On behalf of the CAPSELLA consortium, we would like to invite You and Your Colleagues to participate in upcoming CAPSELLA Workshop: HARVESTING INNOVATION...

​DATE: 8 May 2018
PLACE: Milan (during the Milano Food Week)
FOCUS: INNOVATION in AGRICULTURE - ICT - open data - agrobiodiversity - agroecology 

COSTS: FREE OF CHARGE
LANGUAGE: Italian, English 

Bringing together farmers, ICT & Open Data experts, Agrobiodiversity and Agroecology researchers from a truly international environment, the event will focus on

It will be an opportunity for participants to hear from Europe’s most creative scientists in open data and agriculture, food professionals, farmers, researchers, ICT and open data experts that will exchange experiences and case studies.

Participants will  be able to test and see the latest apps and prototypes created by open innovation and co-design such as the new SOILapp and the Storytelling app and theSchool meal app recently launched with the patronage of Milan Municipality and Asti Municipality, two leading cities in Italy keen about their citizens healthy diets. 

Related: 

• 25 - 27 April 2018 : East Africa Digital Farmers Conference & Exhibition, Kenya 
• 29 - 30 May, 2018: EU Food & Farming Forum, Brussels, Belgium
• 30 May - 1 June 2018 : 4th IAALD Africa Conference: Agricultural Innovations, Information and Knowledge: Catalyzing the Attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union Agenda 2063, Pretoria
• 30 - 31 August 2018 : SDG-Conference: Towards Zero Hunger - Partnerships for impact, the Netherlands
• 5 to 6 September 2018 : The international Congress FOOD 2030 Towards sustainable agri-food systems at the University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart), Germany
• 5 - 8 November 2018 : SciDataCon 2018 : The Digital Frontiers of Global Science - part of International Data Week (Gaborone, Botswana) Now accepting submission for paper abstracts and posters!
• Call for papers: e-AGE18: The 8th International Platform on Integrating Arab e-Infrastructure in a Global Environment - “Capacity for Transformation” [e-AGE will be held in Amman, Jordan during 2-3 December 2018]

• FAIR PRINCIPLES TO ALL ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL-RELATED RESEARCH PROCESSES
• Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA 2030 Africa) programme
• CTA Policy brief focuses on weather information services for smallholder farmers
• Drones in Agriculture : Free eBook Available
• The Russian company ARDN has constructed a massive drone that can be used as a field-sprayer
• Agronomists from outer-space with SmartFarm
• Introduction to Open Data Policies in H2020 (Presentation delivered by Nancy Pontika (OU) during the OpenAIRE/FOSTER Open Access Week webinars on October 2017)
• Open Standards, Data, Source, and Innovation as Principles for Digital Development
• Open & Big Data : shifts in roles, power relations, quality and knowledge integration
• INRA2025 : Open Science priority, Data sharing and much more

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And, thanks again for your interest !