Day 1: SmartAgriHubs
26 September 2022
The first day of the SmartAgriHubs Final Event is reserved for its members. The community will gather to discuss the challenges, achievements and legacy of this H2020 project.
Opening
8.00 to 9.00
REGISTRATION
9.00 to 10.00
Pavilion 5
PLENARY SESSION - Welcome
In this plenary, we will be reviewing the milestones of the 4 years of the SmartAgriHubs project. We will discuss how the SmartAgriHubs community offered new solutions to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and support sustainable food systems and innovation.
"Digitalisation agrifood - perspective in the Portuguese context" by Luis Mira Da Silva Partner at CONSULAI
Morning
10.30 to 12.00
Pavilion 5
Regional Clusters panel
This session will be dedicated to the 9 Regional Clusters of SmartAgriHubs. A representative from each Regional Cluster will be presenting the achievements and latest updates of their regions.
Chair: Lorena van de Kolk, Work Package Communication & Digital Innovation Hubs ecosystem building
Speaker: Pompeu Pais Dias, Regional Cluster Iberia
Speaker: Anne Cathrine Thorup, Regional Cluster Scandinavia
Speaker: Anne-Claire Branellec, Regional Cluster France
Speaker: Anneleen De Visscher, Regional Cluster North West Europe
Speaker: Maira Dzelzkaleja - Burmistre, Regional Cluster North East Europe
Speaker: Michael Gerasimos Koutsiaras, Regional Cluster South East Europe
Speaker: Martin Hirt, Regional Cluster Central Europe
Speaker: Rita Gentili, Regional Cluster Italy & Malta
Speaker: Hazel Peavoy, Regional Cluster UK & Ireland
Afternoon
13.30 to 14.15
Pavilion 5
Digital Innovation Hubs & the digitalisation of European agriculture
How can Digital Innovation Hubs lead the transformation of the agricultural and agritech sectors?
14.15 to 15.15
Pavilion 5
Digital Innovation Hubs panel
This session will present a selection of 4 active Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) in an interactive format. Representatives from different regions of Europe will share their experience as a DIH and as members of the SmartAgriHubs community.
Digital Innovation Hubs
15.30 to 17.30
Discover how SmartAgriHubs addresses 5 key objectives
Build a network of DIHs
Covering all regions in Europe & ensuring a broad coverage in terms of technological, business and sector expertise.
Support Innovation Experiments
Pan-European experiments that bring together the tech & farming sectors.
Provide structural and financial support
Open calls supported by European and regional public and private funds.
Sustainability of the network
Business plan for the Digital Innovation Hubs, to attract investors and address the needs of the farming sector.
Enable and promote the expansion of CC
Including new Competence Centers (CC) through capacity measures.
19.30 to 21.30
Lisbon Congress Center
SMARTAGRIHUBS DINNER
Objective 1 - Build a network of DIHs
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Objective 2 - Support Innovation Experiments
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Objective 3 - Provide structural and financial support
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Objective 4 - Sustainability of the network
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Objective 5 - Enable and promote the expansion of CC
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Session 6 - Work Package 6
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Dr. George Beers
Dr. George Beers is a Horticultural Engineer. He holds a PhD in Management Science with a thesis on project management. He is a specialist in strategic information management in agribusiness. Dr. Beers works for Wageningen since 1991 in several research and management positions. He is coordinating large-scale (EU) projects e.g. in the field of Future Internet in AgriFood. Since November 2018 he is the coordinator of the H2020 SmartAgriHubs project on Digital Innovation Hubs for Agriculture.
Janusz Wojciechowski
Janusz Wojciechowski is the European commissioner for agriculture and one of the seven members of the Commissioners’ Group on the European Green Deal since 2019. His portfolio includes ensuring a modern and sustainable EU agriculture sector that adapts to changes in climate, demographics and technologies.
Carlos Moedas
Carlos Moedas is the current Mayor of Lisbon. From 2014 until 2019, Moedas served as European Commissioner covering the portfolio of Research, Science and Innovation under the leadership of President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Sjaak Wolfert
Dr. Sjaak Wolfert studied Plant Science in Wageningen and finished his PhD ‘Sustainable agriculture: how to make it work?’ in 2002. Currently, he is working as a Senior Scientist at Wageningen University & Research in the field of Information Management & ICT in Agri-Food. Topics that are currently interesting to Sjaak are the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data in agri-food production. Special attention is paid to socio-economic aspects such as the role of data sharing, business modelling and governance issues. He is the scientific coordinator of (inter)national projects such as the EU-project Internet of Food and Farm (IoF2020) and DATA-FAIR. He is affiliated with the Information Technology Group of Wageningen University and was president of the European Federation of ICT in Agriculture (EFITA). Sjaak is a visionary, challenged by complex problems that require a science-based approach where organizational and technical aspects need to be combined.
Hennie van der Veen
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Frank Berkers
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