Presentation of the IoF2020 project at the 2nd Joint workshop of Big Data Europe, eRosa & GODAN on European Policy Perspectives on Data-intensive Agriculture & Food.
Bridging the skills gap IoT Tech Expo Berlin 1 Jun 2017Sjaak Wolfert
Bridging the skills gap: How industrial/academic partnerships can benefit your IoT business.
Several of the large IoT players have recently partnered with universities and colleges worldwide to ensure that the next generation of recruits have the high level technical skills and understanding of the IoT ecosystem need to add value to their businesses. How should you take advantage of such collaboration opportunities, and how can they translate into increasing innovation and getting that competitive edge within your organisation? The EU-funded IoT Large Scale Pilot 'The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020)' will be used as a showcase. New opportunities for collaboration will be mentioned.
Fostering Business and Software Ecosystems for large-scale Uptake of IoT in F...Sjaak Wolfert
The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be a real game changer that will drastically improve productivity and sustainability in food and farming. However, current IoT applications in this domain are still fragmentary and mainly used by a small group of early adopters. The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 Large-Scale Pilot (IoF2020) addresses the organizational and technological challenges to overcome this situation by fostering a large-scale uptake of IoT in the European food and farming domain. The heart of the project is formed by a balanced set of multi-actor trials that reflect the diversity of the food and farming domain. Each trial is composed of well-delineated use cases developing IoT solutions for the most relevant challenges of the concerned subsector. The project conducts 5 trials with a total of 19 use cases in arable, dairy, fruits, vegetables and meat production. IoF2020 embraces a lean multi-actor approach that combines the development of Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) in short iterations with the active involvement of various stakeholders. The architectural approach supports interoperability of multiple use case systems and reuse of IoT components across them. Use cases are also supported in developing business and solving governance issues. The IoF2020 ecosystem and collaboration space is established to boost the uptake of IoT in Food and Farming and pave the way for new innovations.
IoF2020 project overview for S3 platform Big Data and TraceabilitySjaak Wolfert
Presentation at a technical meeting of the S3 AgriFood platform on Big Data and Traceability hosted by the regional government of Andalusia. Special attention was paid to those use cases that are dealing with this theme.
Entrepreneurs active in the agricultural sector spend more and more of their time registering and publishing all kinds of data, as the government, certification bodies, banks, clients, the retail sector and consumers all want to have more insight into how safe and sustainable their food is.
The majority of this agriculture-related data is still paper-based, spread over different systems and difficult to exchange between the people who want to access it. This is why digitising agricultural business data is an important item on the agenda. With FarmDigital, we can respond to these developments.
FarmDigital is an action research programme which is currently working towards a situation in which data only needs to be entered once and can be shared easily. It aims to achieve this goal by standardising data and developing and implementing an independent, digital platform for people to use.
DATA-FAIR - value creation by data sharing in agri-food businessSjaak Wolfert
The digitization of society makes data more important. This is enhanced by the Internet of Things (IoT) in which a variety of devices, sensors and the like are connected via the Internet together and deliver real-time data.
Many companies see data as the way to generate new business, also in the agri-food sector. However, the added value is only created when multiple data sources are combined, aggregated and analyzed. The sharing of data between companies in the chain is therefore a critical success factor.
Although several initiatives to share data have been initiated, this development seems to be stagnating. Now the agribusinesses are mainly developing their own proprietary platforms, resulting in a maze of platforms which makes it technically difficult to exchange data between different systems and devices. This causes rather more administrative burdens than they reduce.
Exchange of data between platforms and applications is currently inhibited because of discussions about ownership of data, privacy, fear of concentration of power in the chain and the lack of clear business models where added value of data sharing is distributed among the various stakeholders. Now it seems that the benefit to the primary producers - the farmers - is minimal and the agri-business seems to benefit most. This creates resistance to sharing data that inhibits innovations that ultimately serve the interests of the farmer and the competitiveness of the whole agri-food sector.
DATA-FAIR breaks this deadlock and will accelerate innovation by hosting several large-scale trials with companies and Wageningen Research in which applications are developed where data between various platforms is shared and value is created.
In these trials, the farmer plays a central role as a main supplier and manager of data. He or she determines who may use which data and under what conditions. Digital permissions will play an important role enabled by a central register (e.g. AgriTrust). Also, special attention is paid to the development of attractive and transparent business models and good organizational embedding (governance) so that the results will continue to exist after the project.
DATA-FAIR doesn’t create a new platform itself, but uses existing building blocks and will help improving these if necessary. Here one can think of open application interfaces (APIs) and standards to link platforms and databases. DATA-FAIR builds on experiences with existing data hubs such as EDI-Circle and AgriPlace.
Smart Farming is a development that emphasizes the use of information and communication technology in the
cyber-physical farm management cycle. New technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing
are expected to leverage this development and introduce more robots and artificial intelligence in farming.
