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Revolution in Food and Biomass Production (REFAB) — Special Summer Discount
22.08.2018
Special Summer Discount is available until 7th September
- 2‑day ticket: 600 € (excl. 19% VAT)
- 2‑day ticket: for participants from developing countries and students: 520 € (excl. 19% VAT)
Programme
Introduction and overview
- Thomas Arnold, European Commission, DG RTD (BE)
- Michael Carus, nova-Institut (DE)
Precision farming, robotics, drones and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Dr. Joachim Stiegemann, CLAAS E‑Systems (DE)
- Tobias Menne, BASF (DE)
- Dr. Filipe Neves dos Santos, Centre for Robotics in Industry and Intelligent Systems (CRIIS) (PT)
- Dr. Srinivasu Pappula, Tata Consultancy Services (IN)
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Pelzer, Evonik Nutrition & Care (DE)
- Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi, Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) (IN)
- Dr. Marcus Remmers, DSM (NL)
- Inkyu Sa, Flourish (CH)
- Dr. Norbert Schmitz, Meo Carbon Solutions (DE)
- Egbert Schroeer, Microsoft (US)
Biostimulants – nitrogen fixation, mycorrhiza, biopesticides
- Dr. Alok Adholeya, TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre (IN)
- Dr. Antoine Drevelle, Kapsera (FR)
- Dr. Jonathan Gerbore, BIOVITIS (FR)
- Dr. Wieland Reichelt, Evologic Technologies (AT)
Alternative protein sources – insects, bacteria, artificial meat and CO2utilization
- Matt Ball, The Good Food Institute (US)
- Leen Bastiaens, Vlemish Institute for Technological Research — VITO (BE)
- Prof. Dr. Ir. Leen Van Campenhout, KU Leuven (BE)
- David Wilco Drew, AgriProtein (ZA)
- Lisa Dyson, Kiverdi (US)
- Dr. Heiko Rischer, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI)
- Hella Tokos, Ynsect (FR)
- Pasi Vainikka, Solar Foods (FI)
Future of organic and smallholder farming
- Julius Ecuru, BioInnovate Africa Programme (KE)
- Rajnish Gupta, Tansa (ID/IN)
- Björn Lagerman, FriBi Holding (SE)
- Dr. Gero Leson, Dr. Bronner’s (USA)
Biorefineries and Biotechnology
- Bente Nersten, Borregaard (NO)
- Samir Somaiya, Godavari Biorefineries (IN)
- Elisabeth Stanger, Lenzing (AT)
- Dr. Peter Welters, Phytowelt GreenTechnologies (DE)
Agriculture under extreme conditions (desert, ice, outer space) and in combination with solar energy
- Joakim Hauge, The Sahara Forest Project (NO)
- Christophe Lasseur, European Space Agency (NL)
- Avner Shohet, Teshuva Agricultural Projects (TAP) (IL)
- Max Trommsdorff, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (DE)
- Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Wageih, SEKEM Development Foundation (EG)
- Dr. Wieger Wamelink (co-author Joep Frissel), Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Improved plant varieties for the future
- Niels de Beus, nova-Institut (DE)
- Jeremy Harbinson, Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Magnus Hertzberg, SweTree Technologies (SE)
- Dr. Venkata Kishore, Bayer (NL)
- Dr. Pia Skoczinski, nova-Institut (DE)
Home, urban and vertical farming
- Timo Bongartz, OSRAM (DE)
- Volkmar Keuter, Fraunhofer Institut für Umwelt‑, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT (DE)
- Mark Korzilius, Farmers Cut (DE)
- Matthias Lepp, Click and Grow (EE)
- Hiroumi Takahara, SPREAD (JP)
- Martin Veenstra, Certhon (NL)