Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) 4.

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E-Conference Virtual Agenda (UK Time)
Day 1 Conference & Exhibition - Friday 6th May 2022
Day 2 Conference & Exhibition - Friday 20th May 2022
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“Accelerating the development, advancement & efficiency of indoor farming"

This edition of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) 4.0 will focus on the current evolution of the indoor farming
industry to explore how policy is developing with its integration into the sector, how the sector is helping to drive the
circular economy forward, sustainability, integration into traditional food systems, and learning how this is being done
from an international perspective. From a technological aspect we will be focusing on seeds and their development,
TCEA, grow light solutions, resource efficiencies, automation, energy usage and requirements, innovations in research
and technologies, and robotics & AI.

CEA 4.0 is dedicated to development, innovation, technology, solutions, and requirements for the advancement of
indoor farming to provide sustainable, environmentally friendly, circular economy enabling and efficient systems of
growing plants, food and produce.

E-CONFERENCE DAY ONE – 6th May 2022

“Accelerating the technological advancement and efficiency of indoor farms and farming"

0800 – 0855 - Virtual Exhibition Commencement and Dedicated Networking Hour

Talk to the other attendees, exhibitors & begin your one-one & random networking meetings with other attendees

CONFERENCE ROOM 1 - DEVELOPING POLICY AND ITS INTEGRATION INTO INDOOR FARMING
Indoor farming is an important growing sector that is fundamental to helping solve the associated problems of
enabling farmers to grow food at a large scale without impacting heavily on the environment. The advantages are well
established so what is being achieved in the current marketplace at this time to support continued development.

0855 – Chairperson’s Opening Remarks - Mark Horler, Chairman - UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT)

0900 – Technology Advantages, Hype, & Reality in Agriculture - Connecting CEA Solutions To Critical Challenges
• Knowledge transfer & workforce development ⇒ Didactic advances & industry validation — CEA attracts STEM profiles
• Automation & digital transformation ⇒ Innovation integration from manufacturing — CEA is a high-tech process
• Integration green energy infrastructure ⇒ Large clusters integration in industrial zones — CEA stabilises grids
Thomas Zoellner, Co-Founder & Secretary-General - FarmTech Society (FTS)

0925 – Lean Farming the Next Level in Indoor Agriculture

• How lean farming will improve CEA profitability
• Why "real automation" is the key to make CEA profitable today
• The reason why scalability makes CEA competitive
Thomas Ambrosi, CEO - ONO Exponential Farming

0950 – Developing the Indoor Farm as a Battery

• Will CEA become financially viable?
• Advancements in allowing the Agriculture and the Energy sectors to interact
• Developing and implementing integrated-business-models to help overcome the barriers
Ahmad Mohseni, CEO & Co-Founder - FlexFarming

1015 – 1055 – Networking Break – Talk to the event attendees and exhibitors as well as continuing your one-one
networking meetings with other attendees.

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 CONFERENCE ROOM 1 – MAKING INDOOR FARMING ECONOMICS WORK
The cost to setting up a farm can be expensive, especially with the introduction of technology. This is a substantial
challenge for any business in the industry especially when developing a cost spreadsheet, it can be quickly realised that
operating costs can be expensive to run your own farm. How do we continue to make our farms profitable?

Chairperson: Mark Horler, Chairman - UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT)

1100 – Creating a Sustainable Ecosystem

• Creating a more sustainable world and reduction in carbon emissions by growing food in a sustainable way
• Developing a sustainability ecosystem at Potager Farm
• Anchored within the Greenman Group to implement vertical farms in centres across Germany
Mario Gatineaj, CEO - Potager Farm

1125 – Making Vertical Farming Stack Up: Balancing Commercial Viability

• Key-factors which affect the viability and feasibility of a vertical farming business
• A commercial comparison between a vertical farm and traditional growing methods
• Growing beyond salads; new use cases for vertical farming
Douglas Elder, Head of Vertical Farming Solutions - Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS)

