Conference

NARO-WUR conference: Innovation toward a Global Food Security - Sustainable Agri and Food System

Today, the world faces the major challenges of climate change and food shortages. Food security is an important concern globally, and technological innovations such as sustainable production and drastic reduction of food losses through the introduction of smart agricultural technologies are needed. To discuss future innovations in Europe, where agricultural production with a focus on sustainability is promoted, we will invite researchers and companies from Japan and the Netherlands to discuss future international joint research.

09:30-09:55	Registration and Welcome coffee
10:00-10:05	Opening address from NARO, President Dr. KYUMA Kazuo
10:05-10:10	Opening address from WUR, Senior Vice President Prof. Dr. Arthur Mol
10:10-10:15	Short word of introduction as a representative of the Government of the Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Special Envoy Mr. Freek Vossenaar
10:15-10:20	Short word of introduction as a representative of the Government of Japan Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands, Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands, H. E. Mr. MINAMI Hiroshi
10:30-11:00	Data-driven Crop cultivation management, including its application on WAGRI, Agricultural Data Collaboration Platform provided by NARO" Dr. Hiroshi NAKAGAWA
	Executive Researcher, Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, NARO
11:00–11:30	Keynote speech
	Dr. Peter Groot Koerkamp, Professor Biosystems Engineering,Department of Plant Sciences
11:30-13:30	Lunch and information market
13:30-15:00	Parallel sessions
	1 - Agri tech
	2 - Food tech
	3 - Environment
15:00-15:10	Closing Remarks
15:30-17:00	Optional campus tour (Course1 Agri tech Unifarm , Course 2 Food tech Phenomia)