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JPFA Webinar June 30 - The Challenges And Impact of COVID-19
The Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA) is organizing its 138th online workshop. The workshop is free of charge
Japan Plant Factory Association / JPFA
Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA) is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 and is devoted to academic and business advancements in the global industry of plant factory/controlled environment agriculture. Our mission is to develop and disseminate sustainable systems that can address global challenges: food, environment, energy, resource and people's health. With international industry-academia collaborations, we manage around 20 R&D projects, workshops, training courses, etc. based in a Chiba University campus in Kashiwanoha, a smart city in Japan.
Monthly workshops are one of our important education/knowledge sharing activities with JPFA members and others. We have been organizing workshops since 2010 on a wide variety of topics, including plant physiology, new technologies towards next generation, cultivation methodology on multiple crops, business case studies of commercial plant factory operations, to name just a few.
The Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA) is organizing its 138th online workshop. The workshop is free of charge.
Some sessions include the presentation of 80 Acres Farms on tomato production in indoor farms, a survey report on the impact of COVID-19 by JPFA and a lively panel discussion with leading plant factory companies from Japan and China. Such as, 808 Factory, Greenland, Saladbowl, and Future Agro-Tech, all together with researchers on plant factory and indoor breeding from JPFA and Chiba University.
Date
Scheduled to be released on June 30, 2020.
Free viewing will be available from 13:00 (JST) on June 30 to 13:00 (JST) July 15, 2020.
Theme
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) creates challenges worldwide, we feel concerted effort is crucial to our sector more than ever before.
The global challenges/impacts of COVID-19 in the sector, the future role, possibilities and direction of plant factory will be discussed to rethink about what we can do together for our future.
Outline
I. Keynote: “beyond leafy greens: tomato crop production in indoor farms” by Mike Zelkind, 80 Acres Farms + Q & A Session
II. “Report on COVID-19 survey by JPFA” Eri Hayashi (JPFA)
III. Panel discussion: “the challenges and impact of COVID-19, future role and direction of Plant Factory”
*Please kindly note that some contents might be only in Japanese.
Panelists:
Bai Baosuo (Future Agro-Tech (Beijing)
Katashi Kai (Shinnippou, 808 Factory)
Susumu Tanaka (Saladbowl)
Toyoki Kozai (JPFA)
Toru Maruo (Chiba University)
Yuhei Shimada (greenLand)
Moderator: Eri Hayashi (JPFA)
Fee Free of charge
How to watch
Advanced registration is required.
Registration deadline: 13:00 (JST) on July 14, 2020
Please register at https://select-type.com/e/?id=n2duYvX-Gas
After the registration, you will receive the link with access to the workshop videos a day before the release. Please apply one by one. If you cannot access the registration website, please send us the email with your "name", "organization", "country" and "questions to the webinar speaker/panelists (optional)" to info.english@npoplantfactory.org
For more information on the workshop:
JPFA Workshop website
https://select-type.com/s/JPFA-Training
https://npoplantfactory.org/information/1499/
If you have not joined the survey yet, please take the survey, Urgent Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 (Vol.1) before the workshop/online viewing starts.
For more information:
Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA) International Relations & Consulting
Nozomi Hiramatsu, Eri Hayashi
info.english@npoplantfactory.org
ONLINE WORKSHOP - The Ohio State University Empowerment Plant Workshop, July 9-10, 2020
The goal of this Workshop is for growers to empower crop production through a balanced growing method, through an integrated approach based on physics and plant physiology, for high yields, quality, saving energy, and profitability in greenhouse controlled environments
— Live Education —
The Ohio State University, in partnership with Gotham Greens and Hort Americas, will be organizing the Plant Empowerment Workshop Online on July 9-10, 2020 (10 am – 2:30 pm EDT).
Advanced learning and discussion for growers towards “an integrated approach based on physics and plant physiology, leading to a balanced growing method for high yields, quality, saving energy, and profitability in greenhouse controlled environments
Instructor: Dr. Peter van Weel
Author of ‘Plant Empowerment’
Expert in greenhouse climate control
Former PI at Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
Host: Dr. Chieri Kubota
The Ohio State University
Ohio CEA Center
The goal of this Workshop is for growers to empower crop production through a balanced growing method, through an integrated approach based on physics and plant physiology, for high yields, quality, saving energy, and profitability in greenhouse controlled environments
Textbook (optional): ‘Plant Empowerment’ available at www.plantempowerment.com
Plant Empowerment Workshop Online
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (EDT), July 9-10, 2020
Thursday, July 9, 2020 | 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Part 1: Introduction to Plant Empowerment, The Theories
Basic knowledge about physics and physiology that play an important role in a greenhouse and for plantsPlant empowerment, from experience-based control to sensor-based control
Friday, July 10, 2020 | 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (EDT)
Part 2: The Practical Applications of Plant Empowerment
Introduction to the sensors, the software tools and the value of data analysis
Registration is open through July 1.
Workshop fee is $20 per person.