On the 24th of May 2019, the 2nd General Assembly of the SPECTORS Project took place in the Netherlands, at Wageningen University and Research. Over 45 participants attended the events to share their progress in precision agriculture, nature conversation and surveillance using drone or remote sensing technologies.

The General Assembly began with a series of presentations from partners showing their progress in the previous year, followed by a general discussion concerning the technology roadmap that connects the market requirements with the products and technologies developed within SPECTORS.

Throughout the event, all participants actively shared their knowledge and seek further cooperation across the German and Dutch border. By combining all the innovative ideas and technologies, the General Assembly was successfully concluded with a list of envisioned products and services by the end of the project.

Figure 1: Rolf Becker from Hochschule Rhein-Waal opens the event and presents the current status.

Figure 2: Lammert Kooistra from Wageningen University and Research presents the results of autonomous aerial systems for apple orchards management.

Figure 3: Reinhard Kulke from IMST GmbH presents the activities and results in the context of advanced radar surveillance together with Obtrasec B.V., one of the partnerships between German and Dutch within the SPECTORS Project.

Figure 4: David Marcelis from AgroCares shows the developments and applications of their handheld near-infrared sensor for leaf and feed analysis.

Figure 5: Oost NL presents the investor readiness in details as business development is an important part of the SPECTORS Project.

Figure 6: Partners discuss the gimbal designed by Hochschule Rhein-Waal during the coffee break.

Figure 7: Partners focusing on precision agriculture gathered around to come up with strategic planning between partners, and looking for future cooperation.

Figure 8: Partners focusing on nature conservation are sitting together in groups to come up with strategic planning between partners, and looking forward to the future cooperation.