The International Soft Fruit Conference gives an excellent opportunity to network and expand your knowledge. Our exhibition is open for visits all day and during the day, knowledge will be shared on stage by international presenters.
International Soft Fruit Conference
ISFC – Thursday 7 January, 2027
Fieldtrip – Friday 8 January, 2027
Fieldtrip – Friday 8 January, 2027
International Softfruit Conference 2027
ISFC – Thursday January 7, 2027
Fieldtrip – Friday January 8, 2027
Fieldtrip – Friday January 8, 2027
International Soft Fruit Conference Programme 2027
You can click on the title for the handouts of the presentation.
The Dutch Strawberry day is an event for the Dutch strawberry industry. Presentations this day will be in Dutch. The Dutch Strawberry day give perfect possibility to visit and catch up with Exhibitors.
The handouts are available at the Dutch website: www.aardbeidag.nl
Times
08:00
Exhibition floor open
08:45
Welcome
Henny van Gurp | Process Coordinator, Soft Fruit Greenhouse Horticulture
Klaas Walraven | Manager/Advisor Soft Fruit Team Delphy
08:50 – 9:00
Opening of Aardbeiendag
Annie van de Riet | Chair ZLTO
09:00 – 9:20
Is strawberry consumption reaching its peak, or will growth continue?
Richard Schouten | GroentenFruit Huis
09:20 – 9:40
Mergers & acquisitions and value creation in the greenhouse horticulture sector
Koen van Bussel | Aeternus
9:40 – 10:00
Cooling for fossil-free strawberry cultivation: what are the limits? (KaE)
Pim Kleeven | Delphy ISFC
11:00 – 11:20
Climate-neutral strawberry cultivation: how can it be made both practical and profitable? (KaE)
Liesanne Wieleman | Glastuinbouw Nederland
11:20 – 11:40
Making the most of imbalances in chilled June-bearing strawberries: does increased lighting (based on assimilate demand) boost yield? (KaE)
Daphne Ruiter & Govert Trouwhorst | Plant Lighting
11:40 – 12:00
Working together towards a healthy, safe and fair working environment
Jacqueline Kroon | Glastuinbouw Nederland
Albert van der Burg | Stigas
12:00 – 12:20
12:20 – 14:30
Lunch + Visit exhibition
14:30 – 14:45
Crop protection: sudden leaps forward
Harrie Pijnenburg | Delphy
14:45 – 15:00
Crop protection in transition or a dead end?
Eric Kiers | Crop Life NL
15:00 – 15:15
The strawberry of tomorrow: taste, certainty and impact
Aad van Dijk | The Greenery
15:15 – 15:50
Panel Discussion
Harrie Pijenburg, Eric Kiers & Aad van Dijk
Host Edwin van Lenthe | Director Delphy Netherlands
08:30-09:15 Arrival of Guests & Visit Exibition
09:15-10:20 Conference Session 1
09.15-09.20
Opening
Vera Theelen | Manager, Delphy Innovative Soft Fruit Centre
09.20-09.40
Irradiance, heat emission & energy consumption – the physics behind & how screens influence them
Jesse Verbeek | Phormium
09.40-10.00
10.00-10.20
More accurate yield prediction in everbearing strawberries grown in plastic tunnel
Yasmin van Brabant | Proef Centrum Fruitteelt vzw
10.20-11.30 Break & Visit Exhibition
11.30-12.30 Conference Session 2
11.30-11.50
The road to 100% Green Strawberry Production
Vera Theelen | Manager, Delphy ISFC
11.50-12.10
Berry flavour, every single week of the year
David Sanclement | The Summer Berry Company
12.10-12.30
Agrivoltaics System Aligned with Netting as a Sustainable Production Model for Raspberry Production
George Maganaris | Cyprus University of Technology
12.30-14.15 Lunch & Visit Exhibition
14.15-15.15 Conference Session 3
14.15-14.35
Mechanised Harvesting of Bleuberries
Marcel Beelen | Fine Fields
14.35-14.55
14.55-15.15
15.15-16.45 Break & Visit Exhibition
16.45-17.30 Conference Session 4
16.45-17.05
Residue-free fungal disease control
Mark van Boxtel | VitalFluid
17.05-17.25
New Regulation, NGTs and the Future of Food in Europe
Lena Maas, PhD | Hudson River Biotechnology
17.25-17.30
Announcements & closing
Vera Theelen | Manager, Delphy Innovative Soft Fruit Centre
Exhibition floor is open till 18.00
Dinning & networking
Complementing the International Soft Fruit Conference is the Conference Dinner, a unique opportunity for visitors, exhibitors and speakers to be together in an informal way. Eating together with others from the international soft fruit community provides an opportunity to share knowledge, discuss business or network.
The Conference Dinner is exclusive and complimentary for visitors to the International Soft Fruit Conference. Registration is required.
Location: Van der Valk hotel in Vught
Start time: 19:30
The Van der Valk hotel in Vught is also the preferred hotel for visitors to the International Soft Fruit Conference. Look for more details at ‘where to stay’.
Excursion: Together on the road to innovation: from research to practice.
The day after the International Soft Fruit Conference we are organizing a Field Trip. Start at 7.45 am from the Van der Valk Hotel in Vught. End or program about 2:30 pm. Bus will be back in Vught around 3:45 pm.
The trip will take us to different innovative companies in the soft fruit sector.
