Information and Communication Technologies for Agriculture-Theme IV: Actions

¿Dionysis Bochtis works on the field of Systems Engineering for agricultural production under enhanced ICT, automation, and robotics technologies. His Research/Academic track-record includes positions such as: Director of the Institute for Bio-economy and Agri-technology (IBO / CERTH); Professor (Agri-Robotics) University of Lincoln, UK, and Senior Scientist (Operations Management), Aarhus University, Denmark. He is the founder of the agri-tech private company: farmB Digital Agriculture. Simon Pearson is Professor of Agricultural Technology at the University of Lincoln, UK, and the Founding Director of the Lincoln Institute of Agri-Food Technology (LIAT). His research area includes A diverse range of agri-technology applications including robotic systems, automation, energy control and management, food safety systems, and novel crop development. He run also positions such as Produce Technologists and Managing Director In various private sector companies. Maria Lampridi is a Mechanical Engineer focusing, through her MSc and PhD studies, on Environmental Management and Sustainability. Main research areas include life cycle assessment of agricultural production systems and sustainability assessment of advanced agri-technologies as parts of these systems. Currently she is a Research Assistant in the Institute of Bio-economy and Agri-technology (iBO) of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). Vasso Marinoudi works in Socio-technology Science (Bachelor's degree Studies: American College of Greece - DEREE, Department of Sociology) focusing on the assessment of digitalization and robotization in agricultural production in terms of social sustainability and human-technology interaction (PhD's Studies. Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technologies, Lincoln University). She is the Vice-CEO at Engineers for Business (EfB) S/A and is involved in various research projects at the R&D department of the company.Panos M. Pardalos serves as distinguished professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Florida. Additionally, he is the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor of industrial and systems engineering. Professor Pardalos is also an affiliated faculty member of the computer and information science department, the Hellenic Studies Center, and the biomedical engineering program. Additionally, he serves as the director of the Center for Applied Optimization. Professor Pardalos is a world leading expert in global and combinatorial optimization. His recent research interests include network design problems, optimization in telecommunications, ecommerce, data mining, biomedical applications, and massive computing. Panos Pardalos is a prolific author who lectures all over the world. He is the recipient of a multitude of fellowships and awards, the most recent of which is the Humboldt Research Award (2018).