Next year's SIMA date set and two new events launched

Next year's SIMA, the Paris International Agri-Business Show, will take place from 26 February to 2 March 2017 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.

This major international trade show will take a look at what farming professions will be like in 10 years’ time through the eyes of manufacturers and start-up companies – and their innovations – as well as via its flagship event: "Innovation First 2: Being a farmer in 10 years’ time".

Three months away from the first day of the exhibition, SIMA will also be organising 2 new major events for visitors and exhibitors.

AXEMA-EurAgEng Conference – Saturday 25 February 2017

To build closer ties between the agricultural machinery industry and the academic and research world, AXEMA is organising the first edition of its annual conference cycle entitled Les Rendez-vous techniques d'AXEMA. Produced in partnership with the association EurAgEng, its theme will be: "Ecologically intensive agriculture: an opportunity for innovation in equipment and systems.” The goal is to arouse the interest of academic institutions and laboratories in the scientific and technical issues of agro-equipment, promote the creation of relevant product ranges and services, and attract students towards design consultancies and technical services.

Le SIMA Dealer’s Day-Ting – Monday 27 February 2017

This event takes place in two stages: in the morning a colloquium will take place on the topic “Being a dealer in 10 years” with the presence of dealer associations from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the USA, who will together examine the challenges faced by their profession in light of ICT development and compare their visions and experiences. The afternoon will be given over to business meetings between exhibitors and dealers. This event is organised in association with SEDIMA, CLIMMAR (the distributors’ network in Europe) with additional contributions from EMDA for the USA and CAMDA for China.

SIMA has continued to attract exhibitors from a wide range of countries. This increased international contingent is illustrated by the arrival of new participants, most notably exhibitors from Korea, China and India, but also from Turkey and North America.