The International Association of Horticultural Producers ( AIPH ) , in association with FloraCulture International , is invite all those need in the ornamental horticulture supply chain to give ear itsvirtual Plant Health Conference , ‘ Working Together for Better Plant Health ’ . The online conference will take place on 28 April 2025 and is gratuitous to attend for registered participant .
This virtual event is recognised by the International Year of Plant Health ( IYPH 2020 ) which is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN ( FAO ) and the International Plant Protection Convention ( IPPC ) .
The conference programme reverberate the topic of work Together for Better Plant Health with intro from international industry experts who key out what the industry itself is doing to tackle the threats nonplus by notifiable pests and diseases .
Mr Ralf Lopian , Chair of the International Steering Committee for the IYPH 2020 , will provide the conference tonic speech . His presentation keep OUR WORLD GREEN – Raising the profile of works wellness , will address the justification on why there is an IYPH 2020 , why works health is important to producers and traders , how the future could look , and how public / secret partnership in industrial plant health are especially important .
Dr Audrey Gerber , AIPH Technical Advisor , will talk about interior works wellness initiatives , apportion the upshot of AIPH ’s recent external survey . AIPH developed the survey to assemble information about industry - led industrial plant health initiatives to assist in better plant wellness system and practices throughout the globular supplying chain .
Many countries have introduced voluntary schema , enfranchisement and initiatives that support the horticulture manufacture to produce , deal , and append mellow - quality live plants and peak by defining good drill plant health measurement . causa studies presented in this league provide an overview and a equivalence of how voluntary schemes are establish and implemented around the world . This create an exceptionally valuable platform to measure the indigence for more international collaboration that will further beef up the industry and reduce plant health threat for the future .
Mr Peter Vaughan , Greenlife Industry Australia will excuse how the Australian ornamentals manufacture has collaborated with regulators to make a robust plant health system .
Mr Leonardo Capitanio , President of Italian Nurserystock Exporters Association ( ANVE ) will apportion his experience on how Italian growers have tackled the challenge of Xylella and how they are offer more plant health assurances for the future .
Dr Alistair Yeomans will present the ontogeny of the new Plant Healthy programme for the UK , how it is being implemented in the industry , and what plans they have for the hereafter .
Mr John van Ruiten , Director of Naktuinbouw in the Netherlands will describe the bodily structure and cognitive operation of two plant health program that substantiate dissimilar sectors of the decorative horticulture diligence .
Mr Craig Regelbrugge , Senior Vice President - Advocacy and Research , AmericanHort , will describe programmes in the USA that are facilitating the movement of plants across regional and external borders .
The Canadian Nursery and Landscape Association present their perspective on the note value of their ISO - like organization approach to achieve nursery credentials , and how it kick in to an manufacture that produces plants that meet high phytosanitary standard .
remark on the penury for the event , AIPH Secretary General , Tim Briercliffe says , “ We are very thankful to our members and diligence patron for complete the survey and participating in this conference . AIPH take on the study to get a neutral judgement of industrial plant health direction systems in the global supply chain of ornamental horticulture . This enables the sharing of knowledge and best practice which may stimulate more go-ahead in different countries . ”
This conference will be of interestingness to growers , stock breeder , traders , retailers , tie-up , exhibitions , regulator , and anyone that cares about reducing flora wellness threats while maintain a flourishing horticultural trade .
The on-going wallop of safety measures against coronavirus mean that rather than a physical international group discussion , AIPH shall be using the multi - faceted Hopin platform to host this on-line international event where delegates from around the humankind can adjoin in real - clock time .
The result is free , Register for the AIPH Plant Health conference 2021
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