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13th World Processing Tomato Congress: Program and Speakers

23/05/2018 - WPTC , François-Xavier Branthôme - 2018 WPTC congress

13th World Processing Tomato Congress & 15th ISHS Symposium: Program and Speakers

The biannual Congress of the World Processing Tomato Council will start in less than three weeks. The event is expected to be one of the largest gatherings of scientists and experts in the field of tomato processing industry.

The theme of the Congress and one of its main topics is the Revival of the tomato processing industry. The Congress will be co-hosted with ISHS 15th Symposium bringing together scientific and technical professionals of both fields of Horticulture and Processing industry.

Throughout the congress there will be the opportunity to discuss and evaluate the present situation of the Processing industry. We will come to terms with the latest current trends described by world-renowned leaders in the field, early career scientists and influential thinkers. Finally we will set a tone of optimism and determination by sharing our views and our urge to Revive the industry.

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Constantine Sandis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an international collaborator of the Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉ) in Montréal.

His research lies primarily in philosophy of action and its explanation. His first monograph, The Things We Do and Why We Do Them was published in 2012. He is now working on a book on the Philosophy of Understanding (for Yale University Press) and a textbook on the Philosophy of Action (for Wiley-Blackwell).Mr. Sandis has published numerous books and articles on these and other topics, from moral psychology to heritage ethics. Current projects include a collaboration with Microsoft Research on a three-year funded project (2015-18) on reasons for communication.

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Antonia Trichopoulou, MD, PhD, is President of the Hellenic Health Foundation, Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre of Nutrition, Medical School, University of Athens and Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Athens.

She has served as president of the Federation of the European Nutrition Societies (FENS) and as chairperson or key member of numerous Greek, European Commission and World Health Organization Committees. She has received numerous honors and awards and was decorated by the President of the Greek Republic with the Golden Cross of Honor for her work in nutrition and public health.

Her scientific work has focused on public health nutrition and nutrition epidemiology, with emphasis on the health effects of the Mediterranean diet and traditional foods. Antonia Trichopoulou has been included in the 2014 Thomson Reuters list of the Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Social Sciences, General.

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Elias Korossis is responsible for overseeing our innovation-led growth investing as well as investment strategy function, which includes global markets research, portfolio construction and exploring new areas in private markets. He is the portfolio manager of the Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Fund, a specialist growth equity/venture capital fund focused on sustainable growth.

He joined Hermes GPE in 2011 and is a member of the Hermes GPE Investment and Management Committees. Previously Mr. Corossis was a Manager in research functions at Bridgewater Associates and held several roles with Citigroup CIB initially with Schroder Salomon Smith Barney’s M&A team. Elias Corossis is an Executive education alum of Oxford University’s Said Business School (CIPEI), holds an MSc in European Political Economy from the LSE and a BSc in Economics and International Studies from the University of Warwick. He is also a member of the 25th cohort of the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) at Harvard Business School.

The conclusion of the Congress is given to the famous motivational speaker J. Lawless who will inspire us to set our goals personal or communal to a test and try to fulfill them.
Jim Lawless is one of the world’s leading keynote speakers. Over half a million people on five continents have been entertained and inspired by Jim’s presentations and many more by his bestselling book “Taming Tigers”.
He has advised companies globally on creating cultural change and elite teams. He has designed and implemented successful change programmes in companies including Apple, Barclaycard, Atos, Axa, BT, Aramark and Skrill Group.

15th ISHS Symposium

This influential Symposium is a great opportunity to showcase novel and innovative solutions while networking with scientists as well as technical and strategic decision-makers involved in the tomato processing sector.

The Organizing Committee has received more than 60 abstracts for oral and poster presentations during the 15th ISHS Symposium on the Processing Tomato which will be held in parallel with the congress. This Symposium is a unique forum that brings together academics, researchers, students, growers and businessmen working in the processing tomato sector around the world to share the latest knowledge and advances in this globally important industry. It is jointly organized by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), the CIHEAM-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Department of Horticultural Genetics & Biotechnology and the World Processing Tomato Council (WPTC).

Many other keynote speakers will speak during the Congress and Symposium to enrich our knowledge of the tomato processing industry and deepen our understanding. Join us on the worldtomatocongress website and in Athens at the beginning of June!

Some complementary data
For further information and details:
https://www.13thworldtomatocongress.gr/#tomatoProgram
https://www.13thworldtomatocongress.gr/invited-speakers
https://www.13thworldtomatocongress.gr/#ISHSSection

Source: worldtomatocongress

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