13:00 - 13:45
Pillar A Science + Industry Panel
What are the claims and reality of Vertical Farming?
An open discussion led by scientists on efficiency of LEDs, energy, pesticide, water use in VFs
Moderator: Prof. Silvana Nicola, University of Turin
Panelists: Ard van de Kreeke, Jasper den Besten, Roland Siers, Alessandro Olivieri
- How can science leverage to prove the claims of vertical farming?
- How far is science from reality and vice versa?
- Is science closing knowledge gaps?
13:45 - 14:00
Presentation
The Elephant in the Grow room -Reality check of VF
- Thomas Williams, CEO Baaz Global
Biology in Vertical Farming critical discussion on different aspects of biology in VF
Moderator: Jasper den Besten
Panelists: Chiara Tenconi Planet Farms, Madar Godge GRAIN, Alberto Campanaro, Zayndu
- What is the state of the art research on pests and diseases in vertical farms?
- How can we best address nutrition, vitamin levels of crops, shelf life extension?
Coffee Break and Networking
15:15 - 17:15
Pillar A Workshop
Breaking New Ground from Plants to Ready Products
Workshop Room 1
Moderatoren: Dr. Heidi Heuberger, Dr. Nicole Armbrüster
Exploring and discussing how Vertical Farming can contribute to plant production for new products for food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics.
World Cafe - We try to answer 3 questions focusing on the best framework and bottlenecks and how Vertical Farming offers solutions.
Which plants have potential for VF and can we categories them?
Which benefits or challenges does continuously fresh produce has for the processing industry?
University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan, Association for Pharmaceutical Industry, Bavarian Institute for Horticulture
"Vertical Farming as Innovation Trigger for Processing Herbal Raw Materials" by Prof. Dr. Strube, TU Clausthal,
"Market Potentials & Challenges in the Food, Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics Industries" by Dr. Urs Fischer, Managing Director Pharmaplant
"Potentials of Producing High-Value Products in Vertical Farming" by Applied Science Centre for Smart Indoor Farming, Ivonne Jüttner, HSWT
15:20 - 17:00
Presentation+Panel
Diving deep into Pillar A+B
"Investing in Vertical Farming - Why and How, Now?
Workshop Room 2
Experts from Investment and Finance discuss how they decide on their investment in vertical farming and what they need from the companies they want to invest in and partner with.
Annette Schoemmel, Xanadu Alpha
Horst Fickel. IBE Solution GmbH
Thomas Williams, CEO Baaz Global
Increasing Yield using a Novel Seed Treatment Technology
Alberto Campanaro, CEO Zayndu
Growing Tea in Vertical Farming
Galen Zhou, SananBio, China
Next generation crops for more biodiversity
Dr. Mandar Godge, CEO GRAIN, Singapore
An underestimated factor in hydroponic farming: Nutrient solutions
Roland Sier, Nutrient Service, Cyprus
