Keynote Speakers
- 09:00 - 10:00
- Dr. Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi
- Chair: Georgios Sirakoulis
Digital Innovations: Enhancing Safety, Quality, and Authenticity Across the Agrifood Supply Chain
Consumers’ high demand for safe agrifood products in terms of hygiene, quality and authenticity coupled with agricultural technology, have resulted to significant changes towards the evolution of the agrifood industry domain. In the recent years, innovative tools based on cut-edge digital technologies including AI, big data analytics, computer vision, Decision Support Systems (DSS), RFID and IoT sensors have transformed the way agrifood products are monitored, verified, and delivered to consumers. The current talk aims to present ...
- 09:00 - 10:00
- Prof. Oded Shoseyov
- Chair: Marios Sophocleous
The Plant Age; Materials for the Future; Nature’s Gift
Bringing together the toughness, the piezoelectric properties of cellulose nano-fibers from the plant kingdom, the remarkable elasticity and resilience of resilin that enables flees to jump as high as 100 times their height from the insect kingdom combined with Human Recombinant Type I collagen produced in tobacco plants; These are the materials of the future; Nature's Gift. Resilin is ...
- 09:00 - 10:00
- Dr. Roberto La Rosa
- Chair: Marios Sophocleous
Improving Plant Health with Smart Autonomous Sensors
This keynote talk will explore the latest research and advancements in energy-autonomous, maintenance-free wireless systems for AgriFood Electronics. These innovative sensors, powered by energy harvested from the surrounding environment, are battery-free and cost-effective, offering significant benefits for agriculture. The presentation will cover ...
- 18:00 - 19:00
- Theodoros Panagiotis Chatzinikolaou
- Chair: Georgios Sirakoulis
Engineering a Better World with IEEE Humanitarian Technologies
Take a moment and think about what is humanitarian for you. Are there any community challenges around you? IEEE is supporting its volunteers in order to implement humanitarian projects locally through its IEEE Humanitarian Technologies (IHT) consortium. This talk will explore ...