The 7th edition of Future Trends & Innovations draw in a track record phone number of participants . The event throw at the World Horti Center in The Netherlands received about 180 applications . The central report of the case , organized by AVAG , TNO , the Hortivation association , and GreenTech , was the question of how the greenhouse horticulture diligence can introduce itself to issue from the crisis .
After the plenary sessions , greenhouse builder , technical companies , and other concerned parties receive various response to that central question over the course of instruction of half a dozen presentation .
First , Annie van de Riet took the flooring on behalf of AVAG and Hortivation , accompany by Cora van Nieuwenhuizen as Chairman of Energie - Nederland ( Dutch energy tie ) , who gave a keynote presentation . At the conclusion of the plenary seance , a series of telecasting on energy innovations were shown to move on to the parallel school term .
Annie van de Riet and Chariman van Nieuwenhuizen
institution trajectoryIn her presentment , Annie shared what has been done within AVAG and Hortivation this year and what they have be after for 2023 . Next yr revolves around a five - yr program , which got vote on by the ( currently 76 ) AVAG penis . A new focal point is robotization and automatization to try and find resolution to labor issue .
Another new element for next year is that the participants of Hotivation ’s innovation program do n’t have to choose which program they would wish to join . This year two programs are involved : one about information - drive polish and another on data - driven nursery structure , but next class , five computer program have been choose . take part caller will encounter a deduction of 2500 euros compared to 2022 since the organizations are mindful of the ' harsh clip ' the industry is presently deal with . For 7500 euro , a companionship can participate in all five program .
Annie ’s introduction also include plenty of abbreviation . Most of the participants were well aware of this , but Van Nieuwenhuizen was n’t . She jest that the abbreviation KIS for her did n’t remain firm for ' Kas Informatie Systeem ' ( Greenhouse Information System ) but for Keep It Short . That was also her aim for her own tonic , so she left enough outer space for questions .
Valley of deathIn her tonic , Van Nieuwenhuizen explained the purpose of her association ( the night club with energy - related companies has late grown to over 80 members ) and discourse the energy situation . A large part of the latter is quite well - known by now .
Everyone was on the boundary of their keister at the mention of the ' valley of demise . ' This referred to the gap between now and 2025 , with the expectation that European gas prices will decrease slightly if , for model , more uncommitted supply is created . This wo n’t go on overnight , hence the gap .
Yet , Van Nieuwenhuizen is critical of how hoi polloi are shouting , ' we postulate to get rid of petrol ' when there still are n’t enough alternatives usable . It is her conviction that in the upcoming ten to fifteen class , lifelike petrol will rest very necessary .
Alternatives exist , but while the Dutch House of Parliament ( Tweede Kamer ) refers to thing like green atomic number 1 as ' the holy grail , ' the world is not that simple , fit in to Energie - Nederland . The Chairman meet that ambitiousness and design often do n’t correspond to reality yet . " We might desire to accelerate the transition from 4 to 8 - gigawatt green hydrogen , but we ’re presently only at 0.02 . "
Business climateSo there ’s still a significant break between possibility and pattern . That ’s also why the Chairman is vital of ' contradictories in policies . ' From her point of panorama , the policy in The Netherlands and Europe seems to be aimed at squeezing money out of companies instead of enabling them to invest in a sustainable futurity . accord to the Chairman , the net income tax already be to institutionalise troupe for their gain , and it ’s spare to find all kinds of new ways to do that . " Supermarkets did n’t get charge more when making supernumerary profit during corona either , did they ? " she interrogate out aloud . The excessive profits of energy manufacturer and suppliers are also not that outrageous , according to Nieuwenhuizen . " It ’s not a casual occurrence that seven fellowship went bankrupt last winter . "
The way Van Nieuwenhuizen looks at the situation for muscularity businesses look similar to how the place of grower and suppliers is look upon . Likewise , they would , at some level , from dissatisfaction with the aggravate Dutch business climate , assay to find their lot afield . The Chairman pointed out how the United States , for example , makes it attractive for line to invest . In her opinion , Europe is lacking in that regard .
Bart van Meurs introduce Division Q. The sister party of Koppert Cress has the ambition to become not an incubator but ' In Q Better . ' Needless to say Bart did n’t shy forth from a paronomasia .
Round of innovationAs refer before , the plenary session were conclude with a series of videos . in turn : Priva Connext , Caeli , SupriSun of Certhon , Agculture en Glascom with Geysirglas , Maurice Kassenbouw with the Air&Energy - systeem , Ridder with the DLI Controller , TNO and Hortivation with CASTA , and finally Van der Ende Groep with Kathari .
After the break that follow the video serial publication , participants could resolve which academic term to conjoin : one on hydrogen , the design projects from Hortivation , the new invention company Division Q of Koppert Cress , Source on artificial intelligence for an optimum cultivation scheme , the Hortifootprint and Greenport West - Holland on becoming more sustainable during the energy crisis .
Paula Santos from Source presented a demo on what user of the program are capable of . germ currently has three mathematical product at the ready : Source Cultivation , Source Track , and Source Control .
The afternoon was reason with drinks and a snack bar . But first , we made sure to take a round of movie . watch them here .
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