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Main Conference Room

First day Wednesday March 11, 2026

Opening hours

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07:45 - 08:30 Registration / Accreditation
08:30 - 08:45 Inauguration / Welcome Remarks
Jorge Esquivel

Agr. Eng. M.Sc. Director

Blueberries Consulting

08:45 - 09:15 Trade flows and consumption habits: A macro analysis of the blueberry industry
Gonzalo Salinas

Senior FAR Analyst

at Rabobank

09:15 - 09:45 Leadership in numbers: Evolution of Peru's productive and commercial matrix in the last season
Luis Miguel Vegas

General Manager

PRO BLUEBERRIES

09:45 - 10:00 Price dynamics in the blueberry market: Why variety is now the main driver of value
Pablo Cortés

PUCV Agronomist Engineer

Sales Manager Agronometrics

10:00 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:10 Question Round
11:10 - 12:00 - PANEL DISCUSSION - How logistical efficiency redefines agro-export business success: challenges and opportunities
Gonzalo Rios Polastri

Deputy General Manager

COSCO SHIPPING Ports

Chancay, Peru

Antonio Cuenca

Specialist in

Foreign Trade

Mario Salazar

President of Agriculture Chavín

Director of the Civil Association for Air Refrigeration

Member of the Board of Directors of ADEX and AGAP

Juan Pablo Avendaño

Agricultural Engineer in Agribusiness

Commercial Executive

Reefers

Nick Bonifaz

Owner at

VE Logistics

José Moyano

Director of the Authority

Port of Malaga

Igor Seminario

General Manager

SEATRADE Peru

12:00 - 12:10 Award for technical excellence, professional ethics and contribution to the blueberry industry worldwide
12:10 - 13:00 - PANEL DISCUSSION - Blueberry Market Overview: Reconfiguration of the Global Landscape and Competitiveness Strategies
Miguel Bentín

President

PRO BLUEBERRIES

Juan José Gal´Lino

Operations Director

Agricultural - AGROVISION

Daniel Bustamante

Commercial Director ACP

Agricultural Cerro Prieto

Federico Maggio Capelli

Operations Manager

Industrialists in Camposol

Gustavo Salinas

Chief Operating Officer

Officer at Hortifrut

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:20 Mechanisms of floral induction and differentiation in blueberries
Thomas Fichet

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

Professor of the Department

of Agricultural Production

Faculty of Science

Agronomic U. of Chile

15:20 - 16:10 Variety-directed nutrition: Redefining sufficiency ranges for new blueberry genetics
Juan Hirzel

Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Ph.D.

INIA researcher

International Consultant

16:10 - 16:30 Blueberry production: AI-based yield prediction
Fiona Kerslake

Head of Agronomy

at Bitwise Agronomy

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 17:20 Question Round
17:20 - 18:20 - PANEL DISCUSSION - Firmness Engineering in Blueberries: Nutrition, Hormonal Interaction and Post-Harvest Strategies for Long-Distance Markets
Jorge Retamales

Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Ph.D.

Researcher and

International Consultant

Reinaldo Campos

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

Department Director

of Agricultural Production

Faculty of Science

Agronomic U. of Chile

Daniel Díaz

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

plant physiology

Michigan State University

Juan Hirzel

Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Ph.D.

INIA researcher

International Consultant

María del Carmen Salas

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

researcher and

Professor Doctorate

University of Almería

18:20 - 18:30 Closing
18:30 - 20:00 Cocktail
Second day Thursday March 12, 2026

Opening hours

Topic on

08:15 - 08:45 Registration / Accreditation
08:45 - 09:40 Foliar pathogens and their impact on blueberry yield and quality: quantification of losses
Walter Apaza Tapia

Ing. Agr. MS. Phytopathology

UN Agraria La Molina

09:40 - 10:30 Nutrition and salinity control tools in potted blueberry production
María del Carmen Salas

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

researcher and

Professor Doctorate

University of Almería

10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Blueberry Optimization in Peru: Harvest Management and Advanced Solutions to Ensure Quality and Post-Harvest Condition
Claudio Moreno

Director of R&D LATAM

AgroFresh

Reinaldo Campos

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

Department Director

of Agricultural Production

Faculty of Science

Agronomic U. of Chile

12:00 - 12:15 Question Round
12:15 - 12:25 Diploma Award Ceremony - University of Almería
12:25 - 13:20 - PANEL DISCUSSION - Reducing losses and maximizing quality: A systemic approach from genetics to the end consumer
Bruno Defilippi

