Vertical Farming – CEA Salad Products & Specialty Crops
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We are proud to contribute with curated panels that bring together leading voices in vertical farming, AI, and digital infrastructure for the future of food systems.
We look forward to seeing many of you there!
Here’s what’s ahead:
📅 Tuesday, 30 September | 13:00–14:30
Vertical Farming – CEA Salad Products & Specialty Crops (Indoor)
🔹 Moderator: Nico Domurath (Fraunhofer IKTS)
🎤 Tisha Livingston (Infinite Acres BV, & 80 Acres Farms): Hightech Salad Production – US Market
🎤 Kurt Cornelissen (Hortiplan NV): Midtech Salad Systems – Proven Success in DE
🎤 Sascha Rose (ROKO Farming/GEBROS Engineering): Indoor Farming – Learnings from Traditional Agriculture
🎤 Marcel Werle (i2M Europe – MANN+HUMMEL): Digitally Integrated Air & Water Solutions
🕒 Tuesday, 30 September | 15:00–16:30
Intelligent Control – How AI Enables the CEA Revolution
🔹 Moderator: Gabriel Youtsey (UC Davis ANR)
🎤 Thomas Zoellner(FarmTech Society): International Perspectives
🎤 Rick Schneiders (Siemens): Accelerator Platform – AI Integration from Seed to Fork
🎤 Thea-Isabella Otto (Crop Convergence): Digital Twin for Each Plant
🎤 Emanuel Marreel (Hortiplan NV): Boosting Farmer Profitability Sustainably
🎤 Eva Helén (BRAVE Industries)
📅 Wednesday, 1 October | 09:00–10:30
Inhouse Farming – CEA Cluster Industry Revitalisation & Digital Infrastructure Integration
🔹 Moderator: Eva Helén (BRAVE Industries)
🎤 Mehdi GHANE . Dr.-Ing. (Arup): Datacenter Integration in Renewable Microgrids & Wasteheat Use
🎤 @Nils Wetzel (Drees & Sommer): Transforming Former Brown Coal Sites for Agriculture
🎤 Tobias Peselmann (pbr NETZenergie GmbH): Solving Bottlenecks in Renewable Energy Microgrids
These discussions aim to connect emerging technologies with practical solutions for agriculture, bridging innovation and application.