Conference Programme 2026

Enjoy a relaxed lunch while connecting with industry peers, exchanging ideas, and building meaningful professional relationships in an informal setting. 

Topic: Technologies that optimize your production operations

John van der Wilk, Global Sales Director, GreenV
Simon Jones, Global Sales Director, GENAP BV 
Vincenzo Russo, General Manager, Vifra
Karla García, Gerente, Hort Americas México 
Moderator: Alejandro Ávila, Mexico Manager, ISII NITZAN GmbH

Topic: Cultivating your team to grow together

Mariana Sánchez, Pepper program manager, Naturesweet
Moderator: Henry Gordon-Smith, Founder & CEO, Agritecture

Topic: New opportunities in challenging markets

Alfredo Díaz, General Director, AMHPAC 
Christian Camacho, Manager of Institutional Relations, ANEBERRIES

Topic: Technologies that optimise your production operations

Erik Pekkeriet, Director of the Vision + Robotics program, Wageningen University & Research
Moderator: Henry Gordon-Smith, Founder & CEO, Agritecture  

Topic: Innovations for sustainable production

Rafael Pizarro, Director, Natura Quality Foods
Tomas Geurts, General Manager North America, Source.Ag       
Alonso Valle, Specialized Consultant in Pepper Production
Mauricio Manotas, Director, Green Laniel 
Dionysis Tarnavas, Product Manager, Ridder
Fokke Kracht, Sales Relation Management, Koidra
Moderator: Héctor Castellanos, Executive Producer, INOCUO

Topic: Technologies that optimise your production operations

Jesús Arévalo, Innovation and Development Director, Intagri
Alfonso Torres, General Director, Koppert México   
Moderator: Joel Hernández, Cofounder and Commercial Strategy Leader, SMEAP 

Breaking the paradigm: Evidence that LED Supplemental Lighting does increase agricultural productivity even in regions of high solar radiation. Producers and experts share scientific evidence and real-world cases demonstrating how supplemental LED lighting can increase productivity and ROI even in regions with high solar radiation. 

Ricardo Campos, Horticultural LED Lighting Specialist, Ball Seed Americas
Darek Blajer, Tomato Grower, Finka
Gabriel Forero, Plant Physiology Specialist, Signify
Moderator: Ramiro Robles, Development Director for Agribusiness Solutions, Signify LATAM[

This session is open for all event visitors! Feel free to join us.

Emmanuel Mena, Legal Director, Stacomex
Ricardo Martínez, General Director, Asesores en Invernaderos
Dennis de Zeeuw, Director/ Sales, DQ Horti Soluciones
Moderador: Oscar Woltman, Consultor, Phoenix Consultoría

Topic: Financial planning for your production strategy

Enrique Baranda, Director, INVECO
Gerardo Baranda, INVECO
Victoire Thery, Directora de Operaciones, Filclair 
Ernestina Serrano Jasso, Production Management, Cerro Fresh    
Moderator: Homero Ontiveros, Director, AgTech América

Topic: Cultivating your team to grow together

Fernando Avila, COO, Geopónica
Adolfo Seym Guzmán, Operations Director, Red Sun Farms Group   
Moderator: Hugo Escoto, Consultant, Alternativa Agrícola Sustentable

Topic: New opportunities  in challenging markets

Germán Gándara, President, AMHPAC
Erik Pekkeriet, Director of the Vision + Robotics program, Wageningen University & Research 
Rafael Pizarro, Director, Natura Quality Foods 
Henry Gordon-Smith, Founder & CEO, Agritecture  
Moderator: Oscar Woltman, Consultant, Phoenix Consultoría