2025 Program
RELIVE AGRITECH DAY 2025
Conferences program
Discover the 8th AGRITECH DAY program on OCTOBER 15, 2025 in CLERMONT-FERRAND, France.
The event will take place at the Royat Casino.
Plenary Session
8.30 – 9.00
CONFERENCE OPENING
Test benches and protocols
digital modeling and design
9.00 – 9.30 – Salle Théâtre
ARPA 5 – Agricultural Robot safety functions Performance Assessment: Safety functions composed with anti-collision and contact detection systems
Nicolas CHOLLET – SHERPA ENGINEERING 
Development of the ARPA5 protocol to test and validate the performance of pressure-sensitive sensors embedded in autonomous agricultural robots, in interaction with collision avoidance systems, to ensure user safety under operational conditions and compliance with standards and regulations
9.00 – 9.30 – Salon Grands Jeux
Numerical simulation of flour particle deposition in the engine bay of a tractor
Benoit MARY – CETIM
3D simulation of flour dust transport and deposition in a tractor engine compartment to assess explosion risks, compare available numerical models, and identify critical deposition areas under real operating conditions
9.30 – 10.00 – Salle Théâtre
New indoor system for measuring the performance of orchard sprayers
Florence VERPONT – CTIFL 
Development of an indoor test bench to assess the agronomic and environmental performance of orchard sprayers, using standardized artificial orchard and wind conditions to reproducibly evaluate spray deposition efficiency and drift, as a complement to field trials
9.30 – 10.00 – Salon Grands Jeux
Validation of a simulation model for agricultural tractors
Antti LAJUNEN – UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
Experimental validation of a simulation model of an agricultural tractor developed in Autonomie, accurately reproducing fuel consumption, tractive performance, and PTO loads across various work scenarios, enabling virtual testing for energy efficiency optimization and future powertrain design
10.00 – 10.30 – Salle Théâtre
A versatile test bench supporting the development of innovations in agricultural seed drills
Emmanuel PIRON – AGROTECHNOPOLE
Lionel LEVEILLE – SKY AGRICULTURE
Design of a research and test bench for agricultural seeders, allowing access to and understanding of the performance of transverse and longitudinal distributions of seeders, including in slope or sloping conditions, in order to accelerate the development of innovative solutions adapted to agroecological practices.
10.00 – 10.30 – Salon Grands Jeux
CoSimConnect: a digital twin tool for tomorrow’s challenges
Kévin CHAMBELIN – SHERPA ENGINEERING
Development of CoSimConnect, an interoperable digital twin tool based on the FMI standard, enabling 3D simulation and testing of critical functions such as localization and geo-fencing for autonomous agricultural machinery, with integration of sensors, ROS models, and real-time visualization
10.30 – 11.00
Break
Test benches and protocols
decarbonization
11.00 – 11.30 – Salle Théâtre
PAVIN Extreme Weather Facility: A Cutting-Edge Testing Environment for Agricultural Robotics
Pierre DUTHON – CEREMA
The PAVIN platform enables testing of agricultural robot sensors under calibrated rain and fog conditions, reproducing real meteorological parameters to assess their reliability in safety-critical scenarios, in line with the ARPA 2 protocol and ISO 18497 standards
11.00 – 11.30 – Salon Grands Jeux
De-fossilization in a livestock farm through the experimentation of a compact and cost-effective bio-CNG production and the retrofit of a small tractor for biomethane
Olivier MARCHAND – CRMT / ATB
A one-year field experiment on a livestock farm in Germany combining a compact bio-CNG production unit and a retrofitted biomethane tractor, providing real-world data on technical and economic feasibility, operational performance, and energy optimization pathways
11.30 – 12.00 – Salle Théâtre
Standardized Testing of Sensor-Based Object Detection for Autonomous Agricultural Machinery
Nicolas HUMMEL – VDMA
A standardized validation framework is being developed to test object detection systems on autonomous agricultural machinery, with initial progress on test protocols, performance metrics, and alignment with regulatory requirements.
11.30 – 12.00 – Salon Grands Jeux
O-AMIE: a tool combining life cycle analysis and systems engineering to eco-design agricultural practices and assess their environmental impacts
Marilys PRADEL – INRAE
O-AMIE, a tool combining Life Cycle Analysis and Systems Engineering to dynamically model and simulate the environmental impact of agroecological scenarios, in a logic of eco-design and optimization of agricultural equipment and cultivation practices.
