SmartGeoFish farm demonstration event
SmartGeoFish farm demonstration event
Date: 20/09/2022
Location: Szentes, Hungary
Objectives of the farm demonstration
The SmartGeoFish Farm demonstration aimed to demonstrate the implemented sensory based IoT system which was the core of the technology concept development service of the project. With the demonstration, we targeted to prove that the developed service is viable and flexible enough to intro-duce to other sectors. The farm demonstration was held at the premise of Geofish Ltd.
The target sectors were Food companies including aquaculture companies; representatives of Research and Higher Education organizations; Hungarian policy makers, DIHs, Clusters.
Summary
At the beginning of the demonstration Dániel Bakó (Geofish Ltd) welcomed the participants and explained the mission of Geofish Ltd. After that, the concept and objective of SmartGeoFish project was presented by Zsófia Kertész (Campden BRI Hungary as DIH).
Then Dr Dénes Gál introduced the operation of Geofish Ltd. After getting familiar with the RAS in general, the field walk and demonstration started. The feeding regime and the operation of biofilter were presented. The platform to operate the factory was showcased along with the water quality system in place to monitor the crucial components of the water impacting the quality of fish.
Feedback
The presented solution was very rated as very useful and informative. The concept of the project was welcome by the attending policy makers. The presented solutions and the develop services are beneficial and easily adaptable to other business sectors.
Overall, the farm demonstration was a success. An online coaching session was organized to the project partners on the delivery of a farm demonstration and a manual was developed to establish clearly the goals of the event and the responsibilities as well.
Majority of the registered participants attended to the event and due to the informal format of the event, each participant contributed to the event.
A demonstráció célja
A Geofish Kft. telephelyén megtartott SmartGeoFish farm bemutató célja a megvalósított szenzoros IoT rendszer bemutatása volt, amely a projekt technológiai koncepció fejlesztési szolgáltatásának magját képezi. A demonstrációval azt kívántuk bebizonyítani, hogy a kifejlesztett szolgáltatás életképes és kellően rugalmas más üzleti ágazatokban számára is.
A tanyabemutatót a Geofish Kft. telephelyén tartották. A célszektorok az élelmiszeripari vállalatok voltak, beleértve az akvakultúra-vállalatokat; kutatási és felsőoktatási szervezetek képviselői; Magyar politikai döntéshozók, DIH-k, Klaszterek.
WaterMatch 2022
Seacon’s SWAM project and it’s services are in the online B2Match session
WaterMatch – European WaterTech Week
The WaterMatch 2022 that runs from September 19 to October 6, 2022 is an official side event of the European Water Technology Week 2022 (19-22 September) and is being organized by the Water Alliance and the Enterprise Europe Network.
It gives watertech SMEs the opportunity to meet with companies, researchers, knowledge institutes and government representatives in one-on-one meetings. It allows you to explore cross-border opportunities and discuss collaboration with water technology businesses worldwide.
Participation in WaterMatch is free of charge, however, for the offline sessions during the European Water Technology Week registration is mandatory (www.ewtw.eu). Online sessions are free of charge.
Seacon staff also participated in the B2match section of the event with the company’s 2 running international projects, where they contacted Holland, Portugal, Spanish, Swedish, Italian and French partners. The topic of the event is the water related innovation and the solutions of the water technology.
The event was attended by 147 participants from 33 countries.
SmartGeoFish event (20/09/2022)
SmartGeoFish demonstration and workshop on the spot
Date: 20/09/2022
Time: 10.00-15.00
Szentes, Geofish fish farm site
The African catfish is the most consumed fish species in Hungary. Geofish Ltd. is breeding the Af-rican catfish in a recirculation system with intensive production.
On 20 September 2022, the SmartGeoFish demonstration will provide insight for the visitors into the mysteries and opportunities of this exciting and unique industry.
Participants will learn about the efforts and solutions that can help the company and the industry to make better the use of water and feed.
In different ways the food sectors can improve the efficiency of their resource use and reduce the costs of food production.
An open workshop will also be organised on 20 September to discuss this topic in more detail.
Participation is free but registration is required. You can register on the following page: SmartGeoFish rendezvények- 2022.09.20.
More information about the SmartGeoFish project: SmartGeoFish
Download invitation: 2022.09.20. - SmartGeoFish Demonstráció meghívó
The SmartGeoFish project was financed by SmartAgriHubs SmartAgriHubs H2020 project.
