Join us May 7-8, 2024, to learn about current research, share ideas for collaboration, and to grow our networks with one another. We welcome participants from the Penn State community as well as our partners across academic institutions, industry, government, and our stakeholder networks.
REGISTER FOR THE SYMPOSIUM
Registration closes April 16, 2024
About the Symposium
A commitment to a healthy planet and healthy people across farms, wetlands, and waterways to promote biodiversity and to improve the resiliency of our crops, forests, and community health.
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences is hosting the Technologies for Agriculture and Living Systems Symposium at the University Park campus on May 7-8, 2024, to initiate and foster the productive partnerships necessary for the integration of emerging and advanced technologies to address the complex challenges we face with climate change, resource protection (soil, water, air), biodiversity losses, rural and urban health, and social and economic shifts within our communities.
Symposium Agenda
Day 1 | May 7, 2024
We invite you to join us to learn about current research. Presentations will focus on the development and applications of technologies that are integral to establishing sustainable and resilient agricultural systems that are interconnected with the broader living systems that support them.
Details on the sessions (session themes, presentation titles, and room locations) will be updated as the sessions are finalized with contributing participants.
| Breakfast / Check-in - 8:00 am | ||
| 8:30 am 8:45 am |
László Kulcsár Christina Grozinger |
Opening Remarks Welcome & Overview |
| Session 1: Leveraging technology and AI for management and conservation | ||
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9:00 am |
Yanqiu Yang |
Guardians of Green: Combating Box Tree Moth Proliferation with AI & IoT |
| Break - 10:00 am | ||
| Session 2: Strategies for sustainable food production and supply | ||
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10:15 am |
Francesco Di Gioia |
Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence for Advancing the |
| Session 3a: Mapping, modeling and decision support tool development | ||
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11:30 am |
Lily Houtman |
Using Beescape NexGen: A Pollinator Health Decision-Support Tool |
| Lunch - 12:00 pm | ||
| Guest Speaker | ||
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1:00 pm |
Sean Rhodes | Uncertainty Assessment of Imputation Conducted Using Machine Learning Techniques at the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service |
| Session 3b: Mapping, modeling and decision support tool development | ||
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1:30 pm |
Jen Weld |
Development and Implementation of a Pennsylvania Farm Planning System: |
| Break - 2:30 pm | ||
| Session 4: Application of Robotics to Living Systems | ||
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2:45 pm |
Bo Cheng |
Bio-inspired Robotics with the Potential for Biodiversity Monitoring |
| Arboretum Tour - 4:00 pm | ||
| Reception at the Arboretum - 5:30 pm | ||
Day 2 | May 8, 2024
We welcome you to join one of the three concurrent ideation sessions where panelists will share their experiences in building partnerships and set the stage for discussions on how to form lasting networks to advance:
- Industry and academic engagement;
- Workforce development;
- Adoption and implementation.
Details on room locations will be updated as contributing panelists are finalized.
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8:15 am |
Check-in, breakfast, and coffee |
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8:30 am |
Plenary Remarks on Ideation Sessions |
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8:45 am |
Concurrent Ideation Breakouts |
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12:00 pm |
Networking Lunch |
Symposium Logistics
All events will be held on the Penn State University Park campus. Parking information will be provided to registrants.
Office for Research and Graduate Education
Address
217 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802-2600
- Email agresearch@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3136
Office for Research and Graduate Education
Address
217 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802-2600
- Email agresearch@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-3136
