PROGRAM

PROGRAM - DAY1

PROGRAM - DAY2

08:00 – 09:00	Welcome Reception For Attendees
09:00 – 09:15	Opening remarks
Guest of honor
09:15 – 09:40	The contribution of Big Data management to unleashing the potential of agricultural soils of Ethiopia Dr. Fassil Kebede
Agri 4.0 Mindset
09:40 – 10:05	How would Google farm? Dr. Alex Thomasson
10:05 – 10:30	Precision Farming Services, Drones, Satellites and state of the art technology for agriculture Dr Cobus Burger
Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:20	The use of Big data in precision agriculture Dr. Steve Phillips
11:20 – 11:45	Hands-on Agronomy» – the key to ensuring «big data» adds value to farmers Mr. Jeremy Cordingley
11:45 – 12:05	Big data application for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia Dr Selamyihun Kidane
12:05 – 12:30	Pitch Phd Students (1-2-3-4-5)
Lunch
	Innovative Technologie (1/2)	Soil Analytics
14:00 – 14:25	UAV-LiDAR for precision agriculture Dr. Ait El Kadi Kenza & Dr Sebari Imane	Introduction to digital soil mapping techniques Dr. Gabor Kereszturi
14:25 – 14:50	3D models for crop monitoring in precise agriculture Dr Rafika HAJJI	Taking agronomy to scale with dry soil-plant spectroscopy Dr Keith Shepherd
14:50 – 15:15	IoT for precision agriculture – trend and challenges Dr Kun – Mean Hou	Big data and digital soil mapping responding to the contemporary environmental issues of our time Dr Brendan Malone
15:15 – 15:35	Integration of Geospa tial Technologies and IoT in Smart Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities Dr Reda Yaagoubi	Digital soil mapping and gis application for soil mapping in morocco Dr Moussadek Rachid
Coffee Break
	Crop Productivity	Water & Weather Analytics
15:50 – 16:15	Nitrogen management: site – specific strategies to balance agronomic and environmental goals Dr. Tai McClellan Maaz	Weather Analytics: Making the most of our weather Dr David Coville
16:15 – 16:40	Agri analytics for in – season nutrient management; Dr. Aicam Laacouri	The use of big data in agro meteorology and precision farming with a special focus on remote sensing data Dr Bernard Tychon
16:50 – 17:05	Opportunities for maximizing crop productivity – insights from agronomic data Dr Job Maguta	Latest Fertility management practices – Fertigation monitoring and water managment Dr Jorge Bazo
17:05 – 17:30	Discussion Panel Dr. Tai McClellan Maaz – Dr Keith Shepherd – Dr Kun-Mean Hou Mr. David Colville – Dr. Alex Thomasson
University visit

08:15 – 09:15	Welcome Reception For Attendees
Data Driven Approches
09:15 – 09:45	How can big data transform smallholder lives and livelihoods ? Dr. Andre Laperriere
09:45 – 10:10	Data-driven approaches for transforming agriculture in Africa Dr Achim Dobermann
10:10 – 10:35	A new social enterprise providing decision-support tools for enhancing smallholder agriculture in Africa Dr Jonathan Crouch
Coffee Break
10:55 – 11:20	Farming for Data; Harvesting Insights Mr Chacko Jacob
11:20 – 11:45	Artificial Intelligence and Big data for impacting small holder African farmer livelihoods Dr Ernest Mwebaze
11:45 – 12:05	Implementation of Big Data for smallholder Moroccan farmer Dr. Faouzi Bekkaoui
12:05 – 12:30	Phd Student Pitch (6-7-8-9-10)
Lunch
	InnovativeTechnologie (2/2)	Seeds Analytics
13:55 – 14:25	CGIAR platform for Big Data in agriculture: Beyond the census of things Dr. Brian King	Use of Big Data to develop rapidly and timely portfolio of crop varieties Dr Abdallah Bari
14:25 – 14:50	Big Data and informatics platforms at ICRISAT and future strategies Dr. Abhishek Rathore	The use of high-throughput sequencing technologies and bioinformatics to study soil and crop microbiomes Dr. Hijri Mohamed
14:50 – 15:15	Digital diffusion for targeting ecological intensification for resilient agroecosystems Dr Chandrashekhar Biradar	Using environmental, phenotypic and molecular data for an efficient use of genebank genetic variation Dr Zakaria Kehel
15:15 – 15:30	Information systems for decision support in agriculture Dr. Riad Balaghi	Digitalizing data along the crop value chains: from genebank to farmers’ fields Dr. Jean Marcel Ribout
15:30 – 15:45	The use of machines learning and Big data from remote sensing Dr Mouanis Lahlou
15:45 – 16:15	Panel Discussion and Road Map Dr. Andre Laperriere – Dr Achim Dobermann Dr Jean Marcel Ribout – Mr Chacko Jacob – Dr Abdallah Bari
Goodbye Cocktail