09:30-10:20

Registration of conference participants

10:20-10:30

Opening ceremony

Welcoming speech from organizers and sponsors

10:30-11:00

The Ukrainian market for fresh and frozen berries and cherries broken down by major crops. Present situation and development prospects

Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform, Ukraine

11:00-11:30

Open and protected strawberry cultivation. Growing technologies selection peculiarities in the southern regions of Ukraine

Sergey Velichko, Head of Project, Polunica.com.ua, Ukraine

11:30-12:00

Modern approaches to raspberry and blackberry growing

Jeremy Darby, International Berry Expert, Representative of Fruit Project, Ukraine

12:00-12:25

Production of table grapes in Ukraine. Prospective varieties and newest technologies

Vladimir Yarmilka, Expert, Master of Agriculture, Ukraine

12:25-12:50

Commercial production of red and black currants in Ukraine. Modern technologies' peculiarities. Economic feasibility of projects

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

12:50-13:05

Choice of agrichemistry during berry growing in all Ukrainian climatic zones

Igor Tarushkin, Fruit and Vegetable Crops Protection Manager, Bayer CropScience, Ukraine

13:05-13:15

Production of virus-free plants of blueberries, blackberries and other berry crops

Oleg Bazyuk, Laboratory Manager, Dolina-Agro, Ukraine

13:15-13:25

New world of cherries and their rootstocks

Sjaak Walravem, Representative of Fleuren Nurseries, the Netherlands

14:25-14:40

Modern support and protection systems for sweet cherries and table grapes

Bodevain Haase, Head of Projects, Van Nifterik Holland, the Netherlands

14:40-14:50

Machinery in berry business. Planting, treatment, mechanized harvesting

Vadim Kuzminskiy, European Fruit Technologies, Ukraine

14:50-15:00

Mechanized harvesting of berries. Machinery for orchards and berry plantations

Aleksandr Kulik, Head of Company, Euroagromarket 1, Ukraine

15:00-15:30

Certification in berry business as an important element under conditions of developing market

Oleg Bosyi, International Berry Market Expert, Ukraine

15:30-15:50

The market for frozen berries in Ukraine. Present situation and development prospects

Svetlana Ryabchenko, Head of Purchasing Department, Frozen Group, Ukraine

15:50-16:00

Optical sorting from Buhler Sortex

Pascal Appels, European Territory Manager F&V Business Unit Buhler Sortex

16:00-16:10

Sorting solutions for fresh and frozen produce

Frank De Brauwer, Manager, Tomra Sorting Solutions, Belgium

16:10-16:20

Let's preserve a summer taste! Economic aspects

Nikolay Gupalenko, Technical Director, TRV Kholod, Ukraine

16:20-16:30

Berry cooling solutions

Dmitriy Lipchin, Cooling and Storage Consultant, Astra, Ukraine

16:30-16:40

Optical sorting systems, metal detectors from Food Machines and Raytec

Wienczyslaw Klos, representative of Food Machines, Poland

16:40-17:05

Coffee break

17:05-17:20

Berry exports from Ukraine. What must a grower know? Main requirements of buyers of Ukrainian berries

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

17:20-17:40

Trade in fresh and frozen berries in supermarket chains. Cooperation between growers and retail sector

Nadezhda Valevskaya, Leading Purchasing Manager, ATB-Market, Ukraine

17:40-17:50

Summing-up of the 1st conference day

18:00-21:00

Gala-dinner for conference participants

08:30-09:00

Morning coffee, registration of business-tour participants

11:00-15:00

Visit to Polunica.com.ua Project fields

Sergey Velichko, Head of Project, Polunica.com.ua, Ukraine

18:00

Arrival to Mykolaiv, end of the conference