COVID-19 response and digitalization in Europe and Central Asia

The webinar on COVID-19 response and digitalization aims to present a number of technologies out of the wide digital agriculture range, their interconnectivity and potential benefits, as well as challenges to practical implementation during the pandemic.

This webinar will help identify the regional trends in agriculture during the pandemic, share the experience of various partners advancing on the digital rural transformation path and building resilience when faced with a crisis.

Digitalization is embedded in FAO’s programme of work in Europe and Central Asia, which is reflected in all three Regional Initiatives. The webinar will show how digitalization can be a game changer for these three initiatives.

The event will be streamed live on YouTube in English and can be also followed on Zoom in English and Russian.

 

Join the discussion on 27 May, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (CEST)

The webinar is part of an FAO series of regional COVID-19 webinars.

Opening remarks

• Raimund Jehle, Regional Programme Leader, FAO

Speakers/Panellists

• Leyla Aghazada, Specialist, Agrarian Research Center, Azerbaijan
• Nevena Alexandrova-Stefanova, Agricultural Extension Officer, FAO
• George Beers, Coordinator, SmartAgriHubs
• Dominique Berod, Head, Earth System Monitoring Division, Infrastructure Department, WMO
• Douglas Cripe, Senior Scientific Advisor, Secretariat, GEO
• Vico Grujica, Professor of agro economics, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mark Hovari, Animal Health Preparedness Expert, FAO
• Markus Pikart, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECE
• Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of the ITU Office for Europe, ITU
• Ilya Shkabara, Vice-president, Cognitive Technologies, Russia
• Hung Tran, Business Development, SES

Moderated by

• Victor Lagutov, Digital Agriculture Specialist, FAO
• Sophie Treinen, Knowledge/Information Management Officer, FAO