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Agra Middle East
9 - 10 October 2023
Dubai World Trade CenterDubai, UAE
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2023 AGENDA COMING SOON! Day 1 - 25 October 2022 - GST (Gulf Standard Time, GMT+4)

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Day 1 - 25 October 2022
10:00 - 10:3030 mins
HortiME (Room 7)
Opening Address in AgraME Room - 6
    10:00 - 10:3030 mins
    AgraME (Room 6)
    Opening Address
    • His Excellency Mohammed Mousa Alameeri - Assistant Under-Secretary of the Food Diversity Sector, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
    10:30 - 11:0030 mins
    HortiME (Room 7)
    Opening Keynote Address by NEOM will take place in the AgraME Room - 6
      10:30 - 11:0030 mins
      AgraME (Room 6)
      Opening Keynote - Learnings from the Desert: Adapting and Innovating for a Bright Food-secure Future
      • Dr. Juan Carlos Motamayor - Executive Director - Food Sector, NEOM
      11:00 - 11:3030 mins
      HortiME (Room 7)
      AI and Precision Farming to Analyse and Improve Crop Performance
      • Hassan Halawy - General Manager, Elite Agro Projects LLC
      11:00 - 11:3030 mins
      AgraME (Room 6)
      Opening Panel Discussion: Investment Opportunities in the Region and Industry
      • Henry Gordon-Smith - Founder & CEO, Agritecture
      • Richard Vollebregt - President and CEO, Cravo Equipment Ltd
      • Nicholas J Gombos - CEO, Alliance Food Security Holdings
      • Philippos Papageorgiou - VP Operations, National Fisheries Development Program - Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
      • Elad Levi - Vice President - Head of Middle East and Africa, Netafim
      • Mohamed Ali - Senior Partner, Food Practice Lead, DinarStandard
      11:45 - 12:1530 mins
      HortiME (Room 7)
      Highlighting the Latest Tech and Innovation to Address Food Security
      • Ahmed Alshaibani - Project Lead, Food Tech Valley
      11:45 - 12:1530 mins
      AgraME (Room 6)
      Keynote : Grow without cooling pads and fans to reduce water and electricity usage by up to 95% while reducing chemicals!
      • Richard Vollebregt - President and CEO, Cravo Equipment Ltd
      12:30 - 13:0030 mins
      HortiME (Room 7)
      Panel Discussion - Best Practices in Sustainable and Efficient Horticulture
      • Seta Tutundjian - Founder and CEO, Thriving Solutions
      • Shameer Babu MP - Vice President - Strategy & Projects, VIRENXIA
      • Olav Scholte - Agriculture Lighting, Signify Middle East & Africa
      • Giovanni Angiolini - General Manager, Priva Middle East
      12:30 - 12:4010 mins
      AgraME (Room 6)
      Is there a need for Land based aquaculture?
      • Stian Johnsen - General Manager, Sterner Solutions
      12:40 - 12:5010 mins
      AgraME (Room 6)
      Exposed Aquaculture
      • Trond Karlsen - Sales Director, ScaleAQ
      12:50 - 13:0010 mins
      AgraME (Room 6)
      Aquaculture - Innovation in feed is a trigger to sustainable growth
      • Andreas Ziener - VP Business Development AH&N, Aker BioMarine ASA
      • Virginie Claeyssens - Director Qrill Sales Europe, Aker BioMarine
      13:00 - 14:0060 mins
      HortiME (Room 7)
      Lunch Break and Networking
        13:00 - 14:0060 mins
        AgraME (Room 6)
        Lunch Break and Networking
          14:00 - 14:3030 mins
          HortiME (Room 7)
          Controlled Environments: Challenges, Innovations and the Future of Food Security?
          • Muhammad Umer Rabbani - Agriculture Engineer, Al Ghurair Group
          14:00 - 14:3030 mins
          AgraME (Room 6)
          How an Agritech Platform Can Help Globalise Urban Farming
          • Wissam Farah - Co-Founder, Kroptek Ltd
          14:45 - 15:1530 mins
          HortiME (Room 7)
          Smart Green House Technology Options and How the Choice of Greenhouse can Change the Production Game
          • Milad Abboud - Co-Founder & Managing Director, Green Dot for Agri Management and Consultancy, DMCC
          14:45 - 15:1530 mins
          AgraME (Room 6)
          CEA / Hydroponics/ IVF/Smart farming - Challenges & Opportunities
          • Bhaskar Rao - Consultant, Hydroponics and Controlled Environment Agriculture
          15:30 - 16:0030 mins
          HortiME (Room 7)
          Carbon capture - Direct air capture is no longer science fiction
          • Aya Ismael - Chemist and Project Lead, GreenCap Solutions
          15:30 - 16:0030 mins
          AgraME (Room 6)
          ANIMAL HEALTH & NUTRITION: Food Producing Animals: Disease Control and Minimising Risk - Biosecurity in Farms
          • Arve Lee Willingham - College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University
          16:15 - 16:4530 mins
          HortiME (Room 7)
          Horticulture Lighting – White light, or not?
          • Olav Scholte - Agriculture Lighting, Signify Middle East & Africa
          16:15 - 16:4530 mins
          AgraME (Room 6)
          Sustainable Supply Chain Practices
          • Sheikh Dr. Majid Al Qassimi - Partner & Co-founder, Soma Mater
          17:00 - 17:3030 mins
          HortiME (Room 7)
          Drip irrigation in various water qualities for sustainable desert agriculture
          • Gidi Sagi - Expert - Water Quality, Hydrobiology, Nature and Environment Conservation, Metzer-Group Innovation
          17:00 - 17:3030 mins
          AgraME (Room 6)
          Modern, large, land-based fish aquaculture farms: the Viking Aqua approach
          • Michele Gallo - Head of Aquatic Research Facilities Design, AquaBioTech Group
          17:30 - 17:355 mins
          HortiME (Room 7)
          Close of HortiME Conference Day 1
            17:30 - 17:355 mins
            AgraME (Room 6)
            Close of AgraME Conference Day 1
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