After two successful conferences held in Kiev, this year's event moves to Donetsk. A change of the conference city is based on the successful experience of the previous berry event and enables both increase regional participation in the event and offer interesting 2-day program. At the same time, Donetsk is ready to ensure comfort accommodation conditions and convenient inter-city and international transfer conditions thanks to availability of airport, railway and bus stations.

The conference program will traditionally be divided into 2 days: sessional part on August 15 and a practical business-tour to Artemivsk Nursery Experimental Station on August 16.

 

The conference will cover the following topics:

• global apple production forecast;
• Ukrainian and Russian markets for apples; production and price forecast prepared by Fruit-Inform;
• Ukraine's imports and exports of apples; main requirements of buyers;
• variety structure of apple production; approaches to selection of trees;
• critical moments in apple growing; master-classes from sector experts;
• the market for processed apples;
• new technologies of apple handling, processing and storage;
• apple marketing; most promising sales channels etc.

 

Conference audience: apple growers (above 50%), processing enterprises, representatives of wholesale and retail trade, input and equipment suppliers etc.

The organizers expect the event to be attended by about 200 delegates from 8-10 countries of the world.

The conference is organized by Fruit-Inform and Artemivsk Nursery Experimental Station, one of the leading suppliers of fruit trees, berry and ornamental plants in Ukraine.

 

Additional options from organizers:

• special registration conditions until June 21;
• a discount of 5% for participation of each additional delegate from a company;
• a discount of 5% for participation of Fruit-Inform subsribers;
• a discount of 15% for participation of delegates of the conference “Apple Business of Ukraine & Russia - 2012”.

 

 

 

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For more information about the event, please contact Conference Organizing Committee:

Ievgen Kuzin

tel: +7 495 7894419 (Russia)

tel: +380 (562) 321595, ext. - 341 (Ukraine)

cell: +380 96 5836323

email: [email protected]