Special sessions have the main aim of creating a mini-workshop on a specific topic, where researchers working on the same argument can make knowledge, familiarize, exchange ideas, create cooperation.
Special Sessions are being developed by designated chairs.
If you, as an author, have a paper that could be included in one of these sessions, you may submit an extended abstract selecting your favourite session. If the abstract is not selected for the session, it may be included in another part of the technical program.
To submit extended abstracts to the special session, follow the submission instructions for regular sessions, but remind to specify the special session to which the paper is directed.
List of Special Sessions
Special Session #1: Exploring New Horizons in Agriculture 4.0 using Computer Engineering
Organized by: Angelo Cardellicchio, Vito Renò, Annalisa Milella, Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing - National Research Council of Italy (CNR-STIIMA)
Special Session #2: Innovative Monitoring, Control and Sensing Solutions for Biosystems Facilities
Organized by: Andrea Pezzuolo, University of Padova, Italy - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture, and Forestry; Alberto Barbaresi, Marco Bovo, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy; Carlo Bibbiani, Department of Veterinary Sciences University of Pisa, Italy; Hao Guo, College of Land Science and Technology - China Agricultural University, China; Alexey Ruchay, Chelyabinsk State University, Russia
Special Session #3: Optical measurements empowered by AI for agriculture and food applications
Organized by: Cristina Nuzzi, Simone Pasinetti, University of Brescia, Italy; Eduard Gregorio López, University of Lleida, Spain; Jordi Gené-Mola, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Spain
Special Session #4: Robotics for Agro-Forestry and Landscape Applications
Organized by: Dario Mengoli, University of Bologna, Italy; Gabriele Costante, Francesco Crocetti, University of Perugia, Italy; Mino Sportelli, National Research Council (CNR), (Pisa,Italy); Luis Emmi, Centre for Automation and Robotics (CSIC-UPM) Madrid, Spain; Manuel Pérez-Ruiz, University of Sevilla, Spain; Marco Fontanelli, University of Pisa, Italy
Special Session #5: Precision Liverstock Farming and Sensors
Organized by: Maria Grazia Cappai, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Sardinia Italy
Special Session #6: Smart Agriculture Metrology: Leveraging the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence
Organized by: Carlos Kamienski, Ronaldo Prati, Federal University of ABC (UFABC - Brazil); Reinaldo Bianchi, FEI University Center (Brazil); Andre Torre Neto, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa - Brazil); Lei Xue, Sun Yat-Sen University (China)
Special Session #7: Sensing and Data Platforms: what is ahead of us
Organized by: Federico Coro, University of Padova, Italy; Manlio Bacco, T.1 Digital Economy Unit, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra; Lorenzo Palazzetti, University of Perugia, Italy; Cristina Domingo-Marimon, CREAF, Spain; Enrico Casella, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.
Special Session #8: Digital technologies and AI for sustainable agriculture: Meeting practitioners’ and societal needs
Organized by: Gianluca Brunori, Alexander Kocian, University of Pisa, Italy; Manlio Bacco, European Commission - JRC; Alessio Ferrari, University College Dublin; Chiara Mannari, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Jörg Dörr, Fraunhofer IESE and RPTU Kaiserslautern
Special Session #9: Emerging GNC Technologies for Autonomous Robotic Platforms in Disease Detection and Precision Crop Treatment
Organized by: Elisa Capello, Mauro Mancini, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
Special Session #10: Advancements on Agriculture using Electromagnetic-based Techniques and Devices
Organized by: David Rodriguez-Duarte, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy; Matteo Bruno Lodi, University of Cagliari, Italy
Special Session #11: Precision Horticulture Technologies
Organized by: Manuela Zude-Sasse, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Germany; Lav Khot, Washington State University, USA; Luigi Manfrini, University of Bologna, Italy
Special Session #12: Geomatics, GeoAI and geospatial data analysis in precision agriculture and forestry applications
Organized by: Andrea Masiero, University of Padova, Italy; Valerio Baiocchi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Francesca Giannone, Niccolò Cusano University, Italy; Raffaella Brigante, University of Perugia, Italy
Special Session #13: Advanced farming and sustainability
Organized by: Francesco Marinello, Alessia Cogato, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry - University of Padua, Italy; Jacopo Bacenetti, Michele Zoli, Department of Environmental Science and Policy - University of Milan, Italy
Special Session #14: Multi-Source Methods for Forest Disturbance Detection, Measurement and Monitoring
Organized by: Gunter Zeug, Conrad Bielski, Riscognition; Annemarie Bastrup-Birk, University of Copenhagen - Forests and Bioresources; Claudio Rossi, Edoardo Arnaudo, Andrea Bragagnolo, LINKS Foundation; Janik Deutscher, Joanneum Research
Special Session Proposal
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