林 絵理（農学博士）

特定非営利活動法人 植物工場研究会　理事長

神戸大学経営学研究科博士前期課程修了、千葉大学園芸学研究科博士課程修了（農学博士）。2008年より植物工場に関するフィールドリサーチを開始し、2015年特定非営利活動法人植物工場研究会（JPFA）国際部長に就任、2023年より現職。学術と産業そして市民の経済および社会活動の融合、研究と普及の促進、植物フェノタイピングを含む植物工場技術の進展に強い関心を有する。第31回国際園芸学会議(IHC2022)で植物工場シンポジウム(S08 Advances in Vertical Farming)の共同コンビーナーをLeo Marcelis教授 (オランダ・ワーゲニンゲン大学)と務め、千葉県柏の葉で開催された第1・2回JPFA植物工場国際シンポジウム(ISPF2023・2025)ではJPFAを主導した。書籍 Advances in Plant Factories: New Technologies in Indoor Vertical Farming（2023年Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing）の共編者。日本学術会議連携会員、日本農学アカデミー会員。

Eri Hayashi (Ph.D.)

President, Japan Plant Factory Association

Eri serves as president of the Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA), a nonprofit organization devoted to academic and business advancements in plant factory/controlled environment agriculture (CEA) . Before joining the JPFA, Eri worked at a private research institute in Tokyo, specializing in technology advancement for global food production. She has been conducting international field research on plant factories/CEA since 2008. She has published multiple research papers and has been a research project manager on artificial intelligence- and phenotyping-based next-generation plant factory for environmental control and breeding. She has a keen interest in technological advances, including phenotyping, in plant factories. She received a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University. She was a co-convener of the Symposium (S08) of Advances in Vertical Farming at the 31st International Horticultural Congress (IHC 2022), and led the JPFA in organizing the first JPFA International Symposium on Plant Factory (ISPF 2023) in Chiba, Japan. She is a co-editor of a book entitled Advances in Plant Factories: New Technologies in Indoor Vertical Farming published in 2023 by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. She is an Associate Member of the Science Council of Japan, and a Member of the Agricultural Academy of Japan.