SFN 4th Annual Conference Programme

Day 1 - Tues 13th July, 9am-midday BST

Session 1

9-9.25am
Welcome
Dr Sonal Choudhary - PI for the SFN
Keynote

Prof Robin May
Chief Scientific Advisor
Food Standards Agency

Science and Technology in a Rapidly Evolving Food System

Session 2

9.25-9.50am
Update on Scoping Projects and Q&A - Sustainable Production 1

Scoping Project Showcase 1

  • Neutron Soil Moisture Probes for Regenerative Agriculture (PI - Lee Thompson)
  • Hyperspectral Infrared Imaging for Precision Soil Moisture Mapping (PI - Patrick Stowell)
  • Predicting corn yield with UAV-based remote sensing (PI - Vivatvong Vichit-Vadakan)
  • Feasibility studies on using neutron and Raman spectroscopy to evaluate physical and chemical characteristics of novel green fertilisers (PI - Ruben Sakrabani)

Break

9.50-10am

Session 3

10-10.25am
Update on Scoping Projects and Q&A - Sustainable Production 2

Scoping Project Showcase 2

  • IoT Enabled Smart Apiary for Remote Auditing and Healthy Production (PI - Paulette Elliott)
  • Assessing the Feasibility of IoT Precision Data Solution for Vertical Farming - (PI - Chungui Lu)
  • Building Smart urban Farming data systems: A Case study (PI - Diogo Souza Monteiro)
  • Food loss reduction under uncertain agricultural policy frameworks (PI - Martine Barons)
  • A feasibility study of using Raman Spectroscopy to detect counterfeit seeds in Malawi (PI - Henry Hunga)

Session 4

10.25-10.55am
Agrifood Funding Opportunities - UKRI and BMGF

Closing Remarks

10.55-11am

Virtual Coffee Bar and Networking

11am-
midday
Join us on the SFN Wonder platform for a coffee and a chat with other SFN members.

There will also be opportunities to speak to our scoping project teams and to follow up with funding partners from UKRI/BMGF.

Representatives from Emerald Publishing will be present to answer questions about the Sustainable Food System Open Research Gateway.

ECR Networking Event

1-2pm
Join us on the wonder platform for a coffee and a chat with other ECRs.

The SFN team will also be providing an update on our plans to support ECR development, and you will also have a first opportunity to discuss funding for industry/policy secondments.

Day 2 - Wed 14th July, 9am-midday BST

Session 5

9-9.20am
Welcome
Dr Sonal Choudhary - PI for the SFN
Keynote

Swati  Saxena
Science and Innovation Advisor
FCDO

UK-India Relationship in the Agri/Plant Sciences Sector

Session 6

9.20-9.50am
Update on Scoping Projects and Q&A - Resilient Supply Chains

Scoping Project Showcase 3

  • Fraud Indicators: Winning the War against Food Fraud with STFC Data Science
  • Novel process for extracting nutrient in food waste for sustainable and resilient urban farming and food packaging
  • Virtual marketplace for urban micro enterprises & small farmers growing fresh fruits & vegetables in India
  • Food Access: Distributed ledger technology (DLT) integration for optimising food supply chain communications and transport
  • Developing Price Risk-Protected Warehouse Receipt System in Promoting Resilient Food Supply Chains in Africa
  • Using STFC Technology to Create a Novel Digital Platform to Integrate Fish Farmers and Customers in Ghana

Break

9.50-10am

Session 7

10-10.30am
Update on Scoping Projects and Q&A - Nutritional Security and Consumer Behaviour
Chair: Ximena Schmidt

Scoping Project Showcase 4

  • Food Shock 2020: Intelligent data analytics to understand food consumer practice during a food system shock – the case of COVID-19
  • Preservation and Visualization of African Indigenous Knowledge for Resilient Food Systems
  • Identification of umami taste markers in microalgae-based novel food ingredient
  • Learning from each other to cope with crisis: Utilising insights from COVID-19 on health and sustainability

Session 8

10.30-10.45am
Launch of SFN 2.0 Funding Calls

Sonal Choudhary - SFN 2.0 PI

  • Launch of Proof of Concept (for projects up to £25k) and ECR Internship Calls
  • Ideas for a Virtual Showcase for COP26

Interactive Feedback

10.45-10.55am

Closing Remarks

10.55-11am

Virtual Coffee Bar and Networking

11am-
midday
Join us on the SFN Wonder platform for a coffee and a chat with other SFN members, and put questions to our scoping project teams.

Exhibiting Partners