Committees

Organizing Committee

David Percival

Dalhousie University

Canada

Chris Cutler

Dalhousie University

Canada

Bruno Mezzetti

Università Politecnica delle Marche

Italy

James Polashock

US Department of Agriculture

United States

Jorge Retamales

Jorge Retamales

Jorge Retamales

Donna Jamieson

Dalhousie University

Canada

 

Finance Committee

David Percival

Dalhousie University

Canada

Sandra Murphy

Dalhousie University

Canada

Kamryn Findlay

Dalhousie University

Canada

Linda Rovers

Dalhousie University

Canada

Kelly Marshall

Dalhousie University

Canada

Donna Jamieson

Dalhousie University

Canada

Local Arrangements Committee

David Percival

Dalhousie University

Canada

Sandra Murphy

Dalhousie University

Canada

Gary Brown

Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia

Canada

Peter Swinkels

Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia

Canada

Hugh Lyu 

Perennia

Canada

Ron Young

NS Dept of Agriculture

Canada

Michel Melanson

NB Dept of Agriculture

Canada

Cameron Menzies

PEI Dept of Agriculture

Canada

Scientific Committee

David Percival

Dalhousie University

Canada

Maxime Pare

University of Quebec at Chicoutimi

Canada

Eric Gerbrandt 

BC Blueberry Council

Canada 

Rishi Ram Burlakotti

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Canada

Samir Debnath  

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Canada

James Polashock            

United States Department of Agriculture Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research & Extension

United States

Massimo Iorizzo 

North Carolina State University

United States

Nahla Bassil

United States Department of Agriculture

United States

Katherine Ghantous             

Umass Cranberry Station

United States

Jeffrey Neyhart

United States Department of Agriculture Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research & Extension

 

United States

David Yarborough

University of Maine

United States

Lara Giongo                  

Fondazione Edmund Mach - Istituto Agrario San Michele All'Adige

Italy

Pauliina Palonen 

 

Finland

Laura Jaakola 

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Norway

Inger Martinussen

NIBIO Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research, Horticulture

Norway

Stanislaw Pluta 

Research Institute of Horticulture in Skierniewice

Poland

Susan McCallum             

The James Hutton Institute

Scotland

Pedro Bras Oliveira             

Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e Veterinaria

Portugal

Sophie Parks

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

Australia

Richard Espley

Plant and Food Research

New Zealand

Jorge Retamales                                    

University of Chile

Chile

Bruno Defilippi Bruzzone

Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias

Chile

Jorge Duarte                 

Hortitool Consulting Lda

Portugal

Alejandro Pannunzio            

Universidad de Buenos Aires, Agriculture Department

Argentina

Nesibe Ebru Kafkas            

the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, University of Çukurova

Turkey

Ahlam Hamim               

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

Morrocco

Takuya Ban                   

Field Science Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan

Hisayo Yamane             

Kyoto University, Division of Agronomy and Horticultural Science

Japan

Yu Hong                        

Botanical Research Institute

Jiangsu Provincial China Academy

China

Cheng Liu                      

Liaoning Institute of Pomology, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences

China