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’s Europe R&D Director
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 2023
Philippe COLACICCO
Kubota’s Europe R&D director
AXEMA Technical Committee Chairman
Christian ADLER
KUHN Group
Head of the Electronic department
Lionel LEVEILLÉ
BUREL Group
BUREL Innovation Director
David R WHITE
Harper Adams University (UK)
Senior lecturer in engineering
Julieta CONTRERAS
ACTA – agricultural technical institutes
Digital Agriculture Engineer
Head of the DIGIFERMES® network
Jean-Christophe ROUSSEAU
France Pulvé
Product Manager
Jean-Paul DOUZALS
INRAE
Spray R&D
Dieumet DENIS
SHERPA Engineering
Head of advanced autonomous systems
Marco MEDICI
Polytechnic Institute UniLaSalle
Associate Professor
Emmanuel PIRON
INRAE
Head of the Montoldre Technological Research Platform
Marie-Flore DOUTRELEAU
FRCUMA Occitanie
Agro-equipment and agroecology project manager
Marilys PRADEL
INRAE
Research engineer in environmental assessment
Eric COURTEILLE
INSA Rennes
Teacher / researcher in mechanics / robotics
Pascal BOUQUET
IN SITU Vensys Group
Technical and R&D Director
Arnaud JAOUEN
PICHON / SAMSON AGRO
Technical Director
Cédric SEGUINEAU
NAÏO TECHNOLOGIES
Director of Quality, Autonomy and Impact
Andrii YATSKUL
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE UNILASALLE
Teacher-researcher in Agricultural Equipment Engineering
Philippe-Samuel HERITIER
INRAE
Project Manager -Robotics and Systems for Agriculture
Xavier REBOUD
INRAE
Director of the division Plant Health and Environment
