The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. The Goals interconnect and in order to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve each Goal and target by 2030.
By working with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, the AgraME exhibition and conference will bring together the global Agriculture community to help achieve the SDG's in the Middle East. From finding the latest technology, learning best practice, sharing ideas and creating new Government to Government and Business to Business connections, AgraME aims to increase Food Security across the MEA region.
Speakers include:
11:30 - 12:00
Keynote
H.E. Sultan Abdulla AlHebsi, Assistant Undersecretary of Regions Sector, UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
12:00 - 12:30
Keynote: New Crops; New Food Systems
Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Director General, ICBA – International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture
12.30 - 13.30
Break
13.30 - 13.40
Chair’s welcome
Christine Zimmermann-Lössl, Chairwoman, Vertical Farming Association
13.40 - 14:00
Keynote: Today’s agriculture is unsustainable: how can we lead the transformation?
Mark Tester, Professor of Plant Science at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Executive Director of the Food Sector at NEOM and co-Founder of Red Sea Farms LLC
14.00 - 14.30
Setting up and operating vertical farms in the Middle East
David Farquhar, CEO, Intelligent Growth Solutions
14.30 - 15.00
Break
15.00 - 15.20
Innovation in agro technology: precision farming and controlled environment agriculture in the Middle East and Africa
Hemant Julka, Co-founder and COO, VeggiTech
15.20 - 15:50
Case study: The world’s largest vertical farm in Dubai: taking food production efficiency to the next level
Ming Zhu, Regional Business Developer, Crop One
15.50 - 16:10
Innovations for combating water scarcity and food security in the Middle East
Atle Idland, General Manager and Managing Director, Desert Control Middle East
16:10
Close of Day One
10.30 - 10.40
Chair's welcome
Dawood Al-Yahyai, Aquaculture Expert, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Oman
10.40 - 11.20
Keynote: The future of aquaculture: nourishing the world in 2050
Dr. Rohana Subasinghe, President, Asia-Pacific Chapter, World Aquaculture Society
11.20 - 11.40
Break
11.40 - 12.00
Oman’s aquaculture programme: the current situation and future vision
Dawood Al-Yahyai, Aquaculture Expert, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Oman
12.00 - 13.00
Panel: Planning for 2050: aquaculture’s role in providing regional food security, quality and safety
Panellists include:
13.00 -14.00
Break
14.00 - 14.20
Leveraging a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for commercial food security in hostile environments
Kim David Lid, Director, Sterner AS
14.20 -14.40
National and enterprise level biosecurity, from reaction to proactive management: the case of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Victoria Alday-Sanz, Director of Biosecurity and Breeding Programmes, National Aquaculture Group (NAQUA)
14.40 - 15.10
Break
15.10 - 15.30
Advances in applied genetics in marine shrimp and implications for sustainable production
Dr. Morten Rye, Director of Genetics, Benchmark Genetics
15.30 - 15.50
New lighting technologies for improving the productivity of aquaculture farms
Olav Scholte, Strategic Alliances and Public and Government Affairs, Signify Middle East
15.50 - 16.30
Panel: Using new technology to increase the fish supply in the Middle East and Africa
Panellists include:
16.30
Close of Aquaculture Conference
10.30 - 10.40
Chair's Welcome
Dr. Mohamed Elfatih Hamad, Associate Professor, Chair, Veterinary Medicine Department, UAEU
10.40 - 11.10
Keynote: Biosecurity in UAE farms: an update on best practices
Dr. Roula Hassan Shaaban, Chairperson of Board of Directors, Emirates Veterinary Association
11.10 - 11.30
The complementary role of exogenous nutritional emulsifiers to exogenous enzymes in a broiler diet: in vitro and in vivo evidence
Dr. Steven Cools, Product Manager and Veterinarian, Nukamel
11.30 - 12.00
Break
12.00 - 12.40
The present situation of MERS-CoV in the Middle East
Priv. Doz. Dr. Habil. U. Wernery, Scientific Director, CVRL
12.40
Break
14.10 - 14.20
Chair’s welcome
Dr. Elke Neumann, Associate Professor, Integrative Agriculture, UAEA
14.20 - 14.45
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) project results from Ecuador and Botswana
Federica Matteoli, Natural Resource Officer, FAO
14:45 - 15.10
Key knowledge gained from the ground breaking Seawater Energy and Agriculture System (SEAS) project
Dr. Alejandro Rios Galvan, Director, Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium, Khalifa University
15.10 - 15.30
Break
15.30 - 16.00
Panel: Which crops will become mainstream in Middle Eastern Agriculture by 2030?
Speakers include:
16.00
Close of the 2020 conference