Smart Digital Agriculture B2B Conference
Business and science representatives are invited to the international B2B conference and matchmaking event Smart Digital Agriculture on 11-12th July, 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania. This event will focus on emerging new technologies, trends and possibilities to use them for the advancement in the field of agriculture.
All participants will have plenty of opportunities to network and find new partners or suppliers both in formal and informal setting. Visits to Lithuanian research centers will not only provide insights about the scope of work done, but will provide possibilities to connect with local scientists.
The event is free of charge, but registration is necessary due to limited number of participants.
Program
11 July 2019
Conference moderator – Mantas Vilys
| 9:00- 9:30 | Registration |
| 9:30-9:40 | Official Opening: Welcome |
| 9:40-9:55 | Smart digital agriculture in Lithuania Giedrius Surplys, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania |
| 9:55-10:05 | Novice digital products for agirculture sectorGintarė Kučinskienė, PhD, Head of Innovation Development Department at Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service |
| 10:05-10: 20 | DIH Ecosystem for business development in Lithuania
Romualdas Petraitis, Chairman of the Board at Baltic Tech Park |
| 10:20-10:40 | DIH: stereotypes and alterations
Artūras Jakubavičius, PhD, Head of Innovation support services at Lithuanian Innovation Center |
| 10:40-10:55 | Agrospace Digital Innovation Hub regional focus network
Sigitas Besagirskas, President of Vilnius Industry and Business association |
| 10:55 – 11:55 | Panel discussion
Artūras Jakubavičius, PhD, Head of Innovation support services at Lithuanian Innovation Center Arūnas Svitojus, PhD, President of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania Gintarė Kučinskienė, PhD, Head of Innovation Development Department at Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service Sigitas Besagirskas, President of Vilnius Industry and Business association Romualdas Petraitis, Chairman of the Board at Baltic Tech Park |
| 11:55-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13:15 | Augmenta Field Analyzer – A pioneering computer vision system in the hands of every farmer
Dimitri Evangelopoulos, Founder & COO at Augmenta (Greece) |
| 13:15-13:30 | Higher plants for biorigenerative support systems in Space
Stefania De Pascale, Professor at Agricultural Sciences at the University of Naples (Italy) |
| 13:30-13:45 | Safety and Trust with Blockchain
Toro Gomez, Nutra Sign, S.L. (Spain) |
| 13:45-14:00 | Studying and sharing the secrets of business success in modern rural areas
Justin Casimir, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden) |
| 14:00-14:15 | Specialized satellite information services for Lithuanian institutions
Gediminas Vaitkus, Director at UAB Geomatrix (Lithuania) |
| 14:15-14:40 | Innovative technological solutions to grow plants in unconventional sites
Luigi d’Aquino, PhD, ENEA Portici Research Centre (Italy) |
| 14:40-14:55 | NATURCODE
Fernando Vázquez Rojas, CEO at Naturecode.es (Spain) |
| 14:55-15:10 | Artificial Intelligence to smart agro: how to improve productivity in crops
Luis Gabriel Cortés, CEO at SINAPSSIA (Spain) |
| 15:10-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-17:00 | B2B speed matchmaking and networking |
| 19:00-21:00 | Dinner and round table discussion (invitation only) |
12 July 2019
| 9:00-10:30 | Visit to Life Sciences Center |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:00 | Visit to Center for Physical Sciences and Technology |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Visit to National Paying Agency |
The event is funded by the project “Promotion and Development of Innovation Networking (InoLink)”. The project is coordinated by Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology and implemented together with Lithuanian Innovation Center (LIC) and is funded by the European Fund for Regional Development. InoLink project aims to encourage companies to merge into clusters, to increase cluster maturity, to promote their growth and international collaboration.