“Smart Farming 2019” Returns to Düsseldorf, Germany, May 14-15, 2019

AgriBusiness Global Staff By AgriBusiness Global Staff|25 March 2019

The third International VDI Conference on Smart Farming 2019 will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, 14-15 May 2019.

Smart Farming 2019 – hosted by the Association of German Engineers (VDI), one of the largest technical-scientific associations in Europe – is expected to attract software engineers and tech developers, product managers, digital officers and heads of digitization, farming app developers, and technology scouts.

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The conference’s keynote address will be “Precision Agriculture in India,” by James Miller, TAFE, India.

Other highlights are expected to include:

  • “Every Drop Counts: Digital Farming Trends and a New Take on Crop Production,” Clemens Delatrée, xarvio Digital Farming Solutions, BASF Digital Farming, Germany.
  • “From Machine Data to Better Decisions: Examples in Agriculture,” Michael Gomes, Topcon Agriculture, U.S.
  • “Networking and Data Usage: Big Data and Data Ownership Outline,” Corina Ardelean, AGCO Corp., U.S.
  • “AI-Driven Strategy for Farm Finance and Insurance,” Ron Osborne, Farmers Edge, Canada.

Registration for a pre-conference international workshop, ‘Application of 5G Technology for AG-Process Automation,” is available at an additional charge. Parallel conferences on “Connected Off-Highway Machines” and “Electrified Off-Highway Machines” are available to Smart Farming attendees at no additional cost.

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Conference and registration information are available at https://www.vdi-wissensforum.de/en/event/smart-farming/

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