INNOVATION / RESEARCH
- Agronomy
- Blockchain technology
- Disruptive technologies
- Emerging issues and solutions
- Mechanisation and automation
- New breeding developments and varieties
- Pathology
11:00 - 15:30 | Congress Registration | |||
15:30 - 16:00 | Welcome Refreshments | |||
15:30 - 16:00 | WPC 2021 Congress Opening | |||
Opening Address Michael Hoey, President IPF |
||||
Opening WPC Address Romain Cools, President WPC Inc. |
||||
16:00 - 17:30 | PLENARY SESSION | |||
Ireland, Canada and the Potato Robert Kearns, Canada |
||||
Ireland, The Green Island Tara McCarthy, CEO, Bord Bia, Ireland |
||||
17:30 | Welcome Reception - RDS |
06:30 | ||||
09:00 - 10:30 | PLENARY SESSION | |||
The Global Food Market in 2025 Professor Damien McLoughlin, University College Dublin | ||||
The Dynamic Global Potato Market Cedric Porter, World Potato Markets, UK | ||||
10:30 - 11:00 | ||||
11:00 - 12:30 | BUSINESS SESSION Where will the potato business be in 5 years’ time? | HEALTH & NUTRITION SESSION The Potato – healthy or not? | ||
12:30 - 14:00 | ||||
14:00 - 15:00 | ||||
15:00 - 16:00 | ||||
SEED POTATOES Where will seed production be in 5 years? | PLANT HEALTH Emerging challenges and plant health in the potato production system | POTATO TRADE AND UTILIZATION IN ASIA Demand, Consumption and Opportunities for International Business | PROMOTION & EDUCATION Prepare to be Surprised |
|
16:00 - 16:30 | ||||
16:30 - 17:30 | PLENARY SESSION | |||
Global Consumer Trends in Fresh Produce Lauren M Scott, CMO, Produce Marketing Association | ||||
Fuelling Performance with Potatoes Katherine Beals,University of Utah | ||||
17:30 - 17:45 | WPC Industry Awards | |||
19:00 - 21:00 |
09:00 - 09:30 | PLENARY SESSION | |||
The Future of Potato Research and its Contribution to Food Security and Sustainability Prof. Louise Fresco, President-Executive, Wageningen University | ||||
09:45 - 11:15 | INNOVATION SESSION How new and emerging technologies will impact your bottom line | SUSTAINABILITY SESSION How does the potato fit into sustainable production? | ||
11:15 - 11:45 | ||||
11:45 - 12:45 | ||||
12:45 - 14:00 | ||||
14:00 - 15:00 | ||||
15:00 - 16:00 | ||||
PROCESSED POTATOES | NUTRITION & FERTILISERS | BREEDING Is breeding powering ahead or losing its way? | TECHNOLOGY | |
16:00 - 16:30 | ||||
16:30 - 17:30 | PLENARY SESSION | |||
Planet of Plenty Dr. Mark Lyons, AlltecH | ||||
Contribution of the Potato to the SDG's and Climate Action Tom Arnold, Ireland | ||||
17:30 | Handover Ceremony | |||
17:45 | Congress Closing | |||
20:00 |
TECHNICAL TOURS PROGRAMME – Click her for more details
World Potato Congress 2022 (WPC2022)
c/o Keynote PCO, Suite 26, Anglesea House, 63 Carysfort Ave., Blackrock, Co Dublin, A94 FF63, Ireland
T: + 353 1 400 3626 E: info@wpc2022ireland.com
Privacy & Cookie Policy | Disclaimer
This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Accept settingsHide notification onlySettingsWe may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website.
Click on the different category headings to find out more. You can also change some of your preferences. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer.
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site.
We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain.
We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. You can check these in your browser security settings.
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience.
If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here:
We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Changes will take effect once you reload the page.
Google Webfont Settings:
Google Map Settings:
Google reCaptcha Settings:
Vimeo and Youtube video embeds:
The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: