La quinta edizione della New Ag Conference & Exhibition avrà luogo a Budapest (Ungheria), dal 21 al 23 marzo 2007. La formula ormai assodata dell'evento prevede l'abbinamento di convegni tecnici e spazi espositivi. Fra i relatori - come precedentemente segnalato su Agronotizie - anche esponenti italiani di aziende ed enti presenteranno i risultati di ricerche e sperimentazioni su nuovi prodotti e nuove tecniche (dalla fertirrigazione alla sub-irrigazione).
On line sono consultabili gli elenchi degli espositori ed anche dei partecipanti che hanno effettuato la pre-registrazione, con una vasta rappresentanza dei paesi dell'Europa Centro-Orientale: Bielorussia, Croazia, Repubblica Ceca, Ungheria, Polonia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Repubblica Slovacca.
Sono ancora aperte le registrazioni. Per scaricare il modulo, si veda il link a destra.
La lingua ufficiale dell'evento è l'inglese. In grassetto, sono segnalati gli interventi di relatori italiani.

Programma

21 marzo 2007


Opening Session chaired by Jean Pierre Leymonie, Director, New Ag International
2.00pm: Keynote lecture by Stjepan Tanic, Agribusiness and Infrastructure Officer, FAO sub-regional Office for Central & Eastern Europe, Budapest (Hungary): Evolution of Commercial Farming, Agribusiness and Small and Medium Rural Enterprises in Central & Eastern Europe.
2.30 pm: keynote lecture by Dr Carlo Alberto Campiotti, ENEA, Roma (Italy): Opportunities and Prospects for sustainable Agro-food greenhouse technology in Central & Eastern Europe.
3.00 pm: Keynote lecture by Rudolf Krüger, President, the European Irrigation Association (Germany): Irrigation for a growing world. Challenges facing Central & Eastern Europe.
3.30pm: Keynote lecture by Michel Guillon, President, The International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (France): Organic Farming in Central and Eastern Europe-Prospects for a biological control market.
4.00pm: Keynote lecture by Karel Charvat (Czech Republic), President of the European Federation of Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and Environment (EFITA): IT developments in Central & Eastern Europe, with special focus on the new EU members from the region
4.30 pm – 7.00 pm: Exhibition opens
7.00-9.00 pm: Welcome Cocktail Reception, sponsored by K+S Kali gmbH

22 marzo 2007


9.00 am –12.00 am: Technical Session 1, chaired by Patricio Trebilcock, Editor, New Ag International, Santiago do Chile (Chile)
9.00 – 9.30 am: Keynote lecture by Prof Juan J.Lucena, Catedratico de Quimica Agricola, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid (Spain): Latest advances in the European Union Chelates legislation and analytical methodologies 
9.30 – 9.50 am: Keynote lecture by Dr Laure Metzger, Senior Research Officer, RITTMO, Nambsheim, (France): Comparison of the legislation for Organic fertilizers, soil Improvers and other organic-natural substances in various European countries.
9.50 – 10.15 am: Silicon in the life, performance and health of plants, by Dr Lawrence Datnoff, UFRF Professor of Plant Pathology, IFAS University of Florida (USA)
10.15 – 10.50 am: Coffee Break in exhibition area
10.50 – 11.10 am: Improving the quality of Iron Chelates: Ferrilene 10, by Dr Alberto Piaggesi, Business Innovation Manager, Valagro s.p.a (Italy)
11.10 – 11.30 am: Seaweed extracts as a crop input: Linking raw material to results in the field, by Dr Alan Critchley, Vice President-Research, Acadian Seaplants Ltd (Canada)
11.30 – 11.50 am: The OmniSapR Diagnostic Technology, by Johan Van Biljon, Director, Omnia Specialities, & General Manager Agricultural Services, Omnia Fertilizer (South Africa)
11.50 – 12. 10 pm: Nutrigation, and application of controlled-release fertilizers; Dual high-efficiency plant nutrition methods, comparison and prospects, by Eyal Ronen, Chief Agronomist, Haifa Chemicals Ltd (Israel)
12.10 – 12.30 pm: New Challenges for proven and established plant nutrients, by Gerhard Horn, Marketing Director, K+S Kali Gmbh (Germany)
12.30 pm – 13.45 pm: Lunch sponsored by Filclair  and Irritec-Siplast 
2.00 – 3.15 pm: Technical Session 2, chaired by Jean-Pierre Leymonie
2.00 – 2.20 pm: Changes in k-uptake of tomato plants cultivated in hydroponics during the course of the year, by Alfréd Forray, Head of Technical Dept, Floratom (Hungary)
2.20 – 2.45 pm: Considerations in selecting Controlled Release Fertilizers for growth media in the US nursery industry, by Dr Ron Walden, Regional Technical Specialist, Sun Gro Horticulture (USA)
2.45 – 3.10 pm: Integrated planning, administrating and valuating business- and ecological performances with Agroffice, by Dipl Ing Walter H. Mayer, Managing Director, PROGIS Software GmbH (Austria)
4.00 – 6.30 pm: Satellite event. Open Forum on Potassium Research in Central Europe, organized by the International Potash Institute (Switzerland). For more information, please contact Dr Thomas Popp, International Potash Institute, Coordinator Central Europe at Thomas.Popp@kali-gmbh.com  or browse  http://www.ipipotash.org
7 pm – 9 pm: mid-conference Cocktail Reception sponsored by Haifa Chemicals

23 marzo 2007

9.00 am –12.30 am: Technical Session 3, Chaired by Ron Seligmann, Agro Talk (Israel) and New Ag International Irrigation & Fertigation Consultant.
9.00 – 9.30 am: Keynote lecture by Ron Seligmann: Water Uptake and Plant Nutrition- interaction via Water Channels?
9.30 – 9.50 am: Application of numerical simulation to improve the water and nutrient management under drip Irrigation: A case study on an apple orchard, by Jean Claude Mailhol, CEMAGREF, Montpellier (France)
9.50 – 10.30 am: Coffee Break in exhibition area
10.30 – 10.50 am: Latest Developments in Sub-Surface Irrigation (SDI), by Dr Lorenzo Della Rovere, Director, PROF.i s.r.l (Italy)
10.50 – 11.10 am: Using water auditing to assess irrigation efficiency: a comparative assessment of trickle, sprinkler and rain-guns on potatoes,  by Dr Jerry Knox, Principal Research Fellow in Irrigation and Water Resources, Centre for Water Science, Cranfield University (UK)
11.10 – 11.30 am: First investigation on some drivers of micro-irrigations systems’ ageing, by Bruno Molle, CEMAGREF, Aix en Provence (France)
11.30 – 11.50 am: Latest developments in chemigation and fertigation systems, by Marc Dutscher, Regional Sales Manager, Dosmatic Inc (USA-France)
11.50 – 12.15 pm: Survival of the fittest - Farming & Technology in the 21st Century: Sensors, Telemetry & Decision Support Systems - State-of-the-Art, yet little in use, by Bernhard Pacher, CEO, ADCON Telemetry (Austria)


Sponsor dell'evento: Filclair (Francia), Haifa Chemicals (Israele), Irritec-Siplast (Italia), K+S Kali (Germania) e T-Systems Europe (Francia)

Luogo: Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal, Budapest (Ungheria)