Data Analytics For The Fruit And Wine Growing Industries Seminar
DATA ANALYTICS FOR THE WINE & FRUIT GROWING INDUSTRIES
Date: March 29th, 2014
Time: 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Acadia University, Clark Commons
Schedule:
8:30 am – Registration/Networking – Light Breakfast
9:00 am – Welcome and Introduction
9:10 am – 4 x 10 minute short talks (domain practitioners/testimonials)
10:00 am – Keynote speaker
10:45 am – Coffee, displays and networking
11:15 am – Panel discussion - data analytics for the wine and fruit growing sector
12:00 pm – Lunch/Networking
Short Talks:
David Colville (Research Scientist with the Applied Geomatics Research Group at NSCC) - What Will Grow
Where? : Mapping the Meteorological Landscape of Southwestern Nova Scotia
Angus Ells (Manager of carrot operations for Bragg Lumber of Oxford Foods) - Developing a QGIS-based pest
monitoring system for wild blueberries
Colin Bell (Windermere Hills Farm & Vineyard owner/operator) - Grape Crown Gall in N.S.
Sean Myles (Dalhousie University) - Data-driven apple breeding in the Annapolis Valley
Keynote Speaker: Jim Willwerth Ph.D. - Senior Staff Scientist (CCOVI) - Protecting vineyards using large data sets: VineAlert and monitoring cold tolerance in grapevines
Slides, biographys and abstracts can be found HERE