Meetings Proceedings

Year 2018 - Bologna (Italy), EIMA International, 10-11 November 2018
XXVIII Members' Meeting "NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY: CHALLENGES AND LIMITS"

Agenda of the meeting
Session 1Remote machinery repair, maintenance and assistance (Chairman: Peter Pickel)	PRESENTATION	REPORT
Product Services in the digital age (Industrie 4.0) Westkämper E. (Germany)
The Farm Data Ecosystem Protano F., Vandecaveye V. (CNH Industrial - Italy)
InnoServPro: Innovative Service Products for individual and availability-oriented business models in capital goods industry Pier M. (Grimme Gruppe – Germany)
T&Trac: the agriculture become 4.0 Caffini A. (Caffini SpA – Italy)
Conclusions by the Session Chairman Pickel P. (John Deere Germany)
Session 2Agricultural machinery new technologies: challenges and limits for users (Chairman: Hermann Auernhammer)	PRESENTATION	REPORT
Introduction to new technologies Aurenhammer H. (Session Coordinator and Chairman, Germany)
Trends and new technologies for agricultural machinery Pichlmaier B. (AGCO – Germany)
New technologies for agricultural machinery: the contractors' point of view Schulman M. (Copa-Cogeca – Finland)
New technologies for agricultural machinery: the farmers' point of view Bosch J. (Germany)
New technologies for agricultural machinery: Focus on situation in P.R. China Yang M. (P. R. of China)
Conclusions by the Session Chairman Auernhammer H. (Germany)
Session 3Specific Mechanization: machines for horticulture (Chairman: Paolo Balsari)	PRESENTATION	REPORT
The future of horticultural mechanization Nicola S. (Italy)
Horticulture mechanization and automation in open-field: state of the art and future perspectives Monarca D. (Italy)
Automation and robotics in the protected environment, current developments and challenges for the future Hemming J. (The Netherlands)
Equipment innovations in postharvest handling and minimally processing of fresh fruit and vegetables Colelli C. (Italy)
Conclusions by the Session Chairman Balsari P. (Italy)
Key Note Reports Extended Abstracts
List of participants (uploaded at the end of meeting)

Year 2018 - Bologna (Italy), EIMA International, Nov 11th 2018
Study Groups (SG) activities

STUDY GROUPS	PRESENTATION	REPORT
SG1 Report "Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa" De Baerdemaeker J. (Group Coordinator)
SG2 Report "Club of Bologna Activities Dissemination" Monarca D. (Group Coordinator)
SG3 Report "Ethics of the future agricultural mechanization development" Pickel P. (Group Coordinator)