The TechCare final conference event took place on 17th (full day) and 18th (morning) June at the University Foundation Belgium, organised by EAAP and SRUC. The aim of the event was to present the main achievements of the project over 5 years. Over 80 people attended the 2 days, both online and in person from over 18 different countries.
The event was a great opportunity to take stock after 5 years of exciting research across Europe on the use of innovative technologies for small ruminants welfare management, with proofs of concept, prototypes, pilot trials and large-scale studies to leverage technologies and data to identify useful early indicators for farmers in their management of the welfare of their animals both indoors & outdoors, and also during transportation. The participants had the chance to follow the presentation of other four linked EU-funded projects (DECIDE, ClearFarm, Digi4Live, aWISH) which gave their experience from their project’s perspective. Both days concluded with a panel discussion, the first on welfare, technologies and data use while the second on welfare and innovations with the participation of prominent stakeholders. The two-days were rich in results and discussions and provided an excellent way to conclude the project’s work.
Click here to read the Agenda. The conference was recorded, below you will find the video link for the presentations and the pdf presentations.
Day 1 – June 17:
- “Welcome and Overview of the TechCare Project” – Claire Morgan-Davies (SRUC). Pdf presentation Welcome. Pdf presentation Overview.
- “Experience from other EU projects” (part 1):
- “DECIDE” – Gerdien van Schaik (UU). Pdf presentation.
- “ClearFarm” – Pol Llonch (UAB). Pdf presentation.
- “Experience from other EU projects” (part 2):
- “Digi4Live” – Jarkko Niemi (LUKE). Pdf presentation.
- “aWISH” – Bas Rodenburg (UU). Pdf presentation.
- “Welfare assessments & priorities in small ruminant systems” – Cathy Dwyer (SRUC). Pdf presentation.
- Technology testing on:
- “TechCare pilots” – Germain Tesnière (IDELE). Pdf presentation.
- “Transport” – Gerardo Caja (UAB) and Cathy Dwyer (SRUC). Pdf presentation.
- “TechCare large-scale farms” – Germain Tesnière (IDELE) and Leticia Riaguas (Oviaragon). Pdf presentation.
- Presentation of TechCare platforms:
- “Abinsula” – Francesco Martini (ABINSULA). Pdf presentation.
- “THIcare app” – Gerardo Caja (UAB). Pdf presentation.
- “How stakeholders perceived the TechCare experience” – Evangelia Sossidou and Sotiris Patsios (ELGO-DIMITRA). Pdf presentation.
- Panel discussion on welfare & technologies & data use:
- Ester ALAEZ-PONS – DG Sante
- Cathy Dwyer (SRUC)
- Germain Tesniere (IDELE)
- Pol Llonch (UAB/AB)
- Michail Kakanis (AB)
Day 2 – June 18:
- “Welcome” – Claire Morgan-Davies (SRUC). Pdf presentation.
- “Innovations – what do farmers think?” – Victor Miguel (Oviaragon). Pdf presentation.
- TechCare promising Innovations:
- “Walk over Weigh” – Eliel Gonzalez-Garcia (INRAE). Pdf presentation.
- “TroughAI” – Ilan Halachmi (ARO) – online. Pdf presentation.
- “Breedr app” – James Wright (Breedr) – online. Pdf presentation.
- “UHF app” – Florian Gimbert (PageUp) – online. Pdf presentation.
- “BLE + readers”- Claire Morgan-Davies (SRUC). Pdf presentation.
- “Closing the loop – welfare interventions” – Ilan Halachmi (ARO) – online. Pdf presentation.
- “TechCare Business models” – Nuphar Katzman (Spark) – online. Pdf presentation.
- Panel discussion on welfare & innovations/incubator:
- Alessandro Mazette (AB)
- Michael Odintsov (Industry representative – PLF Commission EAAP)
- Eliel Gonzalez-Garcia (INRAE)
- Francisco Prieto (SOSEIN s.a)
- “Final conclusions and thank you” – Claire Morgan-Davies (SRUC). Pdf presentation.
