Past event summary
Innovation and Oppotunities in the Agri & Food Sector
About the event
DMCC is pleased to invite our members to a two-day event that will offer a chance to know more about commercial opportunities in the Agri & Food field.
In the framework of the AgriFood week at Expo 2020 Dubai, members have the prospect of listening to representatives from Politecnico di Milano (Italy’s most prestigious school of Science, Engineering and Architecture), Intesa Sanpaolo and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, Startup Nation Central from Israel, Israel – Italy Chamber of Commerce and discussing new solutions for the Agri & Food industry.
Attendees will also discover innovative technologies brought by several Italian and Israeli innovative start-ups and meet with them.
21 FEBRUARY 2022
DIGITAL INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE AGRI-FOOD SYSTEM
The event will provide relevant research results, practical and successful business cases on sustainability-oriented innovation in agrifood driven by digital technologies and developed within the Digital Innovation Observatories of Politecnico di Milano.
22 FEBRUARY 2022
THE FUTURE OF AGRI & FOOD
Intesa Sanpaolo and Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, together with their Israeli and international partners, offer you the opportunity to meet cutting-edge solutions and new commercial opportunities in the Agri & Food sector.
Being two of the world’s most innovative countries, Israel’s and Italy’s Agri & Food sectors offer a wide range of innovative solutions including soil and plant sensors, cutting-edge warming drones, autonomous robots, plant genetics platforms, cultured meat, alternative proteins, smart irrigation, and big data analytics software, which play a key role in managing the todays’ & tomorrows’ Agri & Food challenges, based on the axiom of “Growing more with less land, water & manpower”.
Event details
Where
Innovation House, Intercontinental Hotel Dubai Marina
When
21 Feb: 2:00pm - 6:00pm | 22 Feb: 10:00am - 5:00pm, 21 - 22 Feb 2022
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Agenda
Agenda: 21 february 2022
1:30PM
Welcome coffee
2:00 - 2:10PM
Event opening
Alessandro Perego, Director of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and Scientific Director of the Digital Innovation Observatories, Politecnico di Milano
2:10 - 3:30PM
Sustainability-oriented innovation and digital trends in Agri & Food
- Giulia Bartezzaghi, Director Food Sustainability Observatory
- Chiara Corbo, Director Smart Agrifood Observatory
- Damiano Frosi, Director Contract Logistics Observatory
- Stefano Capoferri, Business Development Manager Gulliver
- Case history Number 1 Logistics Group Societ Benefit
3:30 - 3:45PM
A Sustainable Innovation Framework to rebalance Agri & Food value chains: The Ploutos project Filippo Renga, Osservatori Digital Innovation
3:45 - 4:00PM
Innovative Education in Agri & Food
- Gianni Ferretti, Full Professor of Automation, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano - Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering
- Luigi De Nardo, Full Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering Giulio Natta, Politecnico di Milano - Master of Science in Food Engineering
4:00 - 4:15PM
Final remarks and conclusion of the event
4:15PM
Networking cocktail
AGENDA: 22 FEBRUARY 2022
10:00 - 10:30AM
Welcome coffee
10:30 - 10:40AM
- Hedi El Karoui, General Manager Intesa Sanpolo Dubai Branch
- Vincenzo Antonetti, Head of Innovation Network Development at Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
10:40 - 11:40AM
Keynote speakers about Agri & Food tech
- IMI CIB Division, Intesa Sanpaolo (on site) TBD
- Startup Nation Central from Israel (on site) TBD
- UAE Institutions & local realities prominent in the field (on site)
- Italia del Gusto Italy (on site) TBD
- Israel – Italy Chamber of Commerce (on site) TBD
- Politecnico di Milano (online/on site) TBD
11:40AM - 12:00PM
Coffee break
12:00 - 1:20PM
TECHNOLOGIES PITCHING SESSION
Startups’ presentation from Israel & Italy
1:20 - 1:35PM
Closing remarks
1:35 - 2:30PM
Networking lunch
2:30 - 5:00PM
One-to-one meetings B2B