The Conference's Program

Morning : conferences

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-  Official welcome

-  A message from Four Leaf, by David EDER : presentation

- World market report of blackcurrants in 2009 and 2010 world forecast harvest revue, by Svend JENSEN

-  PR Campaign 2009 Summary - The Blackurrant Foundation by Julie Husband : presentation

-  Tracking and tracing fruit and crop, with Jim GRIERSON, general director of the cooperative CRT (New-Zealand)  & Keith TRIDGELL of  Hortbase (UK) : presentation

-  Organisation, ambition and resources for the IBA - International Blackcurrant Association with Jim GRIERSON, IBA's Chairman : presentation

Afternoon : tour on blackcurrant plantation

                                                                                                             Look at 19th PM pictures   ; - )

Morning : conferences

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- Presentation of the French blackcurrant organisation by M. Jean-Dominique CASEAU, Afidem's President : presentation

- Overview of nutrition and health blackcurrant 's benefits and research ongoing with :

• "Les bienfaits du Cassis: une réalité scientifique" with Dr Béatrice DE REYNAL (Nutritionist researcher at Nutrimarketing company, France) : presentation
• "New finding of the visual improvent effect of Blackcurrant anthocyanin" Dr Hitoshi MATSUMOTO (Scientific Director of Meija Seika Kaisha company & Food and Health  R&D Laboratories, specialised in eye health, Japan) : presentation
• "Nutrition and prevention of aging and pathology of the retina"  with Dr Lionel BRETILLON (INRA Dijon) : presentation
• "Détendez-vous grâce au cassis"  with Dr Derek STEWART (Head of Plant Products and Food Quality Programme Scottish Crop Research Institute) : presentation 

- Marketing of Blackcurrant with Karen HAMANN (Managing Director of the Institute IFAU, Denmark) presentation

- Generic promotionnal programme with Bill FLOYD (Floyd Marketing, New Zealand) :  presentation

Morning : conferences

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- Blackcurrant varietal revue with :

• Jonathan SNAPE (Commercial Director, Mylnefield Research Services Ltd, Scotland) : presentation
• Dr Stanislaw PLUTA (Research Institute of Pomology & Floriculture, Poland) : presentation
• Dr Audrius SASNAUSKAS (Vice Director of Science, Institute of Horticulture, Lithuania) : presentation

• Jérôme BOYER (SRAL Bourgogne) : presentation and Marie BARDET (Fredon Bourgogne) : presentation
• Jean-Philippe DUPIN (Vergers d’Anjou), Marie-Cécile DALSTEIN (CTIFL) et Philippe GUIGNEBAULT (Station Expérimentale La Morinière) : presentation

Afternoon on tour:

Visit of a liquor's manufacturer

End of the Blackcurrant Conference.