Day 1, May 19

09:00-09:50

Registration of conference delegates

09:50-10:00

Conference opening ceremony

Greeting words from organizers and sponsors

Session 1. The Ukrainian berry market. Foreign trade in fresh and frozen produce

10:00-10:40

The Ukrainian market for key berry crops. Present situation & outlook

Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform

10:40-11:00

The Ukrainian market for organic berries in Ukraine. Certification of berry farms as a necessary element for export

Yelena Berezovskaya, Head of Organic Ukraine (Ukrainian Organic Producers Union)

11:00-11:25

Promising berry crops for export. Shipments of Ukrainian berries to the UK market: quality, handling, packaging requirements

Bas Tramper, Technical Team Leader, International Procurement & Logistics Ltd., UK

11:25-11:50

Technological peculiarities of organic berry production. Crops for successful organic berry exports

Oleg Shubrat, Dmitriy Zubakha, Founders of Kiyevskiy Cooperative, Ukraine

Session 2. Modern technologies of berry production. Master classes from the sector experts

11:50-12:10

Master class. New berry production technologies for key crops in Ukraine

Oleg Bosyi, Berry Market Expert, Ukraine

12:10-12:20

Berry blossoming period: how to increase yields?

Yuliya Ryabtseva, Chief Biologist, Zhyva Krayina Agricultural Research Foundation, Ukraine

12:20-12:45

Master class. Right approach to choice of berry plants: from production to planting

Erman Eroglu, Production Director, Adana-3, Ukraine

12:45-13:45

Lunch break

13:45-14:10

Master class. Successful introduction of specialty berry crops in a farm's structure: gooseberries, blackberries, honeysuckles etc.

Aleksandr Yareschenko, Head of Fruit and Berry Crops Selection and Technological Department of Horticultural Institute of NAASU, Master of Agriculture, Ukraine

14:10-14:40

Foreign experience in berry business: crops, technologies, marketing

Yarek Bien, Member of the Board, Polskie Jagody, Poland

14:40-15:05

How to effectively protect berry crops against pests and diseases?

Vladimir Voyevodin, Technical Expert on Specialty Crops, Syngenta Ukraine

Session 3. Berry processing and handling in Ukraine

15:05-15:25

The Ukrainian market for frozen raspberries. Raspberry exports in a new season: outlook, markets, requirements

Marianna Vakulchik, Representative of Harvest Trade, Ukraine

15:25-15:35

Polish experience in high-quality IQF technology

Jan Kania, Representative of Unidex, Poland

15:35-15:45

Benefits of freezing fresh berries. Secrets of smart shock freezing

Camilla Khrulova-Nygren, Area Sales Manager, OctoFrost AB, Sweden

15:45-15:55

Turnkey berry handling solutions

Michael Nyborg, Regional Sales Director, Cabinplant A/S, Denmark

15:55-16:10

Buhler solutions in optical sorting of fruits and berries

Andrey Sharan, Head of Grain Processing and Optical Sorting Department, Representative Office of Buhler AG in Ukraine

16:10-16:20

Modernisation and increasing efficiency of equipment for berry business

Alla Kostenko, Commercial Director, Sistemy Modernizatsii Skladov, Ukraine

16:20-16:35

Right approach to choice of packaging for berries. Key mistakes

Aleksandr Anisimov, Founder of Sunpak, Ukraine

Optical sorting of frozen berries

Rob Bornstein, Concept Engineers BV, Netherlands

Tomra Sorting Solutions for berry business

Roman Peyev, Commercial Director, Rusbana Engineering Ukraine

Session 4. Marketing of perishable products

16:55-17:20

Berry marketing in Turkey. Overview of the market for fresh berries and berry plants

Asli Cotala, Yaltir Agricultural Products Ltd., Turkey

17:20-17:55

Different berry sales channels in Ukraine

Vitaliy Yurchenko, Deputy Director for Sales, Agrana Fruit Luka, Ukraine

17:55-18:00

Conference summing up

18:00-21:00

Gala-dinner for conference delegates

Day 2, May 20

09:00-15:00

Business-tour to Adana-3

Erman Eroglu, Production Director at Adana-3, Ukraine

Business-tour focuses on:

- growing of different berry crops:

- strawberries;

- blueberries;

- machinery used during growing berry crops and berry plants;

- berry handling;

- production and storage of berry plants.

16:00

Arrival to Cherkasy