ISSAAS-SEAPPRO Joint International Seminar and Congress 2022

3-5 November 2022, the Department of Plant Protection with the SEAPPRO (Southeast Asia Plant Protection) program in collaboration with The International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences (ISSAAS) and the Society for Agricultural Education Research Development Abroad (SAEDA) held a Joint International Seminar and Congress 2022 with the theme "Smart Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities"

This Joint International Seminar and Congress is a combination of two international events from the two institutions, namely the Southeast Asia Plant Protection Conference initiated by the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture - IPB University and the annual Congress from ISSAAS, most of the participants are members of ISSAAS who come from Southeast Asian countries, even so there are some participants who come from countries outside Southeast Asia.

Quoting from the official website of ISSAAS-SEAPPRO (https://seappro.ipb.ac.id) the essence of this activity is as follows: "The Southeast Asia Plant Protection Conference brings together groups of professionals from many countries with a common interest in promoting food security for all nations around the globe.Countries in the Southeast Asia have been considered as world food sources due to their agricultural potential.However, pests and diseases problems under tropical climate become a challenge in order to maintain crop productivity.Advancement of science and smart technology helps the development of pests and disease control method as well as increasing plant productivity Sharing experiences and discussing plant protection and other agricultural and environment-related sciences and technologies is expected during the conference/seminar In addition, initiation for establishment of science community for plant protection and other agricultural sciences among Southeast Asian countries becomes an important goal", therefore ISSAAS-SEAPPRO presents a keynote speaker who is an expert in the field of smart agriculture.

The first keynote speaker was an expert from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), namely Dr. Inez Slamet-Loedin who presented material on "Broad resistance to rice bacterial leaf blight through genome editing and pathotracer"

The second keynote speaker is an expert from IPB University, namely Prof. Dr. Yandra Arkeman who presented material "Implementation of Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain on Agricultural Supply Chain Management",

In addition to the two keynote speakers, this event also presented 6 invited speakers from ISSAAS member countries, among others

Dr. Ramadhona Saville - ISSAAS Japan Chapter: "Shaping A Better Primary Industry Through Smart Technologies"

Dr. Nur Azura binti Adam - ISSAAS Malaysia Chapter "Transformation of Agricultural Sector in Malaysia Through Smart Agriculture Approach"

Dr. Benny Mendoza Corcolon
ISSAAS Philippines Chapter - "Smart Agriculture and Its Application in Commercial Banana Production"

Dr. Wanrat Abdullakasim
ISSAAS Thailand Chapter - "Smart Agriculture: Thailand's Implementation and Future Outlook"

Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Hanh
ISSAAS Vietnam Chapter - "Smart agriculture in Vietnam and the role of the University"

Prof. Dr. Suryo Wiyono
ISSAAS Indonesia Chapter - "Plant Diseases Challenges in The Future Agriculture And Novel Strategy Approaches"

At this Joint Seminar and Congress, practitioners were also invited from companies in the agricultural sector to become invited speakers, including:

Mr. Naritaka Matsubara
PT. Agricon/Mitsui Agrochemical - "TENEBENAL TM: New Pesticide for Control of Lepidoptera Pest"

Fizrul Indra Lubis
PT. Sawit Sumbermas Sarana - "Development of Volatile Organic Compounds Monitoring based on Smart Benzene Detector for Oil Palm Plantation"

Ir. Fauzan Khumaedi
PT. Great Giant Pineapple - "Smart Agriculture Practices of Pineapple Plantation at PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP), Lampung - Indonesia"

M. Candra Putra
PT. Syngenta Indonesia - “Embracing Digital Agriculture in R&D Activity”

The ISSAAS-SEAPPRO Joint International Seminar and Congress was held for three days, the first day was seminars and congresses, the second day was a parallel session, and the third day was a field trip to a biological pesticide factory, namely PT. Prima Agrotech.

ISSAAS-SEAPPRO Joint International Seminar and Congress is sponsored by PT. Syngenta Indonesia, PT. Agricon, CropLife Indonesia, PT. Sawit Sumbermas Sarana, CropCare, Alishter, PT. Inti Everspring and PT. Prima Agrotech

The following is a snapshot of the ISSAAS-SEAPPRO activity gallery: