Day One – Wednesday 22nd June 2022
09:15 to 10:00 – Registration and Welcome
09:15 – Registration Opens
09:45 – Welcome from the CDT Director, Prof Marc Hanheide
10:00 to 12:30 – Morning Session (Sustainability)
10:00 – Keynote speaker
Dr Michelle Cain, Cranfield University – The role of agriculture in meeting the Paris Agreement’s climate goals
11:00 – Break
11:30 – Short presentations
Prof Nick Hawes, University of Oxford – Mission Planning in the Wild: Towards Autonomous Robot Missions for Environmental Monitoring
Dr Fernando Auat, Herriot Watt University – Harvest estimation using machine learning and artificial vision systems: methodologies and case studies in South America
Eirini Kokkali, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) – Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) – Perspectives
12:30 to 13:30 – Lunch
Tours of the Isaac Newton Building
Posters presented by CDT MSc Students, with opportunity to discuss
13:30 to 16:15 – Afternoon Session (Autonomous Robotics)
13:30 – Keynote speaker
Dr Paul Miller, Silscoe – Improving plant protection in arable and horticultural situations – the role of appropriate technologies
14:30 – Break
15:00 – Short AgriFoRwArdS CDT Student PhD progress update presentations with discussion
Elijah Almanzor, University of Cambridge (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 2)
Haihui Yan, University of Cambridge (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 2)
William Rohde, University of Cambridge (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 2)
Mazvydas Gudelis, University of East Anglia (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 2)
16:00 – Closing remarks from Dr Fumiya Iida, University of Cambridge AgriFoRwArdS Lead
Day Two – Thursday 23rd June 2022
08:45 to 09:15 – Registration and Welcome
08:45 – Registration Opens for those only attending day two
09:00 – Welcome from Prof Richard Harvey, University of East Anglia AgriFoRwArdS Lead
09:15 to 12:30 – Morning Session (Achievements in Agri-Robotics)
09:15 – Keynote speaker
Dr David Rose, University of Reading – Responsible development of robots in agriculture
10:15 – Break
10:45 – Short AgriFoRwArdS CDT Student PhD progress update presentations
Grzegorz Sochacki, University of Cambridge (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 1)
Jack Foster, University of Cambridge (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 2)
Haris Matsantonis, University of Cambridge (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 2)
Harry Rogers, University of East Anglia (AgriFoRwArdS Cohort 2)
12:00 – Closing remarks and presentations by Prof Marc Hanheide, CDT Director, University of Lincoln