One of the hallmarks of the IEEE IoT Summits is to convene meetings that are built around a subject relevant to specific locations, in this case Tuscany. We further try to gather attendees and speakers who range from practitioners, to suppliers, to technical and domain experts, and to foster an exchange among stakeholders who would otherwise rarely get together. We hope that you can join us for the two days of the Summit and be a part of this important dialog. You will find the schedule and list of speakers below.
The conclusion for the Summit is a Round Table Working Group session, with speaker and audience participation. The purpose of the session is to capture actions that the IEEE can take in cooperation with the Agricultural Community and its suppliers to speed the adoption of IoT and to capture the benefits for all.
After the Summit we will hold a Wine Tasting Reception at the Borgo San Luigi – an event not to be missed – this includes all the hospitality and specialties of Tuscany!
Program-at-a-Glance
Monday, 07 May 2018
15:30-17:30
18:00-21:00
Conference registration desk is open
On the day before the Summit we will hold an informal get together for participants and companions.
Tuesday, 08 May 2018:
(30 min/speaker)
- Dr. Adam Drobot, IEEE IoT Initiative, USA
“IoT and Agriculture 4.0“ - Fabio Curto, Confagricoltura Board Member, Italy
“CONFAGRICOLTURA: Major Player on Agri-Food Innovation“ - Antonio Marzia, Case New Holland (CNH), Italy
“AG (Re)Evolution“ - Marco Sangalli, Arrow, Italy and Luisa Benvenuto and Gianpaolo Propedo, Test, Italy
“Smart Farming Solutions Framework”
(30 min/speaker)
- Mr. Giorgio Mori, Mori-Tem S.r.l., Italy
“New Technology in Olive Factory“ - Mr. Francesco Barletta, Wind Tre S.p.A., Italy, and
Mr. Andrej Martelj, DataLab Agro, Switzerland
“Wind Tre Business Innovation for Modern Agriculture Management: How Smart Connectivity will Empower Business Transformation Solutions“ - Dr. Byung K. Yi, InterDigital, USA
“4th Agricultural Revolution Enabled by 5th Generation Wireless Communications“
Panelist: Barletta, Mertelj, Marzia, Mori, Fabis, and Yi.
(30 min/speaker)
- Dr. Andrea Lari, Pessl Instruments, Austria
“Thirteen Years of Experience with IoT for Plant Protection in Viticulture: Experiences, Actual Strategies and Future Solutions“ - Dr. Srđan Krčo, DunavNET, Serbia
“Digitizing Agriculture and Food Supply Chain: Lessons Learnt“ - Dr. Terry Bates, Cornell University, USA
“Spatial Data Driven Variable Rate Crop Adjustment for Improved Vineyard Crop Load Balance” Also, embedded videos from Dr. Terry Bates’ presentation - Dr. Bruce Grieve, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
“e-Agri: Integrating Sensors & Electronic Engineering to Deliver Networked, Low-Cost, Smart Agriculture“
(20 min/speaker)
- Dr. Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany
“HOAR: A Hybrid-Opportunistic Architecture for Robust Agricultural Networking“ - Dr. Alexander Kocian, University of Pisa, Italy
“Information Technology Controlled Greenhouse: A System Architecture“ - Mr. Luís Nóbrega, University of Aviero, Portugal
“Animal Monitoring Based on IoT Technologies“
Panelist: Aschenbruck, Bates, Grieve, Kocian, Krčo, Lari, Mazzola, and Nóbrega.
Wednesday, 09 May 2018:
(30 min/speaker)
- Prof. Angelo Riccaboni, Prima Foundation, Italy
“Innovation in Food Systems to Deal with Mediterranean Challenges” and PRIMA Overview - Prof. John P. Verboncoeur, Michigan State University, USA
“IEEE SmartAg initiative: Technology Applied to the Food Supply Chain“ - Mr. Diego Guidotti, Agricolus S.r.l., Italy
“Agricolus – A Platform to Make Precision Farming Easier“
(20 min/speaker)
- Dr. Manlio Bacco, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, CNR, Italy
“Smart Farming: Opportunities, Challenges and Technology Enablers“ - Dr. Nils Aschenbruck, University of Osnabrück, Germany
“Design and Implementation of an Agricultural Monitoring System for Smart Farming“ - Mr. Miguel Pinchiera Caro, OpenIoT Research Area, FBK CREATE-NET, Italy
“Blockchain-based Traceability in Agri-Food Supply Chain Management: A Practical Implementation“
Panelist: Aschenbruck, Bacco, Guidotti, Pinchiera, and Verboncoeur.
(15 min/speaker)
- Dr. Luca Davoli, Internet of Things Lab, University of Parma, Italy
“An IoT-oriented Monitoring System for Smart Agriculture Applications“ - Mrs. Alicia Zörner, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology, Germany
“LPWAN Underground Sensor Network for Optimized Irrigation“ - Dr. Gianni Lisini, Ticinum Aerospace S.r.l. and University of Pavia, Italy
“Saturnalia: Quality Prediction for Fine Wine through Spaceborne and Ground-based Monitoring of Vineyards“ - Dr. Alessandro Mazza, CNR – IBIMET, Italy
“Real-time High Resolution Rainfall Maps from a Network of Ground-based Interactive Satellite Terminals: The NEFOCAST project“
(30 min/speaker)
- Mr. Francesco Mazzola, T.net Italia S.p.A., Italy
“IOT for Smart Agriculture – Precision Lifestock Farming in the Dairy and Meat Industry – The ‘Cow-Tech’ Project”
YouTube video courtesy of Ing. Francesco Mazzola:
- Mr. Arturo Vittori, Architecture and Vision, Italy and Walker Water Inc., Togo
- Prof. Moe Win, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
“Localization of Things”
– All, including audience participation.
Summit Closing Ceremony & Wine Tasting Reception*
“Wine Reception will take place at Borgo San Luigi” – Sponsored by Barone Ricasoli
*Companions are welcome to attend the Summit Medieval Feast and Wine Tasting reception. Tickets for each companion must be purchased by 27 April 2018. Please see Registration page for companion ticket price.