The presentations have been published and available on request to PROGIS

Advanced ICT to cope with the challenges of agriculture, forestry and environment

14 April 2008

1. Vision for tomorrow

Food security, bio energy and climate change: Challenges for spatially detailed integrated multidisciplinary research, presented by DI Günther Fischer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Main issues and concerns in the implementation of FAS in EU Member States, presented by Vincenzo ANGILERI, European Commission JRC-Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen, Ispra, Italy (45 slides – PDF format)

INSPIRE Directive, roadmap, and process of implementing rule (IR) development), presented by Vincenzo ANGILERI, European Commission - JRC-SAI, Italy. (22 slides – PDF format)

Vision of the Farm of tomorrow, presented by WERNER, A./ DREGER F./ SCHWARZ J., Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. Germany

Actual and future needs and demands of Austrian farmers and farm entrepreneurs, presented by DI M. HARDEGG, Gutsverwaltung Hardegg, Austria

GIS supporting agriculture, forestry and environment - the holistic approach, presented by Walter MAYER, PROGIS Software Austria

SaRAM - awareness, know-how transfer, training - a necessity, presented by Walter MAYER, PROGIS Software Austria

2. Best practice from today

Geographical data: Private data supplier – what is the difference? presented by Dr. Matthias BACHMANN. GeoContent GmbH Germany

Logistics and automatic order processing – the core competence of machine cooperatives best practise, presented by Dieter OTT, Bundesverband der Deutschen Maschinenringe e.V. Germany

Biomass Logistics with "mobGIS" best practise, presented by Christian WEISS Maschinen- und Betriebshilfsring Schwandorf e.V.

Farm Advisory Service as a business partner: a new integrated approach based on Progis solutions, presented by Arman MANUKYAN, marketing director, PROGIS Software, Austria

Integrated Water Management with Sensors and Telemetry, Dr. Bernhard PACHER, ADCON TELEMETRY GMBH, Austria

CO2 & Energy balance a new dimension in farm management, EULENSTEIN, F. /WERNER, A Leibniz-Zentrums für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. Germany

A new method to objectively evaluate production capacities of natural land resources, presented by Prof. A. PITTERLE, ForCERT and University of Natural Resources and applied life science, Vienna, Austria

Day 2 – 15 April 2008

3. PROGIS in depth

WinGIS the European GIS-solution, news and updates, B. AIGNER, GIS-Developer, PROGIS software Austria, software life presentation

DokuPlant, the modular agro-software tools for farmers and advisors, presented by R. WRITZL, Agro-expert, PROGIS Software, Austria, software life presentation

PROGIS logistic system: mobGIS + mobJOB, presented by Chr. PIRKER, logistics expert PROGIS Software, Austria, software life presentation

WinGIS-Internet solutions and the WinGIS Developer Environment, presented by B. AIGNER,GIS-Developer, PROGIS software Austria, software life presentation

Forest inventory and Forest management based on WinGIS plus applications with overview on applications for community and utility management best practise, presented by DI Christian BENGER, forest consultant and owner of Forstgut Wallersberg Austria

Implementation of the Geographic Information System for “Real estate cadastre“ and “Urban database” in Romania, presented by Alin PFANDL, S.C. Pfandl, gisromania, Romania

GIS community applications in Syria, presented by Dr. Sami Makdissi, Aleppo University, Syria

Field climate the integrated web platform for agricultural field monitoring, irrigation management, weather forecast, climate control, traceability to growers, packers, buyers and stakeholders, presented by R. WRITZL, Agro-expert, PROGIS Software, Austria

HuntGIS for KETTNER a WinGIS based tool for planning and monitoring hunt-territories best practise, presented by R. WRITZL, Agro-expert, PROGIS Software, Austria

4. Outlook in the future

TRUST Centers - a necessity to be organized, presented by Dr. Peter MÜLLER AgriFoodAdvisors, Germany

External drivers influencing the farm of tomorrow, presented by Karel CHARVAT WirelessInfo – Virtual Research Laboratory (Living Lab) Czech Republic

GLOBALGAP Database Features: Field Passport & Traceability, presented by Burkhard Fabiszisky, Transparent Goods Gmb, / GLOBALGAP, Germany

Food traceability and documentation to be delivered, presented by Burkhard Fabiszisky, Transparent Goods Gmb, Germany

The situation in agriculture in CEE/CIS-countries, presented by Arman MANUKYAN, marketing director, PROGIS Software, Austria

From Agro/Forestry to food, biomass, environment – growth markets, presented by Markus Nickl, Austria

Technology for growth – Megatrends, presented by Walter MAYER, PROGIS Software Austria

PROGIS Papers

Bottom up or top down – public or private - Where do we go? DI Walter H. Mayer/PROGIS Software GmbH, Austria5 pages (PDF format)

For the benefit of farmers = for all of us Dipl.Ing. Walter H. MAYER, PROGIS, Austria3 pages (PDF Format)