The transforming power of Vertical Farming

We are proud to announce The Association for Vertical Farming summit will take place in Hong Kong on September 7, 2018, during the Asia Fruit Logistica. AVF kindly invite all of you to take part in this event and discuss the transforming power of Vertical Farming with an interactive approach.

We will connect with producers and consumers throughout the exhibition and clearly show the potential of Vertical Farming to others in the food production business, logistics, and technology.

During this event, we will define and identify how politics, industry cooperation, technology, science, society, and finance can contribute to the future development of Vertical Farming.

Here is what you should expect as an attendee of the Summit:

• Connect with players in the Asia region (Japan, China SEA)
• Innovative ideas and solutions
• Build a roadmap for VF/PF development of the next 5 years
• Understand trends of fresh product market for VF
• VF/PF visit tour to Japan and Taiwan

This summit will ask how each of the stakeholders can and need to contribute to the advancement of VF/PF.

Find the missing links with us and build a roadmap to overcome them!

Active participation: You will be actively engaged as a full participant throughout the entire event. Unlike typical events where most attendees are passive listeners, your active participation actually matters.

Join one of the 8 topic groups: All invitees to the Summit are like-minded individuals with similar goals, who believe that dynamic innovation is the key to generating jobs, income, and economic development sustainably around the world.

You will select a design thinking session (interactive workshop, 3.5 hours) to be conducted after the keynote presentations in the afternoon. You can join a topic group that will enable you to work on your roadmap for the entire workshop.

Develop a 5-year ROADMAP for the implementation of Vertical Farming/Plant Factories. Analyze the current situation, define the necessary steps, and find creative solutions to overcome the hurdles for a broad implementation of VF/PF.

Core Themes covered by the Design-Thinking topic groups:

Industry; Technology; Science; Education; Investment & Finance; Smart Food Future Cities; Policies & Legislation.

For more information about our summit please visit here.