Program
AgroForum Mare Balticum – Digital Future of the Global Agriculture
17th – 19th April 2018
Venue: Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU); Assembly Hall, Kreutzwaldi St. 1, Tartu
Language: English and Russian are the official languages of the conference.
17. April
Arrival in Tartu
20.00 Mayors reception in Heino Eller Music School, welcome by Mayor of Tartu
18. April
Moderator: Ants-Hannes Viira, Estonian University of Life Sciences
8.30 - 9.30 Registration and welcome coffee
9.30 - 12.30 Opening plenary
Welcoming words by Prof. Mait Klaassen, the rector of EMU, and by Mr Tarmo Tamm, Estonian Minister of Rural Affairs
Keynote speeches by FAO, OECD, European Commission, CBSS, and representatives of China
"E-agriculture for sustainable food systems: the FAO approach" Ms Yuriko Shoji, Deputy Regional Representative, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, FAO
"Digital transformation in the European agriculture" Mr Dušan Chrenek, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG AGRI
Hubert Bittlmayer, State Secretary of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry
10.45-11.15 Coffee break
"Digitalisation of Rural Life in Germany" Dr. Bernhard Polten, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany
"Digital economy and global food chains: challenges and opportunities" Olga Trofimtseva, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European Integration
"Digitalisation of Agriculture – the view from Moldova" Vasile Luca, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of the Republic of Moldova
Deputy Secretary General for Food Safety, Research and Development,
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.30 Thematic sessions (respective rooms), plenary continues
Turning soil data into decisions
Satellite based grassland mowing detectionEstonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board
Advisory Services trough improved technologyMartina Candolin (Association of ProAgria Centres)
"Farmers are revolutionizing agriculture" - Stenver Jerkku (eAgronom)
Critical factors for reduction of antimicrobial use in animal productionProf. Jaap A. Wagenaar DVM PhD
ow improved animal welfare can decrease the use of antibioticsSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences
National antimicrobial resistance monitoring program- surveillance, education and herd health
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 - 16.45 Sum-up plenary (main building assembly hall) - conclusions; reports of roundtables, chairs’ summary
16.45 - 17.30 Key-note presentation "Power Concentration in the Global Food System" Thierry Kesteloot (OXFAM)
19.30 - 22.00 Conference dinner (V-Spa conference centre)
19. April
Conference continues (EMU main building, Kreutzwaldi 1A, Tartu)
8.30 - 9.00 Registration and welcome coffee
9.00 - 11.30 Closing plenary on future visions (main building, assembly hall)
"Innovative approaches to Waste-to-Bioenergy technology dissemenation in the Agricultural sector of the BSR countries" Stanislav Babich (St. Petersburg State University of Economics)
Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board
"Big Data Research - friend or foe?" Jaak Vilo (Institute of Computer Science)
"The Future of Tech on Earth 2025" Henrik Roonemaa (Geenius Meedia)
11.00-11.20 Wrap up and closing of the conference
11.20 - 12.00 Coffee break and walk to the fair.
12.00 Opening of the Agricultural fair 2018. Visit to the fair.
Departure