Towards a Connected Farm

The Satellite Applications Catapult, Knowledge Transfer Network, UKTI and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board are jointly hosting a workshop with the aim to:

• Inform satellite industry about the connectivity problems on the farm
• Inform the end users from the agri-tech field on the current technologies and services for providing connectivity
• Define a project and develop a team to solve the most pressing issues identified at the workshop

Agenda 10:00 Introduction 10:10 Vision of ‘connected farm’ 10:20 Presentations from Agriculture industry:

• Arable Farmer perspective
• Livestock Farmer perspective
• Precision Ag company -1
• Precision Ag company -2

11:00 Q & A 11:10 Break 11:20 Presentations from satcom industry describing the existing connectivity solutions based on satellite technology:

• Airbus
• Avanti
• Avonline
• Inmarsat

12:00 Question & Answer 12:10 Presentations from the Catapults:

• Seamless communications – Satellite Applications Catapult
• Big data and data analytics – Connected Digital Economy Catapult

12:40 Question & Answer 12:50 Close 13:00 Lunch, networking and live demo. To register for this event, please visit https://sa.catapult.org.uk/-/foodsupply-workshop]]>