Stage – Multipurpose Pavilion

October 10, 2024

9:30 am – 10:00 am | Blockchain Agenda (Traceability and valorization of the agri-food chain)

  • Dr. Marco Cova – CEO of VOID
  • Eng. Pedro Roseiro – Blockchain.PT project manager
  • Eng.ª Sara Carrasqueiro I Vice-President of IAPMEI
  • Dr.ª Maria José Figueira I Director of Investment for Innovation and Business Competitiveness at IAPMEI
  • Dr. Paulo Fernandes – President of the Fundão City Council
  • Dr. Luís Montenegro – Mr. Prime Minister (*confirm)

9:30 am – 10:00 am | Blockchain Agenda (Traceability and valorization of the agri-food chain)

  • Dr. Marco Cova – CEO of VOID
  • Dr. José Pulido Valente – Director of IAPMEI
  • Dr. Paulo Fernandes – President of the Municipal Council of Fundão
  • Dr. Luís Montenegro – Mr. Prime Minister (*confirm)

10:30 am – 11:15 am | Panel 1: New agricultural practices and the food industry

  • Pacto Bioeconomia Azul | Miguel Marques, Inovamar
  • Veracruz Almonds | Nuno Saraiva
  • Vine and Wine Portugal – Driving Sustainable Growth Through Smart Innovation | Diogo Correa Mendes, COMMOP
  • Moderator: Christophe Espírito Santo, CATAA

11:20 – 12:05 | Panel 2: Supply chains and distribution

  • Sensefinity | Orlando Remédios

  • NEXUS: Innovation Pact – Green and Digital Transition for Transport, Logistics and Mobility | Hugo Fonseca

  • Bitcliq Technologies | PPS14 – Farm2Fork Traceability – Future Packaging Agenda | Pedro Manuel

  • Moderator: Christelle Domingos – Inovcluster

12:10 am – 12:55 am | Panel 3: Traceability in the retail sector

  • Sonae MC I Marlos Silva
  • APCER | Ricardo Arruda
  • Jerónimo Martins
  • Moderator: Pedro Saraiva I Executive Director of Taggus Valley
  • Closing session | Eng. Fernando Martins – Director of the CCDRC Agriculture and Fisheries Unit

    2:30 pm | Entrepreneurs Ecosystem

    Opening session

    • Maria Moura Oliveira. Business Director at UPTEC
    • Dr. Paulo Fernandes – Municipality of Fundão

    Signing of protocol between the Municipality of Fundão and UPTEC

    2:50 pm | UPTEC Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

    3:15 pm | Company presentation: Foodintech / Wisecrop / Agrogrintech

    4:00 pm – 4:45 pm | Round table – Theme “The role of Startups in Innovation in the Agroindustry”.

    • Foodintech – A. Pires Lourenço
      Wisecrop – Municipality of Fundao
    • AgrogrinTech – Débora Campos
    • Moderator: Ricardo Gonçalves: Head of Innovation at Fundão City Hall

    4:50 pm | AgroBlockchain: Towards sustainability – Nuno Chaveiro / Pedro Costa (Capgemini)

    5:15 pm | Agrotalks – Opening

    5:30 pm | Agriculture and Technology: the perfect combination? Food4Sustainability – Nuno Serra

    5:50 pm | Startup Show | Brainr – Manuel Saraiva / The Cricket Farming – José Gonçalves

    6:05 pm | Presentation Test4Food I Start Up Leiria – Luís Fonseca

    6:20 pm | Funding for ID projects (Consulai)

    6:40 pm | Agriculture 4.0 in food production: the case of the company UNIOVO – Gil Domingues;

    7:00 pm | Future of Technology in Agriculture – Emanuel Santana (Capgemini)

    7:30 pm | Networking

    October 11, 2024

    Theme: Water – Efficiency and Innovation

    9:30 am | Welcome Session

    • Paulo Fernandes I President of the Fundão City Council
    • Dr. José Manuel Fernandes / Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (*to be confirmed)

