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Sensors in Food and Agriculture

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The international network of people and organisations active in the development and commercialisation of bio- and chemo-sensors

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Welcome

The 2nd annual Sensors in Food and Agriculture conference took place in late November at Churchill College’s Møller Centre, an appropriate venue to bring together academic research and commercial interests, the main objective of this and other Sensor100 conferences.

Sensor technology is finding increasing applications in Food & Ag, as indeed in most other industry sectors. SiFA 2016 was a unique opportunity to explore leading edge applications in the food chain. Delegates came from the UK, Europe and the USA, reflecting the global interest in this topic.

The following presentation gives a flavour of SiFA16, and a signpost to lead us to SiFA 2017. I hope we will see you there.

Michael Brand PhD SM FRSCConference Chair

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Venue

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The Møller CentreChurchill CollegeStorey's WayCambridge,United KingdomCB3 0DE

ProgramTuesday 29th November Wednesday 30th November

09:00 Keynote address: Stephen Whalley 09:00 Keynote address: Prof. Antje Baeumner

10:00 Sensor applications in agri-tech 10:00 Biosensor applications

13:00 Lunch 13:00 Lunch

14:00 Keynote address: Dr. Philippe Monnoyer 14:00 VOC analysers in food & agriculture

14:40 Sensor applications in agri-tech 15:30 Panel discussion: applications of VOC analysers in food & agriculture

17:00 Panel discussion: opportunities for sensor technology in agriculture

16:00 Sensors in food & agriculture: next steps

18:00 Networking reception 17:00 Conference ends

20:30 Reception ends

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Keynote address:Sensing our way to food for all?

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Stephen WhalleyChief Strategy OfficerMEMS & Sensors Industry Group

Printed electronic biosensors

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Dr. Richard WilsonCambridge Display Technology

Predicting early signs of illness in livestock using sensor technology

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Jose ChittySmartbell

IoT-based water quality monitoring system for smart aquacultures

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Dr. Daniel KirillyCamTech

New high performance nitrate sensor for online monitoring of hydroponic nutrients

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Edward BoardmanSHARP Laboratories of Europe

Keynote address:Sensing technology for food and agriculture

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Dr. PhilppeMonnoyerVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Self-optimising clean in place

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Ian SterrittMartec of Whitewell

The Elisha biosensor platform

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Dr. Tim GibsonElisha Systems

Putting the ARM in farm

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Andrew FrameDirector of Emerging TechnologiesARM

From farm to fork: sensors in food production

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Dr. Michael BrandSensor100

Panel Discussion: Sensor applications in agriculture and food production in the next ten years

Panel members each had 3 minutes to give their views, after which the topic was opened for audience discussion.

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Dr. Michael BrandSensor100

Dr. David AttwoodIBST

Steve WhalleyMems and Sensors Industry Group

Martin PeacockZimmer and Peacock

Keynote address: New concepts for lab-on-a-chip systems for pathogen detection

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Prof Antje Baeumner University of Regensburg

Novel nanomaterials for highly sensitive detection of pathogens in miniaturized sensor platforms. Application to: food safety; environmental protection; medical diagnostics

A compact and distributed near infrared fiber optic detection system for flour quality control

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Dr. Kaiming ZhouAston University

The use of multivariable sensor data to early detect lameness in sheep

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Dr. Ali Al-SherbazThe University of Northampton

Application of eNose in potato farming

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Dr. James CovingtonUniversity of Warwick

Use of VOC analysers in non-laboratory settings for early detection of disease

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Dr. Tim GibsonRoboScientific

Panel Discussion: Applications of VOC analysers in food and agriculture

Panel members each had 3 minutes to give their views, after which the topic was opened for audience discussion.

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ChairDr. Michael BrandSensor100

ConclusionsAn underutilised technology with many potential applications:a. Fruit and vegetable freshnessb. Detection of pathogens in fruit,

vegetables, animal productsc. Environmental analysers for animal

welfare e.g. poultry houses

Dr. James CovingtonUniversity of Warwick

Dr. Tim GibsonRoboScientific

Exhibits

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Elevator Pitches

Exhibitors were invited to give a short presentation

during the conference

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Elevator pitch: KTN

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Nigel RixHead of Enabling TechnologiesKTN

Elevator pitch: Camtech

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Dr. MengHan KuokDirector

Elevator pitch: Zimmer & Peacock

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Martin PeacockZimmer & Peacock

Elevator Pitch: Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology

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Dr. Tim CoxDirector of Research and Enterprise

Elevator Pitch: Hamamatsu Photonics

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Adnan QuaziHamamatsu

Photonics UK

Elevator Pitch: Scienion

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Andrew SweetScienion

Elevator Pitch: Sensor100

an international network of people and organisations active in the development and commercialisation of bio-sensors and chemical sensors

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Dr. Michael BrandFounder

MonthlyeNewsletter

Conference series

Poster Competition

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1. Nutrient sensing with a novel lab-on-a-chip deviceGünther Kriechhammer - Pessl Instruments

2. Permanent oxygen monitoring in the fermentation atmosphere of grass silage using opto-chemical sensing technologyMartin Tscherner - Joanneum Research

3. An enzymatic electrochemical detection system for organophosphates based on a bi-layer gold/ gas-phase nanostructured zirconia electrode Alexandra Raileanu - University of Milano

Günther KriechhammerAlexandra Raileanu Martin Tscherner

Reception

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An opportunity to view Exhibits and meet Exhibitors…

…as well as read the Posters, and judge them for the Competition

Everyone seemed to have a good time…

Delegates Approved

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Meeting some great innovators and finding new opportunities at Sensors in Ag conference

@Sensor100AgTech #agritech #cowtech @smartbellio

Andy Frame @andyframe_arm

Indeed I enjoyed Sensors in Food & Agriculture 2016, thank you for organising such an interesting event! I hope to be back to one of your conferences soon.

Martin TschernerJoanneum Research, Austria

Sensors in Food and Agriculture 2017

• Date: 5 -6 December 2017

• Venue: Møller Centre, Cambridge UK

• Call for Papers:

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Sensors for crop production Sensors for food quality

Sensors for animal welfare Sensors for pathogens, contaminants

Sensors in aquaculture New sensor technology

Media Partners

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About Sensor100

• The international network of people and organisations active in development and commercialisation of bio- and chemo- sensors

• Formed in 2011, now has over 3000 members in over 70 countries

• Publishes a monthly eNewsletter, distributed free of charge

• Conference series:

– Sensors in Medicine 2015

– Sensors in Food and Agriculture

– Sensors for Cancer Diagnosis

– Sensors in the Environment 2016

www.sensor100.com

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Contact us

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