Scientific & Technical Committee
Committee’s missions
The AGRITECH DAY Scientific and Technical Committee is made up of some fifteen experts from industry, education and research whose mission is to assess the quality and relevance of the papers proposed by the speakers.
Drawing on their expertise and scientific culture, the committee members actively contribute to the development of the AGRITECH DAY program.
Philippe COLACICCO, AXEMA Technical Committee Chairman and Kubota Corporation Director Farm Machinery Engineering Europe.
The Committee Chairman
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 2022
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 Unit
Dr.Davide RIZZO
UNILASALLE
Associate professor in agronomy, data scientist
Dr.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
Agronomist
Dr. Nils BJUGSTAD
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Professor
Peter GROOT KOERKAMP (prof. dr. ir. P.W.G.)
Wageningen University & Research
Professor in Biosystems Engineering / Agrotechnology
Prof. Dr. Martin KREMMER
John Deere GmbH & Co. KG
Manager Production Systems Solutions Engineering
Eric GUGGISBERG
Paul Forrer AG
Head of Innovations & Digitalisation
Prof. 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
