Blueberry Program
Schedule |
Theme |
Relator |
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| 07:45 - 08:30 | Accreditation |
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| 08:30 - 08:45 | Opening and welcome words |
Felipe silva
Entrepreneur and President of Chilean blueberry committee |
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Bruno Defilippi
Director of INIA La Platina |
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| 08:45 - 09:15 | Challenges of the Chilean blueberry industry |
Manuel Jose Alcaino
President Decofrut |
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| 09:15 - 09:45 | Arrivals of Chilean fruit to international markets: Main problems of the last season |
Ignacio Santibanez
CEO QIMA Produces |
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| 09:45 - 10:00 | Round of questions |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Profitability analysis of blueberry production in Chile |
oscar ayach
Ing. Agr. South Zone Commercial Greenvic SA |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 | New varietal alternatives for Chile |
Marcela Zuniga
Executive Director Sunnyridge Nurseries |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Lucia Corbetto
Founding Partner Osiris Plant Management |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Carolina Uquillas
Sales Manager Chile Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc. |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | Analysis of profitability and costs associated with the production of blueberries in Peru: the importance of genetics |
John Paul Bentin
Ing. Agr. MBA. Production manager Family Farms Peru |
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| 13:00 - 13:20 | Question Round |
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| 13:20 - 14:30 | Lunch. |
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| 14:30 - 14:55 | Computer vision for counts and prediction of yields in blueberries |
William Beltramin
Bitwise Ag Expansion Manager Master of Supply Chain Management U. Queensland |
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| 14:55 - 15:40 | Strategies to improve harvest efficiency in blueberries |
Fumiomi Takeda
Ph.D. Research Horticulturist and Lead Scientist Appalachian Fruit Research Station United States, USDA. |
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| 15:40 - 16:20 | All or nothing: optimizing postharvest for quality fruit |
Bruno Defilippi
Ing. Agr. Ph.D. INIA researcher International Consultant |
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| 16:20 - 16:30 | Round of questions |
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| 16:30 - 17:15 | Coffee break |
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| 17:15 - 17:35 | How can we, as blueberry growers, use innovative technologies to control the pollination process? |
samuel dresel
VP Global BloomX |
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| 17:35 - 18:05 | Mechanical harvesting of blueberries for the fresh market |
Lisa DeVetter
Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture Washington State University NWREC and Everett |
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| 18:05 - 18:45 | Intelligent management of plant nutrition to optimize fruit quality in a period of high input cost |
Juan Hirzel
Ing. Agr. MS. Ph.D. Researcher INIA International Consultant |
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| 18:45 - 19:00 | Question Round |
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| 19:00 - 19:05 | Closing of the day |
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| - | Program subject to change |
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Cherry Trees Program
Schedule |
Theme |
Relator |
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| 07:45 - 08:30 | Accreditation |
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| 08:30 - 08:45 | Opening and welcome words |
Jorge Esquivel
Ing. Agr. MS. Director of Blueberries Consulting |
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Maria Sofia Silva
O'Higgins Regional Director ProChile |
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| 08:45 - 09:20 | Introduction of cherry tree cultivation in Chilean fruit growing |
Antonio Walker
Entrepreneur, producer and cherry advisor Former Minister of Agriculture of Chile |
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| 09:20 - 10:00 | Behavior of the market before and after Chinese New Year |
javier saavedra
Commercial manager Control Union Chile |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 - 11:40 | Analysis of the cherry season |
Manuel Jose Alcaino
President Decofrut |
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| 11:40 - 12:30 | Cherry postharvest: experiences from the 2022-23 season |
John Paul Zoffoli
Ing. Agr. MS. Ph.D. International Researcher and Consultant |
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| 12:30 - 13:20 | Round table |
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| 13:20 - 14:30 | Lunch. |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | New varieties of cherry trees for early and late production |
Lorraine Pinto
Product Manager ANA Chile |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Technical management for new varieties of cherry trees |
walter masman
Ing. Agr. PUCV Technical Advisor and Consultant Cherry Specialist |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Physiological considerations and key management to obtain high quality fruit in cherry trees |
Victor Vicencio
Ing. Agr. pucv Advisor Onlycherries consultants |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Round table |
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| 16:30 - 17:15 | Coffee Break |
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| 17:15 - 17:55 | Management to consider to ensure a good arrival in the destination markets |
Jessica Rodriguez
Ing. Agr. M.Sc. Advisor in Postharvest, commercialization and marketing of fresh products |
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| 17:55 - 18:35 | Innovations in postharvest technologies for cherries destined for distant markets |
Victor Hugo Escalona
Ing. Agr. Ph.D. Professor and researcher Director of the Study Center Postharvest University of Chile |
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| 18:35 - 19:00 | Round of questions |
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| 19:00 - 19:05 | Closing of the day |
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| - | Program subject to change |
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