12.00 – 13.30
Lunch break
Sensors, measurements, and detection
DATA, AI and cybersecurity
13.30 – 14.00 – Salle Théâtre
Evaluation of sensor perception in dusty media
Safae NEJJARI – CEREMA
An experimental method using a dust chamber to characterize the performance of agricultural cameras and optical sensors, combined with a comparison of light propagation models to improve reliability in dusty environments
13.30 – 14.00 – Salon Grands Jeux
Software testing for robust AI models in industrial applications
Sarah LEROY – KEREVAL
Evaluation of the robustness of an AI machine vision system based on metamorphic testing, allowing the reliability of models to be tested under simulated perturbed conditions – an approach transferable to AI in agriculture within the framework of the AI Act
14.00 – 14.30 – Salle Théâtre
Robust radar-based localization through image correlation
Guillaume JEANNEAU – INRAE
A millimeter-wave radar-based localization method is being developed to enable reliable autonomous navigation without relying on GNSS, by leveraging the full radar image and building a reference map with controlled uncertainties
AgriGuide : the digital labeling for crop protection products
Gaëlle DER HAGOPIAN – BAYER
Carole ROCCA – UPL
AgriGuide is a European digital platform providing reliable, interoperable, and up-to-date regulatory information on plant protection products across the 27 EU countries, enabling safer, simpler, and more automated crop protection practices.
14.30 – 15.00 – Salle Théâtre
Real-time sparse-view 3D reconstruction of potatoes for precise yield monitoring
Adrien SCHOCKAERT – DOWNS
A real-time 3D reconstruction model for potatoes based on RGB images enables accurate on-field volume and size estimation, using a compact implicit representation suited for onboard sorting and yield monitoring applications
14.30 – 15.00 – Salon Grands Jeux
Cybersecurity challenges for connected agricultural equipment: standards, vulnerabilities and use cases
Florian JAULIN & Vincent ALLIOT – KEREVAL
Overview of on-board cybersecurity standards applicable to connected agricultural machinery, review of the most common and critical vulnerabilities of connected agricultural machinery and proposal of a realistic attack scenario
15.00 – 15.30
Break
agroecology
Machinery safety
15.30 – 16.00 – Salle Théâtre
Understanding and mastering tractor-implement interactions: a lever for agroecological performance
Julien GAUBOUR – IN SITU
Development of an instrumented three-point hitch to measure real-time mechanical forces between tractor and implement, enabling better adjustment, energy savings, soil preservation, and training in efficient agroecological practices
15.30 – 16.00 – Salon Grands Jeux
Instrumentation and field tests to evaluate a rollover risk estimator for mobile machinery with mobile tools
Lama AL BASSIT – INRAE
Romain DUVAL – CETIM
Field evaluation of a rollover risk estimator for agricultural machines with offset mounted implements, using full instrumentation (force sensors, IMU, position sensors) on a self-propelled sprayer to compare measured and estimated load transfers and validate the algorithms under real-world conditions
16.00 – 16.30 – Salle Théâtre
When open source puts agricultural robotics at the service of agroecology
Alexandre PREVAULT-OSMANI – SABI AGRI
Development of an open source methodology aimed at disseminating robotics knowledge to the entire scientific community, in order to promote the synergies and cooperation necessary to overcome technological barriers and accelerate the agroecological transition
16.00 – 16.30 – Salon Grands Jeux
Safety of autonomous agricultural machinery: challenges and issues
Julien RULLIER – SERES TECHNOLOGIES / INRAE
A methodological approach to the functional safety of autonomous agricultural machinery, drawing on ISO 25119, ISO 13849, and ISO 21448 to define, design, and demonstrate safety functions such as collision avoidance, by adapting practices from the automotive sector
Plenary Concluding Conference
16.30 – 17.15
Which technologies for a low-carbon, resilient and prosperous agriculture?
Corentin LEROUX – ASPEXIT
This plenary session will explore the challenges of decarbonization and the resilience of the agricultural system through the lens of energy and climate constraints, with a particular focus on the role of agricultural equipment. The presentation will draw on insights from The Shift Project’s reports on Agriculture and Agricultural Technologies, both published at the end of 2024.
Plenary Session
17.15 – 17.30
CONCLUSION
Stéphane LAMPERIÈRE
MASSEY FERGUSON BRAND STYLING DIRECTOR & DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING
AXEMA Technical Committee Chairman
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