Programme: Investing in Space for AgriFood

 

09.00 – 09.30       Registration and coffee

09.30 – 09.40       Opening by Andreas Zenthöfer, European Commission

09.40 – 09.50       Movie: Global Challenges NL Space Solutions

09.50 – 11.15        Setting the stage:

– Challenges & Opportunities to invest in Space for AgriFood
 Jan Hak, Hak & Partners
– Experiences and Challenges from the Copernicus Programme
Nicolae Mitu, European Commission, DG GROW, Unit: Space Data for Societal Challenges and Growth
– Promising perspective from Space on AgriFood
 Ger Nieuwpoort, Director Netherlands Space Office
– Developments in the Dutch AgriTech sector
 Ad Bastiaansen,  Chairman Waterwatch Cooperative
– Opportunities  & critical success factors to invest in  IoT for AgriFood
 Tony Fernandes, Social Equity Fund
– A European investment perspective on Space for AgriFood
 Heike Rüttgers, European Investment Bank

11.15 – 11.45        Coffee break

11.45 – 12.45       Two parallel sessions focusing on the challenges and opportunities for investment in Space for AgriFood.

12.45 – 13.30       Lunch

13.30 – 14.00       Presentation of the results to the plenum

14.00 – 15.15       EDD session: presentation and synthesis of results of the morning, defining first concrete steps how to collaborate, etc.

                             Panel: Nico Mitu, Tony Fernandes, Harry Derksen, Jan Hak. Audience in Brussels can actively take part and share their                                      views.

15.15 – 15.30       Tea Break

15.30 – 16.30       Networking Event – standing tables in plenary room:

                              EIB – Social Equity Fund – Waterwatch – NSO – Copernicus

16.30 – 17.30       Drinks