Horticulture and Innovation
The "Seminar on Horticulture and Innovation", on November 11, to be attended by 260 people, will feature the following presentations:
- Mr Loek Hermans, chairman top sector Horticulture & Starting Materials and head of horticulture trade delegation
- Mr Mikio Tsunasawa, Director Flower Industry and Greenhouse Horticulture Promotion Office, Horticultural Crop Division, Agricultural Production Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Mr Fred van Heyningen, Global Head Food & Agri Banking, Rabobank International
- Dr Tadahisa Higashide, National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation (NARO)
- Dr Silke Hemming, Head Scientific research team Greenhouse Technology, Wageningen UR Greenhouse Technology
- Mr Jan Omvlee, Rijk Zwaan
- Mr Takafumi Matsuo, Chief Director Food & Agri Business, Takafuji Co., Ltd.
- Mr Ferdi van Elswijk, Growers Association Prominent
- Dr Fumio Orito, Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
- Mr Ard Reijtenbagh, Chief Partnership Officer, PlantLab
Revitalisation of the Flower Sector
The "Seminar on Revitalisation of the Flower Sector", on November 12, will feature the following presentations:
- Mr Rubert Konijn, Coordinator International, Top Sector Horticulture and Starting Materials
- Mr Wataru Amano, Director, Agriculture and Forestry Planning Division, Fukushima Prefectural Government
- Mr Jeroen van der Hulst, Managing Director, FlowerWatch
- Mr Yoshiyuki Matsushima, Senior Managing Director of Japan Floral Marketing Association and CEO of MPS Japan