Agreement on cooperation in organizing SmAgTECH EXPO signed
Agreement on Cooperation in Organizing of the SmAgTECH EXPO Fair-Conference Event was signed in Banja Luka on October 29, 2021. The event is an annual gathering of the most important innovators and producers of software and hardware technologies in the agro-food sector, academia, economy, agricultural producers and other actors in this field in the region and beyond.
SmAgTECH EXPO is designed as a multifunctional multi-day event with 4 components:
– Conference – where the most important innovators, scientists and practitioners in this field will be presenting their findings, practices, etc;
– Fair – where leading ICT-based products, innovations and services will be exhibited by leading regional and international companies, universities and research and development centers;
– Hackathon that will bring together students and research teams with their ideas, and companies and business angels as investors;
– Employment fair at which companies and employers will announce their vacancies for employment and/or professional practice and students and unemployed persons will be able to leave their CVs and partake in live talks;
Through a virtual platform specifically designed to support this event, it will be possible to exchange experiences and practices, hold B2B meetings, support joint business and innovation initiatives and create new opportunities for projects and networking in this area, as well as organize students internships in some of the renowned regional companies.
Among the founders of SmAgTECH EXPO are: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka, Plantaže July 13, University of Mostar, University of Tuzla, University of Bijeljina, University of Donja Gorica, University of Maribor, Western Balkans Institute, Innovation Center Banja Luka, Foundation for Innovation and Technology development of INTERA, Chamber of Agricultural Engineers of Republika Srpska, Western Balkans Research and Development Ltd., JAFFA Commerce Ltd., MANT and others.
The seat and contact point of SmAgTECH EXPO is the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Banja Luka and Professor Miljan Cvetković.