Programme
The 2023 symposium is an in-person event and will host a number of special focus sessions addressing contemporary issues and technical methods.
Our Keynote speakers will be announced below leading up to the symposium.
Don't forget to register for the Symposium to gain access to all the sessions and receive a copy of the proceedings.
The 2023 programme can be found below.
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2023 Keynote Speakers
Professor Deb Roberts
Opening Keynote Presentation: Tackling the nexus of productivity, trade, sustainability, land use and food security in the UK
Deb is the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Science at the James Hutton Institute. She holds an Honorary Chair in the Business School, University of Aberdeen , is a Director of the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise in Climate Change ClimateXChange | Scotland's Centre of Expertise on Climate Change , and is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel overseeing agricultural reform in Scotland.
Deb trained as an agricultural economist and her research has focussed on modelling the economy-wide impacts of changes in farm, forestry and agricultural policies. She has also carried research at the micro-level looking at farm household behaviour and the spatial pattern of farm household transactions. Latterly her work has moved into rural development and has focussed on the key drivers for change, and reasons for regional disparities. As Director of Science she is responsible for Research Integrity, ensuring the role of everyone in the research process is recognised, and for promoting Open Science.
Professor Deb Roberts
Opening Keynote Presentation: Tackling the nexus of productivity, trade, sustainability, land use and food security in the UK
Deb is the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Science at the James Hutton Institute. She holds an Honorary Chair in the Business School, University of Aberdeen , is a Director of the Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise in Climate Change ClimateXChange | Scotland's Centre of Expertise on Climate Change , and is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel overseeing agricultural reform in Scotland.
Deb trained as an agricultural economist and her research has focussed on modelling the economy-wide impacts of changes in farm, forestry and agricultural policies. She has also carried research at the micro-level looking at farm household behaviour and the spatial pattern of farm household transactions. Latterly her work has moved into rural development and has focussed on the key drivers for change, and reasons for regional disparities. As Director of Science she is responsible for Research Integrity, ensuring the role of everyone in the research process is recognised, and for promoting Open Science.
Professor Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis
Keynote Presentation: Sustainability and circular economy perspectives
Konstantinos Tsagarakis is a Professor of "Economics of Environmental Science and Technology" in the School of Production Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Crete. He holds a degree from the department of Civil Engineering of the Democritus University of Thrace, a BA degree from the Department of Economics of the University of Crete and a Ph.D. Degree in Public Health from the School of Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK. His research interests include: circular economy, technical–economic project evaluation; environmental and energy economics; public health economics; environmental and energy behavior; big data; online behavior; environmental performance of firms; quantitative methods. He is Specialty Chief Editor in Circular Economy Section Frontiers in Sustainability, Associate Editor in Water Policy and Healthcare Analytics, and Subject Editor in Sustainable Consumption and Production.
Professor James Lowenberg-DeBoer
ISPA Economics Community Keynote Presentation: Lessons Learned in 30 years of Precision Agriculture Research
Prof. James Lowenberg-DeBoer holds the Elizabeth Creak Chair in Agri-Tech Applied Economics at Harper Adams University (HAU), Newport, Shropshire, UK. He is responsible for economics in the Hands Free Farm (HFF) team at HAU. He was co-editor of the journal Precision Agriculture 2016-2022 and past president of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA). His research focuses on the economics of agricultural technology, especially precision agriculture and crop robotics. Lowenberg-DeBoer’s research and outreach is founded in hands-on experience in agriculture, including production of maize and soybeans in NW Iowa in the USA.
The ISPA session on Economics and Adoption of Precision Agriculture will be the only Hybrid session at the symposium. ISPA members can register to participate in the hybrid session for £10 via the ISPA website: https://www.ispag.org/Events
Dr. Fakhri J. Hasanov
Keynote Presentation: Implications of technological progress and renewable energy transitions for environmental policies from sustainable development perspectives.
Dr. Fakhri J. Hasanov is a senior fellow and leads the KAPSARC Global Energy Macroeconometric Model projects with over 20 years of experience in econometric modeling and forecasting. Since 2015, he has been involved in multistakeholder projects, leading and executing macroeconomic analysis of various policy choices and initiatives (e.g., energy prices, energy demand, and fiscal reforms) for the Kıngdom’s economy. He has extensive experience working with policymakers. Prior to KAPSARC, he was a post-doc fellow at George Washington University.
His research mainly covers macro-econometric modeling of energy and environment for policy analyses. His research is recognized internationally (e.g., he is listed among the top 2% of scientists globally by Elsevier in 2022). Dr. Hasanov authored over 50 studies published in reputable journals such as Energy Policy, Energy Economics, and Empirical Economics. He is an editorial board member of peer-reviewed journals, such as Frontiers in Environmental Science. He holds a Ph.D. in econometrics.
