Conference Wednesday and Welcome-Dinner - November 19th, 2025

Registration

• at 1:30 p.m. in FLOW Hotel

Welcome and start at 2:00 p.m.

• Wolfgang Braunstein, gfa-consulting (AT)
• István Nagy, Ministry of Agriculture (HU) - on request
• Goncalo Andrade, Portugal Fresh (PT)
  

Current market situation, internationality, export opportunities, sustainability... (2:30 - 6:00 p.m.)

• 'What's about to hit Europe's fresh produce sector?' - Cindy van Rijswick, RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness (NL)
• 'Fruit and Vegetables - current challenges in Europe' - Luc Vanoirbeek, Copa Cogeca (BE)
• 'The situation and development trends of the Hungarian fruit and vegetable sector' - Ferenc Apáti, FruitVeB (HU)
• 'Trends, challenges and opportunities in the fruit and vegetable category - a retailer's point of view' - Gergely Kóra, Spar (HU)
• 'The Fresh Produce PEFCR: Towards standardization of environmental sustainability' - Nikki Hulzebos, Fresh Produce Centre (NL)

Welcome Dinner - in FLOW Hotel at 7:00 p.m.

Conference and Networking-Dinner - November 20th, 2025

Registration

• at 8:30 a.m. in FLOW Hotel - Team of gfa-consulting (AT)

Welcome & Start - 9:00 a.m.

• Wolfgang Braunstein, gfa - consulting (AT)

CAP Strategic plans and agricultural politics (9:05 a.m. -  12:15 a.m.)

• 'CAP and fruit and vegetables, status and outlook for 2028 and beyond' - Kristine Bori, DG AGRI, Unit B.1 Economical sustainability, fruit and vegetables, European Commission (EC)
• 'CMO: concentration of supply to improve the farmers'position in the value chain for a better supply chain organization' - Márton Bittsánsky, Ministry of Agriculture (HU)
• 'Innovation and Research in the Operational Programmes for the future of fruit and vegetables' - Lisa Martini, AREFLH (FR/IT)
• 'Strengthening Growers using PO toolset' - Péter Kelemen, Medifruct (HU)
• 'The strategy of mergers to increase the size of POs - The BelOrta experience' - Philippe Appeltans, BelOrta (BE)

Lunch and Networking (12:15 a.m. - 1:25 p.m.)

Current trends, innovations and new challenges - best practice examples (1:25 - 4:00 p.m.)

• 'The past, present and future of the development of DélKertész as the largest fruit and vegetable producer organization' - Sandor Nagypéter, Délalföldi Kertészek Szövetkezete (HU)
• 'Biostimulants - opportunities and risks using the example of microbioal products in integrated fruit growing' - Wolfgang Harreither, Valibiotics (AT), Siegfried Rappel, EOS (AT)
• 'Agricultural Data - Input for a differentiation, efficiency and compliance. An Overview of European Data Initiatives and why they are relevant for specialty crop farmers.' - Matthias Nachtmann, Friends of Digital Farming (DE)
• 'Monitoring stress in vegetables, orchards and soft fruit - new approaches to an age old problem' - Benedikt Pircher, Metos by Pessl Instruments (AT)
• '100% Green Growing project in the Netherlands' - Ton van Dalen, Oxin Growers (NL)
• 'The path to a successfully funded R&D project with Farm-ING - Practical suitability guaranteed!' - Gregor Witzmann, Farm-ING Smart Farm Equipment FlexCo (AT)

Departure from 4:55 p.m. at FLOW Hotel, Cultural tour and Networking Dinner at 6:00 p.m. on the boat River Diva and return by bus

Excursion Friday- November 21st, 2025

Tour 1 - Fruit (8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)

Visit of Sittara Kft. 
Kisvenyim 0438/4
2422 Mezöfalva

PO Alba Fructus Kft. 
Iváncsa, Unnamed Road
2454 Hungary

Pullolo tree nursery
Visit with Robert Racz, Chairman of the Hungarian Fruit Grower's Association
(Optional for drivers)

Tour 2 - Mushrooms (8:30 - 12:00 a.m.) 

Eurochamp Hungária Kft. - biggest mushroom grower and compost producer
H-2364 Òcsa (Alsópakony), 0175/9. Hrsz.
phone: +36 / 30 / 756 8460
www.eurochamp.hu  

Tour 3 - Vegetables (7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)

Hódkertész Kft.
Hódmezövásárhely
Makói Országút
6800 Hungary
www.hodkertesz.hu 

End of excursions, bustransfer to Airport Budapest or FLOW Hotel