NavVis, a global provider of indoor spatial intelligence solutions for enterprises, closes a new funding round today - raising a total of $35.5 million.
As experts and early adopters of the technology within their respective companies, these four digital twin leaders will be familiar faces as the digital twin industry continues to develop.
Challenge Advisory is pleased to share that Karsten Temme, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Pivot Bio, will be speaking at AG4.0 in San Francisco, 14-15 November.
Karl G. Gutbrod is the CEO of meteoblue, a Swiss company providing weather and environmental planning services for websites, renewable energy and housing industry.
This generation is creating a drive for technological innovation, and the growing dependence on being connected means there is vast potential for digital twins in many aspects of oil field operations.
Farmers must produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed the population, and agricultural biotechnology companies are working with farmers to achieve this. Below are 6 leaders in biotechnology making meaningful changes within the agribusiness industry.
The digital twin, like many other technological evolutions, has its challenges. However, a right approach in implementing the twins would automatically eliminate most of these challenges.
Challenge Advisory is delighted to announce that Vincent Kimura– CEO of Smart Yields- will be speaking at AG 4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
Ian Swanson, CFO of Delicato Family Vineyards, will be attending Ag 4.0 next month. Today he speaks to us about his experience at Delicato, challenges that face wine and grape growers, and the adoption of big data within agriculture.
In a world where AI is taking more control in human decision making, systems supported by digital twins can prove game-changing for the automotive industry. Digital Twins are key to the long-term success of autonomous vehicles in the future.
Challenge Advisory is delighted to announce that Venkat Maroju, PH. D.; CEO of SourceTrace Systems will be speaking at AG 4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
Women must be given the same access as men in the ag world, and to achieve this - they must be given the opportunity to connect and support each other. These seven inspiring women in agriculture will be participating on the panel Women in Ag, at our Ag 4.0 workshop in San Francisco next month.
While digital twins of the human body primarily remain a futuristic development, virtual hospital planning and management are already a reality.
As Ag 4.0 edges closer, we spoke to Bill Kirk- the co-founder and the CEO of Weather Trends International. Bill highlighted the role of his company in Agtech provided his expert opinion on ROI in Agtech sector.
There are major on-going initiatives enabling digital medical twins to be a key innovator in the future. Developments made by simulating the human body can lead to enhanced medical treatments, which are more adapted to an individual’s needs
The agriculture industry, unlike many major entities, is not benefitting from the digital twins as it should.
With 4 weeks until Ag 4.0, we spoke to one of our panellists - Matt Ashton, the Senior VP of Grain for Central Valley Ag Cooperative. He discusses the responsibilities and challenges of co-operatives, and the work that he is currently doing at Central Valley Ag.
Before the term ‘digital twin’ was even devised, organisations such as NASA and city planners used the technology through Computer Aided Design (CAD) and smart maps powered by geospatial analytics.
As we count down to Ag 4.0, we had a chat with our chairwoman - Amy Wu, about how her career in investigative journalism brought her to the agriculture industry and the importance of women in agriculture.
While the digital twin itself isn’t regarded as a technology, yet it’s the confluence of many of the latest digital technologies on which business profitability relies.
Despite images of farmers depicted from cultural tradition and issues surrounding the marketing of women in ag, a quick google search would reveal that half the worlds farmers are in fact women.
Authorities are looking for a new set of innovations, driven by the merging of physical and digital technologies to address issues. One of these solutions is the rise of digital twins.
Kasey Bamberger speak about how she has seen the ag industry change over time in a family farm, and her honest opinion as a woman in agriculture.
The cultivating of monocultures is very much a modern method of agricultural production. It’s common to picture vast field containing wheat, barley, single species of fruit, or vegetable crops.
Digital twin technology is making its way into the world of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and data analytics, but what exactly is it and why is it so important?
We would like to present four innovators that are doing outstanding work within Precision Agriculture - an area that is set to grow to $43.4 billion by 2025.
Henry Gordon-Smith, the Founder of Agritecture, will be speaking at Ag 4.0 in San Francisco this November. We recently interviewed Henry to discuss how he started off in the agriculture industry, the importance of sustainable profitability and the future of urban agriculture.
