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RUC-APS Special Sessions at PRO-VE 2017

Posted on October 11, 2017 Updated on October 11, 2017

The PRO-VE conference took place from September 10^th to 20^th, in Vicenza, Italy. This edition of PRO-VE (the 18^th) was dedicated to the topic of “collaboration in a data-rich world”. In that context, RUC-APS hosted two special sessions.

Special Session: “Risk and Uncertainty in Agriculture” organized by Jorge Hernandez (United Kingdom), Janusz Kacprzyk (Poland), Hervé Panetto (France), Alejandro Fernandez (Argentina), Marco De Angelis (United Kingdom)

The goal of this special session was to explore and gather the state-of-the-art on conceptual and applied interoperable solutions to support Agriculture decision-making once facing uncertainty and risk.

Three articles were presented:

• A Literature Review on Risk Sources and Resilience Factors in Agri-Food Supply Chains. Guoqing Zhao, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez
• The Semantic Web as a Platform Against Risk and Uncertainty in Agriculture.

   Wilmer Henry Illescas Espinoza, Alejandro Fernandez, Diego Torres
• Challenges and Solutions for Enhancing Agriculture Value Chain Decision-Making. A Short Review. Jorge E. Hernandez, Janusz Kacprzyk, Hervé Panetto, Alejandro Fernandez, Shaofeng Liu, Angel Ortiz et al.

Special Session: “Collaboration in Food and Agribusiness”, organized by Mareva Alemany (Spain), Angel Ortiz (Spain)

This special session addressed research and applications in the food value chain and in agribusiness. The objective was to present interesting research and practical developments to address the challenges in the sector and also to present innovative approaches and new business models for the new scenarios on the coming years.

Three articles were presented:

• The Role of ICTs in Supporting Collaborative Networks in the Agro-Food Sector: Two Case Studies from South West England. Marco Della Gala, Matthew Reed
• Conceptual Framework for Managing Uncertainty in a Collaborative Agri-Food Supply Chain Context. Ana Esteso, M. M. E. Alemany, Angel Ortiz
• Intelligent Food Information Provision to Consumers in an Internet of Food Era. 

  Antonio Palmiro Volpentesta, Alberto Michele Felicetti, Salvatore Ammirato

During and after the sessions, members of the RUC-APS team had the chance to exchange knowledge with attendees, disseminating the activities of the project and learning from related research.