[Call for Abstracts] APRU Food Security and Agritech Symposium 2025

24 July 2025

👩🏻‍🔬 About the Program

The APRU Food Security and Agritech Program addresses pressing challenges related to climate change and food security across the Asia-Pacific region. Co-hosted by Simon Fraser University (SFU), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and the National University of Singapore (NUS), the initiative fosters collaboration among APRU member universities and stakeholders.

Partner institutions – National Taiwan University, UC Davis, Seoul National University, and The University of Adelaide – have joined a dedicated working group to drive program development and pilot initiatives.

Our goal is to establish a research and innovation hub to respond to agricultural and food security needs across the region. Focus areas include:

  • AI, IoT, robotics, alternative proteins, and other agritech solutions
  • Climate resilience, resource efficiency, and food systems transformation
  • Regenerative agriculture, sustainable food, and equitable development

📖 Call for Abstracts

Researchers and students are invited to submit abstracts for Paper or Poster Presentations (hybrid format) related to one of the following three symposium themes:

  • Climate-smart agriculture including digital soil mapping to inform policy and action, enhanced traceability to build trust, decarbonization, and precision agriculture to optimise resource use and yield
  • Agritech including agri-engineering, appropriate technologies, and phenotyping
  • Regenerative agriculture and sustainable food

In-person attendees will participate in theme-based workshops to co-create a shared vision and collaboration pathways.

Virtual attendees can view keynotes and join student poster sessions.

🗓️ Event Details

  • Date: Sunday, 2 – Tuesday,4 November 2025
  • Venue: CREATE, NUS U Town, Singapore
  • Theme: Innovating Food Security and Agritech Solutions across the Pacific Rim

🌐 Submission Guidelines

  • Submit your abstracts via the online submission form by August 30, 2025.
  • Abstract Types (Both available for hybrid format):

📌 Learn more about Submission Guidelines on APRU website.