Agenda

Invited speaker at the Joint CEA Workshop: “Using light and energy efficiency as discrimination tools for diversifying crop production in vertical farms.”

Charleston, South Carolina

Prof. Francesco Orsini will be invited speaker at the Joint National Workshop on Sustainable Development of CEA, where he will hold an invited lecture entitled “Using light and energy efficiency as discrimination tools for diversifying crop production in vertical farms.”

Oral presentation: Enhancing nutritional content of maize and wheat microgreens: varietal screening and sodium selenate nutripriming.

Firenze

Dr. Cosimo Matteo Profico will participate with an oral presentation as part of the AISSA UNDER 40 Conference.

"Vertical Farming" course within the Agritech Academy PNRR.

Università di Napoli

Prof. Francesco Orsini and Dr. Alessandro Pistillo from the University of Bologna and Dr. Michael Martin, researcher at the IVL center in Stockholm, will hold a course entitled “Vertical Farming” at the University of Naples, as part of the Agritech Academy PNRR.

Keynote presentation: "Cultivating tomorrow: how indoor vertical farming will bring a revolution in fresh-cut leafy greens and herbs"

Foggia

Prof. Francesco Orsini from University of Bologna will be a keynote speakers at the "5th International Conference on fresh-cut products: maintaining quality and safety", where he will talk about the production of fresh-cut products in vertical farming.

Technical visit of University of Turin to discover urban and vertical farm in Berlin

Berlin

Prof. Nicola, Devecchi, Larcher, Ertani (University of Turin) organize a technical visit to Berlin to visit various Urban and Vertical farms as part of the teachings of Advanced Cropping Systems, Urban and Ornamental Horticulture and Parks and Gardens.

Poster presentation: Illuminating Plant Growth: The Impact of UVA, UVB, and UVC Lights.

Seul

Prof. Nicola from University of Turin will participate at the X International Symposium on Light in Horticulture (ISHS) in Seoul and will visit various indoor farm companies, in her dual role as professor at the University of Turin and Vice-President of the Association for Vertical Farming.

Oral presentation: Se biofortification of Ocimum basilicum L. var. Italicum and Violetto plants in a Micro-Indoor Farm.

Bucharest

Dr. Cosimo Matteo Profico of the University of Turin will participate with an oral presentation at the Vth European Horticulture Congress (EHC 2024) in Bucharest, presenting research carried out in the context of the PRIN VFarm project.

Oral presentation: Management of Far-Red fraction in a vertical farm with artificial lighting.

Bucharest

Dr. Laura Carotti of the University of Bologna will participate with an oral presentation at the Vth European Horticulture Congress (EHC 2024) in Bucharest, presenting research carried out in the context of the PRIN VFarm project.

Oral presentation: Longer photoperiod combined with lower intensity: strategies to improve the growth and resource use efficiency of baby leaves grown in a vertical farm system.

Bucharest

Dr. Ilaria Zauli of the University of Bologna will participate with an oral presentation at the Vth European Horticulture Congress (EHC 2024) in Bucharest, presenting research carried out in the context of the PRIN VFarm project.

Exploring Vertical Farm in Stockholm: a technical visit of Bologna University

Within the Smart Horticulture, Urban Farming and Urban Agriculture course of Prof. Francesco Orsini and Prof. Giuseppina Pennisi, students will explore different types of Vertical Farms present in the Stockholm area.

Novel Farm 2024

Pordenone fiere

In the context of NovelFarm, the University of Bologna will participate with a stand also presenting the research carried out in the context of PRIN VFarm project, showing a prototype of the aeroponic system present in the AlmaVFarm case study of the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies