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25.08.2023 We gladly invite you to our conference, dedicated to berry growing and processing, and the congress on freezing and cold logistics that will take place on December 7–8, 2023
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13.12.2023 Traditionally, our participants sum up the results of the outgoing year and prospects for the future at the conference dedicated to berry growing and processing, as well as the congress on freezing and cold logistics on December 7-8, 2023, in Rivne

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Day 1, December 7, 2023

08:00 – 9:00

Registration of participants of the conference Berry growing and processing under martial law: learning to win!

Kavabreak. Registration of participants of the business tour and the berry growing school on December 8.

Exhibition-presentation of equipment, technologies and materials for horticulture, nut growing, processing and freezing. Exhibition-tasting of products from gardens, berry and nut farms - fresh and processed.

09:00 – 17:00

Exhibition-presentation of equipment, technologies and materials and products for berry growing, horticulture, nut growing and processing.

There is a subscription desk for the magazines of the media group Technologies and Innovations: Hoticulture and Vegetable growing, Woodnut, Berry Field.

Exhibition-presentation of fruit, berry and nut processing products, non-alcoholic and other fruit and berry-based drinks (hall).

09:00 – 09:20

Opening of the conference (large hall). Greetings from the organizers and partners - Kateryna KONEVA, Nadia Yashchuk - founders of the media group Technologies and Innovations, organizers of the International Charity Scientific and Practical Conference.

Welcome speech:

• Mykola SOLSKY - Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine (or another representative from the Ministry) (agreed);

• Nadiya PEREKHODKO, Director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Rivne Regional State Administration;

• Hanna LUTSKO, conference partner, co-organizer of the Berry Grower`s School.

09:20 – 13:35

SECTION 1. Berry growing: main trends and challenges of wartime. How to protect and develop business in war conditions. Speeches by practical farmers and representatives of technological companies. The moderator is Kateryna KONEVA, co-founder of the media group Technologies and Innovations – the organizer of the conference.

09:20 – 09:40

Polyversum as a disease protection tool in organic farming. Petr RUBAK, Master of Science, technical manager of the Czech company Вiopreparáty (online).

09:40 – 09:50

Cluster of Dutch companies Stiyka Ukraina: real prospects for the horticulture industry. Valery LYSHYNSKY, director of the company Rosetta Agro, co-organizer of the cluster Stiyka Ukraina.

09:50 – 10:10

Profitability when using regenerative agriculture in horticulture. Marcel de Jong, cultivation expert Bodem&Groen, the Netherlands, member of the Stiyka Ukraina (online)

10:10 – 10:30

How to make your blueberry plantation profitable. Leon Schrijnwerkers, Schrijnwerkers, the Netherlands, online, member of the Stiyka Ukraina (online)

10:30 – 10:45

Creation of blueberry plantations. We learn not to make mistakes. Serhii HORBACH, agronomist of the farm GarBerry.

10:45 – 11:00

Beneficial biological organisms in the berry cultivation system (protection, pollination, stimulation of plants). Olena BOLTOVSKA, project manager of Rosana Biological Solutions, official representative of Koppert in Ukraine.

11:00 – 11:15

Promising directions of growing berry crops. Serhiy ZMIYCHUK, General Director of FruTech.

11:15 – 11:30

Microbiological products as an element of preservation and reproduction of soil fertility. Oleksandr KARNAUH, product manager of the Agro Expert Group.

11:30 – 11:50

Progress of Polish Raspberry and Blackberry Breeding. Dr. Agnieszka Orzeł, representative of Niwa Hodowla Roślin Jagodowych Sp. z o.o., Dr.Berry Sp.z o.o. (Poland) (online)

11:50 – 12:05

Modern biological solutions to protect berries from diseases and pests. Serhii DRAP, product manager for special crops and bioproducts of the company Summit-Agro Ukraine.

12:05 – 12:20

Fruit rosehip - a promising and profitable crop for the creation of perennial plantations. Pavlo ROGOZA, commercial director of SHYPSHYNA UKRAINE.

12:20 – 12:40

Precision irrigation systems in berry growing: how to save production resources. Vladyslav RAZKEVICH, co-owner of the company Evcalipt R.

12:40 – 12:55

From idea to implementation: how to create and develop a berry business, find your customer and overcome today`s challenges. Iryna BABYCH, co-owner of farm Kolosok.

12:55 – 13:35

Discussion panel: Berry growing under martial law: sales on the domestic market and for export.

Moderator – Volodymyr PECHKO, Chairman of the Public Union Association of Gardeners, Grape Growers and Winemakers of Ukraine.

Questions for discussion:

• state support, grants, lending and other ways of supporting the agricultural sector; product quality;

• certification and export; pricing policy;

• the impact of the cost of berries on income.

The list of participants is agreed.

13:35 – 14:30

Break.

Dinner.

Tasting of drinks and products of fruit, berry and nut processing from conference partners. Presentation of distillates based on fruits, berries and nuts.

