Internet of Agri-things Workshop
With increasing pressures on agricultural production, from decreasing availability of manual labour, to the need to reduce impact on the environment and optimise the outputs derived from limited resources, there is a greater than ever need for innovation in this sector, either from totally new technologies or applying existing technologies from other sectors. One such approach is the Internet of Things (IoT), which is a broad-brush term encompassing a wide range technologies connecting and communicating with each other, usually aligned to suites of sensors, analytics and communication platform to communicate.
The KTN is hosting a workshop at the newly opened Agri-EPI* Innovation Hub at Harper Adams University on September 28th starting at 09.30, and aims to bring together a range of speakers from the Agri-Food and IoT industries, presenting examples of ongoing projects and successful approaches. This workshop will provide an opportunity for both communities to learn about the needs and capabilities, both now and in the near-future, of the other to stimulate ideas to address the needs of the arable, horticultural and livestock industries, as well as the food processing and manufacturing sector.
For further details on the workshop please visit: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/expression-of-interest-the-internet-of-agri-things-workshop
*Agri-EPI is one of the 4 Agri-Tech Centres that Innovate UK is funding the establishment of to make the UK the "go to" place for applied agri-tech research. Further details on Agri-EPi can be found at: www.agri-epicentre.com