The RE-IMAGINE-CROPS will organise its first in-person event on 28-29 April 2026 in Turku, Finland. Two two-day meeting will gather researchers, infrastructure providers, industry representatives, project partners, and other stakeholders to exchange knowledge and discuss advances in plant imaging, precision agronomy, and agricultural research.
Location: Turku, Finland
Venues
Day 1: Mansion Airisniemi, Erikvallantie 80, Turku
Day 2: Astra, Porthaninkatu 3, Turku
Funding
RE-IMAGINE-CROPS has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101187260.
AgroServ has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 101058020.
Diversity statement
RE-IMAGINE-CROPS and AgroSERV are committed to fostering an inclusive and open environment that celebrates and respects individuals of all gender identities and backgrounds. We believe in the values of diversity and equity, recognising that each person brings unique perspectives and strengths to our work.
Event Agenda
The event is planned as a two-day meeting combining internal consortium activities with open sessions addressing the broader scientific and user community.
Please note that the first day is reserved exclusively for RE-IMAGINE-CROPS consortium members. The dinner held that evening will be open to the public. The second day will be open to all participants and will feature the expert talks and related activities.
Day 1
Venue: Mansion Airisniemi
Address: Erikvallantie 80, Turku
RE-IMAGINE-CROPS Consortium Day
All sessions will be dedicated to the RE-IMAGINE-CROPS consortium members only, focusing on project progress, coordination activities, and strategic discussions.
12:00 | Departure to Airisniemi Manor
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 | Coffee & Registration
14:00 – 14:30 | Workshop Kick-off
Introduction
Speaker: John Eriksson
Scientific Overview
Speaker: Nicola D’Ascenzo
- Latest advancements in the RE-IMAGINE-CROPS project
- Scientific context and state of the art
- Scientific challenges and future opportunities
14:30 – 16:00 | Work Packages 1-3 Presentations
16:00 – 16:30 | Break
16:30 – 18:00 | Work Packages 4-7 Presentations
18:00 – 18:30 | Q&A
Day 1 – Evening programme
(Open to all participants)
18:30 – 22:00 | Dinner & Sauna
Day 2
Venue: Astra
Address: Porthaninkatu 3, Turku
Morning Sessions
8:00 – 9:00 | Registration & Welcome
9:00 – 10:20 | Science, industry and infrastructure perspectives in Agroeconomy
- 9:00 – 9:10 | Opening words: RE-IMAGINE-CROPS by Director General John Eriksson, Euro-BioImaging ERIC
- 9:10 – 9:20 | Introductory speech – Revolutioning Digital Precision Agriculture with functional imaging
Nicola D’Ascenzo, BF Educational, Italy - 9:20 – 9:40 | Intelligent image data services for agricultural and environmental innovations
Pasi Kankaanpää from BIOGRI project, Turku BioImaging, Finland - 9:40 – 10:00 | Agritech center: the newborn multidisciplinary research ecosystem in Italy Danilo Ercolini, University of Naples Federico II, Naples/Agritech, Italy
- 10:00 – 10:20 | Translational digital agronomy for crop quality and sustainability
Michele Pisante, University of Teramo, Italy
10:20 – 10:40 | Break and Networking coffee
10:40 – 11:20 | AgroServ: Research Infrastructure Services for Academia & Industry
- 10:40 – 11:05 | Introduction to AgroServ and overview of Euro-BioImaging services
Ayoub El Ghadraoui, Euro-BioImaging ERIC - 11:05 – 11:30 | AgroSERV consortium partner presentation – Sensing, Data, AI: Rethinking Crop Management
Jere Kaivosoja, The Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) - 11:30 – 12:00 | From Ultrastructure to Agroecosystems: Advanced Imaging for Sustainable Agriculture
Julia Fernandez-Rodriguez, from AgroServ project, University of Gothenburg
12:00 – 13:15 | Lunch
Afternoon Sessions
13:15 – 18:30 | Imaging-enabled Agroecology research I
- 13:15 – 13:45 | AgroServ User Presentation I
Anca Macovei: Lessons learned from D-PLASMA project – How plasma priming affects seedling drought response in rice - 13:45 – 14:15 | AgroServ User Presentation II
Iman Mirmazloum, From Access to Insight: Leveraging AgroServ and High-Throughput Phenotyping to Uncover Biostimulant-Mediated Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops
14:15 – 14:30 | Short break
14:30– 15:30 | Special Edition of the Euro-BioImaging Plant Imaging Expert Group
Revolution of Imaging in Digital Precision Agriculture: Educational, Research, and Innovation Frontiers
– Moderated by Nicola D’Ascenzo and Ayoub El Ghadraoui
Panel members:
- Sonia Contera (Professor of Biological Physics, University of Oxford)
- Jere Kaivosoja (Senior scientist, Luke, Finland)
- Paul LeCoq (Senior physicist, CERN, Switzerland)
- Laura Elena Pacifici Noja (Addis Abeba: African pillars, Scientific attaché at the Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- Emily Palm (Assistant Professor in Plant Physiology, Milano Bicocca, Italy)
- Birgit Teunissen (Managing Director, AgroNext, Netherlands)
15:00 – 15:15 | Short break
15:30 – 16:15 | Imaging-enabled Agroecology research II – Selected Abstract Presentations
- 15:30 – 15:45 | Spatiotemporal Analysis of Photosynthate Translocation Using a Positron-Emitting Tracer Imaging System
Yuta Mioshi, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan - 15:45 – 16:00 | Multispectral cameras for drones and ground rovers for precision agriculture, and color measurement systems for food processing
Daniele Covi – Eoptis SRL, Italy - 16:00 – 16:15 | Microscopic Imaging Strategies Supporting Smart Agriculture: Label-Free Multiphoton Imaging of Wheat
Mengyao Zhou – Maastricht University, Netherlands
16:15 – 16:30 | Final remarks
16:30 – 18:30 | Poster Session, networking, coffee & snacks
