Conditions

Terms of participation in the conference:

For agricultural producers - the participation fee – 100 euro (the price includes payment for participation in all events for 2 days, including a business tour)

Participation fee (1 day without a business tour) – 70 euro

For non-agricultural producers - the participation fee – 150 euro (the price includes payment for participation for 2 days, including a business tour); Participation fee (1 day without business tour) – 120 euro

(The price includes a coffee break, lunches, stand-up meals, service during the event; participation in the presentation of fruits and berries, as well as drinks and meals; conference participant package with information materials; detailed post-report on the event with final presentations of speakers sent by e-mail)

The conference will be held in compliance with all sanitary norms and rules. All participants will be provided with a sufficient number of masks and sanitizers. Exhibition-presentation of equipment, technologies and materials will be held with respect to the distance between the stands. Conference halls will be ventilated. The premises have a modern powerful air conditioning system. Participants of the event are advised to keep a social distance, refrain from hugs and handshakes. We offer companies that will present their products on the stands to install protective screens

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PROGRAM
International Scientific - Practical Conference
"Berries And Processing: Technologies And innovations"
December 10-11, 2020, Lviv, Ukraine
Hotel - Restaurant Complex "Warszawa"

08:00 – 9:00
Participants registration
The start of work of the exhibition-presentation for presenting of equipment, technologies, materials and products for berry growing,
horticulture and processing industry.
Coffee break.
09:00 - 17:00
An exhibition-presentation of equipment, technologies, materials and products for the berry growing, horticulture and processing industries.
An exhibition-presentation of beverages and other processed products based on fruits and berries will be introduced.
A special stand for magazine subscriptions from the media group "Technologies and Innovations." Conference participants have a discount 10% off on a full set of magazines.

The formal opening of the conference and welcoming speeches of the organizers and partners.
Welcoming Speeches from:
Kateryna Koneva, Nadiya Yashchuk - founders of the informative - publishing project "Technologies and Innovations", and organizers of the International scientific-practical conference.
- Oleg BAZYUK, director of the in-vitro nursery "Dolyna Agro" (Ukraine) - the main business conference partner.
- Lyudmyla HONCHARENKO, representative of the department of Agro-Industrial Development of Lviv ODA.
- Oleksandr MATVIETS, Chairman of the Association Ukrsadprom - Industry partner of the conference.

SECTION 1. The actual theme. Roundtable " The situation in berry - growing in Ukraine: results of the berry season 2020 and ways to develop this industry in 2021." Moderator - Oleg NAUMENKO, founder / director of the agricultural cooperative "Jagidki".

THESIS:
- Results of the berry season 2020: frosts, quarantine and other unfavorable factors. How these factors affected berry yields, prices and sales.
- Forecast concerning production and prices for the main berry crops in Ukraine for 2021.
- Why Ukraine still does not make a large berry export abroad? Let`s discuss the issues of berry export development, obstacles that stand in the way of Ukrainian berry growers. And, how Ukrainian berry growers may discover new export markets.
- Cooperatives. How successful they can be in action, and specific examples and lifehacks.
- Sale of berries in supermarkets and open markets: product requirements, guarantees of success or failure.

PARTICIPANTS:
- Iryna KUKHTINA, President of the Ukrainian Berries Association - Main industry Partner conferences (online);
- Natalia PUKSHYN, founder of the berry company "Blueberry";
- Vasyl MARTYUK, head of the Social and Investment Department of the company Continental Farmers Group;
- Eugen HARLAN, founder of the company IBerry;
- Taras BASHTANNYK, founder of the company Ukrainian Berry, President of the Ukrainian fruit vegetable association;
- Oleksander TKACHUK, founder of the company "Agrovesna 2011";
- Vitaliy ISHMURAT, head of the company "Berries of Volyn";
- Beyhan TURGAI, director of the company "Zhakhnivka";
- Vitaliy SEMENYUK, representative of farm Blueberry";
- Victor DYTYNKO, owner of agricultural сomplex Obolonia (is still being agreed);
- representatives of trade networks;

SECTION 2. Current technologies of berry growing - a guarantee of successful berry business.
Moderator - Kateryna KONEVA, editor-in-chief of the media group "Technologies and Innovations".
"Berry pests and diseases: Bayer`s world experience" - Igor TARUSHKIN, regional manager of the company Bayer-Ukraine (online) - General Partner of the Conference in the Plant Protection
"Decisive moments during planting highbush blueberry". Oleg BAZYUK, director of the in vitro nursery "Dolyna Agro" (Ukraine) - Main Business Partner of the Conference.
"Perfect nutrition for berry crops". Maria PANAS, product manager of the company Timac Agro Ukraine.
"Plant varieties as the basis of a successful berry business". Anastasia TERZEMAN, expert of IP and Law firm "Pakharenko and Partners" - General Legal Partner of the conference. ONLINE
Speech theses:
- registration of plant variety rights,
- review of state registers,
- name of the plant variety and trademark (some peculiarities of joint use)
"Sales of raspberries in Ukraine and for export, analysis of varieties, the market forecast for berry selling for the next five years". Taras BASHTANNYK, President of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association.
"Professionalism and experience in the implementation of automatic irrigation systems". Vadym BOYKO, director of "PROF POLIV"
“Safe for consumption because grown with the GLOBAL G.A.P standards: details on the organization of the enterprise, employees, cultivation according to international standards. The experience of the largest berry farm in Transcarpathia region Blueberry“. Andriy SHVAB, deputy director of Blueberry and Borys SMOLYAR, chief agronomist.
"NEW TRENDS IN BERRY SORTING". Adriana DUNDA, sales manager of UNITEC (Italy) - Exclusive partner of the conference.
"Digital transformation for farm enterprise. The showing of the berry picking up process with the use of mobile application Agrotacer". Andriy SHEVCHUK, sales manager of the company Voloshyn ((Ukraine)
"The advantages of pollinating berries with the help of bumblebees. Effective use of Rhizopon stimulants for seedlings". Anton Baldin, Director of TOV Ecoculture
"Nutrition of highbush blueberry - the basics and the most controversial moments." Artur SIZHUK, agronomist of EFT Group

13:30 – 14:30
Lunch includes 2 shifts

SECTION 2 (continuation) Current berry technologies - a guarantee of a successful berry business.
Moderator - Kateryna KONEVA, editor-in-chief of the media group "Technologies and Innovations"
"The success story of a small farm in Western Ukraine." Bogdan LUTCHYN, owner of the farm "Berry Prykarpattia"
"Useful biological organisms in the system of growing berry crops (protection, pollination, plant stimulation)". Olena BOLTOVSKA, project manager of Rosana Biological Solutions
"Niche berries: prospects for business in Ukraine and for export." Liliana DMITRIEVA, the founder of the nursery "Brusvyana"
"Peculiar properties in the use of bio-based products for berry plantations." Volodymyr SILENKO, agronomist of the company BTU-Center (Ukraine)
"The evolution of the range - from the experience of growing promising varieties of berry crops of domestic and foreign selection in Ukraine." Oleksandr YARESHCHENKO, Deputy Director of scientific work, breeder, Institute of Horticulture NAAS. (is still being agreed)
"How to grow highbush blueberries in pots? Lifehacks for berry growers based on science and practice ". Pavel VAVRYSHCHUK, representative of the company Polana and Polska Borowka nursery (Poland)
"Basic principles for plantation and care for highbush blueberry in organic production." Bohdan Bodnar, Director of the company Organic Sad
"Climate control in berry tunnels: peculiarities in berry growing with market characteristics." Roman VOROZHBIT, representative of the company Haygrove (Poland)

SECTION 3. On the way to creating added value product: freezing, processing, characteristics of storage.
Moderator - Kateryna KONEVA, editor-in-chief of the media group "Technologies and Innovations"
"The berry cultivation. Trends and challenges. Where to earn for the next five years." Alla PONOMARENKO, founder of the company Alta Kraina sro.
"Fluidization process of freezing in tunnels Unidex" Monica PRUS, representative of the company UNIDEX
"Lyophilization and freezing as technologies of the future" Goran OBRADOVICH, owner of the company PIGO (Italy).
"From the field - to the customer. Freezing, sublimation. Successful experience in the production of value-added products under its own trade brand Galfruct, from a leading processing company. Denis ROMAN, director of the company GALFROST.
"Berry storage and cooling". Andriy MARUSCHAK, Director of the company Incools Engineering
"Storage and freezing of berries and stone fruits". Anatoliy BOGDAN, director of the company"Insolar-holod" (Ukraine)
"Presentation of successful experience of berry processing". - The speaker is still being agreed.

Summing up the results of the conference. The final speeches from the organizers: Kateryna Koneva, Nadiya Yashchuk - founders of the Media Group "Technologies and Innovations"
A lottery draws from the companies - partners
Festive buffet. Tasting of beverages based on fruits and berries - juices, ciders, liqueurs, distillates.
The entertainment program - performance from the music group Miksband, winner of national music competitions.
Dress code for conference participants: embroidered shirts.

08:00 – 18:00
Business Tour to the leading enterprise Agro Busk
Address: Promyslova Street 24, Mostyskyy district, Lviv Region, 81300.
A promising enterprise is located in the village Dydyatychi, Mostyskyy district, Lviv Region. The owners of this enterprise have been growing raspberries, highbush blueberries and coniferous plantings ( (thuja and juniper) for 5 years. In total, the company has 65 hectares of rural land. Of these, 20 hectares were planted with berries. They sell their berry products to the trade networks, for example, "Epicenter", "Silpo", and "Rukavychka."

08:00 Departure from the Hotel "Warszawa" Lviv
Excursion on the enterprise with the head of farm Oleksandr Barbanyuk,
Master class on highbush blueberry pruning, according to the individual method of Igor Mazur - a partner of the company
Agro Busk, and head of the highbush blueberry farm Blueberry Group
Presentation of a modern automated irrigation system of the company "Prof Poliv

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in the Mostys`ka

16:00 - 18:00 Visiting the enterprise TOV "GP-Group"
(Velyki Pidlisky village, Kamyanka-Buzky district, Lviv region, Nezalezhnosti street, 74):
Growing of fruits and berries, freezing of own grown products, provide the services to the agricultural enterprises on pre - sale preparation and freezing of fruit and berry production.

18:00 - Finishing off the program. Coming back to the Lviv (hotel "Warszawa")

08:00 – 09:00
Registration of conference participants and partners;
Breakfast (coffee break)

09:00 – 17:00
Exhibition-presentation of equipment, technologies, materials and products for horticultural and processing industries will be introduced.

09:00 – 18:50
Plenary meeting. Raundtable

13:30 – 14:30
Lunch

11 December
Departure of participants of business tour
08:00
17:00 – 18:00
Lunch for participants of the business tour
Finishing off the program