AGRICOM 2013 - 1st International Conference AGRICOM 2013 “Agriculture & Competences: Challenges in Hydroponic and Irrigational Training”

The AGRICOM Conference will take place from the 19th to the 20th of September inclusive by a technical tour and excursion in Viterbo, Italy.
Target audience:
1. Agronomists, horticulturalists, greenhouse and nursery managers, extension specialists, and people involved with the production of plants.
2. International institutions harmonising competence descriptions in Agriculture
3. National & regional authorities describing competences in policies in Agriculture
4. HR Managers describing training needs for your employees in Agriculture
5. Managers in irrigation or hydroponic describing working places (job descriptions) in Agriculture
6. HR Managers measuring their employees (competence gap analysis) in Agriculture
7. VET provider describing their training solutions in Agriculture
8. National institutions harmonising VET (professional framework) in Agriculture
9. Individual planning personal development in Agriculture
10. Organisations developing an own competence model profile (includes the use cases in bullet point 3 to 8 above) in Agriculture
11. Investors in hydroponic assessing the employees of a plant 12. Service plants for irrigation and hydroponic systems 13. All other interested parties!
Contact Information
Please contact the conference team at agricom.conference-AT-icb.uni-due.de.
Overview of the AGRICOM Conference
The AGRICOM consortium organises the AGRICOM European Conference “Agriculture & Competences: Challenges in hydroponic and irrigational training”, raising the awareness of the stakeholders in the agricultural sector competence modelling in the agricultural sector with a special focus on hydroponic and irrigation. The AGRICOM European Conference aims to provide an opportunity for meeting and discussion between scientists and experts from all over Europe, who deal with competence modelling and educational and training issues in the field of agriculture.
AGRICOM Conference Objectives
? To reflect the current experience of competence modelling & vocational education and training in the area of Agriculture
? To present success case studies in the design of competence based trainings in Agriculture
? To discuss latest developments in hydroponic and irrigation.
Topics
Competence models for the agricultural sector
Social communities for the agricultural sector
Learning outcomes and competences orientation
Competence & Skills Development in in Agriculture
latest developments in hydroponics
latest developments in irrigation
Conference Venue:
The conference will take place at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy.