An International, Scientific, and Practical conference, “Berry and Vegetable Business: Technologies and Innovations”

Conditions

Registration – via the link: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSf6dwuPJbS.../viewform...

Conference Participation Terms:

As a Participant:

For agricultural producers: 3900UAH – 2days (the price includes participation in all events during 2 days, including a business tour); 2500 UAH – conference day.

For non-agricultural producers (companies)

3500 UAH – conference day; 5500 UAH – 2 days (the price includes participation in all events during 2 days, including a business tour).

For small farms and scientists: 2000UAH conference day. Business tour 1500UAH.

(The price includes coffee breaks, lunch, buffet, service during the event, conference participant package with information materials, detailed post-event report with final presentations of speakers, sent by e-mail, contracts of all exhibiting partners and speakers of the event)

Please note: for subscribers of the journals “Horticulture and Vegetable Growing. Technologies and Innovations”, “Drinks. T. I”., “Berry Fields”, “Nut Wood” – preferable conditions for participation in the conference (10OFF).

Accommodation – Hotel “Optima Collection Bergshloss Rivne” (tel.: +380981384624)

Discount for conference participants – 10OFF

Registration of participants and partners – by contacts:

Larysa Tovkach, tel.: +380979689516

Anna Pankratenkova, tel.: +380977592583

Iryna Petroniuk, tel.: +380964916692

Project Manager Nadiia Yashchuk, tel.: +380685685822, rnadia@ukr.net

Creative Director: Kateryna Koneva, Editor – in- ChiefPublisher of the Technologies and Innovations project, tel.: +380672381851, kateryna.koneva@gmail.com

Partners

An International, Scientific, and Practical conference, “Berry and Vegetable Business: Technologies and Innovations”

Forums program

An International, Scientific, and Practical conference, “Berry and Vegetable Business: Technologies and Innovations”

FORUM PROGRAM

"BERRY AND VEGETABLE BUSINESS: TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS”: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE

Day 1

September 18, 2025

08:00 – 09:00

Registration of conference participants “Berry and Vegetable Business: Technologies and Innovations.” Coffee break. Registration for the business tour.

09:00 – 18:00

Exhibition-presentation of equipment, technologies, and materials for berry growing, vegetable production, and processing.

Exhibition-tasting of beverages and processed products.

Exhibition of fresh produced and processed products.

Subscription desk of the media group “Technologies and Innovations”: ”Horticulture and Vegetable Growing”, ”Berry Field”, and “Drinks/Beer.TI.”

09:00 – 09:30

Conference opening (main hall). Welcoming speeches from the organizers and partners:

• Kateryna KONIEVA, Nadiya YASHCHUK – founders of the media group “Technologies and Innovations,” organizers of the International Scientific and Practical Conference;

• Volodymyr PECHKO, Head of the Public Union “Ukrsadvinprom” – Main Organizational Partner of the conference;

• Vitaliy ISHMURAT, Head of the farm “Yahody Volyni” – Partner of the business tour for conference participants;

• Andrii SHVYDNIUK, Co-founder of the company “Sav Agro Partner” – Partner of the business tour for conference participants;

• Oleh KRAVCHUK, Director of the company “Kalyna-Buhryn” – Partner of the business tour for conference participants.

• Tomasz WITKOWSKI, GUILLIN POLSKA (Innovative and environmentally friendly packaging for berries).

09:30 – 10:00

“Interaction of selected plant types, irrigation, nutrition, foliar care, and climatic conditions for maintaining balance in fruiting strawberry plants.” – Jan ROBBEN, agronomist at Flevo Berry B.V. (Netherlands).

10:00 – 10:30

“Mechanized berry harvesting: realities, challenges, and implementation experience in Ukraine.”

– Eva BEZKOROVAYNA, representative of Weremczuk Agro (Poland), exclusive representative in Ukraine of Biochem Agro, EFT GROUP – Main Technological Partner of the conference.

