Agro-Know presentation in the Green Talks. The event was organised by APIVITA @APIVITA Experience store (Athens)

1. Enhancing sustainable development
through better utilization of agricultural
& environmental information
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Charalampos Thanopoulos,
Agro-Know

2. Structure of presentation
• introduction
• who we are
• Agro-Know data platform
• discovery micro-sites
• training pathways
• creative events
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3. introduction
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4. ”Education must be connected to real life; it
cannot be a parallel universe. Young people
want to use digital technology in every
aspect of life.”
Neelie Kroes, Commission Vice-President
Brussels, 25 Sept 2013
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5. what we can learn from this?
Education is changing
Research is changing
Publishing is changing
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6. Agricultural businesses
hold a wealth of high
quality content which
can be used to support
education and
complement
interactions between
trainers and learners.
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this is not an educational resource

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… but maybe become one

9. Using data sharing tools and technologies
we can create & connect our digital
collections with other organisations around
the world,
• engaging worldwide audiences in
valuable educational experiences
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10. who we are
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11. about us
• Agro-Know is a fast growing company, specializing
in agricultural & biodiversity knowledge
management.
• we help organizations and people to address
societal and environmental challenges, using
solutions that are informed and enhanced by high
quality data.
• to achieve this, we develop and put in real practice
end-to-end, modular solutions that transform data
into meaningful knowledge and services.
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“The future belongs to the companies and people that turn data into products”
Mike Loukides, O’Reilly

12. 12

13. discovery micro-sites, customized
for the users’ needs
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14. customized discovery micro-sites (1/2)
http://agsharedemo.agroknow.gr/
Browse Search Study

15. customized discovery micro-sites (2/2)
Landing page Search and filter page View details and access page
http://organic-edunet.eu/en

16. training pathways
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17. • bridging classroom and experiential learning
• reuse of existing material, easier re-
purposing for new training audiences
• reduced time and effort for the creation of
localized and contextualized material
• potentially new business models for the
providers of the reference material
• use trusted content from world wide sources
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what is an training pathway?

18. example: HACCP principle 1 for the
extraction of Stevia sweeteners
http://idea-pathway-
creator.greenideasproject.org/greenideas/exhibits/show/food-safety-for-
stevia-sweeteners/to-begin-with

19. step 1: discovering reference material on
introducing HACCP principle 1

20. step 2: discovering contextualized material on
HACCP for dry leaves ingredients extraction
• Screenshot of haccp resources listing and
ingestion of dry leaves

21. step 3: discovering localized material on
Stevia sweetener extraction process

22. step 4: creating new material for hazard analysis in
the extraction process of Greek stevia producers

23. step 5: publishing new training scenario

24. creative events
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25. tech startup events & incubation
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http://wiki.agroknow.gr/
agroknow/index.php/Blu
eHackathon2013
http://hack4med.homer
project.eu/crete/

26. thank you!
cthanopoulos@agroknow.gr
info@agroknow.gr
http://www.agroknow.gr
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