Field Trip:
- Innovation in research and practice
- Visit growers and related companies
Please note
- Participation in the Field Trip is only for visitors of the International Soft Fruit Conference
- Lunch and travel by bus are included
- For more information about our research center Delphy ISFC: Vera Theelen
- Dutch Strawberry Day | 6 January, 2027
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The Dutch Strawberry day is an event for the Dutch strawberry industry. Presentations this day will be in Dutch. The Dutch Strawberry day give perfect possibility to visit and catch up with Exhibitors.
The handouts are available at the Dutch website: www.aardbeidag.nlTimes
08:00
Exhibition floor open
08:45
Welcome
Henny van Gurp | Process Coordinator, Soft Fruit Greenhouse Horticulture
Klaas Walraven | Manager/Advisor Soft Fruit Team Delphy
08:50 – 9:00
Opening of Aardbeiendag
Annie van de Riet | Chair ZLTO
09:00 – 9:20
Is strawberry consumption reaching its peak, or will growth continue?
Richard Schouten | GroentenFruit Huis
09:20 – 9:40
Mergers & acquisitions and value creation in the greenhouse horticulture sector
Koen van Bussel | Aeternus
9:40 – 10:00
Cooling for fossil-free strawberry cultivation: what are the limits? (KaE)
Pim Kleeven | Delphy ISFC
11:00 – 11:20
Climate-neutral strawberry cultivation: how can it be made both practical and profitable? (KaE)
Liesanne Wieleman | Glastuinbouw Nederland
11:20 – 11:40
Making the most of imbalances in chilled June-bearing strawberries: does increased lighting (based on assimilate demand) boost yield? (KaE)
Daphne Ruiter & Govert Trouwhorst | Plant Lighting
11:40 – 12:00
Working together towards a healthy, safe and fair working environment
Jacqueline Kroon | Glastuinbouw Nederland
Albert van der Burg | Stigas12:00 – 12:20
12:20 – 14:30
Lunch + Visit exhibition
14:30 – 14:45
Crop protection: sudden leaps forward
Harrie Pijnenburg | Delphy
14:45 – 15:00
Crop protection in transition or a dead end?
Eric Kiers | Crop Life NL
15:00 – 15:15
The strawberry of tomorrow: taste, certainty and impact
Aad van Dijk | The Greenery
15:15 – 15:50
Panel Discussion
Harrie Pijenburg, Eric Kiers & Aad van Dijk
Host Edwin van Lenthe | Director Delphy Netherlands
- ISFC | 7 January, 2027
-
08:30-09:15 Arrival of Guests & Visit Exibition
09:15-10:20 Conference Session 1
09.15-09.20
Opening
Vera Theelen | Manager, Delphy Innovative Soft Fruit Centre
09.20-09.40
Irradiance, heat emission & energy consumption – the physics behind & how screens influence them
Jesse Verbeek | Phormium
09.40-10.00
10.00-10.20
More accurate yield prediction in everbearing strawberries grown in plastic tunnel
Yasmin van Brabant | Proef Centrum Fruitteelt vzw
10.20-11.30 Break & Visit Exhibition
11.30-12.30 Conference Session 2
11.30-11.50
The road to 100% Green Strawberry Production
Vera Theelen | Manager, Delphy ISFC
11.50-12.10
Berry flavour, every single week of the year
David Sanclement | The Summer Berry Company
12.10-12.30
Agrivoltaics System Aligned with Netting as a Sustainable Production Model for Raspberry Production
George Maganaris | Cyprus University of Technology
12.30-14.15 Lunch & Visit Exhibition
14.15-15.15 Conference Session 3
14.15-14.35
Mechanised Harvesting of Bleuberries
Marcel Beelen | Fine Fields
14.35-14.55
14.55-15.15
15.15-16.45 Break & Visit Exhibition
16.45-17.30 Conference Session 4
16.45-17.05
Residue-free fungal disease control
Mark van Boxtel | VitalFluid
17.05-17.25
New Regulation, NGTs and the Future of Food in Europe
Lena Maas, PhD | Hudson River Biotechnology
17.25-17.30
Announcements & closing
Vera Theelen | Manager, Delphy Innovative Soft Fruit Centre
Exhibition floor is open till 18.00
- ISFC Dinner |7 January, 2027
-
Dinning & networking
Complementing the International Soft Fruit Conference is the Conference Dinner, a unique opportunity for visitors, exhibitors and speakers to be together in an informal way. Eating together with others from the international soft fruit community provides an opportunity to share knowledge, discuss business or network.
The Conference Dinner is exclusive and complimentary for visitors to the International Soft Fruit Conference. Registration is required.
Location: Van der Valk hotel in Vught
Start time: 19:30The Van der Valk hotel in Vught is also the preferred hotel for visitors to the International Soft Fruit Conference. Look for more details at ‘where to stay’.
- Field Trip | 8 January, 2027
-
Excursion: Together on the road to innovation: from research to practice.
The day after the International Soft Fruit Conference we are organizing a Field Trip. Start at 7.45 am from the Van der Valk Hotel in Vught. End or program about 2:30 pm. Bus will be back in Vught around 3:45 pm.
The trip will take us to different innovative companies in the soft fruit sector.Field Trip:
- Innovation in research and practice
- Visit growers and related companies
Please note
- Participation in the Field Trip is only for visitors of the International Soft Fruit Conference
- Lunch and travel by bus are included
- For more information about our research center Delphy ISFC: Vera Theelen
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