How You Can Build a Path From Automation to Autonomy

New forms of greenhouse automation are transforming the controlled-environment space. Are you prepared to keep up with this shift? You need to be, because with labor efficiency a constant concern, the balance between team and technology becomes even more critical.

During the GROW Executive Summit, a group of innovators from across the controlled-environment industry will look at where we are now, where we’re headed, and how we’ll get there.

• Are You Ready? A conversation with Robert Lando, CEO of AgriNomix, on the factors you need to account for before you take the next steps in automation. How are you calculating return on investment? Are there things in your greenhouse you know you need to change? How are you building the right connection between human and machine? Bring your questions, and your own strategies that have worked!
• What’s Next? Hear from Kevin Grove at the American Trucking Associations on updates in trucking and shipping technology, and how it can apply to horticulture.
• What’s Next? Supplemental lighting represents roughly 30% of production costs for the roughly 1,300 acres of U.S. greenhouses that produce crops during winter. That accounts for an estimated $150 million in electricity costs per year. Advanced lighting control systems and strategies can reduce energy costs by 20% to 35%, increasing operational profitability by an average $17,000/acre/year. In this presentation, Erico Mattos, Executive Director, Greenhouse Lighting Systems and Engineering (GLASE), will present the current state of the industry, the opportunities available to improve lighting controls, and the most common challenges for new technology adoption.
• How Do We Get There? In a world in which critical resources — water and energy, as well as time, money, and skilled labor — are becoming scarcer while food demand is increasing, it is critically important to explore new technologies to address these barriers. AIoT (AI meets IoT) holds a great promise to disrupt the greenhouse industry, enabling growers to move from intuition to a system of precision agriculture, from manual processes to automated solutions for better yield and resource usage efficiency. During this presentation, learn from Ken Tran at Koidra about how AI & IoT have been used to transform greenhouses and indoor farms, empowering the growers to make informed decisions to do more with less.

Check out the complete GROW Executive Summit agenda here.