Day 1 (19th September)

08:15 – 8:45 Registration

08:45 – 9:00 Opening

Danilo Demarchi (Politecnico di Torino), Silvia Fogliatto (Università degli Studi di Torino), Tiziana Tosco (Politecnico di Torino), Francesco Vidotto (Università degli Studi di Torino)

Session 1 - Synthesis, efficacy and environmental fate of nanopesticides

09:00 – 9:45 Risk and benefit assessment of nano-agrochemicals

Melanie Kah (University of Auckland)

09:45 – 10:30 Engineering Nanomaterials for controlled release of agrochemicals

Renato Grillo (Sao Paulo State University)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break + posters

11:00 – 11:45 Nanoherbicides: development and environmental fate

Silvia Fogliatto, Francesco Vidotto (Università degli Studi di Torino), Tiziana Tosco  (Politecnico di Torino)

11:45 – 12:30 Novel insights on antimicrobial properties of nanomaterials: how to develop effective nanopesticides for a sustainable crop protection 

Giorgio Balestra, Daniele Schiavi (Università degli Studi della Tuscia)

12:30 – 14:30 Lunch break and transfer to DISAFA - UNITO

Session 2 - Precision agriculture and spart sprayers

14:30 – 15:15 Smart sprayers for an effective and sustainable crop protection

Fabrizio Gioelli (Università degli Studi di Torino)

15:15 – 16:00 Alternative PAE to conventional sprayers: UASS and SSCDS - state of the art and future perspectives

Marco Grella (Università degli Studi di Torino)

16:00 - …. Visit to DISAFA research facilities, group photo

Day 2 (20th September)

Session 3 - Nanofertilizers

09:00 – 9:45 Overview ENMs-crop fertilization

Guido Fellet (Università di Udine)

09:45 – 10:30 ENMs and soil microbiology

Youry Pii (Università di Bolzano)

10:30 – 11:15 Fertilizer potential of nanohydroxyapatite

Laura Pilotto (Università di Udine)

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break + posters

Session 4 - Characterization

11:45 – 12:30 Unraveling the Complexity: Advanced Analytical Techniques for Characterizing Nanopesticides and Nanofertilizers

Milica Velimirovic (VITO - Flemish Institute for Technological Research NV)

12:30 – 13:15 Green-based synthesis of nanomaterials: from characterization to application

Luciana Dini and Daniela Uccelletti (Sapienza Università di Roma)

13:15 – 14:30 Lunch break

Session 5 - Nanosensors

14:30 – 15:15 Nanosensors and related Multi-Panel Monitoring in Agrifood

Sandro Carrara (EPFL, Switzerland)

15:15 – 16:00 Let the Plants do the Talking: Climate-Smart Agriculture by the messages received from Plants and Soil

Danilo Demarchi (Politecnico di Torino)

16:00 – 16:45 Miniaturized devices for field monitoring

Sergio Ferrero (Politecnico di Torino)

16:45 Closing