California & Chile Webinar: Opportunities for Precision Agriculture in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Agenda & Speakers

Introduction

• Dr. Amrith Gunasekara, Science Advisor to the Secretary, CDFA

Opening Remarks

• Dr. Pablo Zamora, Associate Director, UC Davis Chile
• Marcela Rondon, Agricultural Attaché, USDA FAS

Panel 1: Innovation in precision agriculture

• Dr. Tom Shapland, Co-founder and CEO, Tule Technologies
• Andreas Neuman, President, UAV IQ

Panel 2: Seeing it in action: Operations that have successfully adopted precision ag tech

• Allison Jordan, Vice President of Environmental Affairs, Wine Institute
• James duBois, Water Resources Manager-Southern Region, Driscoll’s Strawberry Associates
• Dr. Alvaro Gonzalez, R&D Assistant Manager of the Center for Research & Innovation, Concha Y Toro

Panel 3: Looking ahead: Promising research into the world of precision agriculture

• Dr. Chandra Krintz, Professor, UC Santa Barbara
• Dr. Carlos Flores, Program Coordinator Agronomy and Environment , UC Davis Chile

For Webinar presentation material, please contact CDFA.OEFI@cdfa.ca.gov