Meet the most relevant Agri-Innovation Actors in Europe – and TomGEM is part of it

From October 11-12, 2017 Portugal hosts the Agri Innovation Summit 2017 (AIS) with 500 EU agri innovation actors expected.

The 1^st edition of the Agri Innovation Summit is a European event to foster innovation and digitisation in agriculture and rural areas. The AIS 2017 is a joint initiative of a Portuguese Consortium, the Portuguese Government, the EIP-AGRI network and the European Network for Rural Development. It gathers more than 500 farmers, rural businesses, start-ups, RDP managing authorities, national rural networks, researchers, advisors and NGOs throughout the EU with the aim of:

• Promoting cross fertilization between multi-actor innovation initiatives, both under Rural Development Programmes and Horizon 2020,
• Raising awareness about innovation and digitisation opportunities for agriculture and rural economies and how these may be supported under on-going Rural Development Programmes,
• Providing input for EU innovation policies for agriculture and rural areas after 2020.
  

Meet TomGEM at the AIS 2017!

On the first meeting day the TomGEM coordinator Prof. Mondher Bouzayen will represent TomGEM at this important event. Prof. Bouzayen will present a poster during the session “Genetic resources/climate change adaptation” highlighting TomGEM’s objectives, impact and first results.

The TomGEM poster is available via the following link: http://www.aislisbon2017.com/index.php/day11-9h15-room-c

Further details about the AIS 2017 can be found on the Summit’s website: http://www.aislisbon2017.com/#sp-about