{"id":854,"date":"2025-08-15T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/?p=854"},"modified":"2025-08-24T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T01:11:10","slug":"quantum-meets-agri-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/quantum-meets-agri-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Meets Agri-Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday (August 14) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doddwalls.ac.nz\/\">Te Whai Ao &#8211; the Dodd Walls Centre<\/a> &#8211; had a workshop on how Quantum tech and advanced photonics might impact on Agri-Tech and what opportunities.\u00a0 Speakers included Dr Cathy Folay (previously the Chief Science Advisor to the Australian Government), Keith Gordon and Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/steve-holroyd-0720975\/?originalSubdomain=nz\">Steve Holroyd<\/a> (Fonterra).\u00a0 There were a wide range of participants including New Zealand&#8217;s new Chief Science Advisor to the Government, Dr\u00a0 John Roche.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/agri-tech-q-meets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-864\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/agri-tech-q-meets-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/agri-tech-q-meets-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/agri-tech-q-meets-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/agri-tech-q-meets-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/agri-tech-q-meets-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/agri-tech-q-meets.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr Cathy Folay, Dr Steve Holroyd, Prof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/frederique-vanholsbeeck-0a965031\/?originalSubdomain=nz\">Frederique Vanholsbeeck<\/a>, Dr John Roche and Prof Keith Gordon<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I t was also great to catch up with some KCG group alumni, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cushla-mcgoverin-25301583\/?originalSubdomain=nz\">Cushla McGoverin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/piumika-samanali\/\">Piumika Samanali<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chima-robert\/?trk=people_directory&amp;originalSubdomain=nz\">Chima Robert<\/a>, who all attended the workshop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_8929.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-855\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_8929-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_8929-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_8929-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_8929-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_8929-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/keithgordon\/files\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_IMG_8929.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday (August 14) Te Whai Ao &#8211; 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