Official program

10th INTERNATIONAL BERRY FRUIT CONGRESS

Wednesday 18th June 2025

8:30 a.m.
Registration
Salón de Chimeneas

9:15 a.m.
Opening Keynote: “It’s Not Over”
Manu Sánchez, comedian and presenter
Congress Hall – Casa Colón

10:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Casa Colón Gardens

11:00 a.m.
Opening of the Exhibition Area

11:00 a.m.
Koppert: Biological control strategy for Scirtothrips in berries
Javier Calvo, R&D department researcher at Koppert Spain
Room A

11:00 a.m.
Viveros California: VICA Alegría and Beyond – New Projects
Manuel de la Huerta, Operations Director at VICA Sur
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez, Breeder
Mario Loi, Sales Manager

David Vaquero, R&D laboratory manager
Room B

11:30 a.m.
Bayer: ResiYou – The digital waste management tool. Digital tools
Beatriz Díaz, Head of Digital Tools for Central-Southern Spain, Bayer CropScience
Room A

11:30 a.m.
Bioline Iberia: The market’s first liquid-phase Phytoseiulus persimilis spraying system
Manuel A. Gómez Romero, Development Manager at Bioline Iberia
Room B

12:00 p.m.
Official Ceremony and Fresa Awards Presentation

Attend and participate:

Pilar Miranda, Mayor of Huelva

Francisco J. Gómez, President of Freshhuelva

David Toscano, President of the Provincial Council of Huelva

Begoña García Bernal, Secretary of State for Agriculture and Food.

Consolación Vera, Vice Councellor of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Regional Government of Andalusia

José Luis García-Palacios Álvarez, President of Caja Rural del Sur Foundation

Congress Hall – Casa Colón

Afterwards
Lunch
Casa Colón Gardens

Following that
After Work | Descongrés: Berries and Sound
Performance by La Otra Banda
Casa Colón Gardens

Sponsored by SP Soluciones Agrícolas

Thursday 19th June 2025

9:00 a.m.
Alltech Crop Science: Is It Possible to Disinfect Without Chemicals? New Alternatives
Francisco de Asís Pérez Zunino, Technical Director at Alltech Crop Science
Congress Hall

9:00 a.m.
Herogra Group: Efficient Nutrition – The Future of Berries
Cristina León Molina, Agronomy Department, Herogra Group
Conference Room A

9:30 a.m.
FAENSE: Wooden Packaging – Key to Brand Value and Commercialisation
Emilio J. Pérez, General Director of FEDEMCO
Congress Hall

9:30 h.
Bioibérica: Terra-sorb radicular Symbiotic®, a strategic and sustainable solution for fertigation optimization.
Ignacio López-Cepero Tena, Agricultural Technical Engineer | Area Manager
Conference Room A

10:00 a.m.
TARAZONA AGROSOLUTIONS: Optimising Water Resources in Strawberry Cultivation
Ricardo Salvador Soldado, Product R&D
Marta Bonet Viana, Product Positioning and Catalogue
Congress Hall

10:00 h.

Corteva Biologicals: Functional microbial biodiversity in soils

Francisco Pagan, commercial agronomy manager at Corteva Biologicals Iberia

Conference Room A

10:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Casa Colón Gardens

11:00 a.m.
SEIPASA: Advanced Biocontrol – A Path Towards Residue-Free Berry Production
Ricard Brossa, Chief Portfolio Officer
Congress Hall

11:00 a.m.
DHL: Safety and Innovation in Berry Transport
Rafael Muñoz, Transport Director at DHL Supply Chain
Luis Manzano, Sales Manager at DHL Global Forwarding
Conference Room A

11:30 a.m.
Agrocolor: Sustainability Updates – Carbon Footprint, Food Waste Law and 100% Recycled Packaging
Ana María Robles, Director of Management System Certification and Sustainability
Conference Room B

11:30 a.m.
Syngenta Biologicals: Soil Health and Irrigation Management & Optimisation
Andrés Aguilera, Market Development Manager
Conference Room A

12:30 p.m.
Institutional Closing Ceremony
With the participation of the Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Government of Andalusia, Ramón Fernández Pacheco.
Congress Hall

13:00 p.m.
Closing Keynote: Sowing Health – How Berries Can Lead the Food of Tomorrow
Pablo Ojeda, popularizer and senior technician in Dietetics.
Sponsored by Gusto del Sur, a quality brand of the Andalusian Regional Government, co-funded by FEDER funds

2:00 p.m.
Lunch
Casa Colón Gardens