Wednesday 9 December, 10:00CET don’t miss the webinar “Agritech as a Key for Food Security“, organized by the Ambasciata d’Italia ad Abu Dhabi / Embassy of Italy in Abu Dhabi in UAE, the Khalifa University, and DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION.
Aitronik will proudly give a joint talk with the Università degli Studi di Firenze AgriSmartLab entitled “Robotics and Agriculture: the new frontier for Sustainability and Resilience?”
Aitronik and the University of Florence have an ongoing collaboration to fully automate farms and will share the current state of robotic applications for agriculture, what they can jointly bring to innovate the agriculture scenario, and how this can foster mutual collaboration between Italy and the United Arab Emirates.
The speech is given within a new initiative titled InnovItalyUAE, launched on September 16, 2020, by the Embassy of Italy to the UAE, and focusing on exploring opportunities to enhance bilateral cooperation in innovation between Italy and UAE.
The initiative, organized with the Khalifa University of Science and Technology and in collaboration with the Dubai Future Foundation, is on the following sectors: cybersecurity, space research, smart cities, life sciences, renewable energy and circular economy, food technologies.
A total of 6 online forums (one per sector) were organized to take place between September and December 2020 with speakers from the academic and business sectors of both countries, aimed at comparing the Italian and Emirati experiences in addressing the common challenges and setting the scope for an increased partnership in the above sectors.
His Excellency Nicola Lener, Ambassador of Italy to the UAE, said: “We are pleased to begin this journey together with Khalifa University and in collaboration with the Dubai Future Foundation, two of the pillars of innovation in the UAE. For our part, we are ready to involve the best energies from Italian institutions, research and industry, with the view to further increase the quality of our relationships”.
We want to deeply thank His Excellency Nicola Lener and all the team at the Embassy of Italy in UAE for inviting Aitronik and make this sharing possible!
Click here for the agenda, and here for the press release.
[Update 15/02/2021]
You can now find the full webinar here.