1150 – Aeroponics Across Horticulture; Where are the Opportunities for Innovation and Profitability?
• Summary of aeroponic irrigation and it’s many forms within indoor farming
• Opportunities for aeroponics within vertical farming
• Opportunities for aeroponics within greenhouse horticulture
Jack Farmer, Chief Scientific Officer - LettUs Grow

1215 – Integrated Vertical Farms – Infrastructure for the Smart Cities of Tomorrow
• The potential of using smart synergies in vertical farms
• Achieving true circularity in vertical farming
• Transforming vertical farms into smart city infrastructure
Philipp Bosshard, CTO & Co-Founder – YASAI

CONFERENCE ROOM 2 – ROBOTICS & AI

Key technologies in indoor farming used today range from perception technologies (cameras and sensors) for detecting
and monitoring, AI processing data from sensors, with automated and autonomous mechatronics using robotics and
automated machines to collect products when ready to dispatch to the market.

Chairperson: Derek Stewart, Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre - The James Hutton Institute

1100 - How to Scale Computer Vision AI Applications in Indoor Farming

• The deployment of 600+ AI-powered machines in greenhouses across the globe
• Lesson learnt - Major bottlenecks and tested practices scaling AI applications
• Collaborative Intelligence - revolutionary approach to democratize AI, where regular operators create and
ship robust AI models at great scale
Jonathan Berte, Founder & CEO - Robovision

1125 – The Future of Food: Innovative Technologies for Harsh Climates

• Discovering forces driving innovation in AgTech today & current challenges faced by growers in arid regions
• Learning more about Desert agriculture as a sustainable practice by maximising use of free, abundant
resources
• Uncovering cutting-edge technologies which are revolutionising food systems, enabling crop production in
places where it hasn't been possible before
Dan Bryant, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Red Sea Farms

1150 – The Age of the Autonomous Greenhouse has Begun

• Improving and expanding data harvesting and analytics at the farm
• Applying artificial intelligence (AI) in daily greenhouse practice
• Cast study examples of greenhouse robotics taking over from manual labour
Joep van den Bosch, Chief Innovation Officer - Ridder

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1215 – Making Farm Certification Work for CEA and Traditional Food Systems
• Solutions to challenges facing the Fresh Produce industry - farm certification & increased market access
• The challenges & solutions needed to fitting CEA into existing farm assurance structures
• Safe food production practices, social & environmentally responsibility
Simon Thorpe, Fresh Produce Technical Manager - Red Tractor

1240 – 1330 – Networking Break – Talk to the event attendees and exhibitors as well as continuing your one-one
and random networking meetings with other attendees.

1240 – 1330 – Roundtable Discussion – Navigating Information Overload When Planning & Purchasing an Indoor
Farm
• Proven technology partners and the ability to provide for any scale
• Cost evaluations of the farm being based on your business goals
• Important steps and considerations for prioritising profit and sustainability
Erika Parente, Director of Farming as a Service – Cultivatd

CONFERENCE ROOM 1 – TOTAL CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE (TCEA)

TCEA provides complete command of all aspects of the growing environment through the control of light, temperature,
humidity, irrigation, nutrition, and air composition. This makes it possible to eliminate variations in the growing
environment, enabling growers to produce consistent, high-quality crops all year round.

Chairperson: Mark Horler, Chairman - UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT)

1330 - Sensors, Robotics and Machine Learning to Maximise Potential Yield

• Micro-sensors capturing temperature, humidity, water flow and growth rates from each growing tray
• Fusing IoT, cloud, robotics, machine learning with lighting and spectrum management
• Increasing the use of efficient and sustainable technology to make a difference
Zayndu

1355 – The Role of Technology in Tackling CEA Sustainability Challenges

• How sustainability is measured and presented in the industry
• What does sustainability mean and how it affects your bottom line
• Going beyond the physical inputs – does biology matter?
Tessa Pocock, Chief Science Officer - Soli Organic

