TomatoTech Innovation Summit by TTA-ISO and Artechno

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TomatoTech Innovation Summit by TTA-ISO and Artechno

A warm welcome from TTA x ISO team members early morning!

Unveiling of the new tomato harvester HARV AI from TTA x ISO

The first demo session break was well used

A cozy setting for the day's events

What a great location for the TomatoTech Event, just in the middle of greenhouse, the place where the hard work is done.

Tucker Lynn, Joep Hendricks and Raymond van den Berg (TTA-ISO)

Several AVF+ cultivation systems were shown, like here the AVF+ Freestyler.

Rasim and Tuna Cavas Yonca Fide

Xing Zhao (Comos), Bin Liu (Shanghai Hezong Business), Theodoros Matakiadis (Bayer Crop Science) and Rui Yin (Van der Hoeven)

Wil Lammers (Artechno)

Hatem Sharabati (Seven Seeds) and Allesandro Mazzacano (TTA-ISO)

Djavid Amidi-Abraham, Victoria Brian De Moura (Agritecture) and Olav Scholte (TTA-ISO)

Nadia Menegoni, Massimo Marconi (Marconi Vivia), Marco Chiodelli Palazzoli and Sara Moderna (Agricola Moderna)

Chantal Brick (TTA-ISO) and Thijmen Tiersma (GroentenNieuws)

Maren Schoormans (Zeiss) and former grower Gerard de Haas (De Bruidsbogerd)

Jos Drukker (Beekenkamp Plants)

Silvia Dovecer (Paradaiz) and Stefan van de Voort (Signify)

Erik van der Arend (WPK) and Remco Hill (Ontario Plants)

Ad de Koning (Ridder), Joost Haenen (Grodan) and Sjors van Leeuwen (Artechno)

Christopher Gill (Mastronardi), Adnan Tunovic (Havecon) and Pieter van Dijk (Ontario Plants)

Albert van Os (Rijk Zwaan), Joris Vicet, Hubert Salaun (Tecnosem) and James Du Preez (Rijk Zwaan)

Hideki Umemoto (Growing-MAK), Yukihiko Higuchi (Greencom Japan), Ben Peterse (TTA-ISO) and Naoki Kurihara (Growin-MAK)

Vicki and Adrian Ross (Wide Bay Seedlings), Bram Verschoor (ISO-TTA) and Tinneke Hattingh (HortiDaily)

Colinda de Beer (RoboCrops) and Lienemijn Verploeg (Harvest House)

Aad Verduijn (Westland Horti Tours), Pascal van Oers (VEK) and Ruud van der Vliet (TTA-ISO)

Björn Kuipers (key note speaker and FIFA referee and super market owner) and Martin Maasland (TTA-ISO)

Art van Rijn (Artechno)

Excited for the innovations of the day, with attendees being addressed by CEO's Martin Maasland (TTA x ISO) and Art van Rijn (Artechno)

HARV AI doing its work

HARV AI making presice cuts on the vines

There were many international visitors, excited for new technology opportunities

Bob Brunt (Artechno) and Peter Rietveld (TTA-ISO)

Sjaak Bakker (Plantonova Mexico) and Willem van den Berg (TTA-ISO)

The new grafting technology set the stage for engaging conversations

Hande and Can Saganak (The Morning Star Company)

Jan Bakker (TTA-ISO), Art van Rijn (Artechno) and Martin Maasland (TTA-ISO)

Julia Erftemeijer (Artechno) and Hatem Sharabati (Seven Seeds)

Thea-Isabella Otto (iGrow News) and Kendra Armstrong (Crop Convergence)

Wim van de Meijden (TTA-ISO)

AVF Junior quietly stealing the show

A quick look inside AVF Junior

Jesus Cota and Juan Galvan (Hortigen)

The demo talks was hands on

Djavid Amidi-Abraham, Henry Gorden-Smith and Victoria Brian De Moura (Agritecture)

Vicki and Adrian Ross (Wide Bay Seedlings). Very friendly Australian plant propagators looking for new technology.

Excited for the day ahead!

HARVAI in it's full glory

A closer look at the harvester cutting the vines

Henk Jan van Ooijen, explaining the science behind HARVAI

Revealing Vereijken as development partner for HARVAI

Bjorn Kuipers (highly celebrated football referee and entrepreneur) almost stealing the show with his motivational talk!

Engaging conversation during the demo talks

Woo Ram Lee (South Korean tomato greenhouse grower) looking for automation and greenhouse construction partners

Ben Pieterse (TTO x ISO) with his talk: A Deep Dive into Automated Grafting

Ben Pieterse explaining current trends in labour costs for different countries

Gert van Straalen (The Flavour Farm), Nana Bekoe-Sakyi (Agricultural Technology research), Rick van Schie (L.A. van Schie), Peter Kuivenhoven (plant propagator). Panel discussion: Optimisation and Innovation in the Tomato Chain

Henk Jan van Ooijen (TTA-ISO) was happy to share the latest updates on HarvAI, a harvest robot for on the vine tomatoes.

The Morning Star Company came over to check out the machine for grafting they are using themselves in the USA for in their processing tomato business.

Julia Erftemeijer (Artechno) presented a comparison of using a greenhouse and using their AVF+ cultivation system for tomato propagation.

Also some OPEX data were shared by Julia (Artechno), so growers can start calculate for their own business

Henry Gordon-Smith asking a few questions to Julia (Artechno) after she just presented the advantages of using a AVF+ cultivation system.

A unique chance to have a close look at the newest grafting techniques.

More and more Dutch propagators already automated the clipping process.

Renko Schuil (TTA-ISO) during his talk about efficient tomato transplant logistics.

Illusionist Victor Mids was the mystery guest

Iwan Kerklaan (De Twaalfde Man) and Sjaak Bakker (DigiVation) were part of an experiment by illusionist Victor Mids

Team photo for the organizers after a succesfull TomatoTech Event