BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260423T100000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_27329_48b41ff619d62b45b8d0393ba433b00e@www.agri-tech-e.co.uk SUMMARY:ECIF Conference 2026: Protecting Agriculture on th e Digital Frontier - From Soil to Cloud X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The ev ent has been postponed. If you're interested in at tending\, please email info@agri-tech-e.co.uk and we’ll send you the new date and further detail s.

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The Role of Digital Transformation in Understan ding the Threat Landscape for Agriculture Due to C limate Change and Cyber Risks.
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Technology-driven modernisa tion is improving agricultural productivity\, resi lience\, and sustainability. But it’s not just abo ut land and yield\; it’s about data\, connectivity \, cybersecurity\, AI-driven forecasting\, and cli mate intelligence. Understanding how digital tools monitor climate threats\, protect critical infras tructure from cyber risks\, and enable smarter dec ision-making is key to the future of agriculture.< /p>\n \n

With real -life examples of agriculture businesses being hit by cyber criminals\, this topic is incredibly tim ely - but we've come a long way from ensuring pass words are not written on post-it notes. Who can fo rget the month of lost time for M&S last year? One of the salad producers has transformed their digi tal infrastructure following a pre-pandemic hit. < /p>\n \n

Those ear ly in their career have a real opportunity to get ahead of the curve and understand the potential th reats and risks to operations on a digital platfor m\, and learn how to mitigate against these risks.

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Join this ECIF Conference to hear from digital experts through an agriculture l ens. We’ll be learning about these invisible threa ts\, how we can become aware of them\, and what we can do to mitigate them going forward.\n \n

 

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Who is this event for?\n \n

We welcome early-career individuals fr om a variety of backgrounds including research\, a gronomy\, engineering\, consultancy\, farming and tech development.  

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Whether you’ve rec ently graduated\, are at the beginning of your pro fessional career\, are embarking on graduate/furth er education studies\, or are new to agriculture\, come and learn about agricultural innovations.

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ECIF activities are aimed at those j ust starting out in their career (up to ten years after further or higher education studies) in rese arch\, farming or other associated professions in agriculture and horticulture. Is this you?! If not \, you are of course welcome at our other Agri-Tec hE events\, but please ensure you are eligible for ECIF events before progressing your registration. We reserve the right to cancel your place.\n \n

Why should I attend?

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Scroll down at the bott om of the page to see the event agenda.

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This event is open to all Early-Career individuals. Or\, did you know\, you can earn five ECIF points for participating! Through participating in o ur ECIF point-based programme\, you can work towar ds certificates of participation to showcase your newly gained knowledge and skills to the wider ind ustry. Visit ECIF page to find out more and join the Programme.

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To s tay up-to-date with upcoming ECIF events\, activit ies and opportunities\, sign up for the ECIF newsletter\, which we send up to four times a year.

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This event is organised in partnership with DIGIT-Lab Project\, led b y Gerard Parr (point of contact for the project). Digital Innovation for Growth\, Impact\, and Trans formation (DIGIT) is an innovative project\, funde d by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Researc h Council (EPSRC) and others\, and co-led by the U niversity of East Anglia\, is aiming to understand the challenges facing agri-businesses posed by di gital transformation.

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DESCRIPTION:The event has been postponed. If you're interested in attending\, please email info@agri-tech-e.co.u k and we’ll send you the new date and further deta ils.\n \n \n The Role of Digital Transformation in Understanding the Threat Landscape for Agricultur e Due to Climate Change and Cyber Risks.\n \n \n T echnology-driven modernisation is improving agricu ltural productivity\, resilience\, and sustainabil ity. But it’s not just about land and yield\; it’s about data\, connectivity\, cybersecurity\, AI-dr iven forecasting\, and climate intelligence. Under standing how digital tools monitor climate threats \, protect critical infrastructure from cyber risk s\, and enable smarter decision-making is key to t he future of agriculture.\n \n \n \n With real-lif e examples of agriculture businesses being hit by cyber criminals\, this topic is incredibly timely - but we've come a long way from ensuring password s are not written on post-it notes. Who can forget the month of lost time for M&S last year? One of the salad producers has transformed their digital infrastructure following a pre-pandemic hit. \n \n \n \n Those early in their career have a real opp ortunity to get ahead of the curve and understand the potential threats and risks to operations on a digital platform\, and learn how to mitigate agai nst these risks.\n \n \n \n Join this ECIF Confere nce to hear from digital experts through an agricu lture lens. We’ll be learning about these invisibl e threats\, how we can become aware of them\, and what we can do to mitigate them going forward.\n \ n \n \n  \n \n \n \n Who is this event for?\n \n \ n We welcome early-career individuals from a varie ty of backgrounds including research\, agronomy\, engineering\, consultancy\, farming and tech devel opment.  \n \n \n \n Whether you’ve recently gradu ated\, are at the beginning of your professional c areer\, are embarking on graduate/further educatio n studies\, or are new to agriculture\, come and l earn about agricultural innovations.\n \n \n \n EC IF activities are aimed at those just starting out in their career (up to ten years after further or higher education studies) in research\, farming o r other associated professions in agriculture and horticulture. Is this you?! If not\, you are of co urse welcome at our other Agri-TechE events\, but please ensure you are eligible for ECIF events bef ore progressing your registration. We reserve the right to cancel your place.\n \n \n \n Why should I attend?\n \n \n \n Farmers will gain insight in to how digital systems\, precision tools and conne cted equipment can introduce both opportunities an d vulnerabilities on farm — and how to manage them confidently from the outset.\n Researchers will better understand how data integrity\, security an d digital infrastructure shape the impact and scal ability of their work.\n Consultants & agronomist s will learn how digital awareness strengthens adv isory services\, helping clients protect operation s while adopting new technologies.\n Tech develop ers & engineers will explore how agricultural syst ems are uniquely exposed to cyber and climate risk s — and how to design solutions that are secure\, resilient and future-proof.\n \n \n Scroll down at the bottom of the page to see the event agenda.\n \n \n \n Get involved\n \n \n This event is open to all Early-Career individuals. Or\, did you know \, you can earn five ECIF points for participating ! Through participating in our ECIF point-based pr ogramme\, you can work towards certificates of par ticipation to showcase your newly gained knowledge and skills to the wider industry. Visit ECIF page (https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/early-career-innov ators-forum-ecif/) to find out more and join the P rogramme (https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/early-care er-innovators-forum-ecif/#Join-ECIF).\n \n \n \n T o stay up-to-date with upcoming ECIF events\, acti vities and opportunities\, sign up for the ECIF ne wsletter (https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/early-care er-innovators-newsletter-signup/)\, which we send up to four times a year.\n \n \n \n This event is organised in partnership with DIGIT-Lab Project (h ttps://digit.ac.uk/)\, led by Gerard Parr (point o f contact for the project). Digital Innovation for Growth\, Impact\, and Transformation (DIGIT) is a n innovative project\, funded by the Engineering a nd Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and others\, and co-led by the University of East Angl ia\, is aiming to understand the challenges facing agri-businesses posed by digital transformation.\ n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:In-Person CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T100000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260423T160000 LOCATION:Norwich Research Park\n Norwich\, NR4 7UZ\n United Kingdom\n URL:https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=27329 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR