology within the agriculture sector.
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- Day 1 Conference & Exhibition (Virtual) - Friday 29th January 2021
- Day 2 Conference & Exhibition (Virtual) - Friday 19th February 2021
Key Agenda Focus Areas
Conference Day 1 – Developing Our Approach; Data & Connectivity; Soil Health; Facilitating Decisive Research Into Research Action & Implementation; Robotics & Drones; Agri Biotech; Vertical Farming & Hydroponics.
Conference Day 2 – Meeting the Farms Needs for Precision & Smartness; Indoor Farming; Technology Innovation Demonstration Challenge; What Will Tomorrows Farm be Like.
Current Event Presenters
AberInnovation - Dr. Rhian Hayward, CEO
Aberystwyth University (IBERS) - Dr. David Cutress, Knowledge Exchange Fellow & Project Manager and Dr. Benjamin Roberts, Research Engineer, GEOM Programme
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBINI) - Steven Morrison, Head of Livestock Production Sciences Branch
BioSense Institute - Vladimir Crnojevic, Director of BioSense Institute
CambirdgeHOK & CROP 17 - Patrick Harte, Head of Commercial
Control Union - Harry Farnsworth, Projects Lead
Country Land and Business Association (CLA) - Susan Twining, Chief Land Use Policy Adviser
Defra - Caroline Povey - Policy Team, Farming Innovation & Agri-Innovation Team Leader
Defra - Gordon Jones, Senior Policy Adviser
Department for International Trade - Hosting a Roundtable Workshop
DEMETER & TSSG - Kevin Dollin, Director of Innovation
Edafotec - Verónica Asensio Fandiño, Scientific Director
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - The Allerton Project - Phil Jarvis, Head of Farming, Training & Partnerships
Hartpury University and College - Ben Thompson, Agri-Tech Project Manager
Innovation for Agriculture - Dr Lisa Morgans, Head of Livestock
Innovation for Agriculture - Hosting a Roundtable Workshop
Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) - Jürgen Vangeyte, Scientific Director Agricultural Engineering
Intelligent Growth Solutions - David Farquhar, CEO
Lancaster University - Prof Claire Waterton, Director of Sociology
Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) - Prof Simon Pearson, Director of LIAT/Professor of Agri-Food Technology
Midlands Asset Finance - Rachel Borlace, Director, Head of Agriculture & Renewables
Milltrust Agricultural Investments (MAI) - Guy Pengelley, Investment Director
National Trust - Rob Macklin, Senior National Consultant - Sustainable Farming
Oasthouse Ventures & Low Carbon Farming - Ben Alexander, Senior Development Manager
PhenomUK - Prof Tony Pridmore, Director
Regenagri - Harry Farnsworth, Projects Lead - Sustainable Agriculture
Savills - Emily Norton, Head of Rural Research
SmartAgriHubs - Edwin Hecker, Managing Partner at S&P, Project Communications
Soil Association & Innovative Farmers - Dr Kate Pressland, Programme Manager
Sustainable Food Trust - Adele Jones, Head of Programmes
UK5G Innovation Network & 5G Rural First - Hector Gibson Fleming, Managing Director
UKRI - Innovate UK - Chris Lyons, Innovation Lead – Agriculture
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Dr Lisa Rachel Norton, Senior Scientist Land Use Group
UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT) - Dr Johnny Stormonth-Darling, Technical Director
Ullmanna - Martin Ullmann, CEO
University of Lincoln - Simon Pearson, Director of LIAT/Professor of Agri-Food Technology
University of Reading - Dr Lindsay Todman, Consultant & Lecturer in Agriculture Modelling
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) & agROBOfood - Kees Lokhorst, Project Manager
Wasware - Xiaobin Zhao, CEO