Andre Daccache – Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California to be a speaker at AG 4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
Below are some of the leaders that are embracing the future of big data, and providing innovative solutions within this area of agriculture technology.
Curious on how food traceability works? Join AG 4.0 to learn from Amvac
While many farmers are growing, monitoring, and harvesting through artificial intelligence, robotics still remain an underused, limited innovation.
John Kruse Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer of PlantResponse, to speak at AG 4.0 on biotechnology panel
As agriculture is in the forefront of a traceability and transparency movement, here are the advocates that are paving the way for more sustainable change.
Challenge Advisory has invited Jim Pantaleo, VP of Strategic Business Development- Sananbio U.S., to speak at AG 4.0
Challenge Advisory Partners with the Flux Protocol to unlock the business potential of environmental data on the blockchain.
Clark T. Bell, CEO & Co-Founder of Aqua-Yield, to speak at AG 4.0 on biotechnology
Challenge Advisory is delighted to announce that Amy Wu, Founder of From Farms to Incubators will be speaking at AG 4.0 on the Women in Ag's Panel
Women make up 30% if not 50 % of the agricultural labour force across the world.
Danny Royer, Vice President of Technology- Bowles Farming Co., will be speaking at AG 4.0 on the Understanding the Modern Farmer panel
Biofertilizers can be defined as purely taken substances from animals’ waste along with the microbial mixtures which aid in growing the plants by providing them with the increased nutrients
Businesses in Ag who don’t use social media will face an uphill battle for industry relevance as well as helping their own industry develop.
Here are the leaders that are impacting the world of sustainability, and bringing it to the forefront of the agricultural system.
Agriculture technology is no longer a niche that no one's heard about.
Customer psychology and understanding the modern farmer is one of the main concerns in AG today
Challenge Advisory is delighted to announce that Manu Pillai, Co-Founder & President WaterBit Inc., will be speaking at AG 4.0
The concept of precision AG, despite the associations is not limited to large farms with giant tractors and can be applied to farms of 2 acres or 2000 acres.
Challenge Advisory is delighted to announce that Jamie Bacher, PH. D, CEO & Co-Founder of Boost Biomes, will be speaking at AG 4.0 on Biotechnology panel.
Farmers have been modifying the way they farm for more than 10,000 years.
Challenge Advisory are delighted to announce that Peter Blezard, Chief Executive and Founder, Azotic Technologies- will be speaking at AG4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November.
Sustainable farming is a system that, “over the long term, enhances environmental quality and the resource base on which agriculture depends..."
Challenge Advisory has invited Anastasia Volkova – CEO and Co-Founder of FluroSat to be a speaker at AG 4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
Challenge Advisory has invited Matthew Powell – Chief Strategy Officer & Founder of Agworld to be a speaker at AG 4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
From the growers of fruits to the producers of wines, everybody within the viticulture business is striving to achieve better results.
Challenge Advisory has invited Paul Beck –Vice President of Global Marketing, Verdesian Life Sciences -to be a speaker at AG 4.0
Precision agriculture tools provide with the capacity of collecting extremely large amounts of data, thus big data, from the agricultural producers who utilize the right tech in their farming practices.
Challenge Advisory has invited Dr. Karl G. Gutbrod –CEO of meteoblue AG to be a speaker at AG4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
helping farmers successfully implement new farming technologies and realise the importance of new modern innovations in farming will
Challenge Advisory are delighted to announce that Carley Corrado, Founder & Chief Strategist, Enliven Leadership- will be speaking at AG4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November.
AG4.0, a workshop where farmers will be telling the companies what they need rather than the other way around.
farmers across the agricultural industry are fairly reluctant to the idea of adopting new innovations and technology into their daily lives. Let’s discuss why.
Challenge Advisory has invited Henry Gordon- Smith –Founder & Managing Director of Agritecture Consulting to be a speaker at AG40 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
Challenge Advisory has invited Ian Swanson – CFO of Delicato Family Vineyards to be a speaker at AG40 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
Challenge Advisory are delighted to announce that John Plemmons, Californian farmer and agricultural production professional, will be speaking at AG4.0 in San Francisco from 14-15 November.
