Program

 

10 a.m. - Welcome

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10:30-11:45 a.m. - Plenary session  

• The Smart Aquaponics project - by Haissam Jijakli (ULiège)

• Teaching smart aquaponics - by Nick Pannecoucque (PTI)

• The Smart Aquaponics mathematical model - by Benoit Stalport (ULiège)

• Low Cost Sensors, Data Acquisition System and Aggregators - by Jurgen Van Ryckeghem (Howest)  

• The monitoring application on SmartPhone - by Christophe Hermans (Vigo Universal)  

• The Walloon Platform for Innovative Systems in Agriculture and Urban Biodiversity (WASABI) - by Haissam Jijakli (ULiège)  

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11:45 a.m. - Visit of the urban agriculture activities of the WASABI platform (in subgroups)  

• SAPRISTI and PAFF BOX aquaponic systems ​

• Greenhouse on the roof SERR'URE

• The container of the OptiBiomasse project, plant molecules of interest

• TERRA-terre market garden plots  

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1:15 p.m. - Lunch & Networking  

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2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. - Workshops of your choice  

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How to facilitate the development of aquaponics and rooftop farms in France, Wallonia and Flanders?  

We invite the actors of regional planning, public and private developers, administrations in charge of planning and urban projects, to share the obstacles to the development of aquaponics and rooftop farms, and to discuss in order to find together useful levers.  

Panel members: ​

- Haissam Jijakli, ULiège, Wallonia (moderator and GROOF project)

- Guillaume Dekoninck, l’Echo-Village, Lille

- Ine Petry, INAGRO, West Flanders - Agrotopia ​

- Camille Herben, Green Surf, Wallonia and Brussels

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Getting started with Smart Aquaponics tools: simulation and monitoring  

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We invite aquaponics professionals or project leaders to take control of the prototypes of 2 tools developed by Smart Aquaponics partners:  

- How to use the Smart Aquaponics model to perform simulations of aquaponic systems - Benoit Stalport (ULiège)  

- Monitoring application on SmartPhone - Christophe Hermans (Vigo Universal)  

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3:30 p.m. - Drinks & Networking  

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