Event

AgriTech AI Vision Day: adding value with image data and AI

4. May 2026

08:30 - 15:30

Creativity and Innovation Lab der Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf
Am Staudengarten 12a
85354 Freising
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How is AI-supported image processing transforming agricultural technology - now and in the coming years? At the AI Vision Day at AgriTechHUB, you will meet leading researchers, innovative companies and visionary start-ups to shape precisely this future. Experience a day full of insights, practical applications and real co-creation. Discover what solutions are already working in computer vision, what challenges we need to solve together as an industry - and where the next big steps lie.

  • Impulses from science and practice
    Experts - including from Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences and Opto GmbH - will discuss current challenges, best practices and requirements for AI-supported image processing.
  • Start-up pitches
    Young companies will present innovative solutions from the TUM Venture Lab and the Bavarian AgriTech ecosystem, including AGAi, Karevo, KIREAP and TALOS.
  • Practice-oriented workshops
    In an interactive group format, you will work on specific technical topics from Fendt and HSWT or develop your own focus topic that you would like to contribute.
  • Whitepaper preview
    Look forward to the first presentation of the whitepaper "AgriTech Bayern: Where the industry wins tomorrow: Technologies and levers for competitiveness"
  • Networking
    Make new contacts, exchange ideas and develop concrete next steps for the AgriTechHUB ecosystem.

08:30 - 09:00 a.m.

Check-in & welcome coffee

09:00 - 09:10 a.m.

Welcome and introduction to the topic

Christian Metz
+49 911 20671-717
Innovation network Production, Head of Competence Network Digital Agriculture Bavaria, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich
Porträt von Joseph Schapfl Joseph Schapfl,
Joseph Schapfl
+49 911 20671-303
Project Manager, Innovation network Production, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich

09:10 - 09:50

Interdisciplinary impulses from research and industry: AI, image data and sensor technology

AI in agriculture: from image analysis in the field to digital crop protection early warning systems

Prof. Dr. Florian Haselbeck
Fakultät Nachhaltige Agrar- und Energiesysteme, Hochschule Weihenstephan Triesdorf

Cooperative perception: an important contribution to autonomous driving

Portraitbild Torsten Schön Torsten Schön,

AI-supported microscopy for the agriculture of the future

Markus Riedi
Chairman and CEO, Opto Group

10:00 - 10:40 a.m.

Discussion: current challenges, best practices and requirements for AI-supported image processing

Portraitbild Torsten Schön Torsten Schön,
Markus Riedi
Chairman and CEO, Opto Group
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Prof Dr. Heinz Bernhardt
TUM School of Life Sciences

10:40 - 11:00 a.m.

Coffee and communication break

11:00 - 11:10 a.m.

Presentation of white paper

"AgriTech Bavaria: Where the industry wins tomorrow - technologies and levers for competitiveness"

Porträt von Joseph Schapfl Joseph Schapfl,
Joseph Schapfl
+49 911 20671-303
Project Manager, Innovation network Production, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich

11:10 - 12:00

Start-up pitches from the TUM Venture Labs

AGAi develops AI-based Soil Intelligence for agrifood producers and processing-related supply chains. Our models predict yield, quality and harvest times based on soil, climate and cultivation data months in advance. For the first time, we are enabling more predictable, resilient and efficient production systems - from field to processing

Karevo develops compact optical potato sorting systems, ideal for direct marketers and family farms. With intelligent image processing, the systems reliably detect defects and sort efficiently, making the day-to-day work of farms easier, saving time and ensuring consistently high quality.

KIREAP is an AI and DeepTech startup that bundles agricultural data and goods flows from the field to the customer in an integrated, digital ecosystem.
By combining satellite data, AI, blockchain and quantum technology, KIREAP develops innovative solutions for efficient and sustainable agriculture.

While farmers reduce their farming costs and increase yields, buyers gain planning certainty and transparency for their supply chain and climate goals.

Insurers and authorities benefit from lower monitoring costs.

TALOS is a Munich-based NewSpace start-up that develops satellite-based IoT technology for tracking wildlife and livestock from space. Lightweight, solar-powered tags record location, movement, temperature and acceleration data and transmit it via a CubeSat constellation. The technology enables sensor-based data collection from remote regions - with direct applications in livestock monitoring, pasture analysis, early detection of animal diseases and wildlife protection.

More start-up pitches

FeldSchau GmbH develops digital products that simplify, accelerate and objectify complex observation and analysis tasks for plants, animals and the environment. Founded in 2024 in Ingolstadt from the Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences and the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, we support the "green industry" in its daily tasks. Our vision is to record the status of plants and animals in production and ecosystems in an automated, reliable and scalable way.

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 14:45

Practical workshops in parallel groups - working on specific issues together

Porträt von Joseph Schapfl Joseph Schapfl,
Joseph Schapfl
+49 911 20671-303
Project Manager, Innovation network Production, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich
Christian Metz
+49 911 20671-717
Innovation network Production, Head of Competence Network Digital Agriculture Bavaria, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich

Making research projects and university collaborations effective from a business perspective - how to make collaboration more attractive, accessible and practical

Prof. Dr. Florian Haselbeck
Fakultät Nachhaltige Agrar- und Energiesysteme, Hochschule Weihenstephan Triesdorf

Exchange on the use of AI-based tools in product development

Porträt von Dr. Tobias Nothdurft Dr. Tobias Nothdurft,
Dr. Tobias Nothdurft
Leiter Forschung und Vorentwicklung bei AGCO/Fendt

How can AI-supported image recognition in arable farming be usefully supported and improved by integrating external data (e.g. weather, soil or satellite data)?

Bonus workshop: Participants are invited to discuss their own practical questions.

Porträt von Joseph Schapfl Joseph Schapfl,
Joseph Schapfl
+49 911 20671-303
Project Manager, Innovation network Production, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich

14:45 - 15:00

Wrap-up and outlook

Christian Metz
+49 911 20671-717
Innovation network Production, Head of Competence Network Digital Agriculture Bavaria, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich
Porträt von Joseph Schapfl Joseph Schapfl,
Joseph Schapfl
+49 911 20671-303
Project Manager, Innovation network Production, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Munich

3:00 p.m.

Time for networking

  Price gross Price net
Companies, research institutes €203.49 €171.00
Partner cluster/network €180.88 €152.00
Universities, public authorities €101.15 €85.50
Start-ups €101.15 €85.50
Students €23.80 €20.00

Secure your place now!

The AI Vision Day is aimed at anyone who wants to actively develop agricultural technology - whether research, industry, start-ups or public institutions. Places are limited. Secure your participation now and shape the agricultural technology of tomorrow today.

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