This is encompassed by the phenomenon of Big Data, massive volumes of data with a wide variety that can be
captured, analysed and used for decision-making. This review aims to gain insight into the state-of-the-art of
Big Data applications in Smart Farming and identify the related socio-economic challenges to be addressed. Following
a structured approach, a conceptual framework for analysiswas developed that can also be used for future
studies on this topic. The review shows that the scope of Big Data applications in Smart Farming goes beyond
primary production; it is influencing the entire food supply chain. Big data are being used to provide predictive
insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions, and redesign business processes for
game-changing business models. Several authors therefore suggest that Big Data will cause major shifts in
roles and power relationsamong different players in current food supply chain networks. The landscape of stakeholders
exhibits an interesting gamebetween powerful tech companies, venture capitalists and often small startups
and new entrants. At the same time there are several public institutions that publish open data, under the
condition that the privacy of persons must be guaranteed. The future of Smart Farming may unravel in a continuum
of two extreme scenarios: 1) closed, proprietary systems in which the farmer is part of a highly integrated
food supply chain or 2) open, collaborative systems inwhich the farmer and every other stakeholder in the chain
network is flexible in choosing business partners as well for the technology as for the food production side. The
further development of data and application infrastructures (platforms and standards) and their institutional
embedment will play a crucial role in the battle between these scenarios. From a socio-economic perspective,
the authors propose to give research priority to organizational issues concerning governance issues and suitable
business models for data sharing in different supply chain scenarios.
New technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing are expected to leverage the current
trend of Smart Farming, introducing more sensors, robots and artificial intelligence, encompassed by the
phenomenon of Big Data.
This presentation will give a quick insight into the state-of-the-art of Big Data applications in Smart Farming
and identify the related challenges that have to be addressed. It shows that the scope of Big Data
applications in Smart Farming goes beyond the farm; it is influencing the entire food supply chain. Big data
are being used to provide predictive insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions, and
redesign business processes for game-changing business models.
It is expected that Big Data will cause major shifts in roles and power relations among different players in
current food supply chain networks. The landscape of stakeholders exhibits an interesting game between
powerful tech companies, venture capitalists and often small startups and new entrants. At the same time
there are several public institutions that publish open data, under the condition that the privacy of persons
must be guaranteed. The future of Smart Farming may unravel in a continuum of two extreme scenarios: 1)
closed, proprietary systems or 2) open, collaborative systems.
The development of data and application infrastructures (platforms and standards) and their institutional
embedment will play a crucial role in the battle between these scenarios. A major challenge is therefore to
cope with governance issues and define suitable business models for data sharing in different supply chain
scenarios.
Bridging the skills gap IoT Tech Expo Berlin 1 Jun 2017Sjaak Wolfert
Bridging the skills gap: How industrial/academic partnerships can benefit your IoT business.
Several of the large IoT players have recently partnered with universities and colleges worldwide to ensure that the next generation of recruits have the high level technical skills and understanding of the IoT ecosystem need to add value to their businesses. How should you take advantage of such collaboration opportunities, and how can they translate into increasing innovation and getting that competitive edge within your organisation? The EU-funded IoT Large Scale Pilot 'The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020)' will be used as a showcase. New opportunities for collaboration will be mentioned.
Fostering Business and Software Ecosystems for large-scale Uptake of IoT in F...Sjaak Wolfert
The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to be a real game changer that will drastically improve productivity and sustainability in food and farming. However, current IoT applications in this domain are still fragmentary and mainly used by a small group of early adopters. The Internet of Food and Farm 2020 Large-Scale Pilot (IoF2020) addresses the organizational and technological challenges to overcome this situation by fostering a large-scale uptake of IoT in the European food and farming domain. The heart of the project is formed by a balanced set of multi-actor trials that reflect the diversity of the food and farming domain. Each trial is composed of well-delineated use cases developing IoT solutions for the most relevant challenges of the concerned subsector. The project conducts 5 trials with a total of 19 use cases in arable, dairy, fruits, vegetables and meat production. IoF2020 embraces a lean multi-actor approach that combines the development of Minimal Viable Products (MVPs) in short iterations with the active involvement of various stakeholders. The architectural approach supports interoperability of multiple use case systems and reuse of IoT components across them. Use cases are also supported in developing business and solving governance issues. The IoF2020 ecosystem and collaboration space is established to boost the uptake of IoT in Food and Farming and pave the way for new innovations.
IoF2020 project overview for S3 platform Big Data and TraceabilitySjaak Wolfert
Presentation at a technical meeting of the S3 AgriFood platform on Big Data and Traceability hosted by the regional government of Andalusia. Special attention was paid to those use cases that are dealing with this theme.
Entrepreneurs active in the agricultural sector spend more and more of their time registering and publishing all kinds of data, as the government, certification bodies, banks, clients, the retail sector and consumers all want to have more insight into how safe and sustainable their food is.
The majority of this agriculture-related data is still paper-based, spread over different systems and difficult to exchange between the people who want to access it. This is why digitising agricultural business data is an important item on the agenda. With FarmDigital, we can respond to these developments.
FarmDigital is an action research programme which is currently working towards a situation in which data only needs to be entered once and can be shared easily. It aims to achieve this goal by standardising data and developing and implementing an independent, digital platform for people to use.
DATA-FAIR - value creation by data sharing in agri-food businessSjaak Wolfert
The digitization of society makes data more important. This is enhanced by the Internet of Things (IoT) in which a variety of devices, sensors and the like are connected via the Internet together and deliver real-time data.
Many companies see data as the way to generate new business, also in the agri-food sector. However, the added value is only created when multiple data sources are combined, aggregated and analyzed. The sharing of data between companies in the chain is therefore a critical success factor.
Although several initiatives to share data have been initiated, this development seems to be stagnating. Now the agribusinesses are mainly developing their own proprietary platforms, resulting in a maze of platforms which makes it technically difficult to exchange data between different systems and devices. This causes rather more administrative burdens than they reduce.
Exchange of data between platforms and applications is currently inhibited because of discussions about ownership of data, privacy, fear of concentration of power in the chain and the lack of clear business models where added value of data sharing is distributed among the various stakeholders. Now it seems that the benefit to the primary producers - the farmers - is minimal and the agri-business seems to benefit most. This creates resistance to sharing data that inhibits innovations that ultimately serve the interests of the farmer and the competitiveness of the whole agri-food sector.
DATA-FAIR breaks this deadlock and will accelerate innovation by hosting several large-scale trials with companies and Wageningen Research in which applications are developed where data between various platforms is shared and value is created.
In these trials, the farmer plays a central role as a main supplier and manager of data. He or she determines who may use which data and under what conditions. Digital permissions will play an important role enabled by a central register (e.g. AgriTrust). Also, special attention is paid to the development of attractive and transparent business models and good organizational embedding (governance) so that the results will continue to exist after the project.
DATA-FAIR doesn’t create a new platform itself, but uses existing building blocks and will help improving these if necessary. Here one can think of open application interfaces (APIs) and standards to link platforms and databases. DATA-FAIR builds on experiences with existing data hubs such as EDI-Circle and AgriPlace.
Smart Farming is a development that emphasizes the use of information and communication technology in the
cyber-physical farm management cycle. New technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing
are expected to leverage this development and introduce more robots and artificial intelligence in farming.
This is encompassed by the phenomenon of Big Data, massive volumes of data with a wide variety that can be
captured, analysed and used for decision-making. This review aims to gain insight into the state-of-the-art of
Big Data applications in Smart Farming and identify the related socio-economic challenges to be addressed. Following
a structured approach, a conceptual framework for analysiswas developed that can also be used for future
studies on this topic. The review shows that the scope of Big Data applications in Smart Farming goes beyond
primary production; it is influencing the entire food supply chain. Big data are being used to provide predictive
insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions, and redesign business processes for
game-changing business models. Several authors therefore suggest that Big Data will cause major shifts in
roles and power relationsamong different players in current food supply chain networks. The landscape of stakeholders
exhibits an interesting gamebetween powerful tech companies, venture capitalists and often small startups
and new entrants. At the same time there are several public institutions that publish open data, under the
condition that the privacy of persons must be guaranteed. The future of Smart Farming may unravel in a continuum
of two extreme scenarios: 1) closed, proprietary systems in which the farmer is part of a highly integrated
food supply chain or 2) open, collaborative systems inwhich the farmer and every other stakeholder in the chain
network is flexible in choosing business partners as well for the technology as for the food production side. The
further development of data and application infrastructures (platforms and standards) and their institutional
embedment will play a crucial role in the battle between these scenarios. From a socio-economic perspective,
the authors propose to give research priority to organizational issues concerning governance issues and suitable
business models for data sharing in different supply chain scenarios.
New technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing are expected to leverage the current
trend of Smart Farming, introducing more sensors, robots and artificial intelligence, encompassed by the
phenomenon of Big Data.
This presentation will give a quick insight into the state-of-the-art of Big Data applications in Smart Farming
and identify the related challenges that have to be addressed. It shows that the scope of Big Data
applications in Smart Farming goes beyond the farm; it is influencing the entire food supply chain. Big data
are being used to provide predictive insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions, and
redesign business processes for game-changing business models.
It is expected that Big Data will cause major shifts in roles and power relations among different players in
current food supply chain networks. The landscape of stakeholders exhibits an interesting game between
powerful tech companies, venture capitalists and often small startups and new entrants. At the same time
there are several public institutions that publish open data, under the condition that the privacy of persons
must be guaranteed. The future of Smart Farming may unravel in a continuum of two extreme scenarios: 1)
closed, proprietary systems or 2) open, collaborative systems.
The development of data and application infrastructures (platforms and standards) and their institutional
embedment will play a crucial role in the battle between these scenarios. A major challenge is therefore to
cope with governance issues and define suitable business models for data sharing in different supply chain
scenarios.
Governance of Data Sharing in Agri-Food - towards common guidelinesSjaak Wolfert
Big Data is becoming a new asset in the agri-food sector including enterprise data from operational systems, sensor data, farm equipment data, etc. Recently, Big Data applications are being implemented, aiming at improving farm and chain performance. Many companies are refraining from sharing data because of the fear of governance issues such as data security, privacy and liability. Moreover, they are often in a deadlock or afraid to take the first step even though they expect to develop new business with data. To accelerate the development of Big Data applications, this paper analyses governance issues and introduces a set of guidelines for governance of data sharing in agri-food networks. A framework for analysis was derived from literature and used to identify lessons learned from recent projects or initiatives. From these results, a set of draft guidelines was developed. The framework and guidelines were evaluated in a workshop. The framework consists of factors that are related to governance on data sharing in networks. Internal factors are: efficiency, effectiveness, inclusiveness, legitimacy & accountability, credibility and transparency. External factors are: political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors. For each of these factors, guidelines are provided in terms of: issues to be addressed, best practices and lessons learned from other projects and initiatives. It is concluded that the framework is complete in covering all relevant issues on governance in data sharing but the guidelines must be considered as a first set, which can be further improved and extended in the future. A wiki-type-of-website could help to upscale the guidelines at a global level. The guidelines could also be further refined accounting for different maturity levels of agri-food networks. The guidelines in this paper are considered to be a valuable step into the direction of solving governance issues in data sharing, which is expected to accelerate Big Data applications in the agri-food domain.
Large ICT-projects in Agri-Food in EuropeSjaak Wolfert
This is a presentation about the background, development and state-of-the-art of large ICT-projects in Agri-Food that are going on in Europe: Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020) and SmartAgriHubs.
New technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing are expected to leverage the current
trend of Smart Farming, introducing more sensors, robots and artificial intelligence, encompassed by the
phenomenon of Big Data.
This presentation will give a quick insight into the state-of-the-art of Big Data applications in Smart Farming
and identify the related challenges that have to be addressed. It shows that the scope of Big Data
applications in Smart Farming goes beyond the farm; it is influencing the entire food supply chain. Big data
are being used to provide predictive insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions, and
redesign business processes for game-changing business models.
It is expected that Big Data will cause major shifts in roles and power relations among different players in
current food supply chain networks. The landscape of stakeholders exhibits an interesting game between
powerful tech companies, venture capitalists and often small startups and new entrants. At the same time
there are several public institutions that publish open data, under the condition that the privacy of persons
must be guaranteed. The future of Smart Farming may unravel in a continuum of two extreme scenarios: 1)
closed, proprietary systems or 2) open, collaborative systems.
The development of data and application infrastructures (platforms and standards) and their institutional
embedment will play a crucial role in the battle between these scenarios. A major challenge is therefore to
cope with governance issues and define suitable business models for data sharing in different supply chain
scenarios.
Keynote IoT in Agriculture opening academic year CIHEAM ZaragozaSjaak Wolfert
Keynote presentation for the opening of the academic year at CIHEAM institute for Mediterranean agricultural research in Zaragoza. It is about how IoT and Big Data are transforming Agriculture in Europe and what the main challenges are: governance, business models and open infrastructures. This is illustrated from several use cases in the Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020) project.
Slides from my talk at 1st International Conference on Semantic Machine Learning and Linked Open Data (SML2OD) for Agriculture and Environmental Informatics
This is a keynote presentation presented at a conference on INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND DATA APPLICATIONS IN THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR, 26 February 2019 at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi South Campus, Rectorate Conference Hall, Turkey. It describes multi-disciplinary, collaborative, agile approach for digital transformation of the agri-food sector based on the IoF2020 and SmartAgriHubs project. It describes several examples of IoT and Big Data applications from those projects,
The video and voice-over of this presentation can be found at https://youtu.be/wYJVqh6jvSE
The SmartAgriHubs project enables a broad digital transformation of the European farming and food sector. With a €20 million budget co-funded by the European Union, the project aims to build an extensive pan-European network of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs). The project starts today on November 1st, 2018. This presentation describes the project's objective and method that is used to reach these objectives.
Digital innovation for sustainable food systemsSjaak Wolfert
This presentation will show that digital solutions help addressing multiple sustainability issues, particularly illuminating how producers and consumers can use digitalisation to support a transition towards healthier diets.
KG2 has been collecting, compiling and managing data for agricultural marketing professionals for over 20
years.It serves the markets and works with the leading organisations involved in crop production in Australia.
Digital Innovation Hubs – Digital Transformation of Agriculture at a Regional...Sjaak Wolfert
• Build local digital innovation hubs offering innovation services and access
to finance
• Organize regional challenges for initiating new Innovation Experiments
• Conduct multi-actor Innovation Experiments for a digital transformation
• Creating a pan-European network of Digital Innovation Hubs
and Competence Centres
Big Data Grapes, as part of the European Big Data Value community was on the 16th of May in Sofia, Bulgaria, in an event organised by the Big Data Value PPP, with the twofold objective of strengthening collaborations among community members and increasing the visibility and awareness about the PPP in East Europe in general and Bulgaria in particular. Ontotext, our Bulgarian project partner presented the potential of Big Data Streams in grape and wine production.
#bdvmeetupsofia18
oversea
This is the presentation on understanding the SmartAgriHubs project that I gave at the kick-off event in Prague, Czech Republic on the 5th of March 2019. It starts with the background of the Digital Transformation that is going on in the Agri-Food sector. Then the objective is decribed followed by the 5 basic concepts that are the basis of this project: Digital Innovation Hubs, Innovation Expriments, Competence Centers, Innovation Portal and the Innovation Services Maturity Model. Next, the project approach and work package structure are explained. The presentation is concluded by the most important KPIs and numbers of the project.