Keynote Presentation: Implications of technological progress and renewable energy transitions for environmental policies from sustainable development perspectives.
Dr. Fakhri J. Hasanov is a senior fellow and leads the KAPSARC Global Energy Macroeconometric Model projects with over 20 years of experience in econometric modeling and forecasting. Since 2015, he has been involved in multistakeholder projects, leading and executing macroeconomic analysis of various policy choices and initiatives (e.g., energy prices, energy demand, and fiscal reforms) for the Kıngdom’s economy. He has extensive experience working with policymakers. Prior to KAPSARC, he was a post-doc fellow at George Washington University.
His research mainly covers macro-econometric modeling of energy and environment for policy analyses. His research is recognized internationally (e.g., he is listed among the top 2% of scientists globally by Elsevier in 2022). Dr. Hasanov authored over 50 studies published in reputable journals such as Energy Policy, Energy Economics, and Empirical Economics. He is an editorial board member of peer-reviewed journals, such as Frontiers in Environmental Science. He holds a Ph.D. in econometrics.
Dr Andreas Meyer-Aurich
D4AgEcol Keynote Presentation: Enabling agroecology through digitalisation in agriculture
Dr. Andreas Meyer-Aurich, Senior Scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy e.V. (ATB) and lecturer at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. He studied Agricultural Sciences at the Technische Universität Berlin, holds a PhD in Geoecology from University of Potsdam and a habilitation at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin in Agricultural Economics. He works for more than twenty years on issues of environmental and economic impacts of technologies in agriculture. Currently he is coordinating a EU Horizon Europe Project on “Digitalisation as Enabler for Agroecology” where the potentials of Digitalisation for sustainable agriculture are explored in seven European countries.
D4AgEcol Keynote Presentation: Enabling agroecology through digitalisation in agriculture
Dr. Andreas Meyer-Aurich, Senior Scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy e.V. (ATB) and lecturer at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. He studied Agricultural Sciences at the Technische Universität Berlin, holds a PhD in Geoecology from University of Potsdam and a habilitation at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin in Agricultural Economics. He works for more than twenty years on issues of environmental and economic impacts of technologies in agriculture. Currently he is coordinating a EU Horizon Europe Project on “Digitalisation as Enabler for Agroecology” where the potentials of Digitalisation for sustainable agriculture are explored in seven European countries.
Professor Paul J. Thomassin
Keynote Presentation: Organizing Research to Achieve National Sustainability Targets for Agriculture: The Case from Canada
Paul J. Thomassin is a Professor of Agricultural Economics at McGill University. He received his B.Sc. (Agr) from McGill University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Hawaii. His research areas include agricultural and environmental economics, technological change, and the economics of climate change. He leads the socio-economic pillar of a multidisciplinary sustainable agriculture network in Quebec. Current research projects include dairy farmer adoption decisions to meet net-zero goals, plant breeding technology and the adoption of new pulse varieties on the farm and regional levels, and the economic impact of antimicrobial resistance from the food supply chain.
Keynote Presentation: Organizing Research to Achieve National Sustainability Targets for Agriculture: The Case from Canada
Paul J. Thomassin is a Professor of Agricultural Economics at McGill University. He received his B.Sc. (Agr) from McGill University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Hawaii. His research areas include agricultural and environmental economics, technological change, and the economics of climate change. He leads the socio-economic pillar of a multidisciplinary sustainable agriculture network in Quebec. Current research projects include dairy farmer adoption decisions to meet net-zero goals, plant breeding technology and the adoption of new pulse varieties on the farm and regional levels, and the economic impact of antimicrobial resistance from the food supply chain.
Professor Tom MacMillan
Keynote Presentation: A shared research strategy for UK agricultural universities
Tom MacMillan is the Elizabeth Creak Chair in Rural Policy and Strategy at the Royal Agricultural University. Tom focuses on informing national and international policy relating to the land-based sector, the environment and food. He specialises in farmer-centred innovation, and food and farming policy. Tom is Deputy Director of The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, Director of Research for the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission, and was the Policy Advisor to Henry Dimbleby for the recent National Food Strategy. He has worked in farm-centred innovation for over a decade, and previously as Director of Innovation at the Soil Association, he founded the Innovative Farmers programme.
Keynote Presentation: A shared research strategy for UK agricultural universities
Tom MacMillan is the Elizabeth Creak Chair in Rural Policy and Strategy at the Royal Agricultural University. Tom focuses on informing national and international policy relating to the land-based sector, the environment and food. He specialises in farmer-centred innovation, and food and farming policy. Tom is Deputy Director of The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise, Director of Research for the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission, and was the Policy Advisor to Henry Dimbleby for the recent National Food Strategy. He has worked in farm-centred innovation for over a decade, and previously as Director of Innovation at the Soil Association, he founded the Innovative Farmers programme.
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