The AIS 2017 is a joint initiative of a Portuguese Consortium, the Portuguese Government, the EIP-AGRI network and the European Network for Rural Development. Gathering professionals from various areas among which are farmers, start-ups, researchers and national rural networks, it will evolve around three main aspects.
Promoting cross fertilization between multi-actor innovation initiatives and raising awareness about innovation and digitisation opportunities for agriculture and rural economies against the background of on-going Rural Development Programmes and Horizon 2020 on the one side, and Providing input for EU innovation policies for agriculture and rural areas after 2020, following-up on Point 7 of the Cork 2.0 Declaration on the other side.
During the event 10 start-ups will show their innovative solutions for the agricultural sector. The participants of the event get to choose three of them who will be awarded the “EUROPEAN AGRI INNOVATION STARTUP 2017” award.
Clive Peckham and Emilija Stojmenova from ERUDITE led a break out session workshop at the event on digital hubs and networks including the Slovenian Fab-Lab network developed through ERUDITE enrd.ec.europa.eu/sites/enrd/files/w21_ais-lisbon_digital-hubs_peckham-stojmenova.pdf