AI for intelligent services in Food SystemsSjaak Wolfert
This presentation was presented at the IEEE 5G Worldforum in a session 'Dialogues between 5G/B5G and Vertical Domains: AI for Intelligent Services. Several use cases in Food Systems that use 5G are presented of which the 'weed detection robot' in more detail. Enabling factors and recommendations for the use of 5G to create intelligent services using AI are discussed.
The BigDataGrapes vision enabling global disruption of the grapevine-powered ...Big Data Grapes
Panagiotis Zervas presentation on the vision of the project at the BigDataGrapes workshop "Big Data for the Grapevine Industries" in Pisa, Italy (8/3/2019)
KATANA offers access to 3 technology platforms in Agrifood related emerging industries (eco‐industries, mobile services and personalized health), as enablers for shaping new products/services.
1. Precision Technologies for sustainable farming: Marketplace for Precision Agriculture Services
2. Mobile Services in Accessing AgriFood Markets: Platform for exploiting Internet of Things to reach consumers
3. Functional Foods for personalized nutrition: Toolbox for the design of functional foods (recipes and processes).
Big Data, Small Dashboard - Andrea Maietta - Codemotion Milan 2016Codemotion
Big data is the new black. We have more data than we could use, but what we really need is information. The typical dashboard is completely crammed with colourful 3D pies, uncountable lines and tons of extra-thick tables. And nobody understands anything. Knowledge is power. But to be able to know you first have to understand. In this talk we shall see how to transform a terribile mess into a clean and informative dashboard, moving step by step and explaining the reasonings between each passage. At my signal... unleash knowledge!
Governance of Data Sharing in Agri-Food - towards common guidelinesSjaak Wolfert
Big Data is becoming a new asset in the agri-food sector including enterprise data from operational systems, sensor data, farm equipment data, etc. Recently, Big Data applications are being implemented, aiming at improving farm and chain performance. Many companies are refraining from sharing data because of the fear of governance issues such as data security, privacy and liability. Moreover, they are often in a deadlock or afraid to take the first step even though they expect to develop new business with data. To accelerate the development of Big Data applications, this paper analyses governance issues and introduces a set of guidelines for governance of data sharing in agri-food networks. A framework for analysis was derived from literature and used to identify lessons learned from recent projects or initiatives. From these results, a set of draft guidelines was developed. The framework and guidelines were evaluated in a workshop. The framework consists of factors that are related to governance on data sharing in networks. Internal factors are: efficiency, effectiveness, inclusiveness, legitimacy & accountability, credibility and transparency. External factors are: political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental factors. For each of these factors, guidelines are provided in terms of: issues to be addressed, best practices and lessons learned from other projects and initiatives. It is concluded that the framework is complete in covering all relevant issues on governance in data sharing but the guidelines must be considered as a first set, which can be further improved and extended in the future. A wiki-type-of-website could help to upscale the guidelines at a global level. The guidelines could also be further refined accounting for different maturity levels of agri-food networks. The guidelines in this paper are considered to be a valuable step into the direction of solving governance issues in data sharing, which is expected to accelerate Big Data applications in the agri-food domain.
Large ICT-projects in Agri-Food in EuropeSjaak Wolfert
This is a presentation about the background, development and state-of-the-art of large ICT-projects in Agri-Food that are going on in Europe: Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020) and SmartAgriHubs.
New technologies such as the Internet of Things and Cloud Computing are expected to leverage the current
trend of Smart Farming, introducing more sensors, robots and artificial intelligence, encompassed by the
phenomenon of Big Data.
This presentation will give a quick insight into the state-of-the-art of Big Data applications in Smart Farming
and identify the related challenges that have to be addressed. It shows that the scope of Big Data
applications in Smart Farming goes beyond the farm; it is influencing the entire food supply chain. Big data
are being used to provide predictive insights in farming operations, drive real-time operational decisions, and
redesign business processes for game-changing business models.
It is expected that Big Data will cause major shifts in roles and power relations among different players in
current food supply chain networks. The landscape of stakeholders exhibits an interesting game between
powerful tech companies, venture capitalists and often small startups and new entrants. At the same time
there are several public institutions that publish open data, under the condition that the privacy of persons
must be guaranteed. The future of Smart Farming may unravel in a continuum of two extreme scenarios: 1)
closed, proprietary systems or 2) open, collaborative systems.
The development of data and application infrastructures (platforms and standards) and their institutional
embedment will play a crucial role in the battle between these scenarios. A major challenge is therefore to
cope with governance issues and define suitable business models for data sharing in different supply chain
scenarios.
Keynote IoT in Agriculture opening academic year CIHEAM ZaragozaSjaak Wolfert
Keynote presentation for the opening of the academic year at CIHEAM institute for Mediterranean agricultural research in Zaragoza. It is about how IoT and Big Data are transforming Agriculture in Europe and what the main challenges are: governance, business models and open infrastructures. This is illustrated from several use cases in the Internet of Food and Farm 2020 (IoF2020) project.
