Moderator: Dr. Victor Elchanati, Manager, Agriculture Engineering Institute, ARO Volcani Center
13:10-13:40: Dr. George Vellidis, Professor, Director of Academic Programs, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Tifton Campus, University of Georgia – “SmartIrrigation – the Pathway to Sustainable Intensification”
13:40-14:00: Mr. Izhar Gilad, Head of Commercial & Business Development, Digital Farming, Netafim – From Depending on Rain Clouds to Harvesting the Power of the Digital Cloud
14:00-14:20: Prof. Arnon Karnieli, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – Selected applications of the VENµS satellite for precision agriculture
14:20-14:40: Prof. Eugene Kandel, CEO, Startup Nation Central – Overview on Israeli innovative and enterpreneurial ecosystem in Agriculture
14:40-15:00: Prof. Ilan Halachmi, Research Scientist, Head of the ARO lab, ARO, Volcani Center – Adapting sensor-based precision livestock farming (PLF) to climate changes and semiarid agriculture
