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Steve PhillipsOklahoma State UniversityDr. Steve Phillips holds a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University and has over 20 years of experience in leading applied agronomic research and educational outreach programs focused on improving the performance of diverse cropping systems around the world using precision agriculture technologies. Dr. Phillips is currently an Associate Professor of Soil Fertility at Oklahoma State University, Senior Consulting Scientist for the African Plant Nutrition Institute, headquartered in Morocco, and President-Elect of the International Society of Precision Agriculture.
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Prof. Lucas AmaralUNICAMP, University of CampinasAssociate Professor at the School of Agricultural Engineering, UNICAMP since 2015. I am agronomist graduated in 2008 with Master's and Ph.D. in Crop Science from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Precision Agriculture specialist, with my research focusing on remote and proximal sensing, geostatistics, soil sampling, variable rate applications, and management zones. Author of 45 scientific papers and one book. Supervises doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students and is accredited as a permanent professor in the Graduate Program in Agricultural Engineering. Scientific Director of the Brazilian Association of Precision Agriculture (AsBraAP). Regularly offers online courses in precision agriculture and geostatistics and maintains an active professional profile on Instagram (@lucasamaral.unicamp) and LinkedIn. |
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Prof. Dr. Siva BalasundramUniversiti Putra MalaysiaSiva K Balasundram is Professor of Precision Agriculture at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and currently heads the Department of Agriculture Technology, UPM. He is also the Country Representative of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), a role he has held since 2011. Recently, Siva led the organizing team of the 10th Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA10), held on October of 2023 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Siva focuses on modeling spatio-temporal variability in agricultural land use and cropping systems to develop site- and time-specific strategies for resource use optimization. His toolbox includes geospatial statistics, remote and proximal sensors, geographic information system, global navigation satellite system, artificial intelligence and internet of things. Siva teaches one (1) graduate course (Principles and Applications of Precision Agriculture - TKP5401) and three (3) undergraduate courses (IoT Management - TKP3403, Remote Sensing Project Implementation - TKP3402 and Modern Agriculture Technologies - TKP3001). In terms of research, Siva has brought in research grants in the amount of RM1.7 million (equivalent to USD356,000) from nine (9) different projects over the past 20 years. He has authored/co-authored a total of eighty five (85) journal articles, forty six (46) proceeding papers, seven (7) book chapters and five (5) articles in professional magazines. He currently registers a Scopus h-index of 20. Additionally, he has two (2) copyrights and one (1) patent to his credit. He has also led eighteen (18) consultancies and built several industry linkages as a scientific advisor/resource person. Siva has been frequently featured as a keynote and plenary speaker in many conferences/seminars/workshops internationally and locally. To date, he has delivered more than fifty (50) keynote/plenary/invited talks on Precision Agriculture, Smart Agriculture and Digital Agriculture. |
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Dr. Yafit CohenAgricultural Research OrganizationDr. Yafit Cohen is a senior research scientist at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering at ARO since 2003. She is an adjunct faculty at the Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University, and teaches GIS with focus on precision agriculture. She possesses a B.A. in geography from Bar-Ilan University and a Ph.D. in remote sensing and GIS for crop recognition. She served as a post-doctoral fellow at the Technion, Haifa during 2002 and specialized in remote sensing for land-use recognition and mapping.
Her scientific main interests are remote-sensing for precision agriculture and spatio-temporal analysis of insect in agricultural environments like Medfly and Red-palm-weevil. She is leading long-term studies in thermal remote sensing and recently in fusing aerial and satellite remote sensing for water status variability mapping and for variable rate irrigation decision making. She has published 65 articles in refereed journals and chapters in 6 books. The articles reflects her cooperation with PA research groups from USA, Europe, and Canada. During the past 20 years, she served as a member of a number of scientific committees, has served as a guest editor of a special issues in refereed journals, and serves today as a member of the editorial board of the journals Precision Agriculture. She is a member of ISPA since 2005. Currently, she is supervising 7 MA and 5 PhD students. Together with Prof. Victor Alchanatis she served as the chair of the ECPA in 2015 held in Israel. |
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Dr Nicodeme Fassinou HotegniUniversity of Abomey CalaviVodjo Nicodème Fassinou Hotegni is Assistant Professor at the Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin. He obtained his PhD in Crop Physiology and agri-food value chains management from Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) in 2014. His teaching portfolio includes Crop (eco)physiology, Post-harvest physiology, Cash crops agronomy, Horticulture, General Agronomy, Scientific writing, Scientific English, Project writing, and Crop experimentation. Dr. Fassinou's research focuses on improving agricultural product quality and yield through precision and sustainable agronomic practices, studying the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on neglected horticultural crops in Benin, and enhancing post-harvest performance of agri-food products through pre-harvest agronomic interventions. He has published more than 30 scientific articles in high-impact journals, with more than 10 papers on pineapple quality improvement, and co-authored 23 technical sheets on horticultural crops production. He has supervised or co-supervised approximately 50 BSc and MSc students and is currently involved in four PhD training. As Elect President of the African Association of Precision Agriculture and a member of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), Dr. Fassinou is actively involved in several international and regional projects focusing on crop yield improvement and post-harvest issues of horticultural crops. He is also an Associate Editor of the journal Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment. His recent initiatives include coordinating an Intra Africa Precision Agriculture project called PATH (https://path-intraafrica.org/) in five African countries and organizing the first Digital Agriculture training in Benin. He is dedicated to fostering collaboration, capacity building, and technological innovation in agriculture across Africa. |
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Joe LuckUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Tuesday Plenary Session - Panel Discussion
On Tuesday, 23rd July 2024 join us for our Panel Discussion - Building a Collaborative Future: Enhancing ISPA's Global Presence and Regional Impact
Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion on "Building a Collaborative Future," and discover the steps ISPA is taking to enhance its global presence and add value to regional precision agriculture organizations and events. Our panelists will address the current perceptions of ISPA around the world and discuss strategic initiatives to broaden its reach and impact.