AI-Agrifood 2026 | Bridging Data, Science, and Sustainability from Farm to Fork

AGENDA (Work in progress)

DAY 1: Thursday, 19th March 2026

• 08:30 – 09:00: Registration and collection of documentation.
• 09:00 – 09:30: Opening Ceremony.
• 09:30 – 11:30: Plenary Session 1: Sensing and Data Intelligence.
  • Theme: From raw data acquisition to actionable agronomic intelligence.
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Spyros Fountas (Agricultural Univ. of Athens, Greece).
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Joaquim João Moreira de Sousa (INESC TEC, Portugal)
  • Oral Communications
• 11:30 – 12:00: Coffee break and visit to the poster area.
• 12:00 – 14:00: Plenary Session 2: Services and utilities for an intelligent agriculture.
  • Theme: Service-centric intelligent agriculture powered by virtual assistants, digital twins, and trusted data spaces-turning farm data into real-time, actionable operations.
  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ignacio Antonio Ciampitti (Purdue University, USA).
  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Raffaele Giaffreda (Bruno Kessler Foundation-Trento, Italy).
  • Oral Communications 
• 14:00 – 15:30: Lunch.
• 15:30 – 16:30: Poster Session and Debate.
• 16:30 – 18:30: Plenary Session 3: Innovation Systems and Socioeconomic Implications.
  • Theme: Economics, governance, ethics, and the institutional context of digitalisation.
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Laurens Klerkx (Wageningen UR, Netherlands / Univ. Talca, Chile).
  • Keynote Speaker: Mr. Frank Escandell (OdiseIA, Spain).
  • Oral Communications

DAY 2: Friday, 20th March 2026

• 09:00 – 11:00: Plenary Session 4: Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Food Systems.
  • Theme: AI in food processing, waste reduction, and circularity.
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dolores C. Pérez Marín (University of Cordoba, Spain)
  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Abdo Hassoun (SAFIR, France).
  • Oral Communications 
• 11:00 – 11:30: Coffee break.
• 11:30 – 13:30:Plenary Session 5: Strategic Synthesis – The Future Agenda.
  • Theme: Ecosystems, interoperability, and the roadmap for large-scale digital transformation.
  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Raffaele Giaffreda (Bruno Kessler Foundation-Trento, Italy).
  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Federico Bert (Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura, Argentina).
  • Keynote Speaker: Mr. José Luis Molina Zamora (Hispatec Agrointeligencia, Spain).
  • Keynote Speaker: Prof. Laurens Klerkx (Wageningen UR, Netherlands / Univ. Talca, Chile).
  • Open Debate & Q&A: Discussion with the audience and the Scientific Committee chairs.
• 13:30 – 14:00:Closing Ceremony and Final Synthesis.
  • • Presentation of conclusions.
    • Awards for best oral communications and posters.