14:30 – 18:30

SECTION 2 (continued). Berry growing under martial law: new challenges and ways to overcome them. Moderator – Kateryna KONEVA, founder/chief editor of the media group Technologies and Innovations.

14:30 – 14:50

What should be taken into account when planting a berry garden? Financial aspects. Iryna KOBRYNETS, consultant agronomist.

14:50 – 15:05

AgroDevelopment Project. Washing, sorting, recycling. Daler SAIDOV, head of the company Insortex.

15:05 – 15:20

Effective protection of plantings against spring frosts. New models in the Agrofrost line. Nataliya LUT, head of the company SAD OK.

15:20 – 15:35

Business model of industrial organic raspberry cultivation: from A to Z. Roman TSINCHENKO, founder of the company Dykanski Yagody.

15:35 – 15:55

Biological preparations in organic and integrated technologies of growing berry crops. Volodymyr SILENKO, head of the support department for horticulture and vegetable growing technologies of the BTU-CENTER.

15:55 – 16:15

Innovative berry technologies. Comparison of modern berry technologies with traditional ones. Hanna LUTSKO, leading specialist of the company ProfAgroBud, international expert in the cultivation of berry crops, agronomistconsultant.

16:15 – 16:30

Innovative solutions for packing berries, vegetables and fruits. Oleg LIPISIENKO, commercial director of the company Elgraf.

16:30 – 16:45

Factors influencing productivity and profitability of blueberry plantation. Oleg BAZYUK, founder of Dolyna Agro.

16:45 – 17:05

Safe for consumption, grown according to GLOBALG.A.P. standards: about growing blueberries according to international standards. Experience of the largest berry farm in Zakarpattia Blue Berry. Borys SMOLYAR, chief agronomist of company Blue Berry.

17:05 – 17:25

The role of lighting in the year-round cultivation of berry crops. Viktor SHULESHKO, scientist, owner of the most effective vertical farm-laboratory in Ukraine, founder and CEO of GREEN FUTURE ENGINEERING.

17:25 – 17:40

Fundamentals and principles of planting and caring for a berry garden on slopes and in mountainous terrain. Bohdan BODNAR, director of the Organic Garden.

17:40 – 18:00

Berry tourism and its prospects. Ukrainian berry path". Liliana DMYTRIEVA, founder/director of the nursery Brusvyana.

18:00 – 18:15

Prospects of sea buckthorn, honeysuckle, rosehip, elder, currant. New varieties. Market analysis. Oleksandr YARESHCHENKO, deputy director for scientific work, breeder, Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Hall 3 (3rd floor)

III All-Ukrainian congress on freezing, processing and cold logistics of berries. The moderator is Anna PANKRATENKOVA, manager of the media group Technologies and Innovations.

14:30 – 15:00

Discussion panel: Freezing and other types of processing of berries: experience of practitioners. Export. Work in the realities of wartime. Moderator - Oleg YAKYMETS, consultant on freezing of berries and vegetables.

The list of participants:

• Andrii GALYAS, director of Berry Trade: Challenges and realities of berry export in 2023

• Yevhen KRYTSKY, representative of the company Poltavaholod

• Vitaly ZAKHARCHUK, director of Agro Dolce company

15:10 – 15:30

The experience of building a freezing enterprise from scratch. Financial aspect" Roman VUIKIV, Director of Kamianka-Buzky Food Products Plant.

15:30 – 15:50

The sorting solution for fresh blueberries, cherries and nuts, as well as for frozen berries. Volodymyr MAZIN, representative of the Tolsma.

15:50 – 16:10

Review and analysis of various technologies, types of freezing and cooling of berries, future prospects. Oleksandr SHEYKO, director of the 4 Stykhii.

16:10 – 16:30

Labor protection and its role in enterprise certification. Marta SHAVEL, leading specialist in labor protection and industrial safety of the company 100 Service.

16:30 – 16:50

Post-harvest cooling of berries and fruits is a guarantee of high quality. Andrii MARUSCHAK, commercial director of Van Dijk Technics.‎

16:50 – 17:10

Steel buildings are reliable solutions for processing and storage enterprises. Andrii VASYLYK, regional representative of LLENTAB.

17:10 – 17:30

European frozen berry market: features of the 2023 season from the importer`s point of view. Ruslan SEREDA, representative of the company Bioconcept-Gardenia in Ukraine.

17:30 – 17:50

Cooperation and diversification of various types of processing of fruit and vegetables and other products. Ivan KOTYASH, founder of Malyn Factory.

17:50 – 18:10

Legislative obligations of enterprises that have on their balance sheet equipment that works with the use of controlled substances. Serhii ANASHKIN, chairman of the board of REFRIGERATING ASSOCIATION OF UKRAINE.

18:20 – 19:30

Charity auction of goods and services of Ukrainian and European companies, with the support of the Strong and Free Charity Fund.

Photo session.

19:30 – 22:00

Buffet

2 day

School of berry growing with Hanna LUTSKO

Business tour to Nikdaria enterprise (optional).