Digital Agriculture: Regulatory and Scientific Aspects of Precision Application

Digital Technologies in agriculture are seen by regulators and stakeholders as an enabler of the objectives of the Green Deal and Biodiversity Strategy, as well as of the principle of Sustainable Food production systems in Europe. Precision applications are part of this innovation, and there is a need to link the technology to regulatory needs for data generation and risk assessments.

28.10. — 29.10.2025
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Technological developments in agriculture equipment, including digital science have seen a fast acceleration over the past few years, driven by sustainability policies but also economical motivations. The rapid diversification of precision applications (PA) of crop protection products triggered a consensus among stakeholders to investigate the implications from a regulatory point of view and more particularly, on how to define a precision use in terms of risk assessment and product labelling, so that to better reflect the implementation of those application techniques as part of risk reduction objective. The digital Agriculutre conference ties into this discussion and offers a platform to all stakeholders.

The Conference will be taking place in Dusseldorf/Germany on 28 and 29 October 2025 and you can follow all the exciting contributions via our live stream!

Would you instead prefer to join on-site in Dusseldorf? Then you can find further information here.

Highlights

  • Update from the European Commission: Where do we stand on the integration of precision application into the regulatory system?
  • From Julius Kühn Institute: An overview of autonomous spraying systems and their requirements for practical use
  • HSE (UK): Drone Technology Update: Risk assessment in the context of pesticide application
  • From Wageningen University: AGROS II – innovations in field technology
  • Modelling for digital applications: Bridging science, technology, and practical use
  • Precision application in 3D: Matching technological progress with regulatory needs
  • UAPASTF (Unmanned Aerial Pesticide Application Task Force): Field trials in Europe

Who should attend this conference?

Professionals working in the fields of:

  • Managing directors, managers, consultants and scientists working in the field of Plant Protection Products and active substances
  • Technical experts from research & development
  • Agricultural technology experts
  • Producers, distributors and downstream users of Plant Protection Products
  • Risk assessors
  • Toxicologists
  • Ecotoxicologists
  • Product Stewards
  • Regulators

Sectors that should take part:

  • Agrochemical industry
  • Agro-technological industry
  • Biotech Industry
  • Research institutes
  • Authorities
  • Professional associations
  • Contract laboratories/consultancies

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Programme

We are currently in the process of compiling our event programme in close cooperation with our team of experienced speakers.

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Speakers

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Anne Alix

Corteva Agriscience, United Kingdom

Anne Alix joined Dow AgroSciences, now Corteva Agriscience, in 2011, as distinguished laureate in Policy and Risk Management for Europe, Middle East and Africa, where she advises on Sustainability policies and precision applications. She has been working in the area of plant protection products risk assessment for 23 years. After a PhD in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) at the University of Rennes, Anne joined the French National Institute for Research in Agronomy (INRA) as an ecotoxicologist in the scientific unit for the risk assessment of crop protection products. Anne was nominated head of the Environment and Ecotoxicology risk assessment unit at the French Agency on the safety of Food (AFSSA, now ANSES), where she initiated scientific collaborations with the pesticide unit of EFSA. Anne then joined the French Ministry of Agriculture as the deputy head of the Section for Regulation of Plant Protection Products and fertilizers, in charge of the implementation of risk mitigation measures for pesticides and of post registration monitoring.

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Adam Barlow

John Deere, United States

Adam Barlow leads precision application technology initiatives at Deere & Company, where he has served for over 16 years in various engineering and leadership roles. He is an active contributor to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), having chaired both U.S. and international committees on spray systems. Adam currently leads U.S. standardization projects in precision application, collaborating closely with the Enivronmental Protection Agency, United States Department of Agriculture, academic institutions, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, and CropLife America. He also represents ANSI in global standards development.

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Travis Bui

Corteva Agriscience /Unmanned Aerial Pesticide Application System. Task Force (UAPASTF), United States

Travis Bui has over 10 years experience having served in both Human Safety and Regulatory Affairs roles. He is currently working with Corteva Agriscience’s Human Safety Risk Assessment team focused on strategy and policy-related projects. In addition to serving as an expert in regulatory risk assessment, he is working to develop global regulatory guidance to enable crop protection applications with UAVs/drones. He is currently serving as Administrative Chair of the Unmanned Aerial Pesticide Application Systems Task Force (UAPASTF) which is generating UAV regulatory data for submission to global regulatory authorities to inform human and environmental risk assessments. He also serves on the CropLife America Drones Working Group and on the OECD WPP Drone/UASS Subgroup as a member of the Business-Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC).

