Annual gathering of European potato community has ‘transition’ theme.
REGISTRATIONS have opened for Europatat, the annual gathering of the European potato community.
Under the theme ‘European Potato Trade in 2030: A sector in transition’, the event will focus on the main environmental, economic and social challenges for the potato sector and traders for the coming years, as well as solutions and opportunities offered by new tools and techniques.
The annual congress will take place in Brussels on May 23rd and 24th. Rik Vera will give a keynote speech during Friday’s public session on the Thursday.
Rik Vera has more than 18K followers on social media and has delivered more than 1.500 keynotesin 60-plus countries. He writes and talks about business models, entrepreneurship, leadership, marketing, extreme customer centricity, sales and digital innovation.
On the Friday, there will be a panel discussion with speakers from European institutions and other potato stakeholders.
The Europatat Congress will also offer different social events such as the traditional Gala Dinner on the Thursday and farewell drinks on the Friday to reinforce the networking and contact among the European potato community.
Europatat is the European Potato Trade Association, comprising national associations and individual companies involved in the trade of seed, ware and early potatoes throughout Europe. Its members include traders, breeders, distributors, storers, packers, importers and exporters.
