Cabbages, a crop with a future

INVITATION
Cabbages, a crop
with a future
Congress
1 & 2 September 2011
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Provinciehuis Boeverbos, Bruges (Belgium) information
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registration
Cabbages,
a crop
with a future
Programme
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Venue: Provinciehuis Boeverbos Koning Leopold III laan 41, 8200 Bruges
09:00 - 09:30
Registration of participants and reception with coffee and tea
09:30 - 10:00
Official opening by Minister-President Kris Peeters
10:00 - 10:30
Cabbage production and consumption in Europe
(M. Smetryns, Syngenta)
10:30 - 11:00
Cabbage cultivation in the context of the European environmental
legislation (L. Vanoirbeek, Boerenbond)
11:00 - 11:20
Coffee break
11:20 - 11:40
Vision of the future of the processing and deep-freeze industry in
the cultivation of cabbages in Flanders (R. Cools, VEGEBE)
11:40 - 12:00
The consumer’s vision of the cultivation of cabbages
(Prof. X. Gellinck, Ghent University)
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
SWOT analysis of cabbage cultivation in different European production
regions (speakers from the major European cultivation areas)
15:00 - 15:20
Coffee break
15:20 - 16:00
Round table discussions
16:00 - 16:30
The health aspects of different cabbage varieties (E. De Maerteleire)
16:30 - 17:00
Conclusion by Congress Chairman A. Calus
17:00 - 18:00
Networking reception
19:00 Congress dinner in a tourism context
(Crown Plaza, Burg 10, 8000 Bruges)
Friday, 2 September 2011
Venue: REO veiling (auction house), Oostnieuwkerksesteenweg 101, 8800 Roeselare
08:20 - 08:30
Assembly
08:30 - 12:00
Tour and visit to one of the following options:
1. the fresh market
2. industry
12:00 - 14:00
Visit to the Acorpack packaging company
Lunch at the REO auction house
14:00 - 17:00
Continuation of the tours and visits
Prices
Cabbages,
a crop
with a future
Prices
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Participation fee for the Congress
• Lava /Ingro-member: 85 euro
(early booking before 1 July, 75 euro)
• Non-members: 105 euro
(early booking before 1 July, 95 euro)
• Congress dinner: 70 euro Friday, 2 September 2011
Participation in the tour and visits
• 30 euro (early booking before 1 July, 25 euro)
Prices incl. VAT, handouts, simultaneous translation into English,
German, French or Dutch, coffee with snacks, lunch, drinks.
Accommodation options include the Ibis, Leonard, Martins or
Navarra hotels; Reservations should be made individually
via http://www.meetinginbrugge.be
Click here for payment and cancellation conditions.
Registration is possible until 15 August 2011 - www.lava.be
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