International Strawberry Congress 2017
![The International Strawberry Congress took place from 7 – 9 September. Interesting speakers presented various lectures on 7 and 8 September in the Flanders Meeting Convention Center in Antwerp.](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2819.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![F.l.t.r.: Gaston Opdekamp (Hoogstraten), Jan Prinsen (Fresh Food Institute), Philip Smits (ex-director of The Greenery), Chris de Pooter (BelOrta) and Maarten de Moor (LAVA).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2834.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Gaston Opdekamp, Hoogstraten Cooperative’s director, opens the event and says the consumer is this, the central figure in the third edition of the International Strawberry Congress.](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2847.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Nicole Gallace (Proefcentrum Fruitteelt) and Gavin Linsley-Noakes (Professional Horticultural Consulting Ltd).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2875.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Caroline Labrie (WUR), Bert Meulenbroek (Fresh Forward Breeding), Bert De Vries (Vissers) and Juul Swinkels (Vissers).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2878.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![The smiling faces of the sponsors, Herkuplast. F.l.t.r.: Paul Greenhalgh (PG Horticulture Ltd), Joost Thijssen (Van Krimpen BV), Alfred Boot (Herkuplast Kubern Gmbh) and Mike Gitzels (Gitzels Horti) Projects).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2893.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![After the congress and before the dinner, there was time to visit Antwerp Zoo. ISC participants were able to visit this attraction, free of charge, for an hour.](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2915.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Aart Jan Bos (Beekenkamp Verpakkingen), Balbino Casas (Planasa) and Harri Kokko (University of Eastern Finland).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2929.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Chris de Pooter (BelOrta), Rik Decadt (REO), Hans Vanderhallen (Hoogstraten) Maarten de Moor (LAVA), Antoon Ector (IPB Natura) and Fabio Zoboli (Infia).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2933.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Hardy Alexandre (SCEA),Olivier Guillon (Premier Tech Horticulture) and Remi Naasz (Premier Tech Horticulture).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2935.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Marco Rosario Butera (Consorzio Piccoli Frutti), Lucilla Danesi (Geoplant Vivai srl Societa Agricola), Michele Montanari (Geoplant Vivai srl Societa Agricola) and Franco Zenti.](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2941.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Hillary Thomas (Naturipe Berry Growers), Guillermo Maldonado (Darensberries), Hunter Chad (Darensberries), Kevin Gee and Patrick Gee (Darensberries).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2949.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Jan Engelen with his ladies. F.l.t.r.: Leen Matthe, JolienSpartel, Jan Engelen eand Sarah Van Trier.](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2951.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Luca Mazzoni (UNIVPM), Erika Kruger (Hochschule Geisenheim University) and Franco Capocasa (UNIVPM).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2962.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Gael Fretay (Aber Consulting), Nicolas Le Roch (Arkema) and Linda Kaluzny - Pinon (L'Arboriculture fruitiere & Culture Legumiere).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2977.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Andrew Horvath (Arkema), Gavin Linsley-Noakes (Professional Horticultural Consulting Ltd) and Adam Whitehouse (NIAB).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_2978.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
![Nele Van Avermaet (VLAM), Sofie Lambrecht (BelOrta), Nele Indevuyst (Messe Berlin) and Thais Mees (VLAM).](https://www.freshplaza.com/remote/https/agfstorage.blob.core.windows.net/fp-com/photos/2516/_MG_3003.jpg?preset=AlbumCoverThumb)
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