Challenge Advisory has invited Professor Jeffery Dahlberg – Director of the University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources to be a speaker at AG40 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
Dr Zhongli Pan, Research Engineer at USDA and Lecturer at UC Davis, will be attending AG40 hosted by Challenge Advisory in November 2018 in San Francisco, USA.
The use of state-of the-art technology such as GPS guidance, drones, robotics, autonomous vehicles, VRT, telematics, software, hardware, control systems, among others, represent the practice key component.
Challenge Advisory are delighted to announce that Matthew Ashton, Senior Vice President of Central Valley Ag Cooperative, will be speaking at AG40 in San Francisco from 14-15 November.
Challenge Advisory has invited Kasey Bamberger – Partner at Bryant Agricultural Enterprise to be a speaker at AG40 in San Francisco from 14-15 November 2018.
When it comes to traceability, its main challenge is that it presents an issue for farmers in their operational activity
Nowadays, over half the food produced across the globe requires nitrogen fertilizers, according to ‘Crop Nutrition, Mosaic’.
While the agricultural industry is already familiar with the annual list of Ag retailers ranked by sales, CropLife 100, the question arises on what makes these “CropLife” companies stay on top of the game
Most academics and agronomists agree that the practice of sustainable agriculture is of paramount importance in today’s world.
Considering that the state is a huge agricultural supplier it is not minor that is constantly dealing with this specific problematic.
Precision Agriculture main objective is to ensure profitability, efficiency, and sustainability using the big data gathered by this technology
One of the biggest risks in the agriculture industry involve commodity pricing. Today we will talk about how these issues can be dealt with
Today, we are speaking to Maryna Kuzmeko – the CEO of Petiole. We discuss the work they are currently doing at the UK based start-up and her experience as an industry leader in a male-dominated sector.
This week, we speak to the Founder and CEO of Smart Ag – Colin Hurd. We discuss the origins of Smart Ag, the challenges currently within the AgTech industry, and much more!
An exceedingly bureaucratic task, obtaining an Ex-Tariff can be massively time-consuming and chaotic for companies not experienced in Brazilian administrative logic.
Challenge Advisory chats to Gary Wickham – the CEO and founding member of MagGrow, to discuss the AgTech industry, Wickham’s career challenges and highlights thus far, and what the team are currently up to at MagGrow.
There have been warnings this week over the digital safety of U.S. Agriculture amidst concerns over Russia’s hacking capabilities.
After a decades-long ban due to marijuana prohibition, the U.S. Senate has passed The Hemp Farming Act, legalising hemp as an agricultural commodity, while removing it from the federal list of controlled substances.
Customer behaviour in the agricultural and food industry is forming new norms that are drastically impacting on how the everyday operations of these industries are executed.
With the ever-aging population in the agriculture industry, the lack of commitment to adopt advanced technology is slowly becoming one of the biggest challenges in the US thus far.
Agricultural cooperatives are struggling to find solutions in the marketing and communication aspects of the industry due to a lack of ability to implement new technologies that would make a positive difference.
Ricky Stephens – the co-Founder of AgTech X, speaks to Challenge Advisory about his passions and inspirations within the industry, his career challenges and achievements thus far, and what the team is currently up to at AgTech X.
Farmers, cooperatives and workers in the agricultural sector concur that the shortage of labour is a direct result of the latest changes in the U.S. immigration policies. One of the biggest issues
China, one of the biggest economies and the largest commodities consumer in the world, is not hiding its discontent towards the Trump administration and it is hitting it right in its natural resources.
Challenge Advisory are pleased to confirm that PlantResponse is partnering with AG40 to help better interrogate key modernisation questions in relation to US agriculture’s arable supply-chain.
Challenge Advisory have announced today that it has formed a partnership with Verdesian to help support the creation of a sustainable future within American agriculture.
Owing to the rapid growth of precision agriculture technologies and tools, the usage and relevant collection of data in agriculture has become one of the most important topics in past years. But this growth has also exposed key areas of vulnerability...
Challenge Advisory’s strategic partner, XAIN, have secured €6 million in seed funding, led by Earlybird Venture Capital. The round saw keen interest and participation from international strategic investors, especially in Asia.
One of the biggest challenges every entrepreneur will most likely face is finding the right investor in an effort to secure the right amount of funding.
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