Priva Knowledge Sessions During The GreenTech

How can Artificial Intelligence help growers with complex decision-making processes? In what way can knowledge sharing and applying become a major success factor for your company? And how can we improve controlling crop growth in greenhouses with smart technologies? Priva experts will give you answers to these questions. Visit eight sessions during the GreenTech and learn more about important themes within horticulture, including Vertical Farming, Human Capital Development, Crop management and more. An overview of the complete program, time, location can be found below.

Wednesday, 13 June

• 13:30 – 14:00 > Trends & Innovations Theatre
• ‘Artificial Intelligence and machine learning will change your horticultural business, for sure!’
• Greenhouses of the future by Theo Rieswijk, Innovator at Priva

What is artificial intelligence and machine learning? Concepts where each of us has his own image. But, one thing is certain. It touches our areas of work, but yours too. It offers enormous opportunities in the field of optimization and complex decision-making processes. Priva is active in this field and will give a number of examples with regard to energy savings and productivity. Theo Rieswijk explains how algorithms in a building environment already provide considerable energy savings in combination with excellent comfort for people. In the same way a foundation can be laid for horticultural greenhouses and plants. 

• 15:30 – 16:00 > Food & Flowers Crops Theatre
• ‘Understand your business inside and out’
• Operational GreenHouse Management by André de Raadt, PMT manager at Priva

Companies are becoming larger and more complex. To deal with the horticulture challenges and to be able to manage a (part of the) company, managers need information to help them to make the right decisions. Operational, tactical and strategical decisions. Information about growing conditions, labour, costs, planning and progress are key. Without information managers are ‘driving blind’. It’s important that information is available for all ‘layers’ and managers within the company. By sharing, all departments are looking at the same information, they know from each other what they are doing and what they can expect from each other. Internal processes can be optimized and make the whole organization more efficient. FS Performance is a horticultural management information system which is designed to help the greenhouse operations managers. With practical examples and cases Priva will show the value of FS Performance for the greenhouse manager. 

Thursday, 14 June

• 12:30 – 13:00 > Trends & Innovations Theatre
• ‘Precision Growing: Priva Moisture Balance Module’
• Precision horticulture by Dirk Prins, Business Developer at Priva

The precise control of water and fertilizers is essential in the production to lift the product quality throughout the chain at a higher level. The Priva Moisture Balance Module is an optimal irrigation start solution for substrate growing that determines every irrigation cycle fully automatically based on three important influences: water evaporation, plant water use and substrate water content. The result; increased fruit production by precise and timely dosing of water and fertilizers.

Moisture Balance Module: increased production by optimal water dosing

• 13:00 -13:30 > Trends & Innovations Theatre
• ‘How does sharing knowledge improve your business?’
• Human Capital Development by Rob Schoones, PMT manager at Priva

In a world where everything is digitized at a rapid pace, where technological developments follow each other ever faster, where boundaries fade and the interests of the individual become more and more central; flexibility, scalability and speed are important characteristics of a modern enterprise. Where the first, second and third industrial revolution mainly concerned the automation of traditional work, digitization now mainly affects the knowledge domain. The way in which knowledge is shared and the way in which knowledge is applied are important success factors for your company in the future. Are you curious how Priva has applied this? You are more than welcome to come and listen to the story about the Priva Academy. 

For more information:
Priva
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2678 LC  De Lier
Netherlands
T: +31 (0)174 522 600
F: +31 (0)174 522 700
contact.priva@priva.nl
www.priva.nl

Publication date: 6/11/2018