Congress Themes

The Changing World of the Potato

POTATO BUSINESS

Confirmed International SpeakersTheme Highlights
Professor Damien McLoughlin
University College Dublin

Cedric Porter
Managing Editor, World Potato Markets, UK

Lauren M Scott
Chief Strategy Officer, International Fresh Produce Association, USA

Chris Koch
Renowned Motivational Speaker, Canada

Tom Keogh
Keogh’s Farm, Dublin

• Value chain developments
• Added value products
• Consumer trends
• International trade
• Technology impacts
• Marketing initiatives
• Product types and processing
• Agribusiness

INNOVATION / RESEARCH

Confirmed International SpeakersTheme Highlights
Dan Milbourne
Potato Geneticist, Senior Research Scientist, Teagasc, Ireland

Franz Bernd Kruthaup
CEO Grimme, Germany

• Agronomy
• Blockchain technology
• Disruptive technologies
• Emerging issues and solutions
• Mechanisation and automation
• New breeding developments and varieties
• Pathology

HEALTH / NUTRITION

Confirmed International SpeakersTheme Highlights
Katherine Beals
University of Utah, USA

Stu Baker
Senior Marketing Manager, AHDB, UK

John Toaspern
Chief Marketing Officer, Potatoes USA

• Consumer nutrition studies
• Micronutrition
• Potato nutraceuticals
• The role of the potato in global nutrition

DEVELOPMENT

Confirmed International SpeakersTheme Highlights
Tom Arnold
Former CEO, Concern Worldwide, Ireland

Yalin Yang
CPC Party Secretary for Zhaotong, China

• Food security
• Social impact studies
• Development case studies
• Global challenges

SUSTAINABILITY

Confirmed International SpeakersTheme Highlights
Tara McCarthy
CEO, Bord Bia, (Irish Food Board), Ireland

Elmar Schulte Gelderman
Professor for Organic Agricultutre and Sustainable Cropping Systems, University of Applied Sciences Bingen, Germany.

David Zaruk
Professor at Odisee University College, Brussels

Hugo Campos
Deputy Director General for Research and Development, CIP, Peru

• Climate studies
• Agrochemical management and product development
• Water management and irrigation
• Integrated pest management
• Economic impacts and incentives

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