| Monday 19th September 2016 | |
| 10.00am | Meeting Point: Hotel & Rooftop Feir´s Park (Buenos Aires, Argentina) |
| 11.00am | Departure to Concordia (transfer pre-accredited passengers) |
| 5.00pm – 7.00pm | IBO Country Members meeting “Hotel Salto Grande” (Concordia) |
| 7.00pm – 9.00pm | Cocktail for IBO Country Members, sponsors and speakers. (by invitation only) Club Progreso (Concordia) |
| Tuesday 20th September 2016 | |
| 7.30am | Registration / Welcome coffee (included in the registration) Concordia Convention Center |
| 9.00am | Conference begins |
| 9.00am – 9.15am | Welcome message by IBO Speaker: Andres Amstrong IBO´s Chairman ABC and UPEFRUY introduction Speaker: Calos Stabile Organizing Committee´s Chairman Marta Bentancur Head of International Affairs, Upefruy. |
| 9.15am – 10.15am | Blueberry production and demand, a global glance Speaker: Dave Brazelton, Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc., USA |
| 10.15am – 11.00am | Europe: an inscreasingly demanding market in blueberry provisioning. (UK, France, Spain and Sweden) Speaker: Henry Maulik, Tesco Moderator: Professor David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of food marketing, Imperial College London |
| 11.00am – 11.30am | COFFEE BREAK (included) |
| 11.30am – 12.30am | Southern Hemisphere Panel. Planning fruit supply to the Northern Hemisphere. Participants: Carlos Stabile, Diego Castagnasso, Andrés Armstrong, Miguel Bentín Moderator: Gabriel Wasserman |
| 12.30pm – 1.15pm | Differentiation. How to escape from the commoditization of blueberries Speaker: Professor David Hughes, Emeritus Professor of food marketing, Imperial College London |
| 1.15pm – 2.30pm | LUNCH (included) |
| 2.30pm – 3.20pm | New requirements from clients and markets: Ethic certification. Speaker: Enrique Kurincic, IRAM - GLOBAL G.A.P. GRASP. Agro-food certifications manager, Johanna Lauersdorf, SGS Smeta. |
| 3.20pm – 4.00pm | Market diversification. China as a potential counter season market Speaker: to be confirmed |
| 4.00pm – 4.15pm | New markets in Asia. Eric Hartmann- VP of Skyteam Cargo Asia-China. |
| 4.15pm – 4.45pm | COFFEE BREAK (included) |
| 4.45pm – 5.15pm | Hail protection - A viable alternative - Experience in the region Speaker: Fernando Losada - Agrinet S.A., Argentina |
| 5.15pm – 6.00pm | Fruit fly – A threat for market access. Prevention, the key to success. Surveillance systems in Argentina and Uruguay Speaker: Ing.Carlos Morilla, Ing. Elena Gatti -Agro-food National Sanitary and Quality Service - SENASA -, Argentina |
| 6.00pm | End of day 1 presentations |
| 5.45pm – 7.30pm | Post Conference Activities |
| 6.00pm – 7.30pm | Cocktail - Global Networking opportunity (included) Concordia Convention Center |
| Wednesday 21st September 2016 | |
| 8.00am – 9.00am | Registration desk opens / Welcome coffee (included) Concordia Convention Center |
| 9.00am | Conference begins |
| 9.00am – 10.30am | Postharvest management, a critical point in our business. Best practices, logistics and quality Speakers: Juan González, Director of GCS (Spain), Fernando Martorell (Argentina), Roberto Varela (Argentina), Bruno Defillip (Chile) Moderator: Mariana Leal. |
| 10.30am – 11.00am | COFFEE BREAK (included) |
| 11.00am – 11.30pm | Climate change in the region: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay - Are we prepared? Speaker: Eduardo Sierra, Argentina |
| 11.30pm – 12.00pm | Conclusions of the IBO Summit Participants: to be determined among speakers in the Summit. Moderator: Mario Steta, Aneberries, Mexico |
| 12.00pm – 12.30pm | Thanks and conclusions of the event IBO Chairman, Andrés Amstrong. |
| 12.30pm | End of day 2 presentations |
| 12.30pm – 2.30pm | LUNCH (included) |
| 2.30pm – 10.00pm | Post Conference activities (Field Trip) |
| 2.30pm | Afternoon visit to Salto (Uruguay) Visit to the packing house at GAMOREL S.A. Return to Buenos Aires for delegates not attending the Field Trip |
| 7.00pm – 9.30pm | DINNER in Salto (Included in the Field Trip) Horacio Quiroga Hotel, Salto (Uruguay) |
| 9.30pm | Return to hotel in Concordia |
| Thursday 22nd September 2016 | |
| 8.30am | Field Trip in Argentina MR Berry nursery Gramm Agropecuaria S.A. plantation, El Aguara |
| 1.00pm | LUNCH at plantation. (Included in the Field Trip) |
| 2.30pm | Return to Buenos Aires (transfer pre-accredited passengers) |
| 7.30pm | Estimated arrival time to Buenos Aires |
