Series of 38th Anniversary and BK-28, FTP Unud Holds International Webinar and Presents Speakers from 5 Different Countries

The Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Udayana University (FTP Unud) has held an International Webinar with the theme "Shaping Climate Change Resilience and Food Security through Scientific and Technological Advances in Agriculture" on Saturday, July 16th, 2022 in Hybrid in the Theater Room, GA Building, 2nd Floor, FTP Unud Bukit Jimbaran.

 

This activity was opened directly by the Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Prof. Ir. I Made Anom Sutrisna Wijaya, M.App.Sc.Ph.D., and attended by all Lecturers of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology and participants from all over the world. In particular, this activity presents speakers from 5 countries with topics that are very useful for the sustainability of today's Agricultural Technology which are divided into 2 sessions.

 

The first session was filled by Dr. Xiao Sun from the University of Minnesota, USA who brought the topic Reconsidering solid-state bioprocessing to achieve sustainable bioeconomy for food-fuel-feed, Dr. Ida Bagus Wayan Gunam from the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Udayana University who brought the topic Mild Alkali Pretreatment: Enchance Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass In Bioethanol Production, lead by Dr. Bintang Madrini, lecturer of Agricultural Engineering and Biosystems Study Program, FTP Unud as a moderator.

 

The second session of this activity presented speakers, namely Dr. Parthana Parthanadee from Kasetsart University, Thailand who brought the topic Shaping Climate Change Resilience and Food Security through Scientific and Technological Advances in Agriculture, Dr. Siti Khairunniza Bejo from Putra University Malaysia, Malaysia who brought the topic Disease and Pest Detection in Oil Palm Using Image Sensors, IoT and Artificial Intelligence and Dr. Hayriye Bozkurt from the University of Adelaide, Australia who brought the topic Future of Food Safety. Even though Dr. Hayriye Bozkurt was unable to give a live presentation due to Covid-19 and is currently in isolation, but the material presented has been prepared by the committee in the form of a video so that participants can still receive the material. The activities in the second session were lead by Dr. Agung Suryawan who is a lecturer in the Agroindustrial Technology Study Program, FTP Unud as a moderator.

 

 

Dr. Nyoman Sulastri as the chairman of the organizing committee said that this activity is a series of activities for the 38th Anniversary and 28th BK of FTP Unud, she also hopes that through this activity can establish communication between lecturers and researchers in the field of Agricultural Technology around the world and provide views related to issues and current topics and also solutions to problems in the field of Agricultural Technology, especially those related to climate change and food security.