In order to promote the penetration of awareness and knowledge among the end users of the innovative tools covered by the course, we are pleased to announce that the organization of the Open School "Viticulture 4.0 and Landscape of the Piedmont Hills" - makes available number 10 free registrations to the course in favor of university students, students of the IV-V year of high school and employees of public administrations.
Places will be assigned only following the order of registrations received, based on the specification of the declared affiliation (see registration form, below).
GOALS
There Geospatial Data and Satellite Facilities Open School “Viticulture 4.0 and Landscape of the Piedmont Hills” intends to address the complex and current theme of the use of technologies for Earth Observation, with particular attention to its more innovative aspects and to the strategies already used or applicable in favor of the wine company aware of its indissoluble link with the Landscape in which it operates and which it contributes to forming, as a synthesis of the complex cultural heritage expressed by the territory itself.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
The didactic activity is divided into three days. The program includes frontal lessons, which will be followed by technical-practical workshops, in which the participants, assisted by tutors, they will be able to acquire knowledge of application tools and methodologies.
Bearing in mind the peculiarities of the wine sector, in the morning of first day we will go into the merits of geospatial technologies, which cultural changes are introducing, because it is of fundamental importance to be aware of them, with particular reference to the evolution of Remote Sensing also determined thanks to the European Programme Copernicus. This first introductory session will end with the presentation of the effects induced by this technological and cultural transformation in the context of the processes of disbursement of aid, contributions and premiums envisaged by the new Community Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union.
The second part of the morning provides for the official opening of the course, which will be followed in the afternoon by the presentation of the major themes - effects induced by climate change, understanding of the spread of vine diseases, guarantees of the quality of the wine product -, identified as of exercise within the subsequent technical-practical laboratories.
The morning of second day will be dedicated to the exhibition of the aspects concerning the Conservation of the Landscape and Cultural Heritage expressed by the Langhe-Roero and Monferrato Territory, UNESCO heritage, declined with respect to the opportunities offered by geospatial technologies, but also with regard to the expectations for their rapid diffusion and a their extensive use. This session completes the lecture program of the course.
The afternoon session of the second day will kick off the technical-practical laboratory conducted by companies in the sector - e-Geos, Planetek and Agricolus - with half-day interventions each, an experience that will conclude at the end of the third day.
Consult the Course program Copernicus Asti (PDF, vers. 16.9.2019).
SITE
There Geospatial Data and Satellite Facilities Open School “Viticulture 4.0 and Landscape of the Piedmont Hills” will take place in Asti, on 23, 24 and 25 September 2019, at the "Giovanni Penna" Agricultural Technical Institute, Location Viatosto, 54, Asti.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
The school, open to all those interested in the wine sector, is mainly aimed at graduates, master's graduates and undergraduates in subjects related to Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Agri-food Sciences and Technologies, Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Herbal Techniques, Agricultural Plant Biotechnology, Biological Sciences and Natural Sciences ; Graduates in possession of an equivalent foreign qualification; PhDs and PhD students; Researchers; Agricultural Experts, Agrotechnical Experts and Technicians of the sector; technical institute teachers.
Participants must bring their own device laptops:
- notebooks, OS Windows® 7 SP1 or later, minimum 4G RAM, minimum 4G HD
- tablet and/or smartphone (iOS / Android).
The software necessary, pre-installed by subscribers, will be made available following receipt of the enrollment in the course, carried out by communicating to the Organizing Secretariat.
CERTIFICATE AND CREDITS
At the end of the course a certificate of participation will be issued.
A request for acknowledgment of training credits has been sent to the National Council of the Order of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors and to the National College of Graduated Agrotechnicians and Agrotechnicians.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION AND DEADLINES
The registration form is available here.
September 15, 2019: deadline for registration
NB The organization reserves the right to revoke the initiative if the programmed number of participants is not reached.
Once received HE CONFIRMS of the start of the course, the enrolled students will have to provide the PAYMENT of the registration fee, by bank transfer: IBAN: IT 87 G 02008 05134 000101747537, made payable to Associazione Stati Generali dell'Innovazione, causal "name-surname-email: Registration Geospatial Data and Satellite Facilities Open School, Asti 2019 e notify the organizing secretariat (see references below).
September 18, 2019: registration fee payment deadline.
