2017 International Prize “Innovative and Technological Ideas for Agroindustry”

Deadline for proposals: 10 April 2017.

ONUDI OPIT Italia, The Office for the Promotion of Investment and Technology of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization invites you to participate in the 2017 International Award “Innovative Ideas and Technologies for Agribusiness” organized in collaboration with the National Research Council of Italy (CNR ) within the framework of Seeds & Chips, The Global Food Innovation Summit and sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

The competition is aimed at identifying the best technologies and innovative ideas in the agro-industry sector from startups, companies, universities, research centers and Technology Transfer offices that can be applied to the realities of Developing Countries.

Proposals must be sent no later than April 10, 2017 through the following link: http://www.unido.it/award2017

The winners, selected by an ad hoc jury, will be invited to the award ceremony, which will take place in Milan on May 10, 2017 during the Special Conference – Inspire Power “Food Security for Developing Countries” in the framework of Seeds & Chips.

Posted in: Research, University of Salamanca
Tagged in: agroindustry

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

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