PROGRAM
Wednesday 4 September:Connect & Engage – Meet your peers
19:00 – 21:00 | Networking evening with info- & entertainment
Thursday 5 September - AgriBITs day 1
9:15 - 10:00 | Walk-in / RegistrationSession 1
10:00 – 11:30 | Progress
The Big Picture: AI Essentials How to prepare for distruptive technologies
Moderator: Aalt Dijkhuizen | Chairman Topsector Agri & Food
Topic 1: Relevant tools & enabling technologies – an overview
Topic 2: Big data: availability & analysis
Topic 3: The power of computing data
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break / Networking
Session 2
11:30 – 12:30 | Progress
Tech Transformation in AgriFood – Implementation of AI to match your strategy
Moderator: Aalt Dijkhuizen | Chairman Topsector Agri & Food
Topic 1: Planning for your AI strategy and deep dive into value creation and future proofing your business
Topic 2: Bringing in Multi-Stakeholders in AI
Speaker: Cynthia Zhu | Founder & CEO Agri AI
Speaker: Hüseyin Güngör | UVA
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
Break-Out Sessions – Machinery Transformation in Agri-Food & Beyond
Deep dive into machinery transformation
Break-Out Session 1 | Explore AI driven solutions
13:30 – 14:30 | Quest
Break-Out Session 3 | Funding Tech Transformations - Cases
Topic: Towards a Sustainable, Healthy, and Resilient Food System, Enabled by Digitalization
1. EIT Food’s role in improving the agri-food system
2. Opportunities to collaborate with EIT Food activities and ecosystem
3. Co-definition and engagement in Strategic initiatives
Speaker: Ilario Ingravallo | Mission Lead EIT Food
14:30 – 15:00 | Coffee Break / Networking
Session 3
15:00 – 16:00 | Progress
The China Perspective: Exploring how strategy and execution come together in food production in China
Moderator: Aalt Dijkhuizen | Chairman Topsector Agri & Food
Topic 1: China AI Strategy, Huwaei’s Strategy and use cases in AI in the Agri & Food Sector in China
Topic 2: Implementing AI in Agriculture & Food
Speaker: Leon Zhang | Director Huawei Enterprises for Benelux & Ireland
16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break / Networking
Session 4
16:30 – 18:00 | Progress
Changing the business model – How did tech transform other industries?
Moderator: Aalt Dijkhuizen | Chairman Topsector Agri & Food
Topic 1 – Healthcare: Data, privacy & Trust
Topic 2 – Aviation
Topic 3 – Retail / Home delivery
Speaker: Leon Zhang | Huawei Enterprises for Benelux & Ireland
18:30 – 21:00 | Networking Dinner and Party
Expand your network, build business and enjoy with cocktails & bitterballen
Friday 6 September - AgriBITs day 2
8:30 - 9:00 | Walk-in / RegistrationSession 1
9:00 – 10:30 | Progress
Pushing the Boundaries in Agriculture – How far can AI go in Agriculture? Regulation, Research, Social Acceptance
Moderator: Aalt Dijkhuizen | Chairman Topsector Agri & Food
Topic 1: TBA
Topic 2: Restrictions from policy and regulations
Topic 3: Research
Speaker: Sebastian Bosse | Fraunhofer Institut
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break / Networking
Session 2
13:30 – 15:00 | Progress
Applications of AI in Agri-food in Northwestern Europe – Implentation in sustainable food production
Moderator: Aalt Dijkhuizen | Chairman Topsector Agri & Food
Topic 1: Enabling Production Systems
– Challenges of Agriculture
– John Deere Smart Industrial Operating Model
– Leveraging Future Technologies
Topic 2: United Farmers, Happier Consumers
Topic 3: Priva
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch / Networking
Break-Out Sessions – Machinery Transformation in Agri-Food & Beyond
Deep dive into machinery transformation – part 2
Break-Out Session 1 | Data Management & Trust
11:00 – 12:30 | Quest
Topic: Where do we stand with agricultural data management as an essential part of the smart farms?
• How can we increase the use of smart farming technologies?
• What role does the agricultural dealer play in the expansion of smart farming technologies?
• What role does data management play in smart farming?
• What data is required from the farmer by the subsidizing organization and the food industry?
Speaker: Dr. Johannes Sonnen |CEO DKE-Data
Break-Out Session 2 | CEA Approach to Food Transformation
11:00 – 12:30 | Expedition
Topic: Controlled Environment Agriculture System Approach to Transform Agriculture
Panel moderated by: Tom Zoellner |Co-Founder and Secretary-General FarmTech Society
The topic is a high level position for CEA and will focus on the adoption strategies for digitalization in agriculture via workforce development, data management training and new profile.
Panelists:
Tiffany Tsui |CEO Springtide Strategy | Co-owner Vertical Farm Institute, and more
Break-Out Session 3 | Funding Tech Transformations - Cases
11:00 – 12:30 | Progress
Topic: Funding Tech Transformations – Cases
