Apply to take part in digital agriculture seminar

You can apply now to take part in the two-day EIP-AGRI seminar ‘Digital Innovation Hubs: mainstreaming digital agriculture’.

The seminar is organised by the European Commission and will take place on 1-2 June 2017 in Kilkenny, Ireland.

The aim of this event is to enable policy makers, research and technology organisations, the agriculture sector and investors to share knowledge, expertise and needs to develop Digital Innovation Hubs for agriculture.

A Digital Innovation Hub is a support facility that helps both agriculture businesses and ICT companies - within their region or beyond - to become more competitive by improving their business/production processes as well as products and services by means of digital technology.

Anyone who may have relevant ideas or experience engaging in, designing and/or developing ecosystems for the collaborative development of Digital Innovation Hubs in agriculture across Europe are invited to apply. This includes:

• universities
• research technology organisations
• farmers
• farmer's organisations
• entrepreneurs
• small and medium-sized enterprises
• start-ups
• incubators
• investors
• EU regions and member states
• innovation brokers
• agriculture advisory services
• EU networks and platforms

If you would like to take part, visit the EIP-AGRI website for full information and to complete the application form. The deadline for applications is 8 March 23:59 CET 2017.