MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) – U.S.A.

Founder MITCityFARM  

       
Research Scientist City Science Initiative MIT Media Lab

Joint leadership in the reThink Food Conference in conjunction with the Culinary Institute of America.

 

Topic 1: Developments at MIT City Farms (Developing the optimal micro-climate to produce top-quality coffee in Vertical Farms).

 

Topic 2: All types of food products that are currently and exclusively grown in a Vertical Farm environment.

 

 

Caleb Harper is the founder of the CityFARM research group within the City Science Initiative at the MIT Media Lab. He leads the anti-disciplinary group of engineers, architects, urban planners, economists and plant scientists in the exploration and development of high performance urban agricultural systems. His current work is focused in the areas of building integrated and control environment agriculture, actuated sensing, control automation and data-driven resource and energy optimization.        

Caleb has recently launched the OpenAG project together with strategic partners from industry, government and academia to develop the world's first open source "Food Tech" research collective for the creation of the global agricultural data commons.  

In addition to his role at MIT, Caleb is a consultant to multiple international development agencies on high-density low-income urban housing projects and has worked professionally on development projects in the high tech space including data centers, healthcare and fab facilities.