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Wednesday September 11, 2024

Opening hours

Theme

Relator

- Simultaneous translation
English - Spanish - French - Arabic
07:45 - 08:30 Accreditation
08:30 - 08:45 Inauguration / Welcome Remarks
Jorge Esquivel

Ing. Agr. M.Sc.

Director of Blueberries Consulting

Bensajjy Youssef

chef.department of

agricultural development

ORMVA of the ears

Mohamed Amouri

President of the

Moroccan Federation

of red fruits,

Interproberries

Sr. Houssain Bentaieb

Vice-president of

the Chamber of Commerce

Industry and Services

Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima

Alberto Alejandro Rodríguez Aspillaga

Ambassador of Chile

in Morocco

Said Bahajin

Ph.D. International Business

Commercial Representative ProChile

08:45 - 09:10 Update on the red fruit market in Morocco: production, marketing and genetics
Amine Bennani

President of

the Association of

Fruit Producers

Moroccan reds

09:10 - 09:35 Analysis of the global market and competitors of Moroccan blueberry
Thomas Grandperrin

Sales Manager

Agronometrics EMEA

09:35 - 10:05 Blueberry production in Peru: the importance of genetics
Juan Pablo Bentín

Agr. Eng. MBA.

Production manager

Family Farms Peru – MBO

10:05 - 10:35 Modern blueberry production: strategies and management
Jorge Esquivel

Ing. Agr. M.Sc.

Director of Blueberries Consulting

10:35 - 11:25 Coffee Break
11:25 - 11:40 Question Round
11:40 - 12:05 Design of irrigation programs to optimize resources, photosynthesis and biomass development in red fruits
Miguel Ángel Cuevas

Business Development for Spain

and LATAM at Gremon Systems

12:05 - 12:25 The impact of technology on the blueberry process: innovation, quality and efficiency
Raffaele Benedetti

Unitec SpA

12:25 - 12:30 Question Round
12:30 - 13:30 MODERATOR:
Conversation panel
Amine Bennani

President of

the Association of

Fruit Producers

Moroccan reds

Conversation panel: Analysis of the global berry industry: challenges and competitiveness strategies
Mohamed Amouri

President of the

Moroccan Federation

of red fruits,

Interproberries

Kamal Ouhmad

Morocco Country

Manager

Driscoll's

Harold Huot

CEO Surberry

Philip Symons

EMEA Director

North Bay Produce

Tadeu Alves

CEO Green Factor

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch.
15:00 - 15:30 Breeding programs for new berry cultivars in warm growing areas
Bruno Mezzetti

Professor and researcher in

the Polytechnic University

de la Marche - UNIVPM

15:30 - 16:10 Characterization of substrates and recommendations for their use in red fruits
María del Carmen Salas

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

researcher and

PhD professor

University of Almería

16:10 - 16:50 Biostimulation strategies and use of beneficial microorganisms for red fruits
Anna Konieczny

Biostimulant & Bioproduct

Expert PhD Uniwersytet

Rolniczy im. Hugona

Kołłątaja w Krakowie

16:50 - 17:20 Coffee Break
17:20 - 18:20 Nutritional management to mitigate stress due to drought, heat and radiation in red fruits
Ismail Cakmak

Professor at Sabanci

University in Istanbul

Ph.D. University of Hohenheim

in Stuttgart, Germany.

18:20 - 18:40 Question Round
18:40 - 18:45 Closing
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