BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Brussels BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240705T162706Z UID:97609CC7-581D-4ACF-AEE0-BDD4522D5876 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240625T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20240625T120000 DESCRIPTION:As reported in the report recently issued by the United Nations (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change –\nIPCC Report 2021)\, the b enefits that technology provides to a green and sustainable economy are hi ghly\nappreciated and under intense research and development globally. Cir cuits and Systems (CAS)\, which are the base\nfor any system\, can bring t he needed functionalities and performances for reaching eco-friendly\, cir cular and\npractical solutions.\nThe IoT active connection in agriculture (as an example in Europe) are exponentially increasing\, proving that\nCli mate-Smart Agriculture (CSA or Precision/Smart Agriculture) is a very fast -growing research field\, where more\ncontrolled quality production\, wate r use optimisation\, and a lower spreading of pesticides and fertilisers a re some\nkey issues\, serving the improvement of food quality\, but also h elping the respect of agriculture for the\nenvironment.\nFor reaching thes e targets\, electronics are the perfect tool for interfacing the data sour ces\, extracting the data\nand processing them\, and obtaining the needed information along the whole food chain: from the farmer\, and the\nprofess ional stakeholders to the consumers.\nIn the Distinguished Lecture\, an ov erview of electronics for CSA will be presented\, analysing the possible s olutions\nthat can bring important innovations\, advancing the actual stra tegies based on remote or indirect measurements\,\nby instead in-place mea suring the plant and soil parameters (a.k.a. Let the Plants do The Talking )\, associated with\nmore standard information derived from environmental conditions. This new and disruptive technology\, related\nto Wearable Sens ors for Plants\, the World Economic Forum has recently identified it as on e of the “Top five\ntechnologies about to change the world”\, indicati ng it as one of the key solutions to increase food production by\n70% by 2 050 to be able to feed the world population.\nApplication scenarios for cr op monitoring\, water control\, information communication and decision sup port will be\npresented. In particular\, will be analysed technologies for reaching the needed levels of low power and low cost\,\nand the efficient ones to be applied to AgriFood at the global scale\, supporting also food security and\nsustainability.\n\nSpeaker(s): Danilo Marchi\n\nBldg: Insti tute of Microelectronics of Seville (IMSE-CNM)\, Cl Américo Vespucio\, 28 . \, Parque Científico y Tecnológico Cartuja\, \, Sevilla\, Andalucia\, Spain\, 41092\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/424031 LOCATION:Bldg: Institute of Microelectronics of Seville (IMSE-CNM)\, Cl Am érico Vespucio\, 28. \, Parque Científico y Tecnológico Cartuja\, \, Se villa\, Andalucia\, Spain\, 41092\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.or g/m/424031 ORGANIZER:mandel@imse-cnm.csic.es SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:Announcement of Seminar: Prof. Danilo Demarchi (Politecnico di Tori no) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/424031 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>As reported in the report recently issued by the United Nations (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change &ndash\;< br>IPCC Report 2021)\, the benefits that technology provides to a green an d sustainable economy are highly<br>appreciated and under intense research and development globally. Circuits and Systems (CAS)\, which are the base <br>for any system\, can bring the needed functionalities and performances for reaching eco-friendly\, circular and<br>practical solutions.<br>The I oT active connection in agriculture (as an example in Europe) are exponent ially increasing\, proving that<br>Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA or Preci sion/Smart Agriculture) is a very fast-growing research field\, where more <br>controlled quality production\, water use optimisation\, and a lower s preading of pesticides and fertilisers are some<br>key issues\, serving th e improvement of food quality\, but also helping the respect of agricultur e for the<br>environment.<br>For reaching these targets\, electronics are the perfect tool for interfacing the data sources\, extracting the data<br >and processing them\, and obtaining the needed information along the whol e food chain: from the farmer\, and the<br>professional stakeholders to th e consumers.<br>In the Distinguished Lecture\, an overview of electronics for CSA will be presented\, analysing the possible solutions<br>that can b ring important innovations\, advancing the actual strategies based on remo te or indirect measurements\,<br>by instead in-place measuring the plant a nd soil parameters (a.k.a. Let the Plants do The Talking)\, associated wit h<br>more standard information derived from environmental conditions. This new and disruptive technology\, related<br>to Wearable Sensors for Plants \, the World Economic Forum has recently identified it as one of the &ldqu o\;Top five<br>technologies about to change the world&rdquo\;\, indicating it as one of the key solutions to increase food production by<br>70% by 2 050 to be able to feed the world population.<br>Application scenarios for crop monitoring\, water control\, information communication and decision s upport will be<br>presented. In particular\, will be analysed technologies for reaching the needed levels of low power and low cost\,<br>and the eff icient ones to be applied to AgriFood at the global scale\, supporting als o food security and<br>sustainability.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR