Plenary Speakers
Prof. Hamadi Boga
Presentation: Role of AGRA in supporting food security through the potato value chain
Dr. Nigel Crump
Presentation: International potato partnership for research on challenges faced globally
Dr. Simon Heck
Presentation: Potatoes for the Globe
Jamey Higham
Presentation: Branding and marketing
Dr. Chad Hutchinson
Presentation: Soil health improvement and
management
André Labuschagne
Presentation: Supporting Growers to Unlock the Full Potential of Every Hectare
Cedric Porter
Presentation: The changing world of potato trade and production
Dr. Máximo Torero
Presentation: Native Potatoes: Leveraging Biodiversity and Tradition for Opportunity
Dr. Peter VanderZaag
Presentation: The new WPC impacts change through partnerships and collaboration
Concurrent Sessions
Dr. Abdulelah Al-Faraj
Presentation: Improving Water Productivity, Energy Efficiency, and Potato Yield through Drip Irrigation under Desert Conditions in Saudi Arabia: A Commercial-Scale Case Study
Maxime Bonnave
Presentation: Transferring Potato Late Blight Decision Support Systems to Resource-Constrained Settings: Results and Lessons from Bangladesh, Rwanda and Guinea
Josh Brood
Presentation: Storage Management for Potatoes in a Temperate Climate
Emmanuel Busera
Presentation: ‘Standards-Ontology’ Friction: Deconstructing the Failure of MNE-Farmer Knowledge-Transfer Protocols in the Great Rift Valley Potato Value Chain
Dr. Danny Coyne
Presentation: PCN-Findings and Challenges faced in Kenya
Yogesh Dahiya
Presentation: Natural Potato Storage Solutions in India
Professor Louise-Marie Dandurand
Presentation: Addressing the challenges of the invasive
potato cyst nematodes in the United States
Amanda Davidson
Presentation: The challenges and successes as a female entrepreneur in potato marketing
Dr. Aska Goverse
Presentation: NEM-EMERGE- Research & Innovation Strategies and Pathways
Dr. Solveig Haukeland
Presentation: PCN-Findings and Challenges faced in Kenya
Ingo Hein
Presentation: Harnessing Big Data, Pan-Genomes and AI to Accelerate Potato Genetic Improvement
Mr. Willie Jacobs
Presentation: Methodology and Rationale for a National Strategy to Support Potato Producers in South Africa
Dr. Amanpreet Kaur
Presentation: Harnessing Diploid Breeding to Map and Clone Novel Functional Disease Resistances in Potato Against Late Blight
Dr. Patrick K. Ketiem
Presentation: TBC
Dr. Hannele Lindqvist-Kreuze
Presentation: Bio-fortified potatoes for human health
Franz-Bernd Kruthaup
Presentation: Harvest higher yields and better quality of potatoes on small farms with the SHAKTIMAN-GRIMME “Potato-Growing-System"
Andre Lachance
Presentation: Aeroponics-Based Seed Potato Production
Dr. Eric Magembe
Presentation: Cisgenic potatoes potential role for LB management in Africa
Dr. Joyce Maru
Presentation: CIP’s role in supporting collaborative work in Africa
Humphrey Mburu
Presentation: Processing potato expansion in Kenya
Medhanie Mehari Arefe
Presentation: Reducing Post-Harvest Losses: Innovative
Potato Storage Solutions in Eritrea
Hawkins Musili
Presentation: Next Generation Potato Farming; How Drones and AI are Driving Precision Agriculture?
Dr. Moses Nyongesa
Presentation: Harmonizing Regional Strategy with National Reform: A technical review of the EAC Seed Potato Strategy (2022-2032) with Kenya’s 2025 Legislative Framework
Dr. Pooja Pandey
Presentation: The role of women in improved potato production with focus on RACs for basic seed potato production in India
Dr. Monica Parker
Presentation: Rooted Apical Cuttings: Adoption, Use Cases and International Experiences
Dr. James Price
Presentation: PCN: Integration of Research and Policy
Jochem Rovers
Presentation: Sustainability in Perspective of Local Conditions
Dr. Neeraj Sharma
Presentation: Advancing Sustainable Intensification through Potato Zero Tillage and Rice-straw Mulching in Cereal-Based Agroecosystems
S. Soundararadjane
Presentation: The India Potato Story
Prof. Martin Steyn
Presentation: Optimising Water and Nutrient Management for Sustainable Potato Production on Sandy Soils
Christella Uwase
Presentation: Driving inclusivity in seed potato production: Insights from a youthful agripreneur in Rwanda
Dr. Ansa van Vuuren
Presentation: Complete Established Seed System
Ad Vrolijk
Presentation: Rapid Advance in Potato Breeding through Hybrid Approach
Mr. Allen Wang
Presentation: Processing Potato Expansion in East Asia: China’s Emerging Role in a Value-Driven Future
TBC
Presentation: Capturing hybrid vigor in a single generation: a new approach to potato breeding