This event, which forms part of the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 InfoWeek, will present existing policy initiatives in the field of digitising European industries and building a European data economy. It will show how these initiatives can bring opportunities for agriculture, food value chains - on land and at sea - and society at large. Finally it will connect digital policy with the investment opportunities under the Horizon 2020 Work programme 2018-2020.
Objectives
The objectives of the event will be:
- to raise awareness on initiatives under the Digitial single market strategy which are relevant for agriculture and food value chains up to the citizens;
- to link these initiatives with the ambitious research and innovation activities which will contribute to achieving the broader EU policy objectives;
- to raise awareness on the full span of innovative digital technologies applying to agriculture, food value chains and nutrition, taking stock on what has been supported so far and on future research needs;
- to provide opportunities for networking to members of the science, innovation, farm, food and IT community involved in these topics, therefore contributing to high-quality proposals under the future Horizon 2020 calls.
Target audience
We expect the attendance of around 400 people including:
- representatives of the farming and food sectors, including farm advisors;
- representatives of the agricultural technology, food technology and digital technologies providers;
- scientists (research institutes, innovation agencies, technology transfer offices etc.);
- policy-makers (European Commission, European parliament, national governments, managing authorities in particular regions involved in related actitivities under the RIS3 Agri-Food platform);
- journalists.
Programme
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural development Phil Hogan will open the event.
The programme will then include:
- a plenary session highlighting the broader Digital single market policy and major trends in the farm and food sectors;
- two parallel sessions presenting initiatives in the field of digital innovation hubs and platforms and of data management;
- A stakeholders panel reflecting on opportunities for the future and on major obstacles to be overcome;
- three parallel sessions showcasing inspiring examples in the farm, food and marine domains.
The "marine digitisation" session is joint with the "Blue growth and research and innovation" event running in parallel.
Download the full event programme.
Background documents & useful links
The event concludes a series of events organised in 2017 with a focus on farm digitisation:
- EIP-Workshop 'Data Sharing: ensuring a fair sharing of digitisation benefits in agriculture' - 4-5 April 2017, Bratislava (SK): event page - final report
- EIP-AGRI Seminar 'Digital Innovation Hubs: mainstreaming digital agriculture', 1-2 June, Kilkenny (IE): event page - short report
- Agri-Innovation Summit 2017, 11-12 October 2017, Lisbon (PT): event website
Read the latest publications on successful EU farm digitisation projects:
Browse the relevant EU policy pages:
Practical information
This event forms part of the Horizon 2020 Societal challenge 2 InfoWeek which will take place from 14 to 17 November.
As for other events, participation is free of charge but participants are asked to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements.
Registration for all events in the Infoweek is now open here. It will close on 20 October at the latest. We may close registration earlier if the maximum number of participants is reached.