Maximum number of subscribers: 20
SUBSCRIPTION FEE
Registration involves the payment of a contribution of € 180.00 for the entire course.
For those enrolled in the Order of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors, in the College of Agrotechnics and Graduate Agrotechnicians of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta and in the Interprovincial College of Agricultural Experts and Graduated Agricultural Experts, the registration fee will be € 150.00.
For teachers of the Technical Institutes of Agriculture, the enrollment fee will be €80.00.
The contribution entitles you to all the planned activities, to the teaching material, as well as to coffee breaks, lunch (overnight stay and dinner excluded) and membership of the Stati Generali dell'Innovazione association, starting from the date of payment of the contribution, for the entire year 2020.
DURATION AND LOCATION
There Geospatial Data and Satellite Facilities Open School “Viticulture 4.0 and Landscape of the Piedmont Hills” will take place in Asti, on 23, 24 and 25 September 2019, at the "Giovanni Penna" Agricultural Technical Institute, Location Viatosto, 54, Asti.
CERTIFICATE AND CREDITS
At the end of the course a certificate of participation will be issued.
Those enrolled in the register of the Order of Agronomists and Forestry Doctors and in the register of the College of Agrotechnicians and Graduate Agrotechnicians of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta and of the Interprovincial College of Agricultural Experts and Graduated Agricultural Experts will be recognized the related training credits.
CONTACTS AND REFERENCES
States General of Innovation: Sergio Farruggia, Tel. + 39 3355699506, sergio.farruggia@statigeneralinnovazione.it
National User Forum – Copernicus Academy: Maria Vittoria Castellani – ISPRA, Tel. +39 3496667081, maria.castellani@isprambiente.it
Organizational Secretariat: eventi@statigeneralinnovazione.it
The Geospatial Data and Satellite Facilities Open School
The OpenSchool, are an innovative, informative and training tool, considered particularly effective, to pursue what is called "User Uptake" within the European Copernicus Programme, i.e. to increase awareness and knowledge of what the usefulness of using of the innovative Earth Observation tools and the geospatial and dynamic representation of the information produced by them, among the "end users", making them appreciate the added value that they can provide in the context of carrying out their ordinary activities and for the pursuit of their goals, including corporate ones.
Copernicus is the Program User Driven of the European Commission which collects information from multiple sources, i.e. Earth observation satellites and land, sea and airborne sensors. It integrates and processes all this information, providing users, both institutional and pertaining to the industry sector, with reliable and updated information through a series of services relating to the environment, territory and safety. Particular commitment is directed to training initiatives to allow professionals, public operators, third sector associations and citizens to take advantage of services dedicated to them.
A OpenSchool therefore it has the objective and the ambition to address those who work, those who advise and indicate, those who have to make decisions, those who are curious, with simplicity and practicality, opening up to a generality of subjects such as professionals, university students and technical institutes, operators and public officials, as well as the various and multiple "stakeholders" of the territory.
There Geospatial Data and Satellite Facilities Open School “Viticulture 4.0 and Landscape of the Piedmont Hills” is proposed by the General States for innovation and by the Coordination of the Copernicus Academy, which expressions of the User Forums National Copernicus project for, respectively, the Third Sector community and the University and Research Community, in collaboration with ISPRA, AM/FM GIS Italy, the Italian Remote Sensing Association, the Study Center for Rural Development of the Hill - University of Turin , the "Rita Levi-Montalcini" Asti University Center for Higher Studies, the "Giovanni Penna" Agricultural Technical Institute of Asti and MIPAAFT.
The initiative has been sponsored by: the Piedmont Region, ARPA Piedmont, the Asti Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts, the National Council of the Order of Doctors of Agronomy and Doctors of Forestry, College of Agrotechnics and Graduate Agrotechnicians of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta, College Interprovinciale Land Surveyors and Graduate Land Surveyors and Association for the Heritage of Vineyard Landscapes of Langhe Roero and Monferrato.
The course is organized thanks to the support and didactic contribution of the companies e-Geos, Planetek Italy And Agricolus.
We report the interview to Prof. Andrea Taramelli, Copernicus National Delegate and Coordinator of the National User Forum, broadcast during the August 21st episode of Radio Science – RAI THREE. For access the recording and listen to it (from around 15') click here.
