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Project Manager Education, EIT Food<\/p>\n
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Title: Food in the Anthropocene: How EIT Food is contributing to the mitigation of climate changes<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”ABSTRACT OF PRESENTATION” _builder_version=”4.0.7″]<\/p>\n TBA<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”BIO” _builder_version=”4.3.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Dr. Mario Roccaro has joined the EIT Food in April 2018 as Programme Manager Education in\u00a0charge of developing educational offerings including the Professional Development actions\u00a0for postgraduates and personnel of the Food sector. Previously, Dr. M. Roccaro was engaged\u00a0at the European Commission DG EAC as policy officer in charge of designing and\u00a0implementing the HORIZON 2020 Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions. After receiving his first\u00a0degree in Food and Science Technology from the University of Milan (IT) he worked for\u00a0several food industries in Italy before pursuing further education. He received a PhD in\u00a0Molecular Biology from the University of Edinburgh (UK). Subsequently, he worked as plant\u00a0scientist at the Max Planck Institute Cologne (DE) performing basic and applied science.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″ background__hover_enabled=”on|hover” background_color__hover=”#f2f2f2″ background_enable_color__hover=”on”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″ custom_padding=”|||13px|false|false”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/enviroinfo2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/keynote2_editing-01.jpg” _builder_version=”4.0.7″ width=”85%”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″ custom_padding=”|9px|||false|false”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.4″]<\/p>\n Professor, University of Eastern Finland<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Title: The next step after AI \u2013 towards Digital Twins<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”ABSTRACT OF PRESENTATION” _builder_version=”4.3.4″]<\/p>\n As the wave of Artificial Intelligence rises and reaches the mainstream computing, it is time to look\u00a0forward and think about the next wave after this development. Firstly, I will have a look on the main\u00a0characteristics of the current AI wave and its benefits. The focus is then shifted to the weak points of\u00a0it showing what we need to do better. Another hot topic rising is that of Digital Twins. What is their\u00a0relation to AI? What are digital twins actually? How could we combine these two technologies to\u00a0yield better solutions? These questions are studied with a couple of example projects carried out in\u00a0the University of Eastern Finland during the last years. Finally, recommendations are given for future\u00a0research directions.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”SHORT BIO” _builder_version=”4.3.4″]<\/p>\n During my career, I have first worked as system analyst and chief software engineer in the software\u00a0industry, developing solutions for energy companies. In the 90\u2019s I have moved to the academic world\u00a0working as researcher both in bioinformatics and environmental sciences, followed by a nomination\u00a0to research director of environmental informatics; a new and emerging field. Currently as a\u00a0professor, I am leading a research group of environmental informatics at the University of Eastern\u00a0Finland. Since 2001, my research group has been carrying out industry related projects using\u00a0Artificial Intelligence methods to solve data based problems related to the environment. I have also\u00a0worked as a CTO of a start-up company helping the companies to utilize the AI in their operation. I\u00a0was the chair of ICANNGA\u201909.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″ background__hover_enabled=”on|hover” background_color__hover=”#f2f2f2″ background_enable_color__hover=”on”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″ custom_padding=”|||13px|false|false”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/enviroinfo2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/keynote2_Serenella.jpg” _builder_version=”4.3.4″ width=”85%” hover_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.0.7″ custom_padding=”|9px|||false|false”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.3.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Deputy Head of Unit, Joint Research Centre, EC<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Title: Environmental footprint of EU consumption: from data to knowledge and policy support<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”ABSTRACT OF PRESENTATION” _builder_version=”4.3.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The assessment of the environmental impact of consumption is consider pivotal in the transition toward\u00a0sustainable production and consumption. The European Commission Join Research Centre has\u00a0developed a method and a set of indicators to help monitoring the evolution of consumption patterns\u00a0and related environmental impacts. The set of indicators are the results of the capitalisation of\u00a0knowledge on the environmental side with a systematic approach to data gathering, processing and\u00a0interface with different software and tools. The set of indicators, called Consumer Footprint are life cycle\u00a0assessment based, namely they took into account the environmental impact of products consumed in EU, from the\u00a0assessing impacts from the extraction of raw materials to end of life. The LCA-based framework is essential to\u00a0unveil trade-offs rand to test eco-innovation policies. Environmental impacts are assessed from three different\u00a0perspectives: product group level, consumption areas (Food, Mobility, Housing, Household goods, and\u00a0Appliances) and average EU consumer. Given the complexity of the exercise, the keynote presentation\u00a0will illustrate which are the main open challenges from the informatics and environmental research\u00a0point of view to improve and refinement the assessment, for example, in terms of geographical and\u00a0temporal resolution of the evaluation.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”BIO” _builder_version=”4.3.4″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Serenella Sala is a scientific officer, scientific project manager at the Joint Research Centre\u00a0 of the\u00a0European Commission since 2010. She is the Deputy Head of Unit of the Land resource Unit of the\u00a0Directorate D- Sustainable Resources, and the team leader of the life cycle assessment group of the JRC.\u00a0She is coordinating the activities on life cycle assessment (LCA), with specific focus on its application at\u00a0meso and macro scale for supporting policies. She is an environmental scientist, holding a Phd in Ecology.\u00a0Her research activities have been always focused on sustainability assessment of supply chains, adopting\u00a0Life cycle assessment as reference methodology. 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Serenella Sala<\/h2>\n
methodologies and models for sustainable development, integrated environmental assessment, life cycle\u00a0assessment, risk assessment for supporting eco-innovation of process and products as well as resource\u00a0efficiency.Between 2001 and 2010, she was the ccoordinator of the Research Unit on Sustainable\u00a0Development (GRISS) at the Department of Environmental Science at University of Milano Bicocca.\u00a0She had teaching positions at University (as adjunct professor) and in many post University courses on\u00a0LCA applied to a wide array of sectors.\u00a0List of publications and overview of her research activities are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n