Are you a Start-up or SME interested in knowing how Space Technology can be used in the agricultural, forestry and fishery sector?

Join the Science & Technology Facilities Council in collaboration with the Astropreneurs Space Startup Accelerator, Agri-Epi Centre and Agrimetrics to find out how Space Technology can help you!

Space Technology is already being used in the Agricultural sector and this webinar will highlight the benefits.

How the Agri-Tech and Agri-EPI Centres can help you
Precision farming uptake in the UK
What do farmers want from space technology
The benefits of the Astropreneur H2020 business support programme

Speakers will include:

Nick Trigg - Science & Technology Facilities Council

Nick is an Innovation Manger at the Science & Technology Facilities Council and has many years of experience supporting early stage technology companies during the Start-up phase. Nick is currently the UK Progrramme Manager for the Astropreneur Space Startup Accelerator Programme.

Freddie Reed - Agri-EPI Centre

Freddie Reed is Projects and Technical Manager for Agri-EPI Centre. A Mechanical engineering graduate with farming background, Freddie is responsible for identifying ground-breaking new agricultural technologies and initiating projects with industry and academia on Agri-EPI's Satellite Farm Network. Alongside his main role with the Satellite Farm team, Freddie also project manages a DFID/Innovate UK funded international project breeding disease resistant rice varieties in Nepal, India and Pakistan.

Matthew Smith - Agrimetrics

Matthew leads product success at Agrimetrics following 11 years at Microsoft in research, consulting and business development and 3 years in Conservation Policy at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He has a PhD in Mathematical Ecology and a BSc in Ecology.

Agenda

10:00 Welcome and Introduction to Astropreneurs - Nick Trigg

10:05 Introduction to Agri-EPI, Harper Adams & Agrimetrics - Freddie Reed

10:10 Space Technology use in Agriculture, the Satellite Farm Network - Freddie Reed

10:30 Commercializing Space Data through the Data Marketplace - Matthew Smith

10:50 Space available data and how to access it- Nick Trigg

11:00 Astronpreneurs - 3 minute pitches

11:15 Q & A

11:30 Close

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Benefiting Agriculture using Space Technologies