'How do EurAgEng and agricultural engineers contribute to innovation for sustainable intensification of agriculture?'

This Special and Free collaborative seminar is supporting the SIMA "Innovation First" theme.

When: 14:00-17:00 Sunday 22 February 2015

Where: SIMA; "Technical / International Meetings - AgriCenter", Mezzanine; Hall 4 at the Paris Nord, Villepinte Exhibition Site.

EurAgEng, the European Society of Agricultural Engineers, exists to promote the profession of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and the people who serve it. The Society feels that this collaboration with SIMA recognises the important role that innovative engineering has in promoting the sustainable intensification of agriculture.

The programme covers a variety of technical innovations; including Tractors, ISOBUS, Hillside Machinery, Variable Rate and crop establishment and Robotics; all of which have an important role insustainable intensification. The speakers are high-profile members of the profession from commercial and research organisations and many are also leading figures in associations promoting the profession.

Chaired by Emmanuel Hugo, President of EurAgEng (and Regional Director at the French research organisation IRSTEA) other speakers with a technical and professional interest includeProf Peter Pickel (President of the German VDI-MEG and from John Deere's European Technology and Innovation Centre), Prof Mark Kibblewhite, (President of the UK's IAgrE and Emeritus Professor at Cranfield University) and Jean-CaudeSouty, President of the French SitmAfgr society. These three national professional associations are part of the 20+ that form EurAgEng and which has over 2200 individual professionals.

The seminar will also hear from J-M Bournigal who, apart from his role as President of France's IRSTEA research organisation, is also the Head of the SIMA Innovation Committee.

Enquiries: David Tinker, Secretary General, EurAgEng,secgen@eurageng.eu