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.)

• "The magnificent Seven - 7 developments impacting Europe's fruit and vegetable sector" - Cindy van Rijswick, RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness (NL)
• "Fruit and Vegetables - current challenges in Europe" - Luc Vanoirbeek, Copa Cogeca (BE)
• Current situation in Hungary - Ferenc Apáti, FruitVeB (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. -  12:20 a.m.)

•  "The CAP 2023 - 2027: current state of implementation of fruit and vegetable sectoral interventions and recent legislative changes" - 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)
• ?? - Lisa Martini, AREFLH (FR)
• "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)
•  Report of an PO - Sandor Nagypéter, Délalföldi Kertészek Szövetkezete (HU)

Lunch and Networking (12:20 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)

Current trends, innovations and new challenges - best practice examples (1:30 - 4:00 p.m.)

• Presentation of a best practice example - Wolfgang Harreither, Valibiotics (AT), Siegfried Rappel, EOS (AT)
• Digitalization in the agriculture - Matthias Nachtmann, Friends of Digital Farming (DE)
• ?? - Benedikt Pircher, Metos by Pessl Instruments (AT)
• "Green Growing" project in the Netherlands - Ton van Dalen, Oxin Growers (NL)

Departure from 5:00 p.m. at FLOW Hotel, Cultural tour and Networking Dinner at 8:00 p.m. in Budapest and return by bus

Excursion Friday- November 21st, 2025

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

Tour 2 - Mushrooms (8:45 - 11:30 a.m.) - near FLOW Hotel

Tour 3 - Vegetables (8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)

End of excursions, bustransfer to Airport Budapest or FLOW Hotel