10:30 – 10:50

“Peculiarities of nutrition and protection of horticultural crops on the example of farms.”

– Oleh DUBYNA, Development Director at “RODONIT AGRO.”

10:50 – 11:10

“Vineyard from scratch.” – Olha YULINA, Co-founder of the company Yulinas’ Vineyard.

11:10 – 11:30

“Effective protection and yield increase of berries and vegetables with Summit-Agro Ukraine products.” – Andrii OSYKOVYI, Leading Specialist at Summit-Agro Ukraine.

11:30 – 12:00

“Latest trends in growing strawberry in the UK, labor-saving technologies, and plant protection programs using biocontrol technologies, recommendations for variety selection.” – Jeremy DARBY (UK), Independent agronomist-consultant in berry, asparagus, and nursery crop production with over 40 years of experience, advising growers and nurseries in the UK, Europe, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and other countries.

12:00 – 12:20

“Nature at work: bioproducts in plant protection and nutrition.” – Yaroslava BUKHONSKA, Plant Physiologist at the Biotechnological Company BTU.

12:20 – 12:50

“Peculiarities in growing asparagus for the growing demand of the European market: field preparation, assortment, technologies, care, and protection.” – Sander KOENEN, Co-owner of the nursery and production company for berries and vegetables Thwan van Gennip Plants B.V. (Netherlands).

12:50 – 13:10

“Overcoming plant stress.” – Ihor CHAIKA, Commercial Director at Agritema.

13:35 – 14:30

LUNCH

14:30 – 14:50

“Modern promising raspberry varieties, cultivation experience in Poland and Ukraine.”

– Bartlomiej DANEK, Director of NIWA hodowla roslin jagodowych (Poland).

14:50 – 15:10

“Peculiarities in vegetable growing in the open ground and undercover in Ternopil region.”

– Eduard MALCHENKO, Director of Podillia Vegetables company.

15:30 – 15:50

“Precision irrigation systems for berry and vegetable plantations.” – Nataliya BIELIKHINA, Consultant on precision irrigation technologies at Eucalipt P.

15:50 – 16:10

“Effective solutions for professional berry and vegetable growing: modern greenhouses, tunnels, and technologies for protected cultivation.”

– Leszek SAWICKI, Founder of Progress Engineering (Poland), official representative of Eucalipt P in Ukraine.

16:10 - 16:25

«Modern technological techniques in berry growing for success». - Serhiy ZMIYCHUK, CEO of FruTek LLC.

16:25 – 16:40

“Raspberries for business and not only. Analytical review of trends, tendencies, and innovative approaches of 2025 in cultivation, harvesting, and storage from the experts of ‘Yagidnyk’ journal.”

– Ivanna DRAGAN, Editor of the Berry Field website.

16:40 – 17:00

“Requirements for preparing berries and vegetables for freezing.”

– Representative of BM Distributions.

– Oleksandr RIABCHUK, Chief Power Engineer at BMSERVICE.

17:00 – 17:20

“Experience in vegetable cultivation: open and covered ground (greens, onions, carrots, beets).”

– Dmytro BRYTSOV, Deddens Agro LLC.

17:20 – 17:30

“Presentation of the Grant Project ‘Dutch-Ukrainian Berry Cluster’ as part of the recovery of Ukraine’s berry sector.” – Anton DOVHANIUK, Project Coordinator.

17:30 – 17:50

“Key aspects of sector development in 2025. The future of Ukrainian berry growing in the global arena.” – Iryna KUKHTINA, President of the Ukrainian Berry Association.

17:50 – 18:30

Panel discussion: “Current trends in berry and vegetable trade. Effective sales in Ukraine and abroad.”

Moderator: Iryna KUKHTINA, President of the Ukrainian Berry Association.

Participants: representatives of retail chains, berry and vegetable farms, procurement organizations, and freezing complexes.

18:30

The end of the conference day.

Q&A session.

Photo shooting at the brand wall.

18:30 – 19:30

Charity auction.

19:30 – 22:00

Friendly dinner.