PRE-WORKSHOP

Principles and Practical Applications of in-situ measurements of Plant Water Status: Integrating plant, soil and environmental measurements in the age of Internet-of-Things technology

Date:                            30 October 2023 1-5.00pm
Venue:                         Manaakitanga Room, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, Scion, Titokorangi Drive,
                                      Whakarewarewa, Rotorua 3010
Cost to participants: Included in registration - no extra cost

Key features of the workshop:

  1. Present recent advances in measurement of sap flow and plant water relations;
  2. Showcase of recent applications related to ecophysiology, hydraulic redistribution, water use measurements for ET measurements to irrigation decision support;
  3. Key skills requirements for the successful installation of field instruments in sap flow and psychrometer; and
  4. Cloud-computing and the advent of on-demand data in soil and environmental monitoring in elucidating SPE continuum.
This workshop is sponsored by

Presenters

Sam Fisher

Sam is an Environmental Scientist with a broad experience in the field of hydrography and remote data acquisition systems and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. He leads product development in the area of IoT-integrated sensors. He has supported customers from around the world in IoT sensor applications and in field deployment.

Eliana Francesca Rigato

Fran has a Master of Science degree in Forestry and Environmental Science from the University of Padova (Italy). She gained extensive field work experience in the plant industry, native ecosystems management and protection after migrating to Australia in 2016. She has been a Forestry scientist at ICT since 2019 and worked mainly in technical sales, field installations and training customers in soil, plant and environmental monitoring solutions.

Ben Umali

Ben has backgrounds in forestry, GIS and soil science and obtained his PhD in Agriculture from the University of Adelaide. He is Plant Application Scientist at ICT International. This role enables him to work with many scientists across the world in the measurement of plant water status.


Conference Organisers


Conferences & Events Ltd
 +64  4 384 1511
  sapflow2023@confer.co.nz
  www.confer.co.nz
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This event is organised by Conferences & Events Ltd, Wellington, Nelson & Nationwide.  We are a New Zealand business.