Slides from my talk at 1st International Conference on Semantic Machine Learning and Linked Open Data (SML2OD) for Agriculture and Environmental Informatics
This is a keynote presentation presented at a conference on INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND DATA APPLICATIONS IN THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR, 26 February 2019 at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi South Campus, Rectorate Conference Hall, Turkey. It describes multi-disciplinary, collaborative, agile approach for digital transformation of the agri-food sector based on the IoF2020 and SmartAgriHubs project. It describes several examples of IoT and Big Data applications from those projects,
The video and voice-over of this presentation can be found at https://youtu.be/wYJVqh6jvSE
The SmartAgriHubs project enables a broad digital transformation of the European farming and food sector. With a €20 million budget co-funded by the European Union, the project aims to build an extensive pan-European network of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs). The project starts today on November 1st, 2018. This presentation describes the project's objective and method that is used to reach these objectives.
Digital innovation for sustainable food systemsSjaak Wolfert
This presentation will show that digital solutions help addressing multiple sustainability issues, particularly illuminating how producers and consumers can use digitalisation to support a transition towards healthier diets.
KG2 has been collecting, compiling and managing data for agricultural marketing professionals for over 20
years.It serves the markets and works with the leading organisations involved in crop production in Australia.
Digital Innovation Hubs – Digital Transformation of Agriculture at a Regional...Sjaak Wolfert
• Build local digital innovation hubs offering innovation services and access
to finance
• Organize regional challenges for initiating new Innovation Experiments
• Conduct multi-actor Innovation Experiments for a digital transformation
• Creating a pan-European network of Digital Innovation Hubs
and Competence Centres
Big Data Grapes, as part of the European Big Data Value community was on the 16th of May in Sofia, Bulgaria, in an event organised by the Big Data Value PPP, with the twofold objective of strengthening collaborations among community members and increasing the visibility and awareness about the PPP in East Europe in general and Bulgaria in particular. Ontotext, our Bulgarian project partner presented the potential of Big Data Streams in grape and wine production.
#bdvmeetupsofia18
oversea
This is the presentation on understanding the SmartAgriHubs project that I gave at the kick-off event in Prague, Czech Republic on the 5th of March 2019. It starts with the background of the Digital Transformation that is going on in the Agri-Food sector. Then the objective is decribed followed by the 5 basic concepts that are the basis of this project: Digital Innovation Hubs, Innovation Expriments, Competence Centers, Innovation Portal and the Innovation Services Maturity Model. Next, the project approach and work package structure are explained. The presentation is concluded by the most important KPIs and numbers of the project.
AI for intelligent services in Food SystemsSjaak Wolfert
This presentation was presented at the IEEE 5G Worldforum in a session 'Dialogues between 5G/B5G and Vertical Domains: AI for Intelligent Services. Several use cases in Food Systems that use 5G are presented of which the 'weed detection robot' in more detail. Enabling factors and recommendations for the use of 5G to create intelligent services using AI are discussed.
The BigDataGrapes vision enabling global disruption of the grapevine-powered ...Big Data Grapes
Panagiotis Zervas presentation on the vision of the project at the BigDataGrapes workshop "Big Data for the Grapevine Industries" in Pisa, Italy (8/3/2019)
KATANA offers access to 3 technology platforms in Agrifood related emerging industries (eco‐industries, mobile services and personalized health), as enablers for shaping new products/services.
1. Precision Technologies for sustainable farming: Marketplace for Precision Agriculture Services
2. Mobile Services in Accessing AgriFood Markets: Platform for exploiting Internet of Things to reach consumers
3. Functional Foods for personalized nutrition: Toolbox for the design of functional foods (recipes and processes).
Big Data, Small Dashboard - Andrea Maietta - Codemotion Milan 2016Codemotion
Big data is the new black. We have more data than we could use, but what we really need is information. The typical dashboard is completely crammed with colourful 3D pies, uncountable lines and tons of extra-thick tables. And nobody understands anything. Knowledge is power. But to be able to know you first have to understand. In this talk we shall see how to transform a terribile mess into a clean and informative dashboard, moving step by step and explaining the reasonings between each passage. At my signal... unleash knowledge!
This is the presentation slide deck for my 45 minute talk at TriAgile; it discusses how anyone can lead change and gives some techniques that can be used.
Intelligent Buildings can use the skills of the control experts in the process field like the ISA Chapter members. Recent IEC Standard on cybersecurity is applicable to the building automation field.
Given the significant role of NIH in supporting health research in US universities, the Trump Administration’s proposed 20% cuts in NIH funding may result in :
1) Less support for developing life-saving disease treatments.
