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Day 1 – Wednesday, 7 August 2024 (7 to 10 p.m.): Welcome reception

ÖbölHáz Event Centre (Budapest)

Day 2 – Thursday, 8 August 2024 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.): Prognosfruit 2024 Conference

Radisson Blu Beke Hotel (Budapest)

Morning session
9:00 – 10:40 a.m. Luc Vanoirbeek (COPA COGECA) Opening remarks
Peter Kelemen (FruitVeb) Welcome to Hungary
István Nagy (Hungarian Minister of Agriculture) Hungarian and EU Agriculture Perspectives
Philippe Binard (WAPA) Apple forecast 2024/2025
Helwig Schwartau (AMI) Apple market outlook 2024/2025
Gerhard Eberhöfer (EBF) Organic trends
International perspectives – Northern Hemisphere  (USA, China, India, Turkey, EU Eastern Neighborhood)
10:40 – 11:15 a.m. Networking break and sponsor display
11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Gil Kaufman (WAPA) Pear forecast 2024/2025
Ursula Schockemoehle (AMI) Pear market outlook 2024/2025
Jeff Correa (Pear Bureau Northwest) USA pear production outlook 2024/2025
Apple and pear roundtable: Qualitative approach
Apple and pear roundtable: Policy approach
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch break and sponsor display
Afternoon workshop: Stimulating apple and pear consumption
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Module 1: “Planting the seed”
Philippe Binard (WAPA) Setting the scene
Hanni Rützler (Future Food Studio) Food consumption drivers
Case study on initiatives to promote apples and pear (moderated by Mikes Knowles)
3:45 – 4:15 p.m. Networking break and sponsor display
4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Module 2: “Nurturing growth”
Philippe Binard (WAPA) Survey results on consumers’ consumption attitude towards apples and pears
Mike Knowles (Fruitnet)
Module 3: “Harvesting the fruit”
Panel discussion and recommendations
5:15 – 5:30 p.m. Prognosfruit 2025 announcement and closing

Please note that interpretation from English to French, Hungarian, Italian, and German will be available.

Day 2 – Thursday, 8 August 2024 (8 to 12 p.m.): Gala Dinner

River Diva Cruise ship on the Danube

 

Day 3 – Friday, 9 August 2024 (from 8:00 a.m.): Business breakfast and technical visits 

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Conference
Audi Bezerra (Fruit and Tech – FTN) Supply side – Global perspective for orange juice input supply
Piotr Podoba (Dohler) Supply side – Polish and Eastern Europe AJC & NFC
Franz Ennser (Austria Juice) Supply side – Global perspective AJC & NFC
Peter Kelemen (FruitVeb) Growing apples for processing
Klaus Heitlinger (German Fruit Juice Association) Demand side – Consumption trends
10:30 a.m. Departure for technical visits