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

Researcher

INIA La Platina

Walter Apaza Tapia

Ing. Agr. MS. Phytopathology

UN Agraria La Molina

José Monasterio

Manager

Quality and Postharvest

Frusan SA

Haydeé Quevedo

Quality Assurance

Manager Driscoll's

César Guzmán

Corporate Manager

quality

agrovision

Ignacio Santibáñez

CEO

QIMA Produces

13:20 - 13:30 Closing
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Complementary Conference Room

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Opening hours

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11:10 - 12:00 Advanced workshop on the design and analysis of tests for R&D&I
Claudia Moggia

Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Ph.D.

Researcher University of Talca

12:10 - 13:00 Data analysis interpretation workshop
Juan Hirzel

Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Ph.D.

INIA researcher

International Consultant

14:30 - 15:20 Physiological effects of heat stress on blueberries
Reinaldo Campos

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

Department Director

of Agricultural Production

Faculty of Science

Agronomic U. of Chile

15:20 - 16:10 Advanced strategies for managing thermal and oxidative stress in blueberries
Daniel Díaz

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

plant physiology

Michigan State University

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News XXXIX International Seminar Peru 2026
Destinations and consumption: the market reading that Lima 2026 opens for blueberries

The trade block of the International Blueberries Seminar Lima 2026 will open the conversation on destinations, consumption habits and the global map of the blueberry, with the conference of Gonzalo Salinas and the panel "X-ray of the blueberry market", key to ordering commercial and logistical decisions for the next season.

Price and value in blueberries: key signals to be discussed at Lima 2026

At the Lima 2026 International Blueberries Seminar, Pablo Cortés will address price dynamics and value creation in the blueberry market, and the trade segment will continue with a panel on the reconfiguration of the global landscape and competitiveness strategies. This event is geared towards exporters, sales managers, and logistics teams seeking guidance on maintaining profit margins at the destination.

Variety-directed nutrition: sufficiency ranges for new blueberry genetics at Lima 2026

Juan Hirzel will review needs and sufficiency ranges by variety to guide nutritional decisions with greater precision, while María del Carmen Sala will present nutritional control tools and salinity in blueberry production in pots.

Floral induction in blueberries: the physiological basis that will guide the start of the technical block in Lima 2026

Thomas Fichet's session will address the mechanisms that activate flowering and its relationship to productive potential, providing a technical framework for interpreting key processes before moving on to management and nutrition.

Lima 2026: the business morning that will shape blueberry decisions for the next season

Market, consumption, prices, logistics and global map will mark the commercial block on Wednesday the 11th (08:45–13:00), a morning designed to align criteria and decisions for the next blueberry campaign.

The Port of Malaga will contribute its logistical vision at the International Blueberries Seminar Lima 2026

The Spanish delegation will attend the meeting in Lima and one of its members, José Moyano, director of the Port Authority of Malaga, will be a panelist on Wednesday, March 11, in a conversation about efficiency, costs and logistical decisions that impact the commercial performance of blueberries and other fresh fruits at their destination.

Ports, foreign trade and logistics come together in a key panel for blueberries at the Lima 2026 International Seminar

Costs, transit times and coordination from the origin will be the focus of the panel "How logistical efficiency redefines agro-export commercial success: challenges and opportunities", which will bring together six specialists from Peru, Chile and Spain to provide technical keys to the competitiveness of blueberries in destination markets.

Blueberry productivity and quality: the agenda that defines the next season

Lima will host the XXXIX International Blueberries Seminar – Lima 2026 on March 11 and 12, the first milestone of the 2026 world tour. The country's most important blueberry seminar brings together conferences, a complementary hall, a commercial area, and a technical field tour to compare production in pots and in soil, review critical protocols, and return with an action plan.

Decisions that will improve the upcoming blueberry season

A full day in the field to observe, compare, and ask questions about pot and soil-grown production, focusing on key protocols and measurable criteria that translate into concrete actions on the farm. The technical tour takes place in the lead-up to the Lima meeting and is part of the official program.

Key players in the blueberry industry will meet at the XXXIX International Blueberries Seminar Lima 2026

Lima will host the XXXIX International Blueberries Seminar: two days of applied content, B2B networking and solutions exhibition, with a complementary hall and spaces to finalize agreements and plan the next campaign.

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