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Dr. Rafael Andres Ferreyra
Dr. Rafael Andres Ferreyra
Chair of ISO/TC 347 (Data-driven Agrifood Systems)
R. Andres Ferreyra, Ph.D. is Industry Standards and Collaborations Lead for Syngenta. He chairs ISO Technical Committee 347 (Data-driven agrifood systems) and ISO International Workshop Agreement 47 (Reference architecture for data-driven agrifood systems). Dr. Ferreyra has developed technology for agrifood and natural resources systems for 30+ years and participated in the international agricultural data standards
community since 2010.
In his words, “I care with a sense of urgency about people, food, foodways, culture, and living sustainably in nature."
Dr. Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun
Dr. Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun
CEO of ListenField Inc.
Dr. Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun is the founder and CEO of ListenField in Thailand and Japan. She also serves as an expert committee member of the National Economic and Social Development Council of Thailand. Her doctoral thesis was incorporated into Japan's agricultural reform plan.
ListenField, founded in 2017, aims to lead in developing agricultural technology to enhance efficiency and environmental friendliness. The company developed FarmAI technology, which integrates satellite technology and artificial intelligence. In 2019, ListenField received the Low Carbon Award from Seed by UNDP for its technology that helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 40%. In 2022, the Japanese Society of Agricultural Informatics (JSAI) presented ListenField with an excellence award in the new technology category. This award recognizes significant contributions to research in information science for agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, and promotes the use of data technology in the food industry and rural areas. Currently, ListenField's technology is utilized in 6 countries and has helped increase agricultural efficiency by up to 20%.
Dr. KAWAMURA Takahiro
Dr. KAWAMURA Takahiro
Deputy Director of Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, NARO
Dr. Takahiro Kawamura is the Deputy Director of the Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, and a member of the Evaluation Committee, Riken BioResource Research Center. His current research interests include knowledge graph construction and its analysis combining semantic technology and machine learning.
He served as a board member of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Kawamura concentrates on the social implementation of AI technology. In particular, his team engaged in knowledge extraction from unstructured data in society, the environment, and the Web.
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