Agenda

Lectures will be simultaneously translated in Polish / English / Polish.

Times are for Central European Time (GMT + 01:00)

The program is under preparation

March 6
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Mazurkas Hotel
Participant registration
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Mariusz Podymniak
Official opening of the Conference
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM
Dr. Małgorzata Tartanus
Institute of Horticulture – National Research Institute Skierniewice / Poland
Soil pests threatening blueberry crops and possibilities of their control
9:40 AM - 10:05 AM
Dr. Paweł Krawiec
Horti Team
The most interesting discoveries of the Borówkowe Factory
10:05 AM - 10:25 AM
Dr. hab. Katarzyna Rębarz & Michał Paulus
Syngenta/Poland
Highbush blueberry production: Integrated Biological and Conventional Protection
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM
Rob Derikx
NovaCropControl/Netherlands
Fertigation of the blueberries and when they need what, during the season
10:50 AM - 11:05 AM
Summary
Summary and discussion
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffe
Coffee break
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Mariusz Padewski
Fall Creek/Poland
How can we increase blueberry yields by controlling the dry matter balance?
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Barbara Michałowska
Corab SA /Poland
Agrovoltaics on Plantations: Opportunities and Challenges
12:50 PM - 1:10 PM
Laura Vignoli
Unitec/Italy
The role of technology in turning the challenges of the blueberry industry into opportunities
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Dr. Artur Smolik
Leadership, management & strategy Expert/Poland
Management of seasonal workers on blueberry plantations in the light of demographic challenges and taking into account non-financial motivation
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Summary
Summary and discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lunch break
Lunch break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Huan Zhang
Twinkle Star Berry/China
Blueberry market in China
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Marcin Wereszczuk
Fall Creek/Poland
Premiumization in the blueberry sector
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
Julia Pinto R.
Blueberry Committee Frutas de Chile
How to ensure fruit quality during cultivation and maintain it after harvest
4:30 PM - 4:55 PM
Tomasz Czerniak
Grupa Producentów Owoców „Polskie Jagody”/Poland
Requirements for blueberries when exporting to distant markets

Grupa Producentów Owoców „Polskie Jagody” Sp. z o.o.

4:55 PM - 5:35 PM
Dominika Kozarzewska
Grupa Producentów Owoców „Polskie Jagody”/Poland
Debate: Possibilities of export to non-European markets/moderator
5:35 PM - 5:50 PM
Summary
Summary and discussion
7:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Mazurkas Hotel
Gala Dinner
March 7
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Arrival at the plantation

The blueberry plantation on Jan Milewski’s farm Falbogi Wielkie, Załuski commune

Arrival at the plantations by on your own or by the coach from the Mazurkas Hotel (including return to the hotel).

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Katarzyna i Jan Milewscy & Piotr Milewski
Start of the field meeting
10:20 AM - 2:00 PM
Field presentations

The meeting will take place from 10:00 to 15:00. a.m. All participants will receive coffee, tea and a hot meal.

During the outdoor meeting, there will be demonstrations of blueberry bushes pruning, presentations of machines used on blueberry plantations.

During the meeting, solutions for sorting and packaging fruit from MILBOR will be presented.

The presentation of photovoltaic systems dedicated to blueberry plantations from CORAB will be a novelty.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Discussions
Refreshments – a hot meal