Sustainable food systems require a collaborative response and this is a theme for Agri-Tech Week 2019. The week will include seven events hosted by members of Agri-Tech East. Each is aimed at showcasing different ways that agri-tech is providing an innovative response to the challenges of food production in a time of environmental change and population expansion.
Agri-TechE
Agri-TechE is a business focused membership organisation, supporting the growth of a world-leading network of innovative farmers, producers, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs who share a vision of increasing the productivity, profitability and sustainability of agriculture.
Together we aim to help turn challenges into business opportunities and facilitate mutually beneficial collaboration.
Address :
Hauser Forum 3 Charles Babbage Road Cambridge
Post Code: CB3 0GT
Country: United Kingdom
Website: https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/
Membership Type: Professional Individual and Corporate <5
Agri-TechE is supporting innovation by:
- Facilitating conversations and connections
- Accelerating the application of research and technology developments through events and communication
- Enabling economic growth and competitive advantage
- Supporting businesses wanting to engage with the agri-food ecosystem
- Creating opportunities for networking through a vibrant events programme
- Thought-leadership at the annual REAP conference held in November
- Member-exclusive opportunities such as profile and invitations.
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16-08-2019
With over 20.5 billion connected devices projected to be in use by 2020, machine-to-machine communication and the “Internet of Things” (IoT) are predicted to transform farming. An Agri-Tech East event on 15 October aims to address some of the challenges and opportunities involved with the ‘Connected Farm’.
07-08-2019
According to the World Health Organisation, “One Health” is an approach to designing and implementing programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes.
11-06-2019
Agri-Tech East’s second GROW agri-hackathon (Cambridge, 5-7 July 2019) addresses sustainability.
24-05-2019
Emerging technologies for the circular economy will be discussed at a forthcoming Agri-Tech East event.
23-05-2019
Allia Future Business Centres and Agri-Tech East team up for Future 20 incubator programme.
20-05-2019
The role of renewable energy within the farming mix is to be discussed at an Agri-Tech East meeting, ‘We’ve Got the Power; On-Farm Solutions to Energy Demands’ on 23 May, which is comparing experiences and considering new developments.
17-05-2019
Agri-Tech East has welcomed Fiona Rust to its team to help the organisation develop its events portfolio and work with its rapidly expanding membership.
29-03-2019
A new trans-Atlantic agreement, opening up international opportunities for agri-businesses and start-ups, has been launched by UK membership body Agri-Tech East and Canada’s Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority.
14-03-2019
Experts to debate applications, progress and ethics of swarm robotics at Agri-Tech East event on 25 April 2019 in Cambridge.
08-03-2019
Advances in technology, from more energy efficient LEDs to better sensors and advances in soilless cultivation, are enabling the expansion of novel farming methods, but how might controlled environment agriculture disrupt the value-chain? Agri-Tech East's 'Bringing the outside in' investigates.
19-02-2019
With advances in biotechnology, imaging and organic chemistry changing the way farmers are able to tend their crops and livestock, the UK’s latest diagnostic tests are to be discussed - many for the first time - at Agri-Tech East's Pollinator event in Cambridge on 13 February.
18-01-2019
Would working with nature relieve some of the evolutionary pressure on arable weeds and plant pests and stop them from becoming so aggressive? This is one of the areas of discussion for the Agri-Tech East Pollinator event 'Mimic, Harness or Borrow; Applying Nature’s Solutions to Agriculture' being held in Norwich next week (15th January 2019).
10-01-2019
Just one year on since the tech start-up first announced its ‘Farming as a Service’ model at REAP Conference 2017, the Small Robot Company unveiled Harry, one of three precision engineered, smart robots that could revolutionise food production and the toll big machinery takes on soil and the wider environment.
20-11-2018
By delivering a ‘triple-helix’ model for innovation – which brings together industry, research and government – Agri-Tech East is helping to facilitate the rapid growth of the agri-tech sector. Priorities for future investment in agri-tech was the theme for its fifth annual REAP conference, held yesterday (Weds) in Cambridge.
08-11-2018
Earlier this year, Agri-Tech East held one of the UK's first hackathons for farming to fast-track innovation - and the learning points, future opportunities and next steps are to be discussed at REAP 2018 in Cambridge.
29-10-2018
East Anglia is one of five broadband black spots across the UK, which is exactly why the UAE's Professor Gerard Parr is driving a unique initiative to create the East of England Smart Emerging Technologies Institute. He'll be sharing project updates and insights at Agri-Tech East's REAP conference next month.
09-10-2018
Industry leaders will next week discuss novel fertilisation solutions at 'The Ag-Chem Pipeline' event, Rothamsted Centre - where, 160 years ago, the world's first commercial mineral fertiliser was developed.
03-10-2018
Following widespread consultation, including with Agri-Tech East members, UK Government commits that the new Agriculture Bill will be underpinned by measures to increase productivity and invest in new technologies.
14-09-2018
The Bank of England’s chief economist recently predicted that up to 50% of all jobs could be lost to robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in the next four decades. However, current technology needs considerable investment before it can address the labour shortage in agriculture. This and other priorities for agri-tech are to be debated by leading agrifood producers, technologists and...
30-08-2018
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