AgriTech
We are pleased to invite you to the first AgriTech Summit in Bosnia and Herzegovina, entitled “Digital Future of Agriculture”, which will take place on 07 July at the Cineplexx Cinema Sarajevo (Zmaja od Bosne 4, Sarajevo).
The AgriTech Summit will be an integrated one-day event, focusing on a digital presence and the virtual future of the agri-food sector and the key challenges facing the sector and the growing demand for technological advancement in agriculture.
The first AgriTech Summit will be held within the “EU4Business – for innovative and competitive domestic economy” project, funded by the European Union, and is organized by the United Nations Development Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNDP).
The Summit will bring together the numerous experts in this area, representatives of the academic community and practitioners who will show how technological solutions contribute to improving agricultural practices today. Drawing on examples of successful regional and global initiatives, the AgriTech Summit will provide a platform for engaging in discussion and networking which is not to be missed.
We kindly ask that you register your attendance via the following link.
You can learn about the speakers and find the whole agenda of the first AgriTech Summit at eu4business.ba.
The first AgriTech Summit in Bosnia and Herzegovina is organized within the EU4Business project, funded by the European Union, that aims to strengthen BiH’s capacity for economic growth and employment by fostering competitiveness and innovation of the BiH companies in selected sectors. EU4Business is worth EUR 16.1 million, of which EUR 15 million is funded by the EU and EUR 11 million by the Federal Republic of Germany. The project is jointly implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), UNDP in BiH and International Labour Organization (ILO).
The digital future of agriculture
meet the program & speakers of the first AgriTech Summit
AgriTech presents
Garden of Knowledge (interactive discussions)
Star Space (presentation of successful IT solutions in agriculture from BiH, EU and the world)
VRtuality (presentation of the virtual future of agriculture)
Garden of knowledge
10:00 – 10:30
Welcome coffee & registration of participants
10:30 – 11:00
Keynote speakers
Steliana Nedera, UNDP, Resident Representative in BiH
Ekaterina Dorodnova, Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Riad Meddeb, UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development
11:00 – 12:00 – Panel discussion I
Digital farming
Moderator: Kemal Bajramović, UNDP, Accelerator Lab
Panelists:
Božo Perić, Ministry of Agriculture K10
Amila Pilav- Velic, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo
Oskar Marko, Assistant Director at BioSense, co-founder of Cropt
Ivana Rendulić Jelušić, founder and director of Alti Agro
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:30 – Panel discussion II
Innovative short-food supply chain management
Moderator: Ismar Ćeremida, UNDP, Sustainable Growth Sector
Panelists:
Adis Puška, Institute for Scientific Research and Development Brčko district BiH
Valentina Hažić, External expert for Agri sector, Croatia
Mladen Savin, Enterprise Sales Executive at AGRIVI
Dragana Tar, Consultant at Seedev, Beograd
14:30 – 15:00 Networking over a coffee
15:00 – 16:00 – Panel discussion III
Renewable energy in agri-food industry
Moderator: Marina Dimova, UNDP Chief Technical Specialist
Panelists:
Mirza Kušljugić, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Tuzla
Tamara Bajkuša, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations
Aleksandra Čavoški, University of Birmingham, UK
Biljana Kulušić, Energetski institut Hrvoje Požar
StarSpace
Urban agriculture
Stuart Oda, founder of Alesca Life Technologies, Beijing
Precision agriculture
Ivana Rendulić Jelušić, AltiAgro, Zagreb
Oskar Marko, BioSense, Novi Sad
3D food printing
Vedad Vajzović, Greens, Sarajevo
Smart Villages
James Ehrlich ReGen Villages, Amsterdam
AgStart Ups
Veronica La Regina, Director, Business Development – EU at NanoRacks Europe
Taita Ngetich, CEO at Synnefa, Kenya
Jonathan Bernwieser, CEO & Co-Founder at Agrando, Germany
VRTuallity
How does agriculture look in VR? Can we reimagine agriculture?
Stay tuned. Special edition is just around the corner.