Special Session 3

Precision livestock farming (PLF) is a set of electronic tools for managing livestock. In recent years farms became more and more automatized, indeed innovative sensors and intelligent models to monitor the efficiency, health and welfare of livestock animals have been created and implemented so far. Innovation has been seen as an important tool for achieving sustainability. Society and organizations, therefore, demand innovation systems oriented towards sustainability that allows for increasingly rational consumption.

Angela Salzano, education and Profession: Graduated in Veterinary Medicine, PhD in Veterinary Science, Researcher in Animal Science (SSD AGR 19) at the Department of Veterinary medicine and Animal Production of the University of Naples “Federico II”. She carries out didactic and practical activities for both veterinary and precision livestock farming students. Teaching assignments: Waste Management and Impact for the Master Degree in Precision Livestock Farming and Management and Food Safety in agro-zootechnical chains for the Master Degree in Veterinary Medicine. Research: Partecipant of numerous researches funded by private and public companies regarding livestock breeding. She is author of more than 55 national and international publications. Speaker at national and international conferences and reviewer for numerous scientific journals. She is a member of the following specialist societies: ASPA, SIB. Within the ASPA society she is a member of the PLF committee and welfare committee.

Roberto Chirone, education and Profession: Graduated in Chemical Engineering at the University of Naples, PhD in Chemical Engineering at University College London. He is a Researcher in Plants and Processes of Chemical Industrial (ING-IND/25) at the Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, dell Università di Napoli, “Federico II” and co-founder of eLoop, a young sustainability-focused consulting firm. He is passionate about sustainable development, circular economy, climate change policies and alternative energy sources; and teaches these concepts to future engineers.
He carries out didactic and practical activities for both precision livestock farming students and engineering students. Teaching assignments: Industrial Ecology and Green Engineering for engineering students, Life Cycle Thinking and methodologies for chemical and livestock farming students. Research: Involved in numerous researches funded by private and public companies regarding the application of Life Cycle methodologies as well as the development of green energy and products. He is involved in two European Projects (H2020) as technical leader for the sustainability and circularity aspects.
He is author of more than 15 national and international publications and co-author of a book chapter. Speaker at national and international conferences and reviewer for numerous scientific journals.