Biosensors(in(Agriculture(

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Biosensors(in(Agriculture(
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The(Studio,(Birmingham,(on(Wednesday(17th(June(2015(
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Provisional!agenda!
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09:30! !
Arrival!and!coffee!
10:00! !
Introduction,!Mark!Littlewood,!KTN!
10:15! !
The!Grand!Challenges!for!Agriculture,!David!Telford!/!Paul!Meakin!KTN!
10:30! !
Biosensors!and!crops,!Bruce!Grieve,!University!of!Manchester!
11:00! !
Biosensors!and!animals,!Dave!Ross,!SRUC!
11:30! !
Coffee!and!networking!
12:00! !
Pitches!–!Measurement!challenges!and!needs!(Crops,!animals,!other)!
12:30! !
Structured!Networking!!
13:00! !
Lunch!&!networking!
13:45! !
Pitches!–!Biosensor!measurement!technologies!!!
14:15! !
AgriTTech!Catalyst!&!funding!options,!Dean!Cook,!InnovateUK!
14:45! !
Case!studies!–!Livestock,!Ivan!Andonovic,!Silent!Herdsmen!
15:15! !
Case!studies!–!Plants,!Keith!Page,!AgPlus!Diagnostics!
15:45! !
Case!studies!T!Environmental,!Nigel!Silman,!Wilton!Biotechnologies!
16:15! !
Tea!and!networking!
17:00! !
Close!
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Places!are!limited,!and!attendance!will!be!on!a!firstTcome,!firstTserved!basis.!
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Short(Presentations(/(Pitches(by(Participants(–(opportunity(&(conditions(
There!will!also!be!the!opportunity,!on!a!first!come!first!served!basis,!to!make!short!5!
minutes!presentations!on:!
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• Measurement!challenges!/!measurement!requirements!in!agriculture!
• Biosensor!measurement!technologies!/!early!stage!biosensors!!
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The!short!presentation!should!detail!agricultural!challenges!requiring!new!biosensor!
solutions,!OR!biosensor!solutions!that!could!potentially!be!applied!to!benefit!agriculture.!
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Presentations!will!be!limited!to!2!slides,!must!last!a!maximum!of!5!minutes,!and!must!
contain!NO!animations/videos.!
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People!wishing!to!present!must!provide!a!title!summarising!their!presentation!when!they!
register!to!attend!the!event.!
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Presentation!slots!are!limited,!so!the!organisers!reserve!the!right!to!select!people!to!present!
on!the!basis!of!their!presentation!title,!and!will!inform!people!if!they!have!been!chosen!to!
present.!People!chosen!to!present!must!then!send!their!2!slides!to!the!organisers!before!the!
event.((
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Registration(
Please!register!here:!!!http://goo.gl/wJNWES!
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