The 4th annual CEA summit East, jointly from the inner and cones innovation center and the CEA innovation center, is pleased to announce the keynote panel in the morning in the morning: “Automation in action: How Virginia producers bring technology to work.” This insightful meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, from 8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. at the conference center of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (Ialr) in Danville, Virginia.
Moderated by Paul Brentlinger, CEO of CropkingThe panel shows:
- John McMahon, CEO from Equinox Growers
- Carl Gupton, CEO from Greenswell Growers
These industry leaders will share their experiences first -hand, which integrate automation technologies into their growing operation. From climate and ferteration controls to robotics and real-time monitoring systems, discussion participants offer open perspectives on the functions where the challenges are and how technology is to lose human grows improvement-on-without-grade, the successful growth defines.
“This panel reflects the mission behind CEA Summit East and brings research and real practice together,” said Brian Sullivan, CEO from Indoor AG-Con. “Our keynote from day 2 gives the participants the opportunity to learn directly from producers who actively test and scale automation on site.”
Dr. Scott Lowman, Vice President of Applied Research at Ialr and co-director of the CEA innovation center, added: “There is a lot of hype about automation, but what is the most valuable for our participants is how it is actually implemented in real time in Virginia. This session will give you this clarity.”
This keynote follows the keynote on the opening day on September 9th: “Construction sustainable Inner breeder Jennifer Polanz des Magazin and the participants, including Matthew Lohr, Virginia Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry, and Ben Alexander, project manager, Oasthouse Ventures.
About CEA Summit Ost
Co-moderation of Indoor AG-Con and the CEA Innovation Center-a partnership between Ialr and Virginia Tech-Erew The CEA summit East back 9th to September 10, 2025for his fourth edition. The event offers two days of educational sessions, tabletop exposure, networking, research exhibitions and tours through the CEA innovation center, which the stakeholders should bring together from all over the indoor agriculture. The participants include greenhouse farmers, urban farms, vertical farms, outdoor producers who research hybrid possibilities, educators, scientists, expansion specialists, suppliers, engineers, technology specialists, architects/developers, government officials and other industry members. Further information on the CEA Summit East and to register for the event, please visit www.ceasummit.com
About indoor and AG-Con
The Indoor AG-CON, founded in 2013, is the largest trade fair and conference for greenhouse, agriculture and vertical agriculture. The event covers all harvest types and combines breeders, technology providers, researchers and managing directors to explore trends and innovations that form the future of food production to get further information to visit www.indoor.ag.
Via the CEA innovation center
The controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center is a joint project between Virginia Tech, the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) and the industry that drives the controlled environment (CEA) sector in Virginia, in the USA and in the international level of controlled agriculture (CEA) through leverage resources, skills and expertise by Address the needs of industry and expansion programs for more information and expansion programs.