Programme
The format of the 2022 Symposium will be finalised in early 2022 and is likely to host a number of special focus sessions addressing contemporary issues and technical methods.
The programme will become available during August 2022. Keynote speakers will be announced here leading up to the event.

2022 Keynote Speakers
Professor Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, University of Göttingen (Germany) and University Jaume I in Castellón (Spain).
Opening Keynote Presentation: Food chain strategies to achieve zero GHG by 2050
Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso is a Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Göttingen (Germany) and the University Jaume I in Castellón (Spain). She is board member of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER) and the Centre for Global Migration Studies (CEMIG). She has advised the OECD and the Word Bank, authored two books and more than 100 articles in the fields of international, development and environmental economics, including the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Development Economics and Environmental and Resource Economics.
Prof. Martínez-Zarzoso is our Keynote presenter for our Special Session on Sustainable Futures
Professor Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, University of Göttingen (Germany) and University Jaume I in Castellón (Spain).
Opening Keynote Presentation: Food chain strategies to achieve zero GHG by 2050
Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso is a Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Göttingen (Germany) and the University Jaume I in Castellón (Spain). She is board member of the International Network for Economic Research (INFER) and the Centre for Global Migration Studies (CEMIG). She has advised the OECD and the Word Bank, authored two books and more than 100 articles in the fields of international, development and environmental economics, including the Journal of International Economics, the Journal of Development Economics and Environmental and Resource Economics.
Prof. Martínez-Zarzoso is our Keynote presenter for our Special Session on Sustainable Futures
Our 2021 Opening Session
The focus of the 2021 Symposium's opening session will discuss and address two pertinent issues to the development and adoption of agri-tech:
The panel includes:
The focus of the 2021 Symposium's opening session will discuss and address two pertinent issues to the development and adoption of agri-tech:
- Agri-Tech push or pull
- Enablers and Funders
The panel includes:
- Agri-EPI Centre Data & Automation Lead, Eliot Dixon
- Patrick Grote, Managing Director, Grimme
- Clive Blacker, Head of Arable Produce, Map of Ag
- Sophie Thorup, Head of Agriculture, Morrisons
- Professor James Lowenberg-DeBoer, Elizabeth Creak Chair of Agri-Tech Economics, Harper Adams University
Images from the 2019 Symposium