Monday 10 June

Morning

• CONGRESS & SYMPOSUM JOINT OPENING CEREMONY

• THE FUTURE OF FOOD
Moderator: Jason Fritsch, WPTC President

– Emerging Trends in Agriculture, Ryan Avery (Bayer Vegetable Seeds)
– Reimagining our food systems: accelerating transformation to better sustain our planet and its people, Magdalena Psuja (TetraPak)
– Artificial Intelligence: imagine the future, science and innovations, Willem Jan Knibbe (Wageningen Data Competence Center)
– Roundtable discussion with all speakers

Afternoon

• WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Moderation: Alistair Blake, AMITOM President

– The global processing tomato industry in 2024, Alistair Blake (AMITOM president)
– Global comparison of costs of production, Martin Stilwell (HIT)
– Ensuring environmental and social sustainability, Antonio Casana (Tomato Europe)
– Roundtable: How to ensure fair competition in the processed tomato markets?
with the speakers and:
     – Zhu Chenhui (COFCO)
     – Armando Gandolfi (Gandolfi)
     – Manuel Goncalves (SUGAL)
     – Mike Montna (CTGA)

Tuesday 11 June

Morning

• WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?
Moderator: Nick Kastle, WPTC Vice President

– Global market trends & consumer preferences, Anastasija Nadezdina (Euromonitor)
– Roundtable: How do we position ourselves to remain relevant or seize opportunity?
with all speakers and:
    – Norito Ebata (Kagome, Japan)-
    – Diodato Ferraioli (La Doria, Italy)
     – Francesco Mutti (Mutti, Italy)
     – Endre Nagy (Univer, Hungary)
     – Guo Shunjie (Cofco, China)

Afternoon

• TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE TOMATO PROCESSING INDUSTRY
Moderator: Manuel Vazquez, WPTC Vice President

– Gene Editing and GMO, Allen Van Deynze (UC Davis)
– The era of zero-steam tomato plants, Mario Gozzi (CFT)
– What is the next innovation for tomato processing?, Chris Rufer (Morning Star)
– Roundtable discussion with the speakers

• ISHS JOINT POSTER SESSION

Wednesday 12 June

Morning

• AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Moderator: Roger Scriven, WPTC past President

– Climate change and future of growing tomatoes, Davide Cammarano (Aarhus University)
– Tomato Breeding for future challenges: climate, technology, sustainability, Steven Schroeder (BASF/Nunhems)
– Safeguarding the global seed supply, Paulo Abreu (HeinzSeeds
– Key research from the symposium, Matthew Stewart (APTRC)
– Roundtable discussion with the speakers and:
     – Don Cameron (CTGA)
     – Manuel Vazquez (CONESA)
     – Chris Taylor (Kagome Australia)

• CONGRESS & SYMPOSIUM JOINT CLOSING CEREMONY