The Sixth Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA2015) will be held on November 16-20, 2015 at South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China. Abstracts due May 31^st. More information at www.acpa2015.org. 

 

Your International Society for Precision Agriculture will be represented at the Geospatial World Forum (25-29 May 2015, Lisbon, Portugal) with President-Elect Nicolas Tremblay presenting an invited lecture in the GeoAgri segment: “Geospatial Information: A Bridge for the Transfer of Past and Future Science to the Farmers”.

 

ICTforAg  is a free 1-day conference to be held on June 3, 2015 in Washington DC. ICTforAg will bring together +150 thought leaders and decision makers in agriculture, technology, and international development to examine how new technologies can empower smallholder farmers, and the value chains that support them. The conference will take a particular interest in precision technologies, from mobile apps, to sensors, and satellites, but will keep the discussion inclusive of all possible ICTs, including digital financial services, agribusiness IT systems, and extension agent support technologies.

 

10th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Volcani Center, Israel, July 12-16, 2015. Reduced registration rates available until May 31^st. Scientific program now available.

 

2015 International Stewardship Symposium, July 14 – 15, 2015 in Calgary, Alberta. Panel discussions include: Framework for Increasing Soil Quality; Better Access to Inputs for Smallholders in Africa; Climate-smart Agriculture; Metrics for Sustainable Agriculture.

 

This is a blog posting highlighting farmer networks and on-farm research.

 

The full project title of FutureFarm, a European Union research project under the Framework 7 Program (FP7), is "Meeting the challenges of the farm of tomorrow by integrating Farm Management Information Systems to support real-time management decisions and compliance to standards." The funding is under the Cooperation programme of the FP7. The project final reporthas been released.

 

The next InfoAg will be held 28-30 July 2015 in St. Louis (Missouri, USA). The conference attracted over 1,000 attendees in each of the last two years and its program and exhibit hall are full with researchers, consultants, and vendors with experience in a wide array of precision ag technologies. It is a great place to learn, share, and network with others involved in practical applications of technology in agriculture. 

 

GeoUAV, 1-2 October 2015, LA GRANDE MOTTE, France. The aim of the GeoUAV Workshop is to present advancements in the field of UAV geospatial data acquisition for civil usages. Themes and topics will include general purpose technological and data processing developments as well as application domains such as agriculture, environment, civil engineering, archeology, etc. Using technology for efficient farm practices: Illinois producer uses technology to bring information from field to office for maximum efficiency.

 

The EUROSOIL Congress that will be held in Istanbul (Turkey) between 17 July and 22 July 2016.