Partners website: Campden BRI - SmartGeoFish
More information about the SmartGeoFish project::
The SmartAgriHubs is the 818182 project which was financed from European Unio Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
The WINNing Days 2022
Seacon’s SWAM project and it’s services are in the B2B session
The WINNing Days - Water Innovation Networking days
On Tuesday the 14th of June 2022, France Water Team, Water Alliance and ZINNAE organize the next edition of the WINNing Days. A webinar (10:00 - 11:30 CET) will kick-off this event. Next to the webinar, it is possible to meet each other virtually until Tuesday June 28. This event is for European organisations active in the water sector and interested in European funding programmes and international cooperation.
The targeted participants which are:
- active in or for the water sector,
- involved in a water related challenge within your sector,
- willing to expand your network with strategic partners,
- looking for funding for your project/development of your innovation.
The webinar and the matchmaking of The WINNing days are available via website mentioned above.
The webinar and the virtual matchmaking are interesting for European organisations active in the water sector and interested in European funding programmes and international cooperation. These can be companies (start-ups, SMEs and large companies), research institutes or governmental organisations. Moreover, this can be interesting for organisations from other sectors (agriculture, health, energy, food&beverage, pulp&paper, etc.) with water challenges or in which water is an important part of their processes.
Seacon staff also participated in the B2B section of the event with the company’s 2 running international projects, where they talked about cooperation and further development opportunities with Holland, French partners. The topic of the event is the water related innovation, within this a key topic is drinking water, waste water, the efficient operation of the water network and flood management
The event was attended by 73 participants from 21 countries.
Challenges and opportunities of the Hungarian aquaculture
SmartGeoFish webinar summary.
The first SmartGeoFish webinar was held with great interest on June 3, 2022, with the aim of presenting the main challenges and development opportunities of the aquaculture sector through Hungarian and international examples.
Among those present were the employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Institute of Agricultural Economics and the Managing Authority of the Hungarian Fisheries Operational Program (MAHOP).
Zsófia Kertész, representing Campden BRI Hungary Nonprofit Ltd., spoke about the potential of the SmartGeoFish and SmartAgriHubs cascade projects, which are necessary to improve the resource efficiency of the sector. She described the objectives of SmartAgriHubs (e.g. promoting the digitization of European industry and "connecting" different actors in each field) and then introduced the members of the consortium:
- Campden BRI – Digital Innovation Hub,
- Geofish Kft. – Hungarian African catfish producer and processer company,
- Seacon Europe Kft. – IoT expert.
Finally, she gave an overview of the objectives of the project, e.g. reducing water consumption and ensuring the transparency necessary to meet food safety and quality requirements.
The next speaker was Szilvia Mihálffy from the Federation of European Aquaculture producers, who presented the challenges of European fish farms in the light of the results of the FutureEUAqua project. The participants of the webinar received extensive information on the current situation and challenges of aquaculture, e.g. animal health challenges, rising prices and water pollution, in connection with which the rapporteur also spoke about the results of the FuturEUAqua project. The project aimed to effectively promote the sustainable growth of resilient, environmentally friendly, bio and traditional aquaculture to meet future challenges related to climate change and the growing consumer demand for high-quality, nutritious and responsibly produced food.
Dr. Dénes Gál, one of the founders of Geofish Ltd. gave his presentation entitled The Situation of the Hungarian Aquaculture from the Point of View of Geofish Ltd. After presenting the situation of European and domestic aquaculture, he also turned to the conditions related to African catfish production in Hungary. On the positive side, he mentioned the availability of thermal water, the high level of professional knowledge and the market, as well as the application system, which is of great help to the companies concerned, but stressed that the process is very slow. What really makes production in Hungary difficult, according to the expert, is the increase in the price and the scarcity of feed and energy, as well as the lack of the euro. He also mentioned as a negative the current dominance of environmentally unsustainable systems. The expert gave an insight into the Geofish system, which utilizes the run-off thermal water of horticulture in an environmentally friendly way with recirculation technology.
Valéria Tálai and László Dvorszky gave a presentation on behalf of Seacon Europe Ltd. László Dvorszky, IT consultant, presented Seacon Europe's cloud-based target software, the QST, which provides a solution for making the origin of food and the history of integration transparent along the slogan "farm to fork", based on the combination of IoT devices and mobile technologies, as well as the information generated by each actor. The system records the parameters that affect the quality of the product, allows the parameters to be compared with the limits of the relevant standards, i.e. the qualification, and also ensures full product identification and traceability. Valéria Tálai, software developer, presented Seacon's self-developed data-driven solution, an application based on cloud technology and IoT devices designed to support water management tasks. The task of the system is to receive the data from the sensor networks and devices installed on the site with the specified regularity, to store the resulting data in a database and to display them in standardized form in a way that is understandable to the users according to the specified level of authorization. In addition, it is possible to query and review the data in the form of reports.
You can find out more about the SmartGeoFish project on the following pages:
The event ended with answering the questions raised during the presentations.
