The 5th International Conference of Agroindustry and Bio-economy (ICGAB) 2021 has been successfully carried out virtually, and the IOP Conference Proceeding Series: Earth and Environmental Science has been completed. It was the second time for ICGAB to be conducted virtually amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic has been hitting us for about two years, and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia has not removed the travel restriction and physical distancing policy. However, information technology helps us bridge the distance and overcome the physical restriction. Therefore, the committee decided to hold the conference virtually to provide forums for the students, academics, researchers, and professionals to disseminate their research despite the pandemic condition.
Last year ICGAB successfully addressed the emerging technologies and the integrated information system for sustainable agroindustry. Such technology, innovation and information system are becoming critical for shifting agroindustry from conventional practices to be more sustainable. Therefore, Indonesia needs to strive, adapt and integrate the information system in agroindustry by implementing the internet of things (IoT) towards agroindustry 4.0. Such approaches may create opportunities for expanding sustainable agroindustry as well as to achieve food security. Thus, the current ICGAB topic is “Implementation of IoT to achieve Food Security and Green Agroindustry”. The 5th ICGAB 2021 aimed to communicate and disseminate research experiences, technology innovation, research and technology advances, and case studies related to implementing the internet of things (IoT) to achieve food security and green agroindustry.
Since 2017, ICGAB has been successfully attracting more than 1100 participants from various countries. This year, the Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Brawijaya (FAT UB) organised ICGAB virtually on 6-7 July 2021. The conference was managed in Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, East Java, Indonesia, using a virtual reality stage and Zoom platform. The distinguished keynote speakers for the plenary session were Prof. Naoshi Kondo from Kyoto University, Japan; Prof. Indrawati Oey from The University of Otago, New Zealand; Assoc. Prof. Young Hoon Jung from Kyungpook National University, Korea; and Dr. Irnia Nurika from Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia. An International Workshop for Industry (IWI) was also carried out on the second day of the ICGAB conferences. Keynote speakers from industries were addressing IoT implementation in the industrial sector. The industrial practitioners as the second-day keynote speakers are Mr. Asep Noor, the General Manager Manufacturing System of Indolakto Indonesia; Mr. Fadli Hamsani from Schneider Indonesia; Dr. Nugroho Adi Sasongko from Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia, and Mr. Hoang Son Le from Yanmar Holdings, Japan.
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