The Innovation Center for Horticultural Technology in Hall 4 is a forum where trade visitors can expand their knowledge about current and future-oriented technology topics such as sustainability, gate reduction, automation and energy. The forum will be accompanied by an exciting supporting programme.
The specialist programme is designed with innovative approaches to solutions for potential challenges within the industry and presents products and projects that aim to improve the future of horticultural technology in a sustainable and future-oriented way.
The exhibition area is extended by guided tours that start several times a day and offer insights into future-oriented technology trends. The starting point for the tours is the Innovation Center for Horticultural Technology.
| TUESDAY - 01/28/2025 - Future Trends |
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10:30 - 11:15 Garden shows in NRW: driving force for sustainable urban development Dr. Achim Schloemer, Geschäftsführer Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft, Hans-Christian Eckhardt, Vorsitzender Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Gartenbau und Landespflege Nordrhein-Westfalen, Annette Nothnagel, Geschäftsführerin Landesgartenschau Neuss 2026, Sylvia Weigner, Leitung Stabsstelle der Geschäftsführung IGA Metropole Ruhr 2027, Wolfgang Gebing, Bürgermeister, Landesgartenschau Kleve 2029, Susanne Brambora-Schulz, Geschäftsführerin Bundesgartenschau Wuppertal 2031 |
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15:00 - 15:30 greenhub solutions: Vertical farming as a hybrid future trend in horticulture: efficiency and throughput Kay Plat, Managing Director |
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15:30 - 16:00 Urban greenery: THE Box - Modular Design meets Modern Sales Lisa Kraft-Scheiderer, Managing Director |
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16:00 - 16:30 Novocarbo: biochar in substrates Florian Lange, Expert Key Account Manager |
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16:30 - 17:00 Let's Grow: Soil Fertility & Microbiome: How the use of Let's Grow Biogarden products influences plant health Arthur Zilleckens |
| WEDNESDAY - 01/29/2025 - Sustainability |
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11:00 – 11:30 HORTICERT: Certification for sustainable substrates and transparent supply chains Julia Ostrowski, Senior Project Manager GHG |
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11:30 – 12:00 Floragard: Miscanthus as a peat substitute at Floragard - potential, prospects and challenges Dr. Simon Grießer, Horticulture department |
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12:00 – 12:30 Kokosflora: On the way to sustainable growing media and HORTICERT certification Ramkumar Palanisamy |
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12:30 – 13:00 Gramoflor: “Certified sustainability meets innovation” HORTICERT® and news from peat replacement research Ulrike Fockenberg, Head of Sustainable Product Development |
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13:00 – 13:30 Global Nature Fund: Management and promotion of biodiversity in ornamental plant production Louisa Lösing, Deputy Head of Unit „Business & Biodiversity“ & Annekathrin Vogel, Project Manager Lake Constance Foundation |
| WEDNESDAY - 01/29/2025 - Professional Horticulture |
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14:00 – 14:30 Uhr ZVG/ INIFES gGmbH: Sustainable further training for skilled workers - QUAGA project “Ensuring the qualification of horticultural specialists” introduces itself Alexander Kühl, Project coordinator QUAGA |
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14:30 – 15:00 Uhr Biobest: The road towards low-residue cut flower production Koen Merkus, IPM & Pollination Specialist – Ornamentals |
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15:00 – 15:30 Uhr Agvolution/ CLIMAVI: Measure precisely, act efficiently: Save water and labor with CLIMAVI Thomas Maier |
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15:30 - 16:00 Humintech: Humic acids as biostimulants to increase nitrogen uptake and reduce salt stress Dr. Yasser Dergham, Technical and Sales Manager |
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16:00 - 16:30 Neofog: tbd |
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16:30 - 17:00 STEP Systems & Uni Hohenheim: „Rotary Garden“ – a new system for the production of cannabis Harald Braungardt, Shareholder STEP Systems & Prof. Dr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger, Uni Hohenheim |
| THURSDAY - 01/30/2025 - Green Dialogs |
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11:00 – 11:45 Uhr Panel discussion: Meet & Greet IGA 2027 - The largest garden festival in the world |
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13:00 – 13:45 Panel discussion: Mandatory reusable packaging 2030 - What is horticulture doing? Eva Kähler-Theuerkauf, ZVG, Flora Späth, Euro Plant Tray, Jutta Lehmann, Garten Hornbach & Johannes Kronenberg, Landgard |
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14:00 – 14:30 title coming soon LVG NRW |
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14:30 – 15:00 FiniTo project - practical implementation in peat reduction Corinna Behm & Nicola Daldrup (Landwirtschaftskammer NRW) |
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15:00 – 15:30 University of Hohenheim: Outdoor tunnel cultivation of cannabis Christian Büser |
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15:30 – 16:00 LED lighting in cannabis cultivation Torsten Schober & Prof. Dr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger |
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