Programme Day 1

09:00

Opening Remarks and Welcome

Stuart Black, Highland and Islands Enterprise and Wayne Powell, SRUC

09:10

Ministerial Welcome

Richard Lochhead, Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade

09:20

Keynote Address: Challenges Faced and Opportunties

Dennis Overton, Chair of West Highland based natural capital business – Ardtornish

09:45

Response to the Keynote

Sheila Voas, Chief Veterinary Officer of Scotland

10:10

Panel Discussion: 3A's Challenges

Chaired by Mary Thomson.

Panel; Stuart Black, Wayne Powell, Sheila Voas, Dennis Overton, Jayne Brookman

10:30

Networking & Exhibition – refreshments available

11:00

Plenary: Collaboration and Innovation: Key Drivers for the Digital Transition

Session led by Mercedes Groba,EIT Food with Torill Oestingsen, Siemens.

 

11:45

Tech Showcase with Industry and Academia

Thomas Farrugia, Beta Bugs; Carol-Ann Duthie, SRUC; Christos Tachtatzis, Strathclyde EEE and Donald Fowler, AKVA.

12:45

Lunch, Networking and Exhibition

13:45

Afternoon opening remarks

Mary Thomson, Vice Principal, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

13:50

Pitching Session: Showcase of start ups/ SMEs to illustrate state of the art technologies.

Agrisound, Mi:RNA, Dyneval, Agrecalc, Betabugs, Wellfish, Rethink Carbon, Krucial, Innogando, SHARP Genomic Analytics, Zonova, Rubisko, iLivestock, Albasense, Kidemis AG and MycoNourish

14:30

Investors Panel: Trends in Investments

Chaired by Chris Danks

Panel members; Paul Atkinson – Par Equity, Nicola McMillan – Scottish Enterprise – HGSP, Alex Lusty – Equity Gap and Jude Huggan – CPI.

15:00

Networking & Exhibition – Refreshments Available

15:30

International Focus: Overview of developments in LATAM, Africa, Asia, Nordics and Australia

Federico Perez Wodtke – LATAM, Geoff Simm – Global Academy and Anton Immink – Think Aqua and Pedro Hales – Grupo RIA

16:15

Challenges of adoption: Transferring knowledge from region to region

Nicola Holden – SRUC, Julian Bell – Agrecalc, Marcelo Beltran and Patricia Ricci – INTA and George Sarpong – African Golden Foods

17:00

Innovations in Animal Health, Agritech and Aquaculture

Julie Fitzpatrick, CSA for Scottish Government

17:20

Closing Remarks

Mary Thomson, Vice Principal, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

19:30

Gala Dinner: Drinks served from 19:30 with dinner to follow at 20:00