Witness how Bayer Crop Science is actively shaping the future of Agriculture
On top of internal R&D, Bayer’s ambitious Open Innovation Programme has led to an International Startup Call powered by Hello Tomorrow. Focusing on incremental and disruptive technologies, innovative collaborations will help farmers, consumers and the planet thrive, together.
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The program is as follows:
– Introduction:
00:00 – Opening words by Simon Maechling, Innovation Scout at Bayer Crop Science
02:30 – Innovation at Bayer Crop Science
Bernard Leroux, Senior Vice President R&D Cereals, Oilseeds and Cotton at Bayer Crop Science
Catherine Sirven, Digital transformation and Collaboration Lead at Bayer Crop Science
09:09 – Challenge framing and outcomes
Simon Maechling
– Finalists’ pitches
12:40 – Agrosage (http://www.agrosage.com/)
Detecting at an early stage pests and diseases in greenhouse growing and generating artificial intelligence-based treatment protocols.
Yoav Adomi, CEO & Co-founder
24:16 – Ananda Devices (https://anandadevices.com/)
Automating toxicity assays in human tissues via microfluidific devices.
Margaret Magdesian, CEO & Founder
34:50 – Fotenix (http://www.fotenix.tech/): Providing the ability to make laboratory grade analysis of crop condition at the point of production.
Charles Veys, Managing Director & Co-founder
46:18 – FungiAlert (http://www.fungialert.com/): Reducing crop loss and increasing productivity by carrying out unique soil microbial analyses with patented sensors.
Angela de Manzanos, CTO & Co-founder
59:01 – Kreatis SAS (http://www.kreatis.eu/): Developing in silico models and consulting for physico-chemistry, human health and ecotoxiciology.
Paul Thomas, CEO & Founder
1:10:43 – Walrus (http://www.walrus.ag/): Using smart micro drones & AI for early detection of pests & diseases in indoor farming.
Shaul Zahavian, CEO & Co-founder
– Deliberations
1:21:43 – Online voting
Simon Maechling
1:24:12 – Hello Tomorrow presentation
Vincent Durand, Head of Startup-Corporate Programs
Chloe Khalifat, Deep Tech & Innovation Consultant
1:35:14 – Open Innovation at Bayer Crop Science
Phil Taylor, Open Innovation Lead at Bayer Crop Science
– Winner announcement
1:46:19 – Kreatis awarded grand winner, AgroSage awarded people’s choice!
Bernard Leroux, Simon Maechling & Catherine Servin
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