As part of this year’s event, DigiAgriFood is organizing a session titled “Open Data – Open Services for the Agri-Food Sector.” The panel will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 17:00 to 18:00, at Pavilion 17, in the area where Democritus University of Thrace is hosted, Stands 33 & 41.
The panel will focus on the importance of open data and open services as drivers of innovation and transparency in the agri-food sector. Real-time application examples will be presented, utilizing data from:
- A network of meteorological and environmental monitoring stations that support risk forecasting (e.g. frost, drought) and improve crop management.
- A network of insect traps providing open access to population data of crop pests, supporting the implementation of sustainable plant protection practices.
Through the discussion, it will be highlighted how the use of open data contributes to better decision-making, cost and input reduction, environmental protection, and the development of new value-added services for producers, advisors, researchers, and businesses.
The panel will bring together representatives from research, local government, entrepreneurship, and the farming community, aiming to showcase both the opportunities and challenges of making open data available and usable.
Panel participants (in alphabetical order):
- Georgios Broufas, Vice Rector for Research & Innovation, DUTH
- Christos Partsias, Smart Specialization & E-Governance Department, Regional Development Fund of Eastern Macedonia & Thrace
- Konstantinos Rallis, Postdoctoral Researcher, DUTH
- Georgios Syrakoulis, Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, DUTH
We invite you to visit the booths of DUTH and #DigiAgriFood to explore the initiatives that bring the future of agri-food.