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Sébastien Cordis

French Wine and Vine Institute (IFV), France

Sébastien Codis is an agronomist working at the French Technical Institute for Vine and Wine. He coordinates a joint research unit with INRAE and CTIFL institutes focused on the development and integration of innovative technologies for crop protection, including precision application and in-field biological assessment methods, in support of the agroecological transition.

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Joachim Dressel

Syngenta, Switzerland

Joachim Dressel is the Regulatory Lead for Precision Application and Digital Agriculture- in region Europe at Syngenta. He has previously held roles as Senior Regulatory Manager for insecticides, fungicides and herbicides at Syngenta, as an environmental consultant and as environmental exposure expert at BASF. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences and has a passion for agriculture as well as our environment.

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Andreas Focks

University of Osnabrück, Germany

Andreas Focks has been a full Professor for Environmental Systems Modelling at University of Osnabrück since 2021. An environmental modeller by training, Andreas worked at Wageningen Environmental Research, as a part of Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands from 2011-2021 His work focusses on mechanistic modelling of effects of chemical and other stressors on the biotic environment, at levels of individuals, populations and communities. Since May 2023 he has been a member of the ESFA working group on \"Effect Models in ERA\", and from July 2020-April 2024 he was a member of the EFSA PPR panel.

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Emilio Gil

Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain

Emilio Gil is a Full Professor at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona (Spain). He is the Head of Unit of the Agricultural Machinery Research Group, and has been professor at Cornell University (ISA). Expert member of ISO in several Working Groups related with spray application technology. Emilio has over 30 years of experience in the improvement of spray technologies, especially for eD crops. He is also the Author of the Dosaviña App to adjust PPP dose for vineyards and been advisor to several governments, for instance Serbia, Chile, Cyprus and Spain, advising them on the Sustainable Use Directive.

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Bernhard Gottesbüren

Make-Sense Independent Consulting, Germany

Bernhard Gottesbüren is currently running Make-Sense Consulting (solutions in pesticide science). He worked > 35 years in the area of pesticide exposure assessment and lead the environmental fate modelling group in BASF. Since 2023 he has been involved in the development of frameworks for exposure and risk assessment/ management of pesticides, concering precision application.

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Jorge Olivares Rivas

knoell, Germany

Jorge Olivares Rivas holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Navarra and an M.Sc. in Applied Environmental Geosciences from the University of Tübingen. His academic research focused on modelling of groundwater flow in karstic aquifers. Since 2020, he has been working as an Environmental Modeler at knoell Germany. In this role, he applies expertise in environmental geoscience and programming to support regulatory and research projects on pesticide environmental fate under EU regulatory frameworks.

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Jonas Schartner

Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Germany

Jonas Schartner has been working in the department for Plant Protection Products (PPP) at the German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) since 2017. He has been head of the unit environment for fungicides and insecticides in the BVL since 2024, having previously led a subunit on the same topic. After studying Chemistry and Biology at the Ruhr-University Bochum he went to the Pennsylvania State University (USA) in 2011 for his Master thesis in plant biochemistry. In 2015 he received his PhD in Biophysics (surface chemistry and protein analysis) at the Ruhr-University Bochum.

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Grant Stark

Health and Safety Executive / Chemicals Regulation Division (HSE/CRD), United Kingdom

Grant Stark is Head of the Evidence, Committees and New Technologies team, in the Chemicals Regulation Division of the UK’s Health and Safety Executive. His role includes identifying and determining the potential impact new technologies can have on the risks associated with the application of pesticides. He is currently the Chair of the OECDs Working Party for the Pesticides Drone sub-Group.

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Jens Wegener

Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), Germany

Jens Karl Wegener has been Director and Professor of the Institute for Application Techniques in Plant Protection at Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), since 2013. In 2017 he was appointed to be Honorary Professor at Technical University of Braunschweig, where he is supporting teachings of the Institute for Mobile Machinery and Commercial Vehicles (IMN). Furthermore he is conducting the interdisciplinary and university-covering block module \\"Innovative Plant Protection Technologies\\" together with students and instructors from five different Universities: His main focus is on optimization and risk assessment of processes and procedures in agriculture. In this context Prof. Wegener intensively studied the possibilities, limitations and benefits of new technologies for different agricultural purposes.

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Dirk de Hoog

Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

Dirk de Hoog is a researcher spray technology and precision agriculture at Wageningen Plant Research. His research focusses on spray deposition and emission of (precision) spray applications by measurements and modelling.

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Prices & Services

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  • Participation in the Online Event
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