Scientific & Technical Committee

Philippe COLACICCO, AXEMA Technical Committee Chairman and Kubota Corporation Director Farm Machinery Engineering Europe.
Chairman of the scientific and technical committee
Philippe Colacicco holds generalist engineer degree and PhD of mechanics, he has first held various positions in Research and Development, Validation and Project Management in the automotive sector. Philippe then joined CLAAS Tractor in 2008, firstly in charge of developing the range of specialized tractors, before heading the Research and Development department for 6 years.
In 2016, he joined the Kubota Corporation Group to create the European R&D Tractors Center that he leads. Since 2018 Philippe Colacicco is the President of AXEMA’s Technical Committee.
Scientific & Technical committee
Dr. Philippe COLACICCO
Kubota Research & development EUROPE
Director
AXEMA Technical Committee Chairman
Christian ADLER
KUHN Group
Head of the Electronic department
Lionel LEVEILLÉ
BUREL Group
Research and innovation Director
Dr. Sylvain VILLETTE
AGROSUP Dijon
The Agricultural Equipment UnitDr.Davide RIZZO
UNILASALLE
Associate professor in agronomy, data scientistDr.Xavier REBOUD
INRAE
Director of the division Plant Health and the Environment
Emmanuel PIRON
INRAE
Head of the Technological Research Platform – Environmental Spreading Division
Dr.Thomas ANKEN
Agroscope
AgronomistDr. Nils BJUGSTAD
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
ProfessorPeter GROOT KOERKAMP (prof. dr. ir. P.W.G.)
Wageningen University & Research
Professor in Biosystems Engineering / AgrotechnologyProf. Dr. Martin KREMMER
John Deere GmbH & Co. KG
Manager Production Systems Solutions EngineeringEric GUGGISBERG
Paul Forrer AG
Head of Innovations & DigitalisationProf. Emilio GIL
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Full Professor
Alain SAVARY
IRIDOS Conseil
Strategy adviser for agroecological evolution
Philippe HERITIER
INRAE – Technologies and information systems for agrosystems research unit
Project Manager – Robotics and Systems for agriculture Engineer