In the framework of the European projects NEXTPHO21 and EPRISE, Photonics France and Photonics Bretagne co-organize a business meeting « Photonics 4 Agri-Food » the 13thmarch, at the CFIA (largest «Tech for agri-food» exhibition in France) in Rennes (Brittany).

The aim of this event is to initate new collaboration between the big players of the agri-food sector and the photonics providers (in optical sensors, scanning, imaging, lasers and lighting) to solve together the challenges of the industry in production and quality control :

• Food safety,
• Raw material control,
• Packaging, conditioning and preservation,
• Real-time process monitoring.

Agenda

9:30 – 10:00  Registration / Welcome coffee

10:00-10:20  Welcoming words and Introduction to understand issues of the sector

10:20-12:10  Agri-food end-users needs: NESTLE, GROUP D´AUCY, CENTRE TECHNIQUE AGROALIMENTAIRE, GROUPE ROULLIER, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH

12:10-12:30  Pitches from photonics providers

13:00-14:30  Networking lunch

14:30-18:00  B2B meetings / “Innovation galery tour”: guided presentation of the demonstrators exhibited on the pavilion « Usine Agro du Futur » (Food Factory of the Future).