The AEF Steering Committee, as well as AEF Team Leaders and Deputies met at VDMA in Frankfurt beginning of December for three days. On the first day, many topics were discussed at the team leaders' meeting.

General Manager Norbert Schlingmann was a speaker at the AgGateway Annual meeting in Austin, Tx, USA on Nov 12, 2024. The presentation included background information about AEF, its initiatives and the AgGateway partnership.

AEF is delighted to share the highlights of the participation in EIMA International 2024, from November 6 - 10. This trade show saw an exceptional turnout, with 327,000 visitors and over 1,700 exhibitors, more than a third of them from international markets.

From October 22 – 24, 2024, the FIRA USA event took place at the Yolo County Fairgrounds in Woodland California. The three-day event pulled together all the active players in the agricultural autonomy and robotics space, from startups, to the investors, the ag equipment OEMS, the dealers, the farmers and even the regulators.

This year, the VDI International Conference on Agricultural Engineering LAND.TECHNIK, one of the most renowned events for the community of agricultural machinery research and development, took place in Osnabrück in November 2024. AEF-related topics significantly influenced the overall program, with the following papers linked to AEF projects being presented:

The registration for the upcoming TechWeek is still open. Please take a few minutes to register. Register before 11 January 11, 2025 and pay 250 EUR, register after January 12, 2025 and pay 300 EUR.

We are pleased to announce the next AEF Spring Plugfest. It will take place from March 31 to April 3, 2025 in Milwaukee, the largest city in the state of Wisconsin, United States.

These companies have recently joined the AEF.

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