Day 1 - It’s all about data! Opportunities in the agri-food value chain

November 25th from 08:30 till 17:00

Online participation or ILVO Plant, Caritasstraat 39 in 9090 Melle (Hybrid event)

Data and digital traceability at EIT Food - Martine van Veelen, Director EIT Food CLC West
Smart Sensors 4 Agri-Food: A partnership facilitating the digitalization of the agri-food industry – Veerle Rijckaert, Flanders’ FOOD
S3FOOD: Concrete support for SMEs to take the next step in their digital journey - Veerle De Graef, Flanders’ FOOD
EIP-AGRI Support Facility: Fostering innovation & knowledge flows – Margarida Ambar, EIP-AGRI

DjustConnect: Making data sharing safe and efficient, with respect for farmer and horticulturist – Bart Minne, ILVO
The WatchITgrow data platform and how the entire agricultural sector benefits from digitization – Jürgen Decloedt, VITO & Christophe Vermeulen, Belgapom
LINKDAPA: Nudging wheat farmers towards greater adoption of more sustainable farming through precision agriculture - Alistair Murdoch / Professor of Weed Science, University of Reading (UK)
APIC : Development of technologies based on robotization and artificial intelligence to automate, optimize and diagnose plant crops in a completely controlled environment (“plant factories”) - Frederic Lebeau, University of Liège

ASINCAR Food 4.0 Living Lab: A multifunctional place for supporting the digital transformation of Food SMEs, Roberto Morán Ramallal, ASINCAR Agri-food Cluster of Asturias
The Smart FOODFACTORY: Where food meets IT - Dr. Andrea Davis & Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Witte, Smart FOODFACTORY and smartFoodTechnologyOWL
FoodTechBrainport: Without waste, healthy food for everyone - Dirk Van Ledden, FoodTechBrainport

DT-OptiDry: Digital twin for optimisation of manufacturing processes in agri-food companies - Olaya Muñoz Azcarate, UPintelligence
BBISQCUIT: Better Biscuits using Intelligent Software and Cameras for Quality Control Using Innovative Technology – Leo Borms, La Confiance & David Verstraeten, Yazzoom
SAFETRACK: Demonstration of a crossover food safety and yield monitorisation platform - Alvaro Dosil, CEO, Triple Alpha
DigiFresh: Turning data into savings – Maarten Hertog, MeBioS, KU Leuven

Smart Gastronomy lab: Living Lab dedicated to gastronomy, food trends and healthier food– Dr Dorothée Goffin, Manager SGL
LABe Digital Gastronomy Lab: A place for open-ended innovation in which to rethink and co-create the gastronomy of the future in digital terms. Erich Eichstetter, LABe Digital Gastronomy Lab
Supermarket of the future – Andrea Pertegato, Coop Italia
Frami Food Lab at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences - Karri Kallio, Markus Ojala and Ilkka Latomäki, SeAMK (Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Food and Agriculture)

SmartWithFood: The personalised food coach – Ignace De Nollin, SmartWithFood
FRIENDS: Reduce Food Waste - Food Retail Increases end of Date Sales that Reduces Food Waste - David Kat, Wasteless
Smart Bakery 4.0: Smart forecasts to cut bakery waste – Klaas Fuite, Bakkerij Fuite

Food Pilot is the living lab of ILVO and Flanders' FOOD. The aim is to help companies, labs, authorities, etc. with challenges in agri-food, such as improving food products or production processes and trouble shooting. The Food Pilot has more than 50 semi-industrial production machines for testing new recipes or production techniques. In addition, several of the machines are equipped with sensors and provide the possibility to gather data on the processes and product parameters.
The ILVO Living Lab Agri-food Technology helps companies and sectors with engineering agri-food processes. Mechanization and digitalization are often the key. The objective is to improve a range of processes within horticulture, arable farming, livestock farming and food processing, making them more sustainable and more efficient. During the demo, the possibilities of hyperspectral imaging and robotics for crop quality analyses and control will be demonstrated.