b'What is EMILI? How can people find out more?The Enterprise Machine Intelligence andEvery year EMILI hosts a conference called Learning Initiative was founded in 2016. Our goalAgriculture Enlightened (agenlightened.ca), was really to work on a lot of the different thingscoming up on Oct. 20 in Winnipeg. Its going that weve already discussed, and work to growto be a great opportunity for producers, proces-Jacquelinethe digital ag ecosystem in Manitoba and acrosssors, and people in the investment space to learn Keena the Prairies. Back in 2016, artificial intelligencemore through innovative discussions with others Managingwas really just getting going, but it was becomingin the space. Our goal is to put more informa-Director atmore and more common in conversation. Thetion into peoples hands to help them understand Enterprisefounding board of EMILI wanted to ensure thathow best to leverage, mobilize and monetize Machinepeople and producers and businesses were welldata, keeping in mind that data creators should Intelligenceprepared to take advantage of what AI was goingalways be the data owners throughout the whole & Learningto enable in agriculture and across the agri-foodvalue chain. Initiativevalue chain. (EMILI)Winnipeg, Man. Theres often a fear that these kinds of technologies can replace humans in the workforce. Whats theTune into our full-length webinar on this very topic by visiting reality? germination.ca/robotsTechnology allows us to do more and in a more productive and sustainable way, and it really always leads to requiring more people because were able to achieve more. Well need morePOLLScapital to be able to grow these businesses and scale them in Canada. Thats another key priorityHow big of an impact do you think robotics will have on your of EMILIthat the innovation and intellectualbusiness in the future?property that gets created here in Canada finds the right capital and fit to be able to keep grow- 9%ing in Canada and have those benefits accrue here at home.Our vision is to be an accelerator of the digi-tal agriculture economy. Innovation Farms, which25%Rick is involved in, is something were really excited about. Were partnering with Rutherford66%Farms to fully sensor that 5,500-acre farm, telling the story about new technologies and increased productivity and sustainability made possible as a result of the new technologies being used there, as well as providing a testing and valida-tion space for new technologies in a full-scaleBig impact Modest impact Unsurecommercial operation. SUPPORTED BY: ENDORSED BY:28GERMINATION.CASEPTEMBER 2022'