AgriResearch Conference - Innovating for the future of farming and rural communities

Venue: 
Le Charlemagne, Brussels, Belgium
From Wednesday, 2 May, 2018 to Thursday, 3 May, 2018
The EU AgriResearch Conference assembled over 500 people scientists, farmers, rural communities, industry, advisors, policy-makers, citizens and NGO representatives who wished to learn about EU agriculture and rural R&I activities and achievements and have their say on how to shape the future of agriculture R&I after 2020. The conference also provided this community multiple occasions to network.

The conference was about EU agriculture and rural research and innovation activities now and in the future.

These activities are driven by a long-term strategic approach to EU agricultural research and innovation which was published in July 2016, and underpinned the development of Horizon 2020 activities and the organisation of synergies with innovation support provided under the Common agricultural policy through the EIP-AGRI. With the final Horizon 2020 work programme for 2018-2020 published in Oct. 2017, and as the dialogue accelerates on how to design future EU policies, the time had come to take stock of the implementation of the strategy and reflect on next steps.

Objectives

The conference objectives were:

  • to take stock of the implementation of the strategic approach to EU agricultural R&I and present its first achievements on knowledge produced, linkages established between EU policies or new avenues opened in terms of implementation approaches;
  • to kick-start a participatory process to discuss how to further structure agricultural and rural R&I activities under future EU policies, in particular the future EU framework programme for research and innovation and the future CAP by identifying key issues deserving particular attention under the different strategy priorities and exploring how to maximise impact and synergies between the various EU policies and instruments.

This event forms part of a series of events on food, agriculture and rural R&I in which the EU Commission is involved, including also the 11th OECD Rural development conference "Enhancing rural innovation" (9-12 April, Edinburgh, UK) and the Bulgarian Presidency Food2030 Conference (14-15 June, Plovdiv, BG).

Programme, recordings and presentations

Final programme

2 May - "From strategy to action"

Watch the recordings.

Speeches:

3 May - Building on achievements to shape the future

Parallel session: Smart resource management

Watch the recordings of the Smart resource management session.

Presentations:

  1. Achievements, activities and gaps under Horizon 2020
  2. Synergies between instruments and approaches
  3. Shaping the future - Inspirational speeches

Parallel session: Healthy plants, animals and ecosystems for healthy people

What the recordings of the Healthy plants, animals and ecosystems for healthy people session.

Presentations:

  1. Achievements, activities and gaps under Horizon 2020
  2. Synergies between instruments and approaches
  3. Shaping the future - Inspirational speeches

Parallel session: Attractive, smart and resilient rural communities

Watch the recordings of the Attractive, smart and resilient rural communities session.

Presentations:

  1. Achievements, activities and gaps under Horizon 2020
  2. Synergies between instruments and approaches
  3. Shaping the future - Inspirational speeches

Plenary session: Reporting and wrap-up

Watch the recordings of the Plenary Reporting session.

Presentations:

Other documents

Related Documents: 
1_0_Schneegans_Portfolio of projects on Smart resource management under SC2.pdf
1_1_Bampa_Landmark.pdf
1_2_Hinsinger_SolAce.pdf
1_3_Candek_Treasure.pdf
1_4_Micheloni_IoF2020.pdf
2May_PLenary_9_AndaUgarte.pdf
2May_Plenary_1_Benton_Systems.pdf
2May_Plenary_2_Campbell_SDGs.pdf
2May_Plenary_3_Cahill_InnovationPolicies.pdf
2May_Plenary_4_MinisterPorodzanov.pdf
2May_Plenary_7_Sauze_Vandevyver_Strategy.pdf
2May_Plenary_8_Ferguson_LamyReport.pdf
2May_Plenary_Siekierski.pdf
2_0_Mahy_Overview of implementation approaches and synergies with other EU programmes.pdf
2_1_Keatinge_Eurodairy.pdf
2_2_Meers_BioRefine.pdf
2_3_Akinbamajo_FNSSA.pdf
2_4_Dewhurst_SmartCow.pdf
2_5_Kontogianis_AgInfra_eRosa.pdf
3_1_Roos_Sustainability impact of agri production.pdf
3_2_Seppelt_Peak rate years of global resource use.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_00_Strategy_OK.PDF
AGRI_Factsheets_01_Soils_OK.PDF
AGRI_Factsheets_02_Water-Nutrients-Waste_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_03_GenRes_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_04_Animal-Production-Systems_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_05_Plant-Health_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_06_Animals-Health_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_07_Ecological-Approaches_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_08_Modernising-Policies_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_09_Public-Goods_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_10_Value-Chains_OK.pdf
AGRI_Factsheets_11_Digital-Transformation_OK.PDF
AGRI_Factsheets_12_Human-Capital_OK.pdf
AgriResearch-Conference-2018_ListOfParticipants.pdf
AgriResearch-Conference-2018_Programme_WEB.PDF
Health_1_1_Ganci_Overview.pdf
Health_1_2_Kudsk_IWMPRAISE.pdf
Health_1_3_Schwartz_SAPHIR.pdf
Health_1_4_Gullino_EMPHASIS.pdf
Health_1_5_Jestin_EJP ONE HEALTH.pdf
Health_2_1_Cavitte_Instruments.pdf
Health_2_2_Prezman_WINETWORK.pdf
Health_2_3_Norager_HBM4EU.pdf
Health_2_4_Brereton_EU CHINA SAFE.pdf
Health_2_5_Pereda_STAR IDAZ.pdf
Health_2_6_Halberg_Core organic.pdf
Health_3_1_Huyghe.pdf
Health_3_2_Rook.pdf
Health_4_Kuhne_Conclusions.pdf
Plenary_4_Potocnik.pdf
Resource_4_VanDenPol_Conclusions.pptx
Rural_1_1_Duponcel_Overview.pdf
Rural_1_2_Secco_SIMRA.pdf
Rural_1_3_Baldock_PEGASUS.pdf
Rural_1_4_Gorton_STRENGTH2FOOD.pdf
Rural_1_5_Mathijs_SUFISA.pdf
Rural_2_1_Rouby_OverviewInstruments.pdf
Rural_2_2_Fountas_SmartAKIS.pdf
Rural_2_3_Stojmenova_ERUDITE.pdf
Rural_2_4_Devasirvatham_LifeCoop2020.pdf
Rural_2_5_Brigitta_BBI_Agrimax.pdf
Rural_3_1_Garcilazo_OECD.pdf
Rural_3_2_Frideres_ESPON.pdf
Rural_4_Vihinen_Conclusions.pdf
See also: 
EU Agricultural research and innovation
Contact: 
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