This workshop aims to:

> Provide a understanding on how plants communicate with their environment.

> Provide an overview of technologies used to detect and decode plant talk.

> Identify new nanoscale technologies for listening to and interacting with plants.

> Develop new ideas on how to exploit electronics to enhance crop production.

> Establish productive dialogue between plant scientists and engineers.

> Develop new research partnerships and seek opportunities to better feed a hungry world.

With invited talks and panel discussions by:

Cristina Davis

Professor (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), UC Davis, USA

Liang Dong

Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Iowa State University, USA

Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna

Professor (Computer Science and Engineering), Texas A&M University, USA

Krishna Persaud

Professor (Chemical Engineering & Analytical Science), University of Manchester, UK

Jorg-Peter (Jogi) Schnitzler

Director, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany

Michael S. Strano

Professor (Chemical Engineering), MIT, USA

Dorothea Tholl

Professor (Biological Sciences), Virginia Tech, USA