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Upcoming Workshop: FUTURAL × PoliRuralPlus × EU-FarmBook

Exploring Digital Innovation, Smart Solutions and Knowledge Sharing for Rural Development

02/10/2026 • Penny Zafiraki (Agricultural University of Athens)

Fostering innovation and strengthening collaboration are essential for supporting resilient, smart and sustainable rural communities. In this context, FUTURAL, PoliRuralPlus and EU-FarmBook are joini

From farm to visitor: how we taught JackDaw to speak for our estate

01/08/2026 • Roberto Gimenez, Espacio SOA SLU

Since this spring, visitors to Aires de la Vera carry something new in their pocket: direct access to JackDaw, the GeoAI agent of PoliRuralPlus, from inside the estate's app. They can ask it contextu

The AI Assistant Behind DASK

A new scientific preprint documents Falco eleonorae, the Greek-first, geospatially grounded assistant built for the farmers of Kythera and Antikythera, and the design choices that make an AI assistant usable on a remote island.

28/07/2026 • Nikolaos Tantaroudas, Daskalos Apps

Over the past year, the DASK (Digital Agricultural Skills and Knowledge) pilot has reported on its work in stages: i) the development of an integrated platform for the agricultural communities of Kyt

AURA concludes: validating GeoAI for better rural–urban decisions

In Central Macedonia, Greece, AURA tested how a conversational GeoAI tool can support more accessible, evidence-informed decisions for communities, public authorities and local businesses.

28/07/2026 • Dr. Charalampos Kyfonidis, Synapsi

Making territorial intelligence easier to useAURA (Assessment of Urban–Rural AI) validated JackDaw, a GeoAI chatbot that combines natural-language interaction with geographic, demographic, environmen

Testing JackDaw in practice: lessons from the second FloodAI+ workshop

A one-hour hands-on session showed where conversational GeoAI can make flood-risk information easier to access, and where stronger maps, provenance and local detail are still needed.

27/07/2026 • Ana Silva, Porvalor

From expectations to hands-on testingThe first FloodAI+ workshop established clear expectations. Stakeholders wanted maps that explain risk, understandable answers for different users, information ab

The future of short food supply chains in Apulia is digital: "Field2Fork AI Hub" concludes successfully

From the synergy between Artificial Intelligence and local agriculture comes the "Personal Farmer": technology at the service of producers and consumers for zero-mile, healthy, and sustainable shopping.

27/07/2026 • DARe Puglia, EXO

The journey of the pilot project Field2Fork AI Hub officially concluded with a series of key milestones in July 2026. Funded under the European initiative PoliRuralPlus (Horizon Europe), the project

ARISE final results: a reusable Heritage Synergy Platform for rural territories

After nine months of implementation, ARISE leaves Sierra y Mancha Conquense with a live public service, a multi-actor workspace and a practical basis for replication.

27/07/2026 • Pedro Branco, Obsidian Innovation Institute

What happens when a rural territory has exceptional heritage assets, active local businesses and committed organisations, but the information connecting them remains fragmented? This was the question

One Country at a Time: How a Code Camp in Piraeus Added a Czech Forest Layer to SYLVAN-AI — and a Blueprint for the Rest

SYLVAN-AI already searched 442 million cadastral parcels across 27 countries. Through the JackDaw Code Camp it gained something continental data cannot provide: a national forestry classification, contributed by the institute that maintains it.

27/07/2026 • Amir Abbas Zad Poor, Sylvanity B.V.

A platform designed to absorb national knowledgeSYLVAN-AI is a chat-enabled forest manager, selected under the PoliRuralPlus Enhance Open Call to validate the JackDaw tool-using GeoLLM in one of the

Putting JackDaw to the Test

What 35 everyday users, researchers and professionals taught us about a GeoAI assistant working in the real world.

21/07/2026 • CATALINK LIMITED: J- VERSE

JackDaw is an AI-powered conversational assistant that enables stakeholders to explore territorial and environmental information through map-based analysis, using the platform’s available geospatial

GeoEDUHealth Access – Bacău: Final Validation of the JackDaw GeoAI Solution for Territorial Accessibility in Rural Romania

Participants at the second validation workshop, at the Bacău County Council headquarters, 29 June 2026.

10/07/2026 • Constantin Avrămescu, General Director & AI/GIS Expert, MEDIA TREND SRL | Alexandru-Norbert Droiman, Project Manager, MEDIA TREND SRL

The Context: Why Bacău County?The GeoEDUHealth Access - Bacău project is implemented by MEDIA TREND SRL, the only Romanian company selected under the ENHANCE cascade funding call, part of the PoliRur