Title: professor associate

Association/Company: Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia

Biography:
Roberto Pastres è professore associato di ecologia presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica dell’Univ. Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. La sua attività di ricerca riguarda la valutazione della sostenibilità ambientale dell’acquacoltura e lo sviluppo di modelli predittivi per la messa in opera dell’acquacoltura di precisione. Ha coordinato il progetto H2020 GAIN ed attualmente coordina il progetto INTERREG Ita-Slo BeBlue, che ha l’obiettivo di promuovere l’acquaponica.

Speech session
Automation, Robotics and AI in crop: from open field to Vertical Farms

Speech
Digital Twin for aquaponics: sustainability and optimization of production processes

Abstract
The production of fish and vegetables in recirculation aquaponic systems allows one to save a large amount of water, which is very relevant for the adaptation to Climate Changes, and to recover nitrogen and phosphorus emissions, which would be otherwise lost. The management of aquaponic systems, however, is rather complex: to pave the way for their adoption within the programme area, the BeBlue project, https://www.ita-slo.eu/it/beblue, will develop a prototype of “Digital Twin”, for simulating in real time their functioning. The prototype will be validated using the data collected in two pilot plants producing: 1) seabream, seaweeds and glasswort; 2)  trout and microgreens.