Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth CAAST,Rahuri

ISAI2020

International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence Based Future Technologies in Agriculture
Venue : Hyatt Regency, Pune Date : 07^th to 09^th, January 2020

Research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications for agriculture are still in progress. Some applications are already available in the market and are being rapidly adopted especially in-field farming techniques. In order to explore the enormous scope of AI in agriculture and meet the complex and heterogeneous needs of Indian agriculture, an International Symposium on "Artificial Intelligence Based Future Technologies in Agriculture" will be organized during the 54^th ISAE in association with Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) for Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management (CSAWM), a World Bank Sponsored Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), National Agricultural Science and Technology (NAHEP) Project at MPKV, Rahuri from 07^th to 09^th, January 2020

The technologies based on artificial intelligence have many applications in real world and agriculture is no exception. Agriculture being the most complex and heterogenous system, there are numerous challenges to make AI based technologies applicable. Nevertheless, the scientists and practitioners have started to explore the possibilities of developing AI based technologies for agriculture. The International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence (ISAI) 2020 is therefore organized to provide an updated knowledge and forward looking common forum for discussion, debate and networking.The symposium program comprizes of combination of key note speeches of the internationally acclaimed experts specially invited for this purpose, oral presentations of selected papers, posters presentations, brainstorming and exhibition on AI based technologies.

Call for Papers
We invite submission of papers based on one or more themes of the symposium that emphasize new concepts, ideas and new ways for artificial intelligence. Accepted and presented peer reviewed papers will be edited in the proceedings after the symposium and selected papers will also be published in the Journal of Agriculture Research and Technology jointly managed by four agricultural universities in the state of Maharashtra, India. We encourage submission from all areas of artificial intelligence including machine learning, drones, IoT robotics, precision machineries, geo-informatics, mobile and web based applications. The papers from academicians, scientists, researchers, practitioners, policy makers and students are welcome.

Presentation by Students and Best Paper Award
Students are invited to submit the papers for poster and oral presentations. Maximum 12 papers will be selected for oral presentation in students session; and all the remaining papers also including those selected for oral presentation can be presented as posters in poster session. The oral and poster presentations will be evaluated by the International and National experts and the selected best oral and poster presentations will be awarded in different categories.

Key Dates: (Paper Submission)
Submission of full length papers : December 10, 2019
Letter of acceptance to authors : December 15, 2019

Registration
The participants need to register for 54^th Annual Convention of ISAE as below.
Participants : Rs. 8000/-
SRF/JRF/SRA/RA/Ph.D,Research Scholar/ Students : Rs. 4000/-
(ISAE member will get exemption of Rs.1000/-)
Please visit www.isaempkv2020.in for this
Click here for Registration Form.
Papers to be submitted to :

mukund.shinde@mpkv-caast.ac.in	or alternatively upload on following link https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ISAI2020 (Click here for Steps to submit paper)
Link for paper format Link for Sample paper

format details is available at
www.mpkv-caast.ac.in,
www.isaempkv2020.in,
www.mpkv.ac.in

Technical Programme in Brief
Date: 7 January, 2020.

Time	Location	Session
09.00-17.00	Lounge	Registration of delegates
10.00-11.30	Conference Hall	Inaugural Function
11.30-12.00	Lobby/Lounge	Health break, Tea and Networking
12.00-13.00	Conference Hall	Theme Session Theme key Note Speech-1: “Agricultural Engineering Technologies for Start-ups” Theme key Note Speech-2: “Artificial Intelligence Based Future Technologies in Agriculture”
13.00-14.00	Dining Hall/Lobby	Lunch
14.00-15.30	Conference Hall	Industry Session-I Machineries: farm and process machineries (including precision machineries, robotics and drones) Industry-Academicia-Students-Farmer Interface
15.30-16.00	Lobby	Health and tea break, Networking
16.00-17.30	Conference Hall	Industry Session-II Technologies (including AI, IoT, Automation, Geo-Informatics, Web-Mobile apps) Industry-Academicia-Students-Farmer Interface
17.30-18.30	Conference Hall	General Body Meeting
20.00-22.00	Dhankude Farms, Baner, Pune	Dinner

Date: 8 January, 2020

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Session-1
Time	Location	Session
09.30-11.00	Conference Room 1	Processing, Dairy and Food Engineering Session 1: (i) Agricultural Crops Processing, (ii) Value Added products, Dairy and Fish Processing and Entrepreneurship Development
	Conference Room 2	Soil and Water Engineering Session 1: Hydro-Geo-Informatics and Modeling
	Conference Room 3	International Symposium Theme 1: Big data driven Artificial Intelligence & Future of Agriculture: (Visionary AI in Agriculture overview talks, Satellite/Climate data driven AI for Agriculture, Role of AI in Genomics/Phenomics, etc)
	Conference Room 4	Energy and Other Areas Session 1: Biomass and Bio Energy
	Conference Room 5	Farm Machinery and Power Session 1: Mechanisation, tillage and seeding
11.00-11.30		High Tea