1420 - Power to the Plant by Data Driven Growing

• Data-driven growing and indoor farming
• Growing by Plant Empowerment - more yield, better quality, and higher efficiency
• The road map towards data driven growing
Kim Helderman, Sales Manager - LetsGrow.com

1445 - Advances in CEA R&D Technology

• Leveraging data from production to advance R&D
• Lighting partnerships including the use of tunable instruments
• Training machine vision with sensors and drones
Roger Buelow, Chief Technology Officer – AeroFarms

CONFERENCE ROOM 2 – KEEPING THE GROW LIGHTS ON

Lighting systems provide an important ingredient for growing as they allow plants to grow, change how they grow,
when they flower, how they taste, the levels of vitamins and antioxidants in a plant, as well as prolonging their shelf
life. But with so many to choose from what makes the right one for the farm and the produce being grown.

Chairperson: Derek Stewart, Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre - The James Hutton Institute

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1330 – Being Successful in Vertical Farming: From Start-Up to Scale-Up and the Role of Light
• 5 learnings to successfully start up a vertical farm
• Market insights on recent Vertical Farming challenges and projects
• Turning vertical farm start-ups into viable scale-ups and the role of controllable light
Tom Konisser, Business Development Manager City Farming - Signify

1355 – Plants in the Spotlight: Control of Yield and Quality by Lighting Strategy
• Focusing on the key aspects of light; intensity, spectrum, day length, direction, and heat
• Combining the key aspects together to improve growth, quality, and nutritional value
• Balancing the light with other growth conditions – case study examples
Leo Marcelis, Head of Chair Group Horticulture and Product Physiology - Wageningen University & Research

1420 – Using Sensor Technology in CEA Environments and the Importance of Gathering Data from all 9 Cardinals
• Benefits & importance of sensors to gather data to understand changes in environmental factors & crop yield
• Measuring more than temperature, humidity, & CO2: the 9 cardinals & how they inter-react in a CEA
environment
• Working with Data & AI for growing conditions as a three-dimensional interaction between plants & the
growing space
John Matcham, Innovation Director - Light Science Technologies

1445 – Achieving Scales in Vertical Farming – What Areas to Address When Scaling Your Vertical Farm
• Challenges that will be encountered when scaling you production
• Ensuring you address the branding and sales function within the expansion of your farm
• The importance and benefits of building a strong culture
Andreas Wilhelmsson, CEO – Ljusgårda

1510 – 1540 – Networking Break – Talk to the event attendees and exhibitors as well as continuing your one-one
and random networking meetings with other attendees.

1510 – 1535 – Presentation Session – Pre-Sold CEA Crops - Including Supply-Chain as Part of Precision Agriculture
• CEA being the most efficient way to grow leafy greens
• The need for the CEA industry to develop its distribution systems as current systems are inefficient
• Data-driven planting and harvesting being informed by the actual produce buyer demand reducing waste and
operational guessing
Ali Daniali, CEO – HRVSTS

CONFERENCE ROOM 1 – GREENHOUSE SOLUTIONS

The increased consumer interest in eating healthier, knowing their food source and environmental concerns has driven
the organic and locally grown food movements. This movement has increased the use of greenhouses to provide
controlled environments best suited to produce the vegetables, herbs, fruits and even fish to fill this demand.

Chairperson: Mark Horler, Chairman - UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT)

1540 - Controlling CO2 Enrichment Regardless of Structure or Season

• The balancing act of CO2 enrichment vs keeping your CEA structure from over-heating
• How can CEA facilities continue to enrich CO2 while reducing their costs and carbon footprints?
• CO2 enrichment becoming the driver of increasing global food production
Dil Vashi, Manager Corporate Development - CO2 GRO Inc

1605 – Power to the Plant by Data Driven Growing

• Data-driven growing and indoor farming
• Growing by Plant Empowerment - more yield, better quality, and higher efficiency
• The road map towards data driven growing
Position Reserved for Bowery Farming

