2024 WPTC Congress

The 15th World Tomato Processing Congress & the 17th ISHS Symposium on the Processing Tomato took place in Budapest in June 2024.

On this page you can find the congress presentations and some photos of the event

Congress 2024

Congress & Symposium Programs:

 

Congress presentations:

The future of Food

Moderator: Jason Fritsch (President of WPTC)

WPTC2024 – Ryan Avery – Emerging trends in Agriculture

 

Emerging trends in Agriculture

Ryan Avery (Bayer Vegetable Seeds)

WPTC2024 – Magdalena Psuja – Reimagining our food systems: accelerating transformation to better sustain our planet and its people

 

Reimagining our food systems: accelerating transformation to better sustain our planet and its people

Magdalena Psuja (TetraPak)

WPTC 2024 – Erik Pekkeriet – Artificial Intelligence: imagine the future, science and innovations

 

Artificial Intelligence: imagine the future, science and innovations

Erik Pekkeriet (Wageningen Data Competence Center)

Where are we now?

Moderator: Alistair Blake (President of AMITOM)

WPTC2024 – Alistair Blake – The global processing tomato industry in 2024

 

The global processing tomato industry in 2024

Alistair Blake (AMITOM) 

WPTC2024 – Martin Stilwell – Global comparison of costs of production

 

 

Global comparison of costs of production 

Martin Stilwell (HIT)

WPTC2024 – Valeria De Laurentiis – Research activities supporting EU sustainability initiatives in the food sector

 

Research activities supporting EU sustainability initiatives in the food sector

Valeria De Laurentiis (European Commission)

WPTC2024 – Antonio Casana – The economic, social and sustainability of the European tomato supply chain

 

The economic, social and sustainability of the European tomato supply chain

Antonio Casana (TomatoEurope)

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)

What does the future look like? 

Moderator: Nick Kastle (Vice President of WPTC)

WPTC2024 – Anastasija Nadezdina – Tomato products: Navigating global markets, consumer insights and product dynamics

 

Tomato products: Navigating global markets, consumer insights and product dynamics

Anastasija Nadezdina (Euromonitor International)

WPTC2024 – Nick Kastle – The Impact of food inflation: How will companies stay relevant to already financially stressed consumers?

 

The Impact of food inflation: How will companies stay relevant to already financially stressed consumers?

Nick Kastle (Boswell)

 

Roundtable: How to ensure fair competition in the processed tomato markets?

Panelists: 

  • Attila Avramucz (Univer, Hungary)
  • Norito Ebata (Kagome, Japan)
  • Diodato Ferraioli (La Doria, Italy)
  • Francesco Mutti (Mutti, Italy)
  • Raissa Ninelli Momenti (Fugini, Brazil)
  • Zhu Chenhui (Cofco, China)

Technology and innovation in the tomato processing industry

Moderator: Manuel Vazquez (Vice President of WPTC) 

 

Global policy: A public plant breeder’s perspective

Allen Van Deynze (UC Davis) 

WPTC2024 – Mario Gozzi -The era of zero-steam tomato plants

 

The era of zero-steam tomato plants

Mario Gozzi (CFT)

WPTC2024 – Francesco Rossi – The role of technology in the ecological transition: Challenges and opportunities

 

The role of technology in the ecological transition: Challenges and opportunities

Francesco Rossi (Rossi Ingegneria Alimentare)

 

What is the next innovation for tomato processing?

Chris Rufer (Morning Star)

WPTC2024 – Matthew Stewart – Symposium Synopsis: Unveiling the key research findings

 

Symposium Synopsis: Unveiling the key research findings

Matthew Stewart (APTRC)

Agriculture and climate adaptation

Moderator: Roger Scriven (Past  President of WPTC)

WPTC2024 – Domenico Ronga – Climate change and future of growing tomatoes

 

Climate change and future of growing tomatoes

Domenico Ronga (University of Salerno)

WPTC2024 – Grabriele Canali – Climate change and processing tomato districts: Challenges, adaptations and resilience

 

Climate change and processing tomato districts: Challenges, adaptations and resilience

Gabriele Canali (Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

WPTC2024 – Steven Schroeder – Tomato breeding for future challenges: climate, technology, sustainability

 

Tomato breeding for future challenges: climate, technology, sustainability

Steven Schroeder (BASF/Nunhems)

WPTC2024 – Paulo Abreu – Safeguarding the global seed supply

 

Safeguarding the global seed supply

Paulo Abreu (HeinzSeed)

Roundtable discussion with all speakers and:

  • Don Cameron (CTGA)
  • Manuel Vazquez (CONESA)
  • Chris Taylor (Kagome Australia)
Tomato News

The transcript of some of the presentations will be published on our partner site Tomato News 

The free information essential website for and about the global tomato processing industry

Congress photos:

After a successful congress, we look forward to seeing everyone again in Monterey in June 2026 for the 16th World Tomato Processing Congress & the 18th ISHS Symposium on Processing Tomato

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