Introduction

Professor Simon Pearson will discuss the role of robotics and AI in the transformation of food production. This includes the latest research on crop harvesting robotics to harvest crops, novel platforms to phenotype and accelerate the breeding of crops as well as new approaches to sustainable pest and disease control. He is Professor of Agri Food Technology at the University of Lincoln and was Co-Chair of the recent DEFRA Automation and Robotics Review for Horticulture.

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Speakers

• Professor Simon Pearson University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

  https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/spearson

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Sponsorship & supporting organisations

University of Central Lancashire

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Sponsors

University of Central Lancashire

STEM Learning UK

Committee

• John Hardy Lancaster & District Local Section, United Kingdom

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngeorgehardy/
• Valerie Seymour Lancaster & District Local Section, United Kingdom

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-seymour-03b748112/
• Sarah Myers Lancaster & District Local Section, United Kingdom

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-myers-b2688459/?originalSubdomain=uk
• Anna Kirkham Lancaster & District Local Section, United Kingdom

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-kirkham/
• Peter Moorcroft Lancaster & District Local Section, United Kingdom
• John Hepworth Lancaster & District Local Section, United Kingdom

  https://www.rsc.org/awards-funding/awards/2020-winners/professor-john-hepworth/

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Organised by

Lancaster University

Lancaster University

Contact information

John George Hardy
Lancaster University
Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, LA1 4YB, UK.
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