The Innovation Center Horticulture 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 a.m. Landesverband Gartenbau NRW 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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03:00 - 03:30 p.m. Greenhub solutions Vertical farming as a hybrid future trend in horticulture: efficiency and throughput Kay Plat, Managing Director |
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03:30 - 04:00 p.m. Urban greenery THE Box – Modular Design meets Modern Sales Lisa Kraft-Scheiderer, Managing Director |
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04:00 - 04:30 p.m. Novocarbo Biochar in substrates Florian Lage, Expert Key Account Manager |
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04:30 - 05:00 p.m. Let's Grow Soil Fertility & Microbiome: How the use of Let's Grow Biogarden products influences plant health Arthur Zilleckens, Sales Manager |
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WEDNESDAY - 01/29/2025 - Sustainability hosted by Philip Testroet (Stellv. Geschäftsführer, Industrieverband Garten (IVG) e.V.) |
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11:00 – 11:30 a.m. HORTICERT Certification for sustainable substrates and transparent supply chains Julia Ostrowski, Senior Project Manager GHG |
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11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 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 p.m. Kokosflora On the way to sustainable growing media and HORTICERT certification Ramkumar Palanisamy, Managing Director |
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12:30 – 01:00 p.m. Gramoflor “Certified sustainability meets innovation” HORTICERT® and news from peat replacement research Ulrike Fockenberg, Leitung Nachhaltige Produktentwicklung |
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01:00 – 01:30 p.m. 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 |
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WEDNESDAY - 01/29/2025 - Professional Horticulture hosted by Robert Scheuß (Referent Gartenbau, Industrieverband Garten (IVG) e.V.) |
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02:00 – 02:30 p.m. 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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02:30 – 03:00 Uhr p.m. Biobest The road towards low-residue cut flower production Koen Merkus, IPM & Pollination Specialist – Ornamentals |
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03:00 – 03:30 p.m. Agvolution/ CLIMAVI Measure precisely, act efficiently: Save water and labor with CLIMAVI Thomas Maier, Software Engineer |
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03:30 - 04:00 p.m. Humintech Humic acids as biostimulants to increase nitrogen uptake and reduce salt stress Dr. Yasser Dergham, Technical and Sales Manager |
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04:00 - 04:30 p.m. Hochschule Geisenheim “Peat-free ornamental plants - what does this mean for the consumer?” - Presentation of results from various research projects and papers Prof. Dr. Kai Sparke, Professur für Gartenbauökonomie |
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04:30 - 05:00 p.m. STEP Systems & Universität Hohenheim „Rotary Garden“ – a new system for the production of cannabis Harald Braungardt, Gesellschafter STEP Systems & Prof. Dr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger, Universiät Hohenheim |
| THURSDAY - 01/30/2025 - Green Dialogues |
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11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Panel discussion Meet & Greet IGA 2027 - The largest garden festival in the world Hendrik Klar, Geschäftsführer FVG Folien-Vertriebs GmbH, Stefan Lohrberg, Geschäftsführer TAS Emotional Marketing GmbH, Michael Hermes, Bereichsleitung Marketing & Unternehmenskommunikation Landgard Service GmbH, Lydia Frotscher, Leitung Gärtnerische Ausstellungen IGA 2027 Deutsche Bundesgartenschau Gesellschaft mbH, Patrick Krian, Leitung Marketing, Sponsoring & Ticketing IGA 2027 gGmbH, Dorle Bubelweit, Abteilungsleitung Kunst, Kultur & Ausstellung IGA 2027 gGmbH, Oliver Herrmann, Marketing Manager IGA 2027 gGmbH |
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01:00 – 01:45 p.m. Panel discussion hosted by Philip Testroet – IVG Mandatory reusable packaging 2030 - What is horticulture doing? Floor Schamp, Senior Policy Advisor on Sustainability VGB The Netherlands, Flora Späth, Euro Plant Tray, Jutta Lehmann, Garten Hornbach & Johannes Kronenberg, Landgard |
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02:00 – 02:30 p.m. Hochschule Geisenheim Do you have a plant? Attitudes towards and insights into home-grown cannabis in Germany Dr. Mira Lehberger, Chair of Horticultural Economics |
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02:30 – 02:00 p.m. Landwirtschaftskammer NRW FiniTo project - practical implementation in peat reduction Corinna Behm & Nicola Daldrup (Landwirtschaftskammer NRW) |
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03:00 – 03:30 p.m. Universität Hohenheim Outdoor tunnel cultivation of cannabis Christian Büser |
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03:30 – 04:00 p.m. LED lighting in cannabis cultivation Torsten Schober & Prof. Dr. Simone Graeff-Hönninger |
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