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Colinda de Beer
Colinda de Beer is Senior Business Developer Horticulture at InnovationQuarter, the regional economic development agency for the South Holland province in the Netherlands.
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Greenhouse horticulture as an ecosystem and breeding ground for innovation
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The promise of cloud, fog, edge, and 5G for hands-free greenhouse farm development
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How a plant’s acoustic signals can help us grow tomatoes
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Robotization is for humans!
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Who owns the data, the ‘new gold’?
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In search of (solutions for) the first hydrogen-powered grower!
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Wizards, prophets and the future of our food system
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Do you still get it? On how artificial intelligence is beyond our comprehension, and if that’s such a bad thing
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Indoor farming and the pink elephant
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You shouldn’t just ask for a grower, but just give Bart a call outright
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Humans and robots work side by side at RoboCrops
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Autonomous cultivation is the holy grail for greenhouses; but what does that look like?
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Greenhouse horticulture without gas? In search of even more innovation!
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We use cobots to make our vegetable greenhouses more and more ‘hands-free’
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Innovation and ecosystems: nature shows how it can be done
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This is how we unravel The Secret Life of Plants
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From seeing to smelling – how technology can help growers keep their crops healthy
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The seven patterns of AI – from technology to application
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