The World Food Center at UC Davis is hosting the Food, Ag & Health Solution Summit on Dec. 1-3 where there will be a workshop on precision agriculture, an "idea hack" session and an app hackathon for agriculture.
The app hackathon on Dec. 2 is organized by the Apps for Ag volunteer organization. Sponsors also include Intel, the University of California, AgStart and Royse Law Agtech.
There's a $10,500 prize pool for the top apps.
The judging panel includes Ron Meeusen, managing director, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures; Peter Brandt, vice president of engineering, Agrian; Olivier Jerphagnon, founder, PowWow Energy; Michael Droz, product manager, The Climate Corporation; and Drew Taylor, head of new ventures, Taylor Farms.
Go to Apps for Ag for an event schedule and registration for the hackathon.
Location:
UC Davis Conference Center
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