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1630 - Hydrogen Peroxide for Safe Irrigation Water Quality in CEA
• The importance of clean and safe irrigation in CEA
• Current solutions for biofouling, disinfection, and water re-use
• Outlining the benefits of self-generated Hydrogen Peroxide for the CEA farm
Tiret Dewnarain, Business Development - HPNow

1655 - GLOBALG.A.P. Version 6 and GGN Label for CEA

• Introducing GLOBALG.A.P. Smart Farm Assurance Solutions
• New GLOBALG.A.P. IFA Version 6: Opportunities and benefits for CEA
• Case studies of successful adoption of the GGN Consumer Label
Roberta Anderson, Executive Vice President - GLOBALG.A.P. North America

1720 – Chairperson’s Summary & Close of Conference Day 1

CONFERENCE ROOM 2 – AUTOMATION

Sustainable and flexible automated solutions provide the opportunity for indoor farming to become more profitable
and provides enormous flexibility in customising systems and configurations based on the strategy, growing process,
crop type and space availability of the farm and the farming operation that is in practise.

Chairperson: Derek Stewart, Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre - The James Hutton Institute

1540 - Visualising and Seeing the Air in Your Farm Through Real-Time Airborne Pathogen Monitoring
• Artificial intelligence-driven sensors operating within indoor farms
• Proactive detection & monitoring of microscopic particles in the farms air
• Interpreting airborne spore data and its application for enhanced crop protection
Landon Bunderson, CEO – Pollen Sense

1605 – Designed for Food Safety from Seed to Sale: Biosecurity Best Practice at Planted Detroit
• Designing and building a vertical farm for biosecurity
• Verifying the safety of inputs through our biosecurity practices, food safe processes & pathogen testing
• On-Farm food safety through the implementation and use of technology
Simon Yevzelman, Director of Food Safety and Compliance – Planted Detroit

1630 - Tracking CEA Carbon - A Path to Sustainability

• CEA offers tremendous environmental advantages, but can drive up carbon emissions
• The industry is rapidly moving to carbon labelling driven by consumers, grocers, governments, and investors
• Reducing carbon footprint and costs can improve profitability and capture revenue from carbon incentives
Daphne Preuss, CEO - CarbonBook

1655 - Design and Engineering for Efficient and Profitable Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA)
• Evaluate, integrate, automate, and commission efficient greenhouse & indoor farming systems for cultivation
• Energy choice and maximizing energy and demand savings
• Adopting high-performance technology and benchmarking facilities to sustain farm operations
Gretchen Schimelpfenig, Technical & Operations Director - Resource Innovation Institute

1720 – Chairperson’s Summary & Close of Conference Day 1

* BETWEEN THE 6TH AND 20TH MAY, THE EVENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM IS OPEN FOR YOU TO
CONTINUE TO USE AND TO SPEAK TO OTHER ATTENDEES

E-CONFERENCE DAY TWO – 20th MAY 2022

“Accelerating the technological advancement and efficiency of indoor farms and farming"

TECH 4.0© agenda subject to change depending on speaker availability – THIS IS NOT THE FINAL AGENDA
AND NOT THE FINAL PRESENTATIONS
0800 – 0855 – Virtual Exhibition Commencement and Dedicated Networking Hour
Talk to the other attendees, exhibitors & begin your one-one & random networking meetings with other attendees

CONFERENCE ROOM 1 – DRIVING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY FORWARD

Indoor farming has the ability to demonstrate the very strong workings of a circular economy by reusing, sharing,
repairing, and recycling to create a closed-loop system, minimising the use of resource inputs and the creation of
waste, pollution and carbon emissions through the industry’s very design and aims.

0855 – Chairperson’s Opening Remarks - Mark Horler, Chairman - UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT)

0900 - Rapid Nutrient Analysis: The Blood Test for Crops

• Nutrient requirements in response to changing environmental conditions
• Nutrient uptake in recirculatory systems
• An overview of methods of analysis
Keenan Pinto, CEO - Nordetect

0925 - The Importantance of Having a Good Source for the Best Fitting Varieties
• Significance of seed quality and seed genetics in vertical farming
• Seeds as the key success factor for an operational farm
• Ensuring a trusted seed provider delivering selected, proven varieties and a sustainable seed flow
Christian Prokscha, Founder - Eden Towers

0950 - The Controlled Environment based on Data Driven Growing

• The use of tools based on the Plant Empowerment principles in the process of control
• Controlling environment and resources efficiently in indoor farming and greenhouses
• Lessons learnt and best practices to follow to optimise growth and production
Luis Trujillo, Managing Director Hoogendoorn USA - Hoogendoorn Growth Management

1015 - Vertical Farming Empowering Clean Cosmetics

• Understanding plant material in the Cosmetics industry
• Current biomass Supply chain Challenges
• Differentiation strategies and opportunities for Vertical Farming in the industry
Nicolas Seguy, Co-Founder & Managing Director - Jungle

CONFERENCE ROOM 2 – CHOOSING THE RIGHT SEED FOR THE RIGHT CROP
Breeding specific varieties of plants and seeds is something that we do well in outdoor farming environments. But as
the indoor farming industry continues to grow what advancements are being done through research and innovation to
create the best seeds to grow the best crops for controlled-environment agriculture.

0855 - Chairperson’s Opening Remarks - Nicole Thorpe, Director – Cultinova

0900 - Choosing the Right Seed to Get a Successful Crop

• Everything starts with seeds. But what makes good seeds?
• How seed quality affects your vertical farming success
• Insights into behind the scenes of seed production and preparation for vertical farming
Wolfgang Fischer, Export Sales Manager - Graines Voltz

0925 - Energy Savings Progressing Towards a ‘Fossil-Free’ Greenhouse Horticulture Sector

• Utilising the excess energy from a greenhouse to support the energy used for growing
• The importance of interaction between technical developments, crops, and growing strategy to develop a
“fossil-free” greenhouse horticulture
• Tomato demonstration trials showing how to interact between techniques, growing strategy, and crop
performance
Lisanne Helmus-Schuddebeurs, Improvement Centre Manager – Delphy Improvement Centre

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0950 - LED and Phenotyping: Perspectives for Indoor Cultivation
• The many advantages of LED lighting including spectral flexibility
• The complexity of finding the optimum light quality
• Using light quality gradients and time-course imaging to support the grower in finding ideal optimisation
Pierre Lejeune, Senior Scientist, Plant Physiology Lab - University Liege

1015 - The Importantance of Having a Good Source for the Best Fitting Varieties
• Significance of seed quality and seed genetics in vertical farming
• Seeds as the key success factor for an operational farm
• Ensuring a trusted seed provider delivering selected, proven varieties and a sustainable seed flow
Greenhub

1040 – 1125 - Networking Break – Talk to the event attendees and exhibitors as well as continuing your one-one and
random networking meetings with other attendees.

1040 – 1105 - Presentation Session – Simple, Scalable & Cost-Effective Solutions to Indoor Growing
• The many challenges of starting an indoor growing system and alternative solutions that require less
resources than most large-scale indoor farm systems
• Addressing issues with shipping, assembly, and product quality in the global indoor growing equipment
market
• Presenting a simple, economic, scalable solution for indoor growing systems
Rick Langille, CEO/Founder – Harvest Today

CONFERENCE ROOM 1 - INTERNATIONAL FARMING PROJECTS

With new farms and innovations being developed at an ever-increasing evolving rate how are nations and cultures
adopting and expanding the benefits of CEA and continuing the industries developments. What farm developments are
happening and where? What can we learn as a collective to help develop our own national marketplaces?

Chairperson - Mark Horler, Chairman - UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT)

1125 – Increasing Productivity Through the Use of AI

• AI processes and techniques used to expand production
• Developing AI to duplicate human observation and spot mild disease or infestation
• Assisting growers to collect and analyse data to support the process
Zayndu

1150 – Breaking the Urban-Rural Divide: Can Vertical Farms Reshape the UK's Food System?
• Consumers forgetting where their food comes from through the UK being a very urban country
• The uncertain future of British food production due to critical labour shortages in farming and manufacturing
due to Brexit and Covid
• Vertical farms having the possibility of improving food security, but we need to think big - integrating farms
with the UK's energy, transport, and storage infrastructure
Matt Chlebek, Founder & Chief Agronomist- Harvest London

1215 – Sensors, Robotics and Machine Learning to Maximise Potential Yield

• Micro-sensors capturing temperature, humidity, water flow and growth rates from each growing tray
• Fusing IoT, cloud, robotics, machine learning with lighting and spectrum management
• Increasing the use of efficient and sustainable technology to make a difference
Jamie Burrows, Founder & CEO – Vertical Future

1240 - Energy and Material Flows in Rooftop Greenhouses: The GROOF Project
• Presenting the GROOF project and building integrated greenhouses
• Energy savings and energy harvest possibilities in rooftop greenhouses
• Phosphorus and nitrogen recovery to increase urban agriculture sustainability
Verónica Arcas-Pilz, PhD candidate ICTA-UAB - GROOF (Greenhouses to Reduce CO2 on Roofs)
David Volk, EBF Leader Greenhouse Development - GROOF (Greenhouses to Reduce CO2 on Roofs)

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 CONFERENCE ROOM 2 - INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGIES & RESEARCH
The indoor farming sector is a hive of activity, research, continuous development, and innovative solutions that are
revolutionising agriculture, the world and how we feed ourselves. With a global sustainable footprint growing what
effective research and innovation are we witnessing and developing.

Chairperson: Nicole Thorpe, Director – Cultinova

1125 - Creating the Optimal Microbial Community in CEA Systems

• The importance of microbes in soilless agriculture and what’s currently missing
• What can we do already? Progress towards taking control of microbes in CEA systems
• What the optimal microbial community would mean for CEA growing
Paul Rutten, Founder & CEO – Concert Bio

1150 – Optimising Crop Production in Vertical Farming – Interactions Between Climate and Plant
• Every vertical farm is unique, and the plant should be the centre of your growing system
• From macro to micro: Sensor technology to help us monitor the climate-plant interaction and understand
crop performance
• “Taking Vertical Farming to Higher Levels” project: Monitoring interactions and performance of berry crops in
vertical farming systems
Laura Bautista, Project Lead Vertical Farming – Delphy Improvement Centre

1215 - Industrialisation of Vertical Farming for Complete Farm Management Through AI and Machine Learning
• Agxio’s vision for Vertical Farming – from kitchens to industrial scale operations
• Deploying AI/ML in indoor farming
• Case studies including disease detection in strawberries
Ben Butler, CEA Lead - Agxio

1240 - How New Technology Can Transform the Global Food Landscape
• Some of the biggest challenges facing the planet concern the global food supply system
• Technology can help us to solve these challenges (food waste, food safety and food security)
• What the future of food looks like
Martin Molenaar, CEO - Avismo

1305 – 1400 – Networking Break – Talk to the event attendees and exhibitors as well as continuing your one-one
and random networking meetings with other attendees.

1305 – 1330 - Presentation Session – Interstellar Lab

Barbara Belvisi, Founder & CEO - Interstellar Lab

CONFERENCE ROOM 1 - INTERGRATION WITH TRADITIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS

With a growing population, urbanisation, resource issues and environmental problems associated with traditional
farming, indoor farming is a sustainable agricultural method that can be further integrated with traditional food
systems to provide food security for many communities, shorten supply chains and provide quality efficient produce.

