Chair:                        

• Vikas NATH, Switzerland

Vice-chairs:  

• Peter BALLANTYNE, Netherlands
• PHAM Anh Tuan, Vietnam

Wednesday 26 August 2009

14.00 – 15.30

Parallel session 1: The Policy Context

Welcome remarks:

Pham Anh Tuan, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (MARD), Vietnam.

Kevin Painting, CTA, Netherlands 

Speakers:

1. IT network towards agriculture extension and markets in Vietnam. Tran Lam Duong, Center for Informatics and Statistics, MARD, VietNam

2. ICTs towards resilient food and agricultural systems: Asian experiences and perspectives.  Sahdev Singh, Alternatives International, Naresuan University, Bangkok, Thailand

Wednesday 26 August 2009

16.00 – 17.30

Parallel session 2: ICTs Enabling Rural Communities and Livelihoods

Speakers:

1. The strategies of IT and controlled devices of SCADA in the management and operation aim to enhance the capacity of irrigation systems in Vietnam. Vo Khac Tri, Water Irrigation  Sciences Academy, MARD, Vietnam

2. ICT-mediated knowledge services for farmers and extension systems. Gerard Sylvester, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, India

3. Web-GIS system for supervising and forecasting pestilent and insects on the rice field: Agriculture technology transfer through IT. Nguyen Dang Vy, Software Center for Water Irrigation, Vietnam

4. Electronic delivery of agricultural extension services in the Philippines -  Ms. Pamela Mariquita G. Mappala, Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI), Philippines

Thursday 27 August 2009

14.00 – 15.30

Parallel Session 3: Next generation e-agriculture

Speakers:

1. IT and remote sensing application in detection and warning of forest risk fire in Vietnam. Nguyen Hong Minh, Forest Protection Department, MARD, Vietnam.

2. IT application in water quality monitoring and disease warning in aquaculture. Nguyen Huu Nghia, Mai van Tai, Phan Thi Van. Research Institute for Aquaculture No.I, VietNam.

3. The future is mobile: ICTs empowering agricultural communities in developing countries. Kevin Painting, CTA, The Netherlands