This event intends to divulge the outcomes of two ELIXIR-PT projects being held with industrial partners from the agritech sector.

About this event

The Knowledge Translation to the Agricultural Technology Industry Workshop intends to divulge the outcomes of two ELIXIR-PT projects being held with industrial partners from the agritech sector, The Navigator Company and Phenospex, showcasing key resources developed by ELIXIR towards FAIR plant data publication and management (e.g. BrAPI).

Objectives

• Promote the global adoption of standards such as BrAPI and MIAPPE;
• Showcase ELIXIR’s distributed infrastructure for FAIR plant genotype phenotype data;
• Promote further collaborations with other industrial partners from the agritech sector.

Target

Companies from the agritech sector; Life sciences researchers with a particular focus on Plant Sciences; Data stewards.

Programme

June 21st [16h30 - 18h WEST]

Keynote 1: Monika Solanki [Agrimetrics] - Exploiting Semantic Knowledge Graphs to enable data integration and interoperability within the Agrifood sector.

Keynote 2: Fred Van Ex [Inari] - Breeding 4.0: how integrated machine learning models will help us to address the global challenges of agriculture in the next 10 years.

Chair: Ana Portugal Melo [BioData.pt]

June 22nd [16h30 - 18h WEST]

Round Table: 

The Navigator Company - Nuno Borralho [Head of Raiz Forest Research] and Célia Miguel [ELIXIR-PT Project Coordinator]

Phenospex - Ewaut Kissel [Phenospex] and Daniel Faria [ELIXIR-PT Project Coordinator]

Chair:Hannes Rothe [ELIXIR Hub]

Important dates

Registration (free but mandatory, limited places): 18th June

The BioData.pt Code of Conduct has been adapted from ELIXIR Hub Code of Conduct for Events so all participants at BioData.pt events can interact with each other in a respectful and safe environment safeguarding their personal integrity in case they believe there has been a breach to this Code of Conduct.

Please note that the event will be recorded.