Committees


Organizing committee

André Gosselin, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Martine Dorais, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Blanche Dansereau, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Damien DeHalleux, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Jean Caron, Horticultural Research centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Steeve Pepin, Horticultural Research centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Jacque Brodeur, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal, Canada
Nicole Benhamou, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Yves Dubé, Les Industries Harnois Inc., St-Thomas de Joliette, Canada
Gilles Turcotte, Agri-réseau, Quebec, Canada
Gilbert Bilodeau,  Institut québécois du développement de l’horticulture ornementale, Québec, Canada
Jacques Demers, Syndicat des producteurs en serre du Québec, Quebec, Canada
Khosla Shalin, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ontario, Canada
Ferguson Gilliam, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ontario, Canada
Mirza Mohyuddin, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada

Presidents

Energy
Hemming Silke and Sadanori Sase

Greenhouse system
Gene Giacomelli and Damien DeHalleux

Robotic
Steeve Pepin

Hortimodel
Ep Heuvelink and Nadia Bertin

CFD
Thierry Boulard

Microclimate
Xiuiming Hao and Oliver Köner

NCERA
Chieri Kubota

Greenhouse management
Youbin Zheng

Fertigation and growing media management
Jean Caron and Mike Nichols

Plant protection
Jacques Brodeur et Nicole Benhamou

Sustainable growing systems
David Ehret and Stefania DePascale

Organic crop systems
Yuksel Tuzel

High tunnels
Chris Wien

Product quality and new products
Blanche Dansereau et Hélène Gautier
 
 
Scientific committee

Belgium
Marie-Christine Van Labeke, Research Centre for Ornamental Plants, Gent University, Belgium 

Canada
André Gosselin , Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Martine Dorais, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Damien DeHalleux, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Steeve Pepin, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Jean Caron, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Jacques Brodeur, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal, Canada
Nicole Benhamou, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Blanche Dansereau, Horticultural Research Centre, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
David Ehret, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
Xiuming Hao, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow, Ontario, Canada
A. P. Papadopoulos, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Harrow, Ontario, Canada
Theo Blom, Dept. Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Shalin Khosla, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ontario, Canada 
Gilliam Ferguson, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ontario, Canada
M. Mirza, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada
Noureddine Ben-Abdallah, Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Youbin Zheng, Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

China
An Huu Ho, Hanoi Agricultural Uniersity, Department of Horticulture, China

Denmark
Oliver Körner, Dept. Agriculture Sciences, The Royal Vet.& Agr. University, Denmark

France
Thierry Boulard, INRA-URIH, Sophia Antipolis, France

Germany
Hans-Peter Kläring, Institut Vegetable & Ornamental crops, Grossbeeren, Germany
Dietmar Schwarz, Institut Vegetable & Ornamental crops, Grossbeeren, Germany

Greece
Constantinos Kittas, Dept Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Magnisia, Greece

Israel
Meir Teitel, Agric. Res. Organization, The Volcani Center, Israel

Italy
Stefania De Pascale, Dept. Agricultural Eng. & Agronomy, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Cherubino Leonardi, Universita de Catania, Italy

Japan
Hui-Lian Xu, Agricultural Research Station, Nagano, Japan
Eiji Goto, Dept Bioproduction Science, Chiba University, Japan
Sadanori Sase, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Tsukuba, Japan

Korea
In-Bok Lee, Seoul National University in Korea, Chair of the ISHS Working Group on Computational Fluid Dynamics, KoreaJunk-Eek Son, Dept. of  Plant Science, Seoul National University, Korea

The Netherlands
Silke Hemming, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Ep Heuvelink, Horticultural Production Chains Grp. Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Leo Marcelis, Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlnads
Piet Sonneveld, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Wim Voogt, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands

Mexico
Irineo Lopez Cruz, University of Chapingo, Mexico

Peru
Alfredo Rodriguez-Delfin, Centro de Investigacion en Hidroponia y Nutricion Mineral, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru

Portugal
Jorge Meneses, Dept. Agricultural Engineering, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Protugal 

Spain
Rosa Maria Belda Navarro, Spain
Nicolas Castilla, IFAPA-CIFA Granada, Spain
Pedro-Florian Martines, Instituto Valencia de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valencia, Spain
Dolors Roca, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valencia, Spain
Jeronimo Perez-Parra, Estacion Experimental las Palmerillas, Almeria, Spain
Maria Remedios Romero-Aranda, Dept. Plant Breeding, Estacion experimental La Mayora, Malaga, Spain

Taiwan
Wei Fang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Turkey
Yüksel Tüzel, Dept. of Horticulture, Ege University, Turkey

USA
Joel Cuello, Dept. Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA 
John Erwin, Dept. Hortic. Sciences, University of Minnesota, St-Paul, USA
Gene Giacomelli, Controlled Env. Agric. Ctr., University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Murat Kacira, Dept. of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Chieri Kubota, Dept. Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Steven Newman, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
Mary Peet, Dept. of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
Erik Runkle, Plant & Soil Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Chris Wien, Dept. of Fruit & Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA