Time / Action / Person
08:00 /

REGISTRATION

09:00 /

OPENING SESSION

/ Chair: Dr. Ilse Trautmann
Chief Director: Research and Technology Development Services, WCDoA
09:00 – 09:10 /

Welcome

/ Ms. Joyene Isaacs
Head of Department, WCDoA
09:10 – 09:30 /

Opening address: Innovation and agriculture

/ Minister Alan Winde
Minister of Economic Opportunities
09:30 – 10:00 /

Keynote Address: Macro technology trends impacting agriculture

/ Martin Butler
Head: Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management and Administration
University of Stellenbosch Business School
10:00 – 10:30 /

COFFEE / TEA

10:30 – 12:30 /

Session 1 – Setting the scene

/ Chair: Prof. Johan Burger
Department of Genetics, University of Stellenbosch
10:30 - 10:55 / Technology in agriculture, from big tractors to big data
/ Jan Greyling
Coordinator: Socio-economic analysis, Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP)
10:55 – 11:20 /

Forecasting generation and technology

/ Rian Smit
Weather Forecaster
SA Weather Service
11:20 – 11:45 / FruitLook: assisting irrigators to optimise resource utilisation
/ Andre Roux
Director: Sustainable Resource Management, WCDoA
11:45 – 12:00 / Agri-hub: Enhancing marketing decisions for the fresh fruit export industry.
/ Jacques du Preez
General manager, Trade and Markets, HORTGRO
12:00 – 12:10 /

The Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture

/ Richard Johnson
Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture
12:10 -12:30 /

Questions and discussion

12:30 – 13:30 /

LUNCH

13:30 – 15:10 /

Session 2 – Technology in practice – some novel approaches

/ Chair: Hugh Campbell
General Manager, Hortgro Sciences
13:30 – 13:55 /

Spatial intelligence

/ Dr. Mike Wallace
Specialist GIS Scientist, WCDoA
13:55 – 14:20 /

Cape Farm Mapper

/ FC Basson
GIS Technologist,
WCDoA
14:20 – 14:45 /

Wine and fruit industry carbon calculator

/ Anél Blignaut
Project Manager, Confronting Climate Change - Fruit & Wine Industry Initiative
14:45 – 15:10 /

Extension suite and agri suite on line

/ Dr. Roelof de Villiers
CEO, Manstrat Agricultural Intelligence Solutions
15:10 – 15:30 /

COFFEE/TEA

15:30 – 17:30 /

Session 3 – The farmers’ voice (two farmers to give their experiences on the use of technology and some challenges)

/ Dr. Ilse Trautmann
15:30 – 15:55 /

The use of technology to optimise production

/ Dirk van Papendorp
Grain and dairy farmer
15:55 – 16:20 /

The use of technology to optimise production

/ Fruit farmer (TBC)
16:20 – 17:30 /

Session 4 – Participative session on opportunities, maximising research results into tech tools, etc.

/ Dr. Ilse Trautmann
17:30 /

Closure and way forward

/ Dr. Ilse Trautmann

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