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Auditorium Room
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Workshop Room 1
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Workshop Room 2
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Workshop Room 4
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Networking Evening
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9:00 am |
Opening Ceremony |
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- Welcome Speech
Mr. Bernd Koch, Managing Director, DLG International GmbH (German Agricultural Society)
- Supporting Speech
Mrs. Claudia Ebach, Counsellor for Food and Agriculture, The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Keynote Speech
Mr.Phisanu Milintanush, Vice President and General Manager – Sales, Marketing and Service of SIAM KUBOTA Corporation Co., Ltd.
- Opening Speech
Mr. Anan Suwannarat, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
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9:45 am |
Coffee break |
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Morning Session 1: New Ag-Business Opportunities
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10:00 am |
Keynote: HarvestPlus: Catalyzing biofortified food systems with partners in supply chain and market development
Dr. Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer, Director, Research & Development, Director Asia, HarvestPlus, USA |
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10:20 am |
Farming Mechanization Alongside the Urbanization of China
Ms. Leely Zhang, Managing Director, DLG Beijing Agricultural Technology Service Co. Ltd., China |
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10:40 am |
Value chain upgrading from harvesting to markets for sustainable rice production
Mr. Martin Gummert, Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines |
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11:00 am |
Agri Innovation Mechanization and Solutions for the Future
Mr. Amnart Butthongkamwong, Kubota Solutions Department Manager, SIAM KUBOTA Corporation Co., Ltd. |
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11:20 am |
Keynote: Boosting Agricultural Innovation
Dr. Michal Levy, Senior Deputy Director-General of Agricultural Innovation, Israeli Ministry of Agriculture |
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11:40 am |
Pre-conditions for smart agriculture
Dr. Dares Kittiyopas, President, Thai Society of Agricultural Engineering; Deputy Director-General, Department of Agricultural Extension, Thailand |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch break |
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Afternoon Session 1: Novel Tools for Smart Crop Management
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Afternoon Session 2: Innovations in Sugarcane Farming
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Afternoon Session 3: Laser Levelling in Rice Production
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Afternoon Session 4: Vertical Farming – The Future of Asia’s Food Security
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13:00 pm |
Harvesting and storage technology to increase yield quality
Dr. Ron Porat, Head of Dept. Of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, ARO, The Volcani Center,
Israel |
Innovation and Changes of the Southeast Asian Sugar Industry
Dr. Pipat Weerathaworn, Committee for Agricultural and Biological Research Group, National Research Council of Thailand; Thai Bioplastics Industry Association (TBIA) |
Round Table: Laser Levelling in Thailand
moderated by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Rice Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC), Thailand |
Panel Discussion: Vertical Farming
moderated by Mrs. Christine Zimmermann-Loessl, Association for Vertical Farming, Germany
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13:20 pm |
Science Mission – Exploring research to shape the AgriFuture
Moderated by Claudia Ebach, Counsellor for Food and Agriculture, The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Novel Hyperspectral Sensors for Quantitative Assessment of Health and Nutrition States of
Crop Plants
Ralf Opierzynski, Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF), Head of Fraunhofer IFF ASEAN Regional Office Bangkok, Germany
Sensor Network Driven Water Management for Durian
Dr. Nathalie Wuyts, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Germany
Keep your harvest cool – Smart energy islands for storage in ASEAN region
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eduard Siemens, Head of the Future Internet Lab Anhalt (FILA), Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
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Mechanisation of Sugarcane Farms in SE Asia
Mr. Michael O’Connor, Sales Director; GESSNER INDUSTRIES, Australia |
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13:40 pm |
Improving Sugarcane yields through new technologies
Dr. Naveen Kulkarni, Syngenta Crop Protection Ltd, Thailand
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14:10 pm
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Upcoming Trends in Vertical Farming
Asst. Prof. Dr. Siriwat Sakhonwasee, Maejo University, Thailand |
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14:30-15:00 pm |
Afternoon Coffee Break |
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Afternoon Session 5: Upcoming Concepts for Financing Mechanization
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Afternoon Session 6: Enable Southeast Asia – Innovations in Agrifood & WaterTech
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15:00 pm |
Water saving irrigation management and Smart Control systems from Bauer Group
Mr. Klaus Ferk, Sales Director Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Röhren- und Pumpenwerk Bauer Gesellschaft m.b.H., Austria |
Crucial factors for financing investments in agricultural machinery and the impacts of subsidies
Mr. Johannes Buschmeier, Managing Director/ CEO, AFC Agriculture and Finance Consultants GmbH,
Germany |
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Opening remark: Enabling Investments and Start-Ups: Enable Southeast Asia
Representative from the Department o f European Affairs , Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Thailand
Keynote: Thailand as regional production and innovation hub for BCG and Agrifood sector
Mr. Chokedee Kaewsang is a Deputy Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI )
Keynote: Innovation through collaboration in AgriFood & Water TechHow can established
companies and startups work successfully together to tackle existing problems in the region?
Mr. Matthias Schmidt-Rex, CEO & Co-Founder of SmartHectar Innovation ( Germany) and initiator of
Enable Southeast Asia
Keynote: Investment opportunities in the agrifood & watertech sect or and how to attract
European startups to start their business in Southeast Asia?
Mr. Christopher Aw, Managing Partner, Pandan Ventures, Singapore
Promising business models and startup landscape in agrifood and watertech
Mr. Leon John Herrmann, Investment Manager, Kejora Ventures (Jakarta) , Indonesia
Uber for Agriculture Machines
Mr. K. Preamsak Tannamjai , CEO and Co-founder, Getztrac, Thailand
Empowering AgTech through Drone based Technology
Mr. JX Cheong, CEO and founder, Poladrone , Malaysia |
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15:20 pm |
The sustainable way of farming: Perspectives and machine solutions for Asia from APV
Mr. Igor Dolinar, Key Account Manager, APV – Technische Produkte GmbH |
Financial Innovation for Mitigation Measures in the Agricultural Sector
Mr. Roland Treitler, Financial Advisor, German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH (GIZ) |
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15:40 pm |
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Good Agriculture Practice (GAP) approach for food security and sustainability in Agriculture :
the case of Thailand
Dr. Maliwan Naconsie, Research Scientist expertise in plant molecular biology and biotechnology, The Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA), Thailand |
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16:00 pm |
Manure Application for Improved Nutrient Management in Crops
Mr. Sebastian Smija, Sales Manager Asia / Pacific, Fliegl Agrartechnik GmbH, Germany |
Best Practice: Jagath Fernando from Jagro (Pvt) Limited
Mr. Jagath Fernando, Chairman / Managing Director, Jagro (PVT ) Ltd., Sri Lanka |
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16:20 pm |
How the Asian Agrifuture can be achieved
Dr. Nobutaka Ito, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
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18.00 pm |
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Networking Evening at Avani Sukhumvit Bangkok Hotel |
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The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Germany) and DLG invite all delegates
to join the networking dinner |