Programme
The 2021 Symposium will be an Online Virtual symposium with a number of special focus sessions addressing contemporary issues and technical methods.
The 2021 programme will be posted here on the 31st July 2021
Our 2021 Keynote Speakers
Scott Swinton, Michigan State University (USA)
Opening Keynote Presentation: Precision Conservation in agricultural systems using environmentally beneficial farming technologies
Scott Swinton is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. His research examines agriculture as a managed ecosystem, focusing on decision analysis for enhanced ecosystem services. He concentrates on problems involving crop, pest, pollination, and nutrient management; precision agriculture; resource conservation; and bioenergy production. Throughout his career, Scott has worked on multidisciplinary teams (mostly with biologists) seeking ways to make agriculture more sustainable via improved technology, information, and incentives. His research has been cited over 11,000 times (Google Scholar). Scott currently teaches undergraduate managerial economics and graduate research design & writing.
Scott is a past president of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), which AAEA named him a Fellow in 2020. He served as Case Study Editor of Review of Agricultural Economics, as well as associate editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Precision Agriculture, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and Journal of Production Agriculture, and as a member of three panels of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Scott received Michigan State University’s William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award in 2015 and was named an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow through Stanford University in 2008. He holds degrees in Economics and Political Science (BA, Swarthmore) and Agricultural and Applied Economics (MS, Cornell; PhD, Minnesota).
Prof Swinton is our keynote presenter for our Special Session on Precision Conservation and Agri-Tech Economics
Scott Swinton, Michigan State University (USA)
Opening Keynote Presentation: Precision Conservation in agricultural systems using environmentally beneficial farming technologies
Scott Swinton is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. His research examines agriculture as a managed ecosystem, focusing on decision analysis for enhanced ecosystem services. He concentrates on problems involving crop, pest, pollination, and nutrient management; precision agriculture; resource conservation; and bioenergy production. Throughout his career, Scott has worked on multidisciplinary teams (mostly with biologists) seeking ways to make agriculture more sustainable via improved technology, information, and incentives. His research has been cited over 11,000 times (Google Scholar). Scott currently teaches undergraduate managerial economics and graduate research design & writing.
Scott is a past president of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), which AAEA named him a Fellow in 2020. He served as Case Study Editor of Review of Agricultural Economics, as well as associate editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Precision Agriculture, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and Journal of Production Agriculture, and as a member of three panels of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Scott received Michigan State University’s William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award in 2015 and was named an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow through Stanford University in 2008. He holds degrees in Economics and Political Science (BA, Swarthmore) and Agricultural and Applied Economics (MS, Cornell; PhD, Minnesota).
Prof Swinton is our keynote presenter for our Special Session on Precision Conservation and Agri-Tech Economics
David Zilberman, UC Berkeley (USA)
Opening Keynote Presentation: Precision agriculture - key ingredient for sustainable development
David Zilberman is a Professor, Extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley. David was born in Isreal and got his Ph.d at Berkeley. He has done fundamental research on the economics of bioeconomy, water, farming systems, environmental policy supply chain, risk and pest control. He is the recipient of the 2019 Wolf Prize in Agriculture and a member of US National Academy of Science and served as the 2018-19 President of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), and he’s a Fellow of multiple scientific societies. He has served as a consultant to the USDA, CDFA, the World Bank and FAO. Has served as a consultant to Mars Corporation, BP, and California commodity groups.
Prof Zilberman is our keynote presenter for our ISPA Economics Community Session: Economics and Adoption of Precision Agriculture
Opening Keynote Presentation: Precision agriculture - key ingredient for sustainable development
David Zilberman is a Professor, Extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley. David was born in Isreal and got his Ph.d at Berkeley. He has done fundamental research on the economics of bioeconomy, water, farming systems, environmental policy supply chain, risk and pest control. He is the recipient of the 2019 Wolf Prize in Agriculture and a member of US National Academy of Science and served as the 2018-19 President of Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), and he’s a Fellow of multiple scientific societies. He has served as a consultant to the USDA, CDFA, the World Bank and FAO. Has served as a consultant to Mars Corporation, BP, and California commodity groups.
Prof Zilberman is our keynote presenter for our ISPA Economics Community Session: Economics and Adoption of Precision Agriculture