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good morning, colleagues and friends of the institutions gathering here today. It is a great pleasure for me to represent our Director, Professor Jose Luhan, in this opening session of the workshop on intelligent digitalization of Agriculture in the Mediterranean. Welcome to the University of Murcia, especially those researchers and companies representatives coming from the different collaborating institutions from Tunisia, Algeria, Greece, Turkey and also Spain. Joining me in this act are Dr Isabel Fora, general Director of Research and Universities of the Regional Government, Doctor Juan Jose Alarcon, director of the Institute, and Doctor Antonio Flores, dean of the Faculty of Computer Sciences. Welcome to all of you to our opening session. And now I will pass the floor to our dean Doctor Antonio Flores. Thank you. The, uh, director of research and I and and universities. Uh, vice Chancellor of the University of M director of, uh, all attendees are in here today. First of all, I would like to say on my behalf and on the faculty of I t. Um, it's a pleasure for us to host this workshop, and we're going to present the results of three international of three projects. Uh, some of them internationals in the agricultural sector. The digitalization of our society moves forward very, very fast when the fourth Industrial Revolution is on its way and the sector is important as agriculture cannot be left behind. With the trans in digital transformation of agriculture, we look for a more sustainable, economically, environmentally and socially sustainable sector. This workshop is a way to transfer knowledge from the university and research centres to the society. I'm very happy to see that very that, um, research groups are looking for solutions for the problems that we face on a daily basis. Without further ado, I'd like to welcome all of you and I hope you enjoy the fruitful workshop we have ahead of us. So now it's the turn of Juan Jose, the director of the Good Morning everybody. It's a pleasure for me to be here today in this opening session with the dean of the computer science Faculty, vice Chancellor of research at the University of and our Director General as well. I believe that we don't need to take too long because the important thing today is to start the workshop as such, I would like to highlight as the Dean mentioned that the topic to be dealt with today is of maximum importance for the region of Murcia and in general terms for the whole Mediterranean area. And I'm very thankful for the efforts made by the coordinators of the three projects that are going to be presented today. Watered me and Berries that obviously, uh um that have worked. Uh, very It's very hard for this, uh, workshop to be held. I would like to highlight as well. The fact that these projects have too have been coordinated by researchers from the institute and one from a researcher from the university of. But there's a very good integration between the two institutions, and this shows that, um together we're stronger. And we have, uh, more power when getting a positive results. And that's it. And we, uh, have a very interesting workshop ahead of us. We'll have the opportunity to hear the, uh, business sector to listen to some projects that are going to help develop this kind of research work. And even later we'll have the Director General of prima. That is going to be very interesting to see how this kind of research work can have. Um its presence and be important for all of us. Like the Prime International call. Thank you very much. And now is the Thank you. Good morning. First of all, I'd like to thank you for the invitation, Uh, to the University of Institute. For me, it's a pleasure to be able to see the results of three research projects that are pioneering and very important for the agri food staff sector for our region. It is very interesting. I am very proud to see that our researchers, our research groups in the region of Murcia, can set up consortia with other institutions from other countries with companies in order to to participate in increasingly competitive calls and to have a return in funding in the region of MIA. This is what we want to promote and as regional government or a member of the regional government. I want to support these excellence groups that may compete in this kind of call the agrifood staffs sector is we all know that it's very important for a region regarding R and D in talking about figures, we have over 1000 companies in this sector. More than 9000 million of the turn over 30,000 people working in this sector. So for the region, any kind of result that may be applied in practical terms is very important. R and D is key in this sector and that is why it is a driving engine of the initiative is four that will be mentioned by one of my colleagues. It is a driving engine within this strategy, the agrifood sector. This will enable us to have different funding from the European Social Fund and different calls from the Director General, the Seneca Foundation, the Institute for the Promotion of the Industry in the region of Murcia. I would like to mention an initiative that is a reality now and that all of us here are very proud of the complementary plans where the region, thanks to the work of all all of us, the government and all the institutions working in the agrifood sector, we have funds, we coordinate a plan. We have contributed €3 million the regional government and we have received €5 million from funds in a very competitive way. Thanks to the effort made by all of us, we have drafted a road map to see where we want what we want to achieve and where we want to go and all are taking part. It is scientifically driven by Sivas Institute and the University of Murcia is participating in the Technical University of Cara, the Catholic University of San Antonio. The many institutions and I think that this complementary programme is going to be very strong and what we want is companies to join in grow food associations, platforms and we want this knowledge transfer to be a reality. This is where we all work for from our own disciplines. And we thought further Do I wish you a fruitful workshop? I would like more ideas for more projects, more papers for knowledge, for transfer of knowledge and that's it. Thank you very much here. So it's my last turn and I am really very proud to represent the university of which is a teaching and research institution that is dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing our students for leadership in a complex world. So the University of Murcia has joined the European Alliance of Universities uni well, that has a core mission to understand, improve measure and rebalance the well-being of individuals, our own community and society as a whole based on our joint values, democratic, inclusive, diverse research and challenge based inter trans disciplinary, entrepreneurial and co creation. All of this is completely aligned with the vision of prima foundation that supports science to create inclusive, healthy and prosperous Mediterranean societies through innovative solutions in agrifood and water systems that contribute to the sustainable use of natural resources, economic growth and stability. This workshop is an excellent example to show the results of three very interesting projects which represent sorry, an advanced coronavirus viruses. I'm sorry and thank you. It's a side effect after passing the the disease. I'm sorry. So this workshop is an excellent example to show the results of three very interesting projects which represent an advance in knowledge in the fields of water and agriculture in the Mediterranean and which are also an example of research policy alignment at the European national and regional levels. Water met 4.0 has been financed by prima and coordinated by the university, has developed an integrated decision support system based on Internet of themes for the management of the entire agricultural water cycle, monitoring of water resources and water demands, including the measurement of economic, energy, social and governance factor influencing water use efficiency in Mediterranean agricultural production areas. The second project, pre financed by prima also and coordinated by the six, has focused on optimising the such community of agriculture through the use of precision irrigation techniques and the adoption and application of new water and nutrient management practises, integrating knowledge of fertilisers, irrigation and water management with i CD. The third one, Berries 4.0, has been funded by a programme included in the smart specialisation strategy of the Region of Murcia and coordinated also by it aims to develop a comprehensive management and control system for the sustainable cultivation of blueberries in greenhouses. This project provides innovative solutions and future alternatives that will help to boost the agricultural sector in Murcia. With thanks to the European Commission, Prima Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the regional government, all the other funding agencies, the different companies and institutions that collaborate to support the type of research we are presenting here today. This is a great example on how cooperation can lead us and take us very, very far away. So for our visitors I am very pleased to welcome you to the city and the University of Murcia. Consider that you are at home and I wish all of you every success,