Ag Tech Professional Forum

Overview

Join friends and colleagues from our region and share what’s happening in North Carolina’s ag tech industry. The Ag Tech Professional Forum is a series held throughout the year providing the opportunity to learn about N.C.’s diverse agricultural resources, while also offering a setting for networking and engagement outside of our normal workspaces. See the agenda below for the upcoming Forum topic and details.

Agenda

Plant Health: Using Technology to Monitor, Analyze and Treat

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | 4-5:30 p.m. | Zoom Webinar (WATCH NOW)

September's event will be VIRTUAL due to the current COVID-19 restrictions. The Ag Tech Professional Forum 2020 series theme is around plant health in recognition of the United Nation’s "International Year of Plant Health." As such, September's panel will center on the development and commercial use of cutting edge technologies in making agriculture transformative and sustainable. The conversation will also cover sensors, autonomous data collection, robotics, cloud based platforms and bringing the technology from the lab to the field.

Speakers:

Moderator:
	Chris Reberg-Horton, Ph.D. Professor; Cropping Systems Specialist NC State University, CALS
Panelists:
	Ralph Dean, Ph.D. William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor NC State University, CALS
	Doug Farrington Regional Digital Officer BASF Agricultural Products, North America
	Ron Heiniger, Ph.D. Professor; Cropping Systems Specialist NC State University, CALS
	Andrew Nelson Farmer, Nelson Farms, Inc. & Silver Creek Farms, Inc.; Software Engineer, Microsoft