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IoF2020 project overview for BDE/eRosa/GODAN
1. PROJECT OVERVIEW
Sjaak Wolfert, Scientific Project Coordinator
(Wageningen University & Research)
European Policy Perspectives on Data-intensive Agriculture & Food
2nd joint workshop of Big Data Europe & GODAN
31 March 2017, Brussels, Belgium
3. Involving entire supply chain and beyond
Smart Farming
Smart Logistics
tracking & tracing
Domotics Health
Fitness/Well-being
4. OBJECTIVE
IoF2020 fosters a large-scale uptake of IoT in
the European farming and food sector
• Demonstrate the business case of IoT for a
large number of application areas in farming
and food sector;
• Integrate and reuse available IoT
technologies by exploiting open
infrastructures and standards;
• Ensure user acceptability of IoT solutions in
farming and food sector by addressing user
needs, including security, privacy and trust
issues;
• Ensure the sustainability of IoT solutions
beyond the project by validating the related
business models and setting up an IoT
ecosystem for large scale uptake.
4
5. IOF2020 IN BRIEF
5
16
COUNTRIES
4 YEARS
Start = January
2017
€35 MILLION
BUDGET
(€30 million co-funded
under EU H2020
programme)
71 PARTNERS
ORGANISATIONS
6. BEYOND THE
PROJECT
OPEN CALL
IoF2020 will pave the way for:
• Data-driven Farming
• Autonomous Farm
Operations
• Virtual Food Chains
• Personalized Nutrition for
European citizens
AMBITION & VISION
LARGE-SCALE EXPANSION
8. Optimizing cultivation and processing of wine by sensor-actuator networks and big data
analysis within a cloud framework
BIG WINE OPTIMIZATION
9. OBJECTIVE
Deploy an IoT system
• based on 150
actuator/sensor nodes
• to monitor and gather
the data coming from 5
vineyards and cellars
• to perform data analysis
and decision making
• to improve the vine yield
and wine production
10. IOT SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURE
• Fixed and mobile sensors
to monitor weather,
vineyard and wine
conditions
• Middleware to collect and
analyse sensor data and
actuate
• Applications to facilitate the
decision making to monitor
and control the vineyards
and wine anytime and
anywhere.
12. Optimize pig production management via on-farm sensors and slaughter house
data
PIG FARM MANAGEMENT
13. Objective
Provide the pig farmers with crucial information to effectively steer their
management to reduce boar taint, health problems, increase productivity
16. TRIALS & USE CASES
16
A MULTI-ACTOR APPROACH
SMART
CONTROL
SMART SENSING
& MONITORING
SMART ANALYSIS
& PLANNING
Researchers
Infrastructure providers
IoT integrators
End-users
17. TRIAL & USES CASES METHODOLOGY
LEAN APPROACH
17
MVP1
Initial
Deployment MVP2
First
Release
DEMO
Large scale
MVP3
Second
Release
TECNOLOGY
CHAIR
IMPROVEMENTS
Fine tuning
BUSINESS
CHAIR
KPIs EVALUATION
Measurement & monitoring
ECOSYSTEM
CHAIR
END USER FEEDBACK
Involvement & co-creation
&
Minimum Viable Product:
a product with just enough
features to gather validated
learning about the product
and its continued development
18. IOF2020 ECOSYSTEM & COLLABORATION SPACE
WP1ProjectCoordination&
Management
GENERIC APPROACH & STRUCTURE
WP2 Trials/Use cases: Knowledge & App development
Lean multi-actor approach
3. EVALUATION
1. CO-DESIGN
2. IMPLEMENTATION
P1
P2
LARGE
SCALE
P3
WP3 IoT Integration WP4 Business Support
WP5 Ecosystem Development
PULL-push PULL-push
PULL-push
19. TECHNICAL / ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH
Use case
architecture
Use case
IoT system
developed
Use case IoT
system
implemented
Use case IoT
system
deployed
USE CASE REQUIREMENTS
IoT reference
architecture
instance of
IoT catalogue
Reusable IoT
components
reuse
IoT Lab
Reference
configurations
& instances
reuse
Collaboration
Space
shared
services
& data
ProjectlevelUsecaselevel
sustain
reuse
20. Business support
Different business
models will be
tested to identify
the most successful
and sustaining ones
BUSINESS MODELS
Buying and selling a
product is te best
lorem service.
MARKET
STUDY
Develop standard
procedures and
guidelines to handle
sensitive
information and to
protect IP
PRIVACY
GUIDELINES
Calculate costs
savings and effects
on revenue
development &
financing plans for
farmers
KPI & IMPACT
21. TOWARDS TO THE IOF2020 ECOSYSTEM
GENERAL PUBLIC
AND MEDIA
POLICY-MAKERS
AND REGULATORS
SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITY
AGRICULTURAL (INDEPENDENT)
ADVISORY SERVICES
NGOS & INTEREST
ORGANISATIONS
IOT TECHNOLOGY
PROVIDERS
BUSINESS SUPPORT
ORGANISATIONS
• Accelerators
• Incubators
• Chambers of commerce
• Enterprises networks
END-USERS
• Farm equipment suppliers
• Food processing companies
• Retailers
• Transporters
• Consumers’ associations
INVESTORSFARMERS
COOPERATIVES CONSORTIUM PARTNERS
23. IoF2020 is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union.
Grant Agreement no. 731884. Visit iof2020.eu for more information about the project.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sjaak Wolfert
sjaak.wolfert@wur.nl
+31 317 485 939
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Editor's Notes
This slide provides an overview of the project aim and objectives.