    10:00 am | Debate: The importance of irrigation in the context of climate change

    • José Núncio | FENAREG
    • Gonçalo Tristão | COTR
    • José Pedro Salema | EDIA
    • Eng. Fernando Martins | Agriculture and Fisheries Unit I CCDRC
    • Moderator: Pedro Santos | Consul

    11:00 am | Presentation of the Gardunha Sul Hydro-Agricultural Use Project

    • Presentation of the Preliminary Study | COBA Consultants – Maria João Calejo

    • Public Presentation of Implementation Projects | TPF – Engineering and Architecture Consultants S.A. – Patricia Goulao

    • Request for Prior Assessment and Decision on Submission to Environmental Impact Assessment | RTG -GEO Consultants – Catarina Tacão

    12:00 pm | Debate

    12:30 pm | Closing Session

    1:00 pm | Signing of Protocols (Microforests / Promotion of Rural-Based Entrepreneurship) between the Municipality of Fundão and the AGA KHAN Foundation

    2:00 pm | “Financing Agriculture” Conference Auditorium of Caixa de Crédito Agrícola

    2:30 pm – 3:00 pm | Opening of the Final Conference of the Med-Wet Project

    • Pedro Neto | Councilor of the Municipal Chamber of Fundão
    • Regina Krause | Coordinator of the Med-Wet project, University of Wismar

    3:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Pitch presentation of the three technologies and results per pilot

    • SLECI | Jan Siering, HS Wismar e Pedro Dinis Gaspar, UBI
    • Constructed Wetlands (CWW) | Prof. Wael Khairy and Aya Allah Yasser Mahmoud, Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (Cairo)
    • Solar desalination greenhouse | Joseph Piscopo – Ministry of Gozo and Planning (Malta)

      Moderator: Francesca Busuttil (MCAST) and Paulo Gomes (Voz do Campo)

    Debate and space for questions from the public

    4:30 pm – 5:30 pm | Debate: scaling the results of the Med-Wet project: learning by doing

    • Pedro Neto, Councilor of the Municipal Council of Fundão and Aníbal Cabral, ADACB
    • Dina Pereira, PhD, UBI
    • Bouazzama Bassou, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Maroc (INRA)
    • Francesca Busuttil, MCAST

    Moderator: Prof. John Leitao, UBI

    Debate and space for questions from the public

    5:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Closing

    • Regina Krause | Coordinator of the Med-Wet project, University of Wismar

    October 12, 2024

    8:30 am | Reception of Participants

    9:30 am | Young Rural Entrepreneur Seminar – AJAP

    9:00 am | Reception of Participants

    10:00 am | Opening Session

    • Dr. Paulo Bernardo Fernandes | Mayor of Fundão

    • Dr. Nuno Canada | President of the Board of Directors of INIAV

    • Eng. President of AJAP

    11:00 am | Framing

    • Dr. Vânia Rosa | Executive Director EY&AMA

    12:00 pm | Round Table | Cultivating Ideas, Boosting Rural Space – JER

    • Professor Doctor Isabel Estrada Carvalhais | Editor – “Long-Term Vision for Rural Areas in the European Union”

    • Eng. Gonçalo Valente | Member of the Assembly of the Republic

    • Dr. Maria João Horta | Researcher and PhD student in Human Ecology

    • Dr. Pedro Neto | Councilor of the Municipal Chamber of Fundão

    • Eng. Firmino Lamb | General Director of AJAP

    Moderator | Dr. Paulo Ramalho | Former State Deputy and Coordinator of the Agriculture and Sea Commission – PSD

     

    12:45 pm | Presentation of the UP SKILLS training program – Municipality of Fundão and INOVTECHAGRO

    1:00 pm | Lunch

    2:00 pm | MEAT The Future – Opening Session

    • Dr. Idalino Leão – CONFAGRI
    • Dr. Nuno Canada – INIAV
    • Dr. Susana Pombo – DGAV
    • Dr. João Moura – Secretary of State for Agriculture *to be confirmed

    3:00 pm | Round Table – MEAT de Future

    • Dr. Vítor Gonçalves I PecNordeste
    • Dr. Manuel Martins I Campicarn
    • J. Pedro Santos I GRUPO FORTUNA
    • José António Cabral I SONAE MC

    Moderator: Eng. Dr. Joaquim Carvalho (ACL) + Dr. Pedro Neto (Fundão Municipality) Debate and space for questions from the public

    4:30 pm | Round Table – Adding value to meat through cutting

    • Juan José García García IEstación Tecnológica de Carne – Instituto Tecnológico Agrário de Castilla y León
    • Meat Technology Station – Agricultural Technological Institute of Castile and Leon.
    • Butcher’s Shop King of Prices – Joaquim Silva
    • Delicious from the Market – Meat Boutique – Filipa Faria (Campicarn)

    Moderator: Dora Gaspar

    Debate and space for questions from the public

    5:30 pm | Round Table – Cultured meat, the meat of the future?

    • Vitor Verdelho – Cell4Food
    • Luís Martins – Food4sustainability
    • Eduardo Morales – Biofarm Fly

    Moderation: Graça Mariano – Executive Director of APIC and Spokesperson for the Mapa Project
    Coffee break

    6:30 pm | Demonstration actions

    • Luc Deliere – Professeur de Boucherie CMA Bordeaux

    7:30 pm | Cooperation and collaboration protocol signed between the Municipality of Fundão and the Portuguese Association of Limousine Cattle Breeders

    October 13, 2024

    II Cherry Symposium

    09:30 am – 10:00 am | Crop Protection Systems

    • Torre Antigeada – Maunça
    • Canhões Antigranizo – SPAG

    Moderator: Prof. IPCB

    10:00 am – 10:30 am | Impact and Damage of Rain and Hail Storms on Cherry Trees – Anti-Hail/Anti-Rain Covers

    • KIMITEC
    • AJL AGRO – Pierre Luigi Ferraro/ José Morais
    • P2-Resilis – Eng. Anabela Barateiro – APPIZÊZERE / Eng. Francisco Vieira – AAPIM

      Moderator: Prof. Celestino Almeida – IPCB

    10:30 am – 11:30 am | New technologies at the service of farmers

    • Municipal Network of Smart Traps | Vincent Joly – Trapview
    • Impact of the Municipal Network of Meteorological Stations on Cherry production in the municipality of Fundão | WISECROP – Sandro Vale

    • Soil microbiology for the benefit of farmers – case studies from Fundão – Margarida Palma – F4S
    • GEODOURO – Integrated Property Management System

    Moderator: Paulo Gomes – Voice of the Countryside

    11:30 am – 12:30 pm | The impact of climate change on cherry production

    • Presentation of Results Experimental Field | Eng. Carmo Martins – COTHN-CC
    • Recovery of Regional Cherry Varieties – CBPBI
    • Presentation of Test Field of New Cherry Varieties | Francisco Chasqueira – APIZZÊZERE
    • The use of biostimulants in cherry production – Berta Gonçalves – UTAD
    • Cherry Tree Micropropagation – DEIFIL

    Moderator: Prof. John Paul Carneiro – SPPF

    12:30 pm – 12:50 pm | The cherry from Fundão as a health promoter / Luís Silva, IPG

    1:00 pm | Presentation Míscaros 2024

    2:30 pm – 5:00 pm| ROUND TABLE: “Innovating in communication: The agricultural sector is grateful”

    • TV Journalist (Alexandre Salgueiro – CMTV)
    • Journalist Specialized written press (Paulo Gomes – Voz do Campo Magazine)
    • Environment and Food Production Movement – ​​Graça Mariano – Spokesperson for Mapa
    • Organizational Happiness Agency (Teresa Preta – Your Happy Way)
    • Marketing and Communication Specialist (João Gomes – Voz do Campo Editora)
    • Agricultural Consulting Company (Pedro Santos – Consulai)
    • Commercial Technician/Agronomist (Bruno Costa – AgriPro)