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Program

Wednesday March 20, 2024

Schedule

Theme

Relator

07:45 - 08:45 Accreditation
08:45 - 09:00 Inauguration / welcome words
Jorge Esquivel

Agr. Eng. MS.

Director of Blueberries Consulting

Nicole Zurita

Head of Economic Studies

AGAP Markets

09:00 - 10:00 Round table: The blueberry industry and its political and economic reality, in Peru and the world
Fernando Cilloniz

ING. Economical, Businessman

and Peruvian politician

Ricardo Polis

South America Regional Director

Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc.

Juan José Gal´Lino

Director of Procranberries

Director of Agricultural Operations at AGROVISION

10:00 - 10:30 Arrivals of Peruvian blueberries to international markets: analysis of the last season
Ignacio Santibáñez

CEO

QIMA Produces

10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:55 Agriculture of the future: changes and challenges
Andrés Rodríguez

Innovation and Development Manager

Agricultural Blueberries Consulting

11:55 - 12:30 The importance of management and efficiency in the new scenario of the blueberry industry
Amir Niño de Guzmán

Corporate Operations Manager

COO in Valle y Pampa Peru SA

12:30 - 13:10 Introduction to the effects of abiotic stress in blueberries
Reinaldo Campos

Ing. Agr. Ph.D.

Director of the Department of Agricultural Production

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences U. de Chile

13:10 - 13:30 Question Round
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch.
15:00 - 15:40 Varietal sensitivity to climate effects: present and future of genetic development in blueberries
Patricio Muñoz

Leader of University Florida Blueberry Breeding Program

Horticultural Sciences Department IFAS

15:40 - 16:20 Influence of climatic conditions on blueberries: physiological and productive responses
Gerardo Nuñez

Ph.D. Horticultural Sciences

University of Florida

16:20 - 16:50 Irrigation strategies to optimize resources: energy balances and biomass development in blueberries
Miguel Ángel Cuevas

Business Development Spain

& LATAM Gremon Systems

16:50 - 17:30 Coffee Break
17:30 - 18:10 Technologies in blueberry processing lines
Fumiomi Takeda

Ph.D. Research Horticulturist and Lead Scientist Appalachian

Fruit Research Station United States, USDA.

18:10 - 18:30 Round of questions
18:30 - 19:45 Cocktail
19:45 - 20:00 closing day
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Program

Thursday March 21, 2024

Schedule

Theme

Relator

08:30 - 09:00 Accreditation
09:00 - 09:40 Management strategies for Scirtothrips dorsalis
Douglas Rodríguez

Ph.D. Plant Pathology.

Plant Health Manager EMEA

PLANASA

09:40 - 10:10 Farming Monitor: new monitoring technology for efficient pest management
Eugenio López

ING. AGR. MS.c. Biological

P. Catholic University of Valparaíso Chile

10:10 - 10:30 Round of questions
10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:10 Nutritional strategies to reduce stress in blueberry plants
Michał Słota

biotechnologist

science communicator

12:10 - 13:00 Fundamentals and use of bioregulators in blueberries in the face of climate stress
Daniel Díaz

Research Director

Agroenzymas

13:00 - 13:20 Round of questions
13:20 - 13:30 Closing the event
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News XXIX Peru Seminar 2024
Busy Technical Tour visited MBO blueberries in the dunes of Paracas

“How could it be that these people have adapted the crop to that climate” As a preamble to the meeting of the international blueberry industry, which was held in Lima this March 20 and 21, on the occasion of the XXIX International Blueberries Consulting Seminar, A commercial technical tour to the blueberry fields of […]

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Lima Convention Center-LCC

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Headquarters hotel Buses Lima San Isidro

Jorge Basadre Grohmann 595,
San Isidoro 15073

Lima, Peru

For accommodation reservations in the Headquarters hotel Buses Lima San Isidro with preferential price, contact:

Cindy Diaz Effio

Groups & Events Sales Executive Pullman Lima San Isidro

Phone: +51 9417-29806

Blueberries Consulting will offer transportation to the Lima Convention Center (subject to availability)