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Future of Digital Agriculture at IoT Week 2021
IoT Week is a 5-day conference where leaders from the worlds of business, tech and science shed light on the future of technology and its impact on business and life. On September 1st, 2021, two sessions ran which were dedicated to digital agriculture and moderated by DEMETER project coordinator, Kevin Doolin. The agriculture sector faces...
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DEMETER to present at IoT Week 2021
The 10th edition of the IoT Week conference will be held from August 30th to September 3rd 2021 in a virtual format. The key theme of this online edition is defining the Next Generation IoT for a Sustainable Future. The IoT Week 2021 Program covers 12 main topics, featuring over 40 sessions. During 5 days,...
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New Publication: Quality of Information within Internet of Things Data
Researchers Tomás Alcañiz, Aurora González-Vidal, Alfonso P. Ramallo and Antonio F. Skarmeta of University of Murcia have published a Chapter called ‘Quality of Information within Internet of Things Data’ in ‘Data Integrity and Quality’, edited by Santhosh Kumar Balan. The work is partly sponsored by DEMETER. A full copy of the chapter is available here...
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DEMETER participates at 2021 IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things
DEMETER participated at the 2021 IEEE 7th World Forum on Internet of Things which is taking place from 14th June to 31st July 2021. In the plenary panel on ‘European IoT Research and Large-Scale Pilots – Lessons Learned and Future Research Perspectives” an overview of the European Community research program achievements and plans for the...
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IoF2020 Final Event Summary
François Lienard, IoF2020 Ecosystem Development, Schuttelaar & Partners International. IoF2020 recently held its final event that lasted three days and was filled with over 40 presentations and sessions showing the various trials and tribulations faced by the project. With over 500 visitors, 35 interactive booths, 120 speakers and guests the event was a great success....
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Interview Series: Senka Gajinov from DNET
In this edition of our Interview Series, we talk to Senka Gajinov, Product Manager from DNET to learn more about Pilot 4.4 that she is involved in. Can you tell us a bit about your organisation and your involvement in the DEMETER project? DNET Labs is a research and innovation branch of DunavNET group, responsible...
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‘The incentives and barriers to farmers’ adoption of digital technologies’
Ambra Raggi, Policy Officer at World Farmers’ Organisation[1] Farmers are called to feed the world while immense pressures weigh on them: a growing world population, the fight against climate change, the urbanization and the loss of agricultural soils are just some of the challenges farmers face. The recent outbreak of COVID-19 adds additional pressure on...
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Interview Series: Filipe Neves dos Santos from INESC TEC
In this edition of our interview series, we catch up with Filipe Neves dos Santos at INESC TEC to learn more about pilot 3.2. Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your organisation and your involvement in the DEMETER project? My name is Filipe Neves dos Santos, I am a researcher and engineer passionate...
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Poultry Farm Pilot Installation in Montenegro for DEMETER
University of Donja Gorica and DunavNET initiated a collaboration with Radinovic Company, a poultry farm owner and operator from Montenegro. Radinovic poultry farm will be used as a pilot site in the H2020 DEMETER project for poultry farm management system. The farm is located near Pogorica, only a few kilometres away from the university. The...
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DEMETER Pilot Update – Martin Klopfer, WP5 Leader
Everything in DEMETER revolves around our 20 Pilots and the real-world use cases and requirements they bring to the table. The objective is to ensure that whatever we develop in DEMETER can be of use to other stakeholders in the smart agricultural domain, but first and foremost to the farmers. The topics, scope and size...
