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    JPFA International Symposium on Plant Factory in Chiba, Japan on Sept. 4-5

    By urbanagnewsAugust 20, 2023No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The “JPFA International Symposium on Plant Factory” will be held on September 4 and September 5, 2023, at the Kashiwa-no-ha Conference Center and online, organized by the Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA).

    There will be keynote speeches on the latest technology and interdisciplinary research on PFALs and open discussions on business trends, needs for technology development and collaboration specific to PFALs, and future possibilities for social activities with key players such as PFAL operators actively involved internationally. Poster presentations, exhibitions, and sponsored lunch sessions will also be held at the venue, providing an opportunity for interaction and high-level networking among the world’s plant factory leaders and enthusiastic community.

    The symposium will feature the keywords, including “Global trends, challenges, and prospects of plant factory business, large-scale strawberry plant factory, fully automated plant factory, improving light and other resource use efficiency in plant factories, plant phenotyping, plant factories with generative AI, next-generation nutrient solution management, breeding, space farms, plant-made pharmaceuticals and functional food, urban farm, plant factories for the circular economy, plant factories in the smart city.” These topics will be covered through open discussions and international collaboration at smart city Kashiwa-no-ha, and online, with a view to achieving “staying healthy simply by living.” The symposium will offer highly interactive sessions from various perspectives with leading international researchers and the hottest business leaders of the moment. 

    Speakers/Panelists

    Chieri Kubota Professor, the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, U.S.

    Leo Marcelis Professor and Head of Chair Group Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

    Hiroki Koga Co-founder and CEO, Oishii Farm, U.S.

    Seishi Ninomiya Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

    Francesco Orsini Full Professor, the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Italy

    Roel Janssen Chief Business Officer, Planet Farms, Italy

    Eiji Goto Professor, Chiba University, Japan

    Yoshiaki Kitaya Professor Emeritus and Director of R&D Center for the Plant Factory, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan

    Masayuki Hirafuji Project Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

    Paul Gauthier Professor, Protected Cropping, The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Australia

    Katashi Kai General Manager, Shinnippou (808 factory), Japan

    Nagateru Nozawa CEO, MIRAI CO., LTD, Japan

    Eri Hayashi President, Japan Plant Factory Association

    Click https://select-type.com/e/?id=DFQu2EcoBas&w_flg=1 for onsite registration
    or https://select-type.com/e/?id=9USB5nqn1p4&w_flg=1 for online registration.

    For more information, go to JPFA International Symposium on Plant Factory 2023, or contact the JPFA at symposium@npoplantfactory.org. 

    Japan Plant Factory Association

    The Japan Plant Factory Association, a nonprofit organization founded in 2010, is devoted to advancing the plant factory industry and controlled-environment agriculture in and outside Japan through academia-industry collaborations.

    Its mission is to develop and disseminate sustainable plant factory systems in a bid to address issues concerning food, the environment, energy, and natural resources.

    Activities range from research and development in collaboration with research institutes and industrial companies, technical and business support, planning and operation of human resource development programs to educate plant factory specialists, organizing onsite tours, and international projects, including public relations activities.

    Facilities: 15 Plant factories and more on the Kashiwa-no-ha campus site

    R&D projects by consortium members, applied research at facilities suitable for demonstration, collaboration with academia and industry

    Website: https://npoplantfactory.org/en

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