ABOUT THE INNOVATION PRZE

Automation and robotics are becoming increasingly important within the horticultural sector.  By further automating cultivation, harvesting, grading and packaging in the greenhouse, open field, shed and/or vertical farm, horticulture can take giant steps forward towards the realisation of efficient cultivation techniques, labour savings, a continuous business process and a reduction in the use of crop protection agents.

The Dutch Horticulture and Starting Materials Materials Top Sector (Topsector Tuinbouw & Uitgangsmaterialen, T&U) invites entrepreneurs who want to develop an innovative idea, solution or concept that demonstrably contributes to the further development of unmanned processes in horticulture to compete this prestigious award. More information.

PURPOSE

Develop an innovation, solution or concept that contributes to unmanned growth in horticulture.

KICK OFF SESSION

Chairman of the jury Harrij Schmeitz of the Dutch Horticulture and Starting Materials Top Sector (Topsector Tuinbouw & Uitgangsmaterialen, T&U) was impressed by the entries.
 ‘The quality of the entries was high, not only in the breadth of the technology but also in the crops: from greenhouse to cultivation in the open field, and from tomatoes to blueberries. It was not an easy challenge, but the jury nominated these six entries for the follow-up to the competition on the basis of the material presented.’  

DATE

Thursday 30th of July - 3.30-5.00 PM

SPEAKERS

 
Harry Schmeitz - programm manager IMPACT 2025 

Sadiq van Overbeek - startup Physee and winner Top Sector Innovation Prize 2019
 
Neil Yorke-Smith is an Associate Professor of Socio-Technical Algorithmics in the Faculty of Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please contact Team IMPACT2025 via impact@impact2025.nl