2026 AI in Agriculture Conference
Advancing Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Innovations for Resilient and Competitive Agricultural Systems
AI in Agriculture 2026
Mar 31–Apr 2, 2026
StateView Hotel & Conference Center
NC State University | Raleigh, NC
Join NC State University for the 2026 AI in Agriculture Conference to connect, collaborate, and shape the future of AI-enabled agriculture.
This year’s focus—Advancing Artificial Intelligence and Data-Driven Innovations for Resilient and Competitive Agricultural Systems—emphasizes how integrative, AI-enabled solutions can enhance productivity, profitability, and environmental stewardship across crop, livestock, and supply-chain domains.
Building on the momentum of past conferences hosted by Auburn University (2022), University of Florida (2023), Texas A&M (2024), and Mississippi State (2025), this year’s event will bring together researchers, industry leaders, and students to explore how AI, data science, and engineering are transforming agricultural systems. Join us to explore a wide spectrum of topics—from molecular and genetic research to production, processing, and supply chain analytics—spanning plant, animal, and environmental systems.
The conference provides a national forum for collaboration among academia, industry, and government, fostering partnerships that drive responsible and impactful AI adoption across agricultural sectors.
Who Should Attend: The event welcomes academic researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, ag-tech and analytics professionals, biotech investors, extension agents, and public-sector stakeholders interested in practical, data-driven innovations for modern agriculture.
Presentations and workshops span the full spectrum of agricultural research and application:
- Plants & Crops: Precision agriculture, phenotyping, pest and disease detection, crop management, and AI-based modeling from gene to field.
- Animals & Livestock: Sensing, automation, health and welfare monitoring, and production optimization for poultry, swine, dairy, beef, and aquaculture.
- Soils, Water, Air & Environment: AI for soil health, nutrient and water management, climate adaptation, and environmental monitoring.
- Food, Postharvest & Supply Chains: Intelligent sensing and analytics for food quality, safety, processing, packaging, logistics, and traceability.
- AI Systems & Integrative Approaches: Robotics, automation, digital twins, decision-support systems, and responsible AI frameworks for multi-scale integration.
- Cross-Cutting Topics: Extension and outreach, workforce development, education, policy, and socioeconomic adoption of AI technologies.
Planning Committee
Hosted by NC State University, the conference is coordinated by an inter-university planning committee representing leading land-grant institutions, government agencies, and industry partners. Full committee listed below.
Host committee
AI in Agriculture 2026 Technical Organizing committee
Brenda Ortiz
Ali Fares
Scott Clark
Robert Kinyanjui
Drew Marticorena
Abhilash Chandel
Yiannis Ampatzidis
Carlos Rodriguez Lopez
Akinbonde Adedeji
Katsutoshi Mizuta
Congliang Zhou
Yuzhen Lu
Alex Thomasson
Daniela Jones
Debjani Sihi
Lingjuan Li
Ramesh Bist
Frank Bai
Danesha Carley
Deborah Thompson
Aaron Kiess
Ignacio Ciampitti
Robert L. Strong, Jr.
Thanos Gentimis
Mahendra Bhandari
Dongyi Wang
