​Knowledge Exchange Session | October 14th, 5:00 PM CET
Topic: Future BIOSECURITY: AI Enables Predictive Water Quality
Speaker: Marcel Werle, Business Development Manager, MANN+HUMMEL Group

​This session explores how AI-driven approaches can strengthen biosecurity and water quality management in controlled environment agriculture. Biological contamination and disease risks in recirculating irrigation systems remain a persistent challenge, even with advanced disinfection technologies such as ultrafiltration, UV, and ozone.

​Marcel Werle will introduce practical use cases for applying AI in water management, including real-time contamination risk prediction, anomaly detection, adaptive disinfection control, and dynamic nutrient dosing aligned with plant growth and water quality.

​The discussion will also address key barriers to implementation—such as limited labeled data, context-specific variability, and model interpretability—and translate these into actionable considerations for improving system reliability.

​Finally, participants will examine how the FarmTech Society network can support the wider adoption of AI through shared data frameworks, benchmarking standards, and open pilot projects.