The OIV launches a new international event on the digital transformation of the sector, bringing together experts from academia, governments, international organisations and the private sector from different countries. During this event, the preliminary results of the report produced by the OIV observatory will be presented.
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Date - Wednesday 24th November 2021
Time - 11am CET
Location - App events OIV
Languages - English - simultaneous translation into French and Spanish
International experts in digitisation from different backgrounds (universities, national and international public sector, private sector).
Audience:
The event will be public and will address a wide range of audiences.
The General Assembly has decided to transfer the headquarters of the OIV with the relocation of the Secretariat from Paris to Dijon. The 48 member states accepted France's proposal to provide the OIV with headquarters, ensuring temporal, legal and financial stability for the Organisation.
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• Date: Thursday 4th November 2021
•Time: 3pm CET
•Location: OIV App (soon available)
•Language : English, French, Spanish
Speaking from the OIV’s headquarters in Paris, by web conference, Director General Pau Roca, presented on 4 November, the first estimates of 2021 world wine production.
•Low production volume anticipated in the EU, notably in Italy, Spain, and France, which together lost about 22 mhl with respect to 2020 due late spring frost and overall unfavourable climatic conditions.
• The only large EU wine producing countries that recorded harvests bigger than 2020 are Germany, Portugal, Romania and Hungary.
• First harvest forecasts in the USA indicate production volumes slightly above those of 2020.
• Very positive year for Southern Hemisphere vineyards where relatively favourable climatic conditions lead to record high production levels in countries of South America, South Africa and Australia, with New Zealand being the only exception.
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2021 Wine production first estimates
The meeting brought together experts from the academia, governments, international organisations and the private sector from different countries: Dr. Adriaan Oelofse who is the Research, Development & Innovation Manager at WINETECH who spoke about the concept of smart vineyards, the professor expert in Artificial intelligence Dr. Bernard Chen from the University of Arkansas, professor at the Comillas Pontifical University and Blockchain expert Dr. Javier Ibañez, Mr. Fabián Torres who is a Principal Consultant at SICPA and also an expert in Digital Transformation and Guidance, and finally Mr. Olivier Oram, expert in Blockchain and founder of Chainvine, a business that helps reducing the cost of trust in moving wine all over and around the world".
The event is very special for the OIV since it marks a milestone in the five-year strategic plan.“From its foundation in 1924 the approach of the OIV has always been one of taking advantage of the most recent evolution of all scientific knowledge and using the most innovating tools offered by technology to mankind”, said the OIV director General Pau Roca in his opening speech of the symposium.
“It has been extremely interesting to also see how new technologies can help address some of the key issues to the sector such as sustainability, climate change, traceability, fraud prevention, or resilience”, said Mr Roca to conclude the meeting.
As an international organization of scientific and technical nature, the OIV aims to inspire and provide guidance to all stakeholders, and ensure that such a transition is smooth, inclusive and benefits the whole sector with an equal measure, whether it is the industry, consumers, or governments.
PPT by Giorgio Delgrosso, Head of Statistics & Chief DigitalTransformation Officer
Report on digital trends applied to the vine and wine sector
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