Some key figures about the project:
The Consortium comprises 71 partners from 16 countries.
The project duration is 4 years (Start in January 2017 and end in December 2020)
The total budget is €35 million (of which €30 million co-funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation)
IoF2020 will organize an open call around mid‐term for being able to involve new users in the use cases, develop additional and specifically more innovative applications, as well as to replicate the use cases through new sites or new connected devices, and complementary assessment of the acceptability of the use cases.
IoF2020 will pave the way for:
Data-driven Farming: IoF2020 will help farmers to change from ‘management by gut feeling’ towards ‘management by facts’, which is of crucial importance to survive its increasingly demanding business environment.
Autonomous Farm Operations: IoF2020 will improve the connectedness and intelligence of farm automation. As such it will enable farm equipment to become autonomous, self‐adaptive systems that can operate, decide and even learn without on‐site or remote intervention by humans.
Virtual Food Chains: IoF2020 will enable to virtualize food supply chain management which allows for advanced remote (re)planning, monitoring and control capabilities and for new business models.
Personalized Nutrition: personalized nutrition monitoring and advices by using smartphones, that make use of connected sensors, wearables like smart watches, equipment at home (e.g. refrigerators, weighing machines) and outdoor equipment (e.g. in canteens, restaurants, super markets, fitness clubs).
The core of the project lies within 5 trials. These cover 5 sectors (arable, dairy, fruits, vegetables and meat).
To showcase each of the trials, the project is organized around 19 use cases.
IoF2020 follows a multi-actor approach in which all the stakeholders in the food chain are involved : from farmers, cooperatives, equipment and logistic suppliers, food processing companies, to consumer organizations and it includes ICT developers.
IoF2020 envisions a transformation of the food and farming sector thanks to smart webs of connected and context-sensitive objects. These objects can be easily identified, sensed and controlled remotely. As such, they will drastically improve productivity and sustainability of the sector.
IoF2020’s innovative approach, the lean multi-actor approach allows to test the solutions with end-users in their operational environment and value chain stakeholders.
Feedback is translated into technical improvements that better meet end-users needs and better fit into the production environment and the value chain.
The figure shows that:
The process starts with initial deployment of technologies into their operational environment at the beginning of the use case;
It follows concurrent (i) measurement of use‐case performance and evaluation of KPIs coordinated by the business chair (ii) managing, facilitating and synthesizing feedback from end‐users and stakeholders along the value chain coordinated by the ecosystem chair;
Translating key issues demanded by end‐users and stakeholders into improvement, inserting or removing of technical features, coordinated by the technology chair.
By passing through this cycle, the technology is altered with a new set of features and a new minimum viable product (MVP) compared to the beginning of the process.
Through these projects we have developed a success formula in approaching the challenge of ICT and Information Management in Agri-Food :
Trials and use cases form the core, in which we jointly develop as research and business organisations, knowledge and application through a lean multi-actor approach
This means that we quickly develop minimum viable products with involvement of all relevant stakeholders and upscale these through several cycles of development
In parallel we create synergy by
Technical integration: open architectures, standard that can be used as generic building blocks in the trials and use cases
Governance and business modelling: solve issues that arise from the trials and use cases regarding ownership, privacy, trust, etc. and support the businesses in developing sustainable business plans for the apps, services and organization structures that are being developed
Ecosystem Development – support the trials and use cases in embedding their solutions in global ecosystems and upgrading them to a large scale
Project coordination and management is trivial, but we have shown that Wageningen University and Research is very capable to fulfil this role in large public-private projects
This integrated approach will guarantee long-term, sustainable results from these projects.
IoF2020 believes that it is important for a large scale take‐up to maximize synergies across multiple use case systems.
As a consequence, much attention is paid to ensuring the interoperability of multiple use case systems and the reuse of IoT components across them. The figure shows the architectural approach to achieve this during design, development, implementation and deployment.
To enable reuse of components, IoF2020 will provide a catalogue of reusable system components, which can be integrated in the IoT systems of multiple use cases of the project. It will include as much as possible existing components from previous and running projects and (open source) initiatives, including FIWARE, FIspace, etc.
Consortium participants and partner organisations
IoF2020 partners, other networks and initiatives with whom relations have already been established.
Stakeholders, directly using produced services and/or benefiting from the project outcomes.
Farmers
Cooperatives
End users
IoF2020 includes end-users for the entire supply chain, from farm to the plate.
IoT technology providers
Companies or other entities developing, producing and selling IoT technologies.
Agricultural (independent) advisory services
Services that make new knowledge available to farmers and assist the farmers to develop their farming and management skills.
Business support organisations
Entities supporting the establishment of a business entity.
Interest organisations / NGOs
Interest organisations are the entities representing interests of a particular sector.
NGOs are non-profit organizations, operating independently of government.
Investors
Entities committing capital for a financial return.
Scientific community
A diverse network of interacting scientists.
Policy makers and regulators
Individuals responsible for determining and applying policies and legislations.
General public & media
General public is the general community of people, regardless of their interests and/or occupations.
Media are the communication channels through which the IoF2020 key emssages can be disseminated.