Chairperson - Mark Horler, Chairman - UK Urban AgriTech (UKUAT)

1400 – CEA at the Point of Consumption for Retail and Foodservice

• The developments and advancements being made in Micro-Farming
• Outlining the benefits that on-site CEA provides retailers and the foodservice
• The potential for expansion and growth of this category
Alexander Olesen, CEO & Co-Founder - Babylon Micro-Farms

1425 – Thinking Inside the Box: A Multidisciplinary Approach to CEA at Winter Farm
• Data-driven approaches providing an integrated & structured foundation for the automation decision system
• Machine learning to determine critical variables & required parameters for the CEA production environment
• Providing intelligent automation & a digital twin to maximise results & processes for the CERVEAU project
Marie-Jose Montpetit, Engineer Manager - Winter Farm

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1450 – Combining Sensors, Robots, AI, and Humans; The CEA Dream Team
• How big data can be harvested to feed Agricultural AI Systems
• Advanced AI models being used to optimise sensor deployment within CEA, cutting down related costs
• Why AI & Robotics are critical in creating sustainable CEA businesses
Benedict Odoom, Founder & CEO - Kilimo IoT

1515 – Precision and Resource Use Efficient Controlled Environment Agriculture

• The focus being on resource use efficiency as the metric when considering optimal CEA system design,
environmental control strategies
• Plant response based environmental control contributing to enhanced resource use efficiency
• Localized climate controls and air distribution systems enhancing climate uniformity and improving
production quality in vertical farming systems
Murat Kacira, Director - Controlled Environment Agriculture Centre at The University of Arizona

CONFERENCE ROOM 2 - FEEDING THE ENERGY NEEDS

Energy is a critical consideration, having an ever-greater impact the more the business grows and moves towards the
higher technology end of the spectrum. If sustainability is trying to be imprinted into the industry, then how can we
address the subject of energy requirements in making the energy sources and usage more sustainable.

Chairperson - Nicole Thorpe, Director – Cultinova

1400 – Customised Lighting Strategies for Grow Zones to Optimise Energy Use and Stabilize Yields
• Integrating digital zone management and sensor feedback for light automation
• Multi-zone light management strategies
• Using customized lighting strategies to optimize energy use while also improving growth consistency,
throughout the greenhouse and as the season changes
Johan Lindqvist, Product & Solution Owner - Heliospectra

1425 – Indoor Growing at Scale - Concepts and Techniques at Little Leaf Farms
• Continued steps to transform the way food is grown within 100 acres under glass
• Transforming the East Coast to be the new Salinas of the United States
• Best practices and lessons learnt from growing indoors at scale
Paul Sellew, Founder & CEO, Little Leaf Farms

1450 – The Benefits of Hyper Controlling the Environment in CEA

• Outlining the hypercontrolled vertical farming technology HRVST provide
• The various benefits to individual row-by-row environmental control for producing complex plants
• Applications and business cases to complement the existing supply chain
Vincent Paradis, Business Development Director – HRVST Ltd

1515 – Decentralisation of Agriculture Through an Urban Agriculture Direct-to-Consumer Model

• The path to the decentralisation of agriculture
• Providing the sector with a successful direct-to-consumer business model
• Outlining how sustainable scalability is achieved
Shannon O’Malley, CEO - Brick Street Farms

1540 – 1600 – Networking Break – Talk to the event attendees and exhibitors as well as continuing your one-one
and random networking meetings with other attendees

PANEL DISCUSSION

1600 – 1700 - “Continued Steps in Implementing Indoor Farming into the Current Food & Retail Systems”

Moderator - Kyle Barnett, Podcast Host – CropTalk Media

• How are policy holders embracing and integrating indoor farming as an established viable food source for
consumers?

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 • With so many technology options available to farmers is there a need for a blueprint standardised
development method? Would this stifle innovation and choice?
• How to maximise resource efficiency in CEA operations?
• How are we developing the balance between human labour and machine labour in the farm?

Daniel Kats, EVP Sales - Infarm

Derek Smith, Executive Director - Resource Innovation Institute
Edwin Morgan, Director of Communications - Harvest London
David Farquhar, CEO - Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS)

1710 – Chairperson’s Summary & Close of Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) 4.0 2022

Talk to the event attendees and exhibitors as well as continuing your one-one and random networking meetings
with other attendees until 19:00.

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AND NOT THE FINAL PRESENTATIONS