Concurrent Session-2
Time	Location	Session
11.30-13.00	Conference Room 1	Processing, Dairy and Food Engineering Session 2: (i) Emerging Technologies, (ii) Packaging, Storage and Transportation
	Conference Room 2	Soil and Water Engineering Session 2: On Farm Water Management
	Conference Room 3	International Symposium Theme 2: Ground and Aerial Robotic solutions in AI Era (Ground robotic solutions, Drones for imaging and crop inputs management)
	Conference Room 4	Energy and Other Areas Session 2: Solar Energy
	Conference Room 5	Farm Machinery and Power Session 2: Plant protection
13.00-14.00	Lobby/Lounge	Lunch
		Concurrent Session-3
Time	Location	Session
14.00-15.30	Conference Room 1	Processing, Dairy and Food Engineering Session 3: Horticultural Crops Processing
	Conference Room 2	Soil and Water Engineering Session 3: Water Requirement and Climate Change (WRCC)
	Conference Room 3	International Symposium Theme 3: Internet-of-Things and farm connectivity: (Smartphone Apps for real-time decision making in Food production supply chain, Farm connectivity, Smart Irrigation, AI driven control & actuation at farm level etc)
	Conference Room 4	Energy and Other Areas Session 3: Other Areas
	Conference Room 5	Farm Machinery and Power Session 3: Harvesting and Threshing
15.30-16.00	Lobby/Lounge	Tea

Concurrent Session-4
Time	Location	Session
16.00-17.30	Conference Room 1	Processing, Dairy and Food Engineering Session 4: (i) Horticultural Crops Processing (Contd. From previous session), (ii) Fibres, Resins, Gums and Misc. Products Processing, (iii) Environment Control and Structures
	Conference Room 2	Soil and Water Engineering Session 4: Watershed Management and Ecological Services
	Conference Room 3	International Symposium Theme 4: Precision to Digital Agriculture Technological Transition(Connecting the dots…emerging [non-trivial] technologies for crop production monitoring and management)
	Conference Room 5	Farm Machinery and Power Session 4: Ergonomics and safety in agriculture and Precision farming and ICT in agriculture
Concurrent Session-5
Time	Location	Session and Resource Persons
17.30-18.30	Conference Room 2	Soil and Water Engineering Session 5: Groundwater and Drainage Management
	Conference Room 3	International Symposium Theme 5: Application of AI in agriculture and water resources
20.00-22.00	Dhankude Farms, Baner, Pune	Dinner

Deans Meeting

Time	Location	Session and Resource Persons
14.30-17.00	Board Room	Meeting of Deans of Faculty of Agricultural Engineering

Date: 9 January, 2019

Time	Location	Session
09.30-11.00	Conference Hall	Plenary Session: Agricultural Engineering Technologies for Star-ups and Artificial Intelligence Based Future Technologies in Agriculture
11.00-11.30	Lobby	Health break, Tea, Networking
11.30-12.30	Conference Hall	Concluding Session
12.30-13.30	Dining Hall/Lobby	Lunch
15.00-17.30	Shirname Auditorium, College of Agriculture, Pune Auditorium	Farmers Session
15.00-17.30	Seminar Hall, College of Horticulture, Shivajinagar, Pune	Students Session

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Events under ISAI 2020
International Scientists - Students Interface on Drones, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Farm Machineries

Agriculture being the most complex and heterogeneous system demands utmost attention in changing climatic scenario. Advancement in technological interventions is need of hour to keep the agriculture field flourishing. Many scientists, researchers all over the world are coming up with the innovative technological methodologies such as use of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Drones etc to make agriculture sector smarter and stronger to cope up the vulnerable impact of predicted climate change. Keeping this in view CAAST-CSAWM project is providing a platform for the students of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri to obtain information and knowledge and to interact with the experts involved in advanced agricultural research through "International Scientists - Students Interface" .

WHO CAN ATTEND : Scientists, Faculty Members, Students, Officers, Farmers and Policy makers in agriculture can participate this workshop.

10^th January 2020 @ Pune
Venue : Dr.Shirname Auditorium, College of Agriculture , Pune

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12^th January 2020 @ Rahuri
Venue : Auditorium,Dr.ASCAE & T, MPKV, Rahuri

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