Agri-tech is a well-established and important UK sector. The entire agri-food supply chain contributes an estimated £96 billion to the UK economy.

Attendees will hear how agriculture is being transformed by engineering innovations in ICT and sensors, precision farming, and advanced understandings of the interactions between machines, biological systems and the environment.

This latest in the Academy’s Innovation in… series of events will showcase a selection of the most recent advances in agri-tech. It will focus on technologies that have successfully reached market or are expected to in the next five to ten years.

Tickets cost £20

Programme
2.00pm Welcome by the Chair
Professor Richard Godwin FREng, Visiting Professor, Harper Adams
University; Emeritus Professor, Cranfield University

2.05pm Keynote address

Session 1
2.40pm Efficient Agricultural Systems: from machine to farm
Trevor Tryell, CEO, CLAAS UK
3.00pm Robocrop: precision weed control and sprayer technology Philip Garford, Managing Director, Garford Farm Machinery Ltd
3.20pm Refreshment break

Session 2
3.50pm Scaling up precision irrigation
Dr Mark Else, Programme Lead - Resource Efficiency for Crop Production, East Malling Research
4.10pm eCow: real-time rumen monitoring Professor Toby Mottram, Founder and Chief Engineer, eCow

Session 3
4.30pm Panel discussion: capturing agri-tech innovations
Panellists:

• Dr Helen Ferrier, Chief Science and Regulatory Affairs Adviser, National Farmers’ Union representative
• Robert Merrall, President elect, IAgrE
• Calum Murray, Programme Leader - Sustainable Agriculture & Food, Innovate UK

5.25pm Closing remarks by the Chair
5.30pm Drinks reception and display viewing
6.30pm Close

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