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Events

The Tomato News Conference - Avignon May 2019

From the 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.
In the news

Russia: heading towards self-sufficiency?

18/10/2019
Russia is no longer as dependent as it once was Inspired by the presentation by Anton Sidorenko at the Tomato News Conference held in Avignon in...
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High Pressure Processing: success despite the price

11/09/2019
Following the Conference… Based on the presentation by Douglas Gilman during the Tomato News Conference held in Avignon, France, 16-17...
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Solania: a platform for prediction and optimization

06/08/2019
After the Conference… The Solania platform Based on the presentation by Mr. Pedro Carrillo, during the Tomato News Conference held in...
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Argentina\'s potential for the processing tomato industry

10/07/2019
After the Conference…  From the presentation (Tomato News Conference, 2019, Avignon) by Guillermo Quiroga, President of the...
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Breeding: The CRISPR-Cas9 method (Part 2)

05/07/2019
Genomic selection, genome editing "The progress achieved by these different techniques and the detailed knowledge of many SNPs have allowed...
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Breeding: The CRISPR-Cas9 method (Part 1)

03/07/2019
After the Conference… The CRISPR-Cas9 method: now that genomics have become a reality, what innovations can we expect for tomato seed...
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Crop Estimates 2019: What next?

20/06/2019
After the Conference... From the presentation by Martin Stilwell, Tomato News Conference, 16-17 May 2019, Avignon In his opening presentation...
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The Tomato News conference: a successful first edition!

24/05/2019
Exactly 40 years after the AMITOM was created on 16 May 1989, and 30 years after the birth of Tomato News, Avignon welcomed representatives of 24...
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Celebrating the 30 years of Tomato News

14/05/2019
Day - 2!  The Tomato News Team is ready for the first ever Tomato News Conference and looking forward to seeing more than 130 of you in...
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Italy: record turnover for exports in 2018

29/04/2019
Foreign trade is focusing increasingly on canned tomatoes The Italian tomato processing industry ended 2018 with an increase in results of close...
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The tomato processing industry will meet at Cibus Tec in October 2019

20/03/2019
Cibus Tec confirms the powerful partnership with AMITOM (Mediterranean International Association of the Processing Tomato) and WPTC...
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The 2019 Tomato News Conference preliminary program

07/02/2019
  Preliminary program and speakers  The outline program of the first Tomato News Conference is as follows: ...
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Tomato News Conference 16-17 May 2019

13/12/2018
The first Tomato News Conference will take place in Avignon on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 May 2019.   This two-day event will be a...
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