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The Tomato News Conference – Avignon May 2019

From 16/05/2019 to 17/05/2019

The first Tomato News Conference was held in Avignon (France) on 16 & 17 May 2019 to mark the 40th anniversary of AMITOM and the 30th anniversary of the magazine. More than 130 participants took part in the event. 

Presentations :
Session 1:  Adapting to a changing world
Tomato Crop & outlook
Martin Stilwell
 
The tomato products Sector in Turkey
Hakan Turan (TAT)
 
Californian challenges 
Water Management
Roger Scriven (The Morning Star Company)
 
Update and outlook of China tomato industry
Zhu Chenhui (COFCO Tunhe)
 

Session 2: Emerging production areas
 
Egypt, to follow the sun
Tarek El Kattan & Hatem El Tawil (Paste & Juice)
 
The growth of tomato processing in Russia
Anton Sidorenko (DESAN)
 
Argentina's potential for the processing tomato industry
Guillermo Quiroga (Asociación Tomate 2000) & Ariel Lucero (Government of San Juan)
 
Tomato industry in Senegal and Kagome Senegal
Kosuke Nakamura (Kagome Senegal)
 

Session 3:  Building the Future: Innovation and research in technology
 
An overview on ohmic systems applied to tomato-based products
Stefano Romei (CFT) 
 
Infrared: a powerful and versatile tool for a step ahead on quality control in industry tomato
David Page (INRA)
 
The Sonatural Juices HPP Success story 
Douglas Gilman (GL Foods)  
 

Session 4: Marketing Tomato products in today’s world

Revival 2
Maria Nomikos (D. Nomikos or Vice-President, TomatoEurope)
 
Research Proves:  Tomatoes are Super Foods!
Gwen Young (The Tomato Foundation)
 
Creating added value for our consumers through ethics and sustainability
Diodato Ferraioli (La Doria)
 
Marketing tomato products by their origin
Yanik Mezzadri (SONITO)
 
New Innovative Product Ideas – Global Collaboration
Luis de Oliveira (Kagome Inc.)
 
Presenting a viable marketing and communication plan for the tomato sector
Thanos Koulopoulos (One Team)
 

Session 5: Building the Future: Innovation and research in breeding
 
Tomato breeding advances in genomic era
Mathilde Causse (INRA)
 
Advances in processing tomato breeding
Massimiliano Beretta (ISI sementi)

Solania: the first predictive tomato ecosystem
Eugenio Ferreira (TEPRO)
 

Session 6: Roundtable: Strategies for a new market
 
Presentation of the 14th World Processing Tomato Congress (link to website)
Guillermo Quiroga (Asociación Tomate 2000) & Ariel Lucero (Government of San Juan)
 
Participants list here

 

In addition, many of the presentations were transcripted as feature articles which are listed in the "IN THE NEWS" section below. All conference participants received a copy of the 2019 Processed Tomato Yearbook which can be read here 

We look forward to seeing you all at the next in-person Tomato News Conference in Portugal in May 2021

Once again, we would like to thank all the sponsors who make our events possible.