{"id":165,"date":"2024-07-30T15:36:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurageng.eu\/?p=165"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:38:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:38:18","slug":"shaping-the-future-of-agricultural-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurageng.eu\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"Shaping the Future of Agricultural Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The AgEng2024 conference at the Agricultural University of Athens, the historic capital city of Greece, was a great opportunity to keep abreast of the latest global and European agricultural engineering research. Secretary General Andy Newbold reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The theme of <em>Agricultural Engineering challenges in existing and new agroecosystems <\/em>attracted over 300 delegates, representing 34 countries. With 230 plus oral presentations and 120 poster papers over four days in July, the congress was the place to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Keynote paper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outgoing EurAgEng president Professor Dr Barbara Sturm, Professor for Agricultural Engineering in bioeconomic Systems at the \u00a0Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), welcomed delegates to the conference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conference keynote paper was presented by Dr Peter Demeyer, Environment Technology Group Leader, \u00a0Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), entitled <em>AgEngScience4IMPACT: the compelling case of livestock emissions in the EU. <\/em>\u00a0Peter said \u201cWe are active in a complex field with high uncertainties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Parallel streams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With five parallel sessions throughout both conference days, there was plenty to choose from. Themes included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assessment and mitigation of gaseous emissions from livestock farms<\/li>\n<li>AI Applications in speciality crops<\/li>\n<li>Smart crop farming and precision agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Post harvest technologies and losses<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable production in farm buildings<\/li>\n<li>Energy and bioenergy<\/li>\n<li>Integrated and sustainable farming systems<\/li>\n<li>Fossil free livestock farming<\/li>\n<li>Automation, robotics and sensor technology<\/li>\n<li>Circular economy<\/li>\n<li>Soil, land and water engineering<\/li>\n<li>Artificial intelligence, data processing and management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AgEng2024 conference at the Agricultural University of Athens, the historic capital city of Greece, was a great opportunity to keep abreast of the latest global and European agricultural engineering research. Secretary General Andy Newbold reports. 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