Join us in San Francisco to hear from SatSure’s President of North America, Archie Menezes and Ernst & Young Managing Director Ravi Gupta, as they facilitate the insights of their expertise in a round table discussion about how big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and satellite imagery can be used to improve food security in the midst of climate change and increasing food demands.
Archie Menezes, SatSure President North America, is an energetic executive with a distinguished 25 year career leading sales operations for high-growth diverse financial institutions, with expertise in launching new products to market for Fortune 500 brands. Archie’s key capabilities include sales, operations, and go to market strategies, with a keen ability to position these companies for innovation and profitable growth...
With a successful track record of startups, business strategy/execution, and exits, Archie is an expert in entrepreneurship, product innovation, strategic marketing, and business development. In sales roles, Archie led responsibilities in setting up, managing and growing both indirect and direct distribution networks and channel transformation strategies for new product launches. He builds, implements, and oversees systems, processes, workflows, and procedures that shape future developments of organizations in IT Enabled Services environments.
By demonstrating passion about novel business approaches achieved in an ecosystem, Archie delivers commercial and social value in the enterprises he involves himself in. His thought leadership and affable persona are universally beloved and appreciated. His deep understanding (and leveraging) of Geospatial Technologies uplifts both bottom lines and company morale, successfully spanning multiple industry verticals, such as: technology, retail, banking and insurance, utilities, precision agriculture, image processing, blockchain, and AI.
Ravi Gupta, CyTess co-founder and CTO, began at IBM in 1998, serving as a Program Manager and consultant for ERP and e-business. At IBM, he helped to foster the development of Blockchain technology and theory. He also acted as IBM’s Services Executive for their Financial Services Industry. He was responsible for IBM Sales & Business Development for Financial Services clients.
Ravi worked for American Express, where he assumed the role of a Delivery Project Executive. As a Business Development and Delivery Executive, Ravi managed strategic relationships for top IT executives. As a Tech Account Lead, he was responsible for $50 million dollars of application development, maintenance, and consulting contracts.
His expertise provided strategic services and management of large transformation programs in IT strategy and transformation, the Application Migration Factory and Center of Excellence, cloud transformation, innovation services (including mobility and multi-channel integration), Business Process Management, Data Center Migration, and Project and Program Management.
Ravi is a compassionate and philanthropic soul, founding MakeADifference.Tech, a non-profit organization that uses Blockchain and AI Platform to combat the food crisis. Currently, he is the Managing Director of EY.
This in-person round table discussion will focus on how space technology and data science can be used to create impactful products and solutions for ensuring food security for today and tomorrow.
Our discussion will engage industry leaders, and decision-makers to discuss the latest trends and innovations in agri-tech for food security.
Food security is the state of having reliable access to sufficient quantities of safe, nutritious food to meet one's dietary needs. There are four main pillars of food security, which are:
This pillar refers to the sufficient production and supply of food. It involves ensuring that enough food is produced, processed, and distributed to meet the needs of the population, both in terms of quantity and quality. It also includes maintaining an adequate level of food reserves in case of emergencies.
This pillar involves ensuring that all people have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food. It includes ensuring that food is affordable and that people have the means to acquire it, as well as addressing issues of food deserts, transportation, and other factors that may limit access to food.
This pillar focuses on ensuring that people have access to food that meets their nutritional needs. It involves addressing issues of malnutrition and undernutrition, including vitamin and mineral deficiencies, as well as addressing issues of over-nutrition and obesity.
This pillar refers to the ability of the food system to withstand shocks and maintain its functioning during times of crisis, such as natural disasters, economic downturns, or conflict. It involves building resilience in the food system and ensuring that it can adapt to changing circumstances.
This pillar refers to the sufficient production and supply of food. It involves ensuring that enough food is produced, processed, and distributed to meet the needs of the population, both in terms of quantity and quality. It also includes maintaining an adequate level of food reserves in case of emergencies.
This pillar involves ensuring that all people have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food. It includes ensuring that food is affordable and that people have the means to acquire it, as well as addressing issues of food deserts, transportation, and other factors that may limit access to food.
This pillar focuses on ensuring that people have access to food that meets their nutritional needs. It involves addressing issues of malnutrition and undernutrition, including vitamin and mineral deficiencies, as well as addressing issues of overnutrition and obesity.
This pillar refers to the ability of the food system to withstand shocks and maintain its functioning during times of crisis, such as natural disasters, economic downturns, or conflict. It involves building resilience in the food system and ensuring that it can adapt to changing circumstances.
The global food system is facing multiple challenges, including climate change, population growth, and changing dietary patterns, which place a growing demand on the agriculture sector. To address these challenges, innovative technologies such as data, artificial intelligence (AI), and satellite imagery are increasingly being used to improve food security.
Leading to crop disruptions and challenges to food security. Extreme weather conditions such as droughts, changing rainfall patterns, floods, and heatwaves can lead to crop failure, affecting not only farmers but also the entire supply chain, from distributors to retailers and consumers. To address these challenges, innovative technologies will be essential in optimizing the efficiency and sustainability of the food supply system.
Access to the right data at the right time ensures that food is produced and made available in sufficient quantities to meet fluctuating demand. This helps tackle the potential food shortages, allowing policymakers, multi-laterals and private sector players to have transparency on data and make informed decisions.
Satellites equipped with remote sensing technology can play a vital role in optimizing crop yield and health for food security. By using a variety of sensors, such as optical, thermal, and radar, satellites can capture images and data on crop growth and health at various stages of the growing season.
ML and AI models also help create multiple use case-forecasts for food production, supply-demand cycles, credit lending for farmers and market linkages for agriculture.
This information can help farmers to make informed decisions on crop management, such as precision irrigation, fertilization, and pest control, to optimize yields and reduce waste. With satellite remote sensing, farmers can monitor large areas of land with ease, reducing the need for physical inspections and saving time and resources. By harnessing the power of remote sensing technology, SatSure is empowering farmers to produce more food sustainably and contribute to global food security.
However, data, AI, and satellite imagery for food security are also associated with challenges and risks. For example, there are concerns about data privacy and security and the potential for these technologies to exacerbate existing inequalities in the food system.
Leading to crop disruptions and challenges to food security. Extreme weather conditions such as droughts, changing rainfall patterns, floods, and heatwaves can lead to crop failure, affecting not only farmers but also the entire supply chain, from distributors to retailers and consumers. To address these challenges, innovative technologies will be essential in optimizing the efficiency and sustainability of the food supply system.
Access to the right data at the right time ensures that food is produced and made available in sufficient quantities to meet fluctuating demand. This helps tackle the potential food shortages, allowing policymakers, multi-laterals and private sector players to have transparency on data and make informed decisions.
Satellites equipped with remote sensing technology can play a vital role in optimizing crop yield and health for food security. By using a variety of sensors, such as optical, thermal, and radar, satellites can capture images and data on crop growth and health at various stages of the growing season.
ML and AI models also help create multiple use case-forecasts for food production, supply-demand cycles, credit lending for farmers and market linkages for agriculture.
This information can help farmers to make informed decisions on crop management, such as precision irrigation, fertilization, and pest control, to optimize yields and reduce waste. With satellite remote sensing, farmers can monitor large areas of land with ease, reducing the need for physical inspections and saving time and resources. By harnessing the power of remote sensing technology, SatSure is empowering farmers to produce more food sustainably and contribute to global food security.
However, data, AI, and satellite imagery for food security are also associated with challenges and risks. For example, there are concerns about data privacy and security and the potential for these technologies to exacerbate existing inequalities in the food system.
Join us to learn how SatSure is empowering farmers to produce more food sustainably and contribute to global food security.
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