International Soft Fruit Conference Program 2023
Program of the International Soft Fruit Conference 2023 contained the following subjects and speakers:
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| 08.00-08.45 | Arrival of guests and visit exhibition | |
Speaker’s time block 1: 08:45 – 10:00 |
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| 08:45-09:00 | Opening Klaas Walraven, Manager Team Softfruit – Delphy |
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| 09:00-09:20 | Wageningen UR: 5 years of soft fruit research, what have we learned? Jan Janse, Senior Research – Wageningen University |
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| 09:20-09:40 | Robotic Systems for Strawberry Phenotyping, Caring and Harvesting Amir Ghalamzan Esfahani, Associate Professor in robotics – University of Lincoln |
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| 09:40-10:00 | The right light for strawberry delight: Effects of far-enriched spectra and intensity on June-bearing varieties Theoharis Ouzounis, Research Project Manager EMEA – Fluence |
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Speaker’s time block 2: 11:00 – 12:00 |
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| 11:00-11:20 | Physical properties of coir products in the spotlight Marco Zevenhoven, Operational director, RHP Knowledge Centre for Substrates |
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| 11:20-11:40 | Exploring everbearers: Does the journey ever end? Bart Jongenelen, Manager – Delphy Innovative Soft Fruit Centre |
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| 11:40-12:00 | Benchmarking a dynamic LED light strategy for Sonata strawberry production Louis Golaz – CEO RED Horticulture |
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Speaker’s time block 3: 14:00 – 15:00 |
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| 14:00-14:15 | Certified clean soft fruit plants John van Ruiten, Chief Executive Officer – Naktuinbouw |
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| 14:15-14:30 | Perspectives of sustainable management of the invasive Halyomorpha halys by integrating biocontrol with egg parasitoids: the Italian experience Lara Maistrello, Associate Professor in General and Applied Entomology, Department of Life Sciences – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia |
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| 14:30-14:45 | Sustainable substrate contributes to reduced plant loss in strawberry Stef Laurijssen, Researcher Strawberry – Proefcentrum Hoogstraten |
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| 14:45-15:00 | The power of small: How the next big thing in biocontrol might be tiny Felix Wäckers, Director Research & Development, Biobest Group |
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Speaker’s time block 4: 15:45 – 17:00 |
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| 15:45-16:05 | A data driven approach to growing everbearing strawberries Heleen Lugt, Data Driven Growing Specialist – Let’s Grow |
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| 16:05-16:20 | Optimizing growing strategies soft fruit Gondy Heijerman, Researcher Delphy Innovative Soft Fruit Centre |
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| 16:20-16:40 | Preventing plant stress for outdoor grown raspberries Ton Habraken, Consultant Climate Screens, Svensson |
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| 16:40-17:00 | Succesful cold storage of blackberry and raspberry plants Femke de Vis, Researcher – PC Fruit |
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| 17.00 | Annoucements & Closing Bart Jongenelen, Manager Delphy Innovative Soft Fruit Centre |
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Continuation of the program |
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| 17.00-18.00 | Visit exhibition | |
| 19:30 | Conference dinner, Van der Valk Hotel in Vught | Registration required! |
Conference Dinner January 12, 2023
In addition of the International Soft Fruit conference will the Conference dinner be organized. The Conference Dinner is an unique opportunity for visitors, exhibitors and speakers to socialize on an informal manner. Sharing dinner together with others of the international soft fruit community give possibility to share knowledge, discuss business or network.
The Conference Dinner is exclusively and additionally for visitors of the International Soft Fruit Conference. Registration is required for participating the Conference dinner and is additionally offered in the visitor and/or exhibitor registration. The Conference dinner will be held at Van der Valk hotel in Vught and starts at 19:30. The Van der Valk hotel in Vught is also the favored hotel for visitors of the International Soft Fruit Conference. For more details, please check at ‘where to stay’.
Field Trip January 13, 2023
Don’t miss out the innovation! From research till practice
The day after the International Soft Fruit Conference an organized tour will be held. Traveling starts 7.30 am in the morning from the Van der Valk Hotel in Vught. The Field Trip ends approximately 14.30 pm.
During the Field Trip we will visit multiple innovative companies in soft fruit production in the morning. We will end the Field Trip at our research centre for soft Fruit: Delphy ISFC. After lunch at Delphy ISFC, different trials with soft fruit crops will be visited and explained.
1. Visit research location for Soft Fruit, Delphy ISFC
2. Innovation in research and practice
3. Visiting growers and other related companies
Please note
- Participation to this Field Trip is exclusively for visitors of the International Soft Fruit Conference
- Lunch and transportation by bus is included.
- For more information about our research centre Delphy ISFC visit our website: Delphy ISFC