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 & Symposium Programs:
Congress presentations:
The future of Food
Moderator: Jason Fritsch (President of WPTC)
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
Erik Pekkeriet (Wageningen Data Competence Center)
Where are we now?
Moderator: Alistair Blake (President of AMITOM)
The global processing tomato industry in 2024
Alistair Blake (AMITOM)
Global comparison of costs of production
Martin Stilwell (HIT)
Research activities supporting EU sustainability initiatives in the food sector
Valeria De Laurentiis (European Commission)
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)
Tomato products: Navigating global markets, consumer insights and product dynamics
Anastasija Nadezdina (Euromonitor International)
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)
The era of zero-steam tomato plants
Mario Gozzi (CFT)
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)
Symposium Synopsis: Unveiling the key research findings
Matthew Stewart (APTRC)
Agriculture and climate adaptation
Moderator: Roger Scriven (Past President of WPTC)
Climate change and future of growing tomatoes
Domenico Ronga (University of Salerno)
Climate change and processing tomato districts: Challenges, adaptations and resilience
Gabriele Canali (Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Tomato breeding for future challenges: climate, technology, sustainability
Steven Schroeder (BASF/Nunhems)
Safeguarding the global seed supply
Paulo Abreu (HeinzSeed)
Roundtable discussion with all speakers and:
- Don Cameron (CTGA)
- Manuel Vazquez (CONESA)
- Chris Taylor (Kagome Australia)
The transcript of some of the presentations will